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Mar 19, 2012 Bob R. and Janice Simpson, co-owners of the Texas Rangers major league baseball team, recently visited Nashville to celebrate the formation of their new BMI publishing company, RayLynn Music. Bob R. Simpson is also the Founder and CEO of Texas-based XTO Energy. Mark Collie, a hit BMI songwriter who serves as a principal associate on the Simpsons' music interests, was… View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 BMG Chrysalis’ Taylor Lindsey and Darrell Franklin recently dropped by BMI’s Nashville office to officially sign their newest songwriter, BMI member Steven Lee Olsen. An alumnus of the CMT on Tour Live Show, Olsen has written songs for Craig Morgan, the Judds, Melissa Lawson, and Swedish Idol winner Kevin Borg. Pictured are BMI’s Penny Everhard, Lindsey, Franklin, BMI’s Jody Williams… View Photo

Mar 09, 2012 Country-rock group Parmalee recently inked a publishing deal with Nashville’s Gallo and Landers Music. Originally from North Carolina, Parmalee was also just signed by Stoney Creek Records. “Our team feels very fortunate to get to work with a talent like Parmalee,” said Gallo and Landers Music's Jim Landers, “and I look forward to seeing great things happen with them.” Pictured… View Photo

Mar 09, 2012 BMI’s Jody Williams (far right) pauses for a photo with 2012 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Robert Earl Keen and his family. View Photo

Mar 09, 2012 BMI’s Jody Williams pauses for a photo with the performers at the 2012 Darrell K. Royal Songwriters Homecoming at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum during the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction weekend. Pictured are David Lee Murphy, Jeffrey Steele, BMI’s Jody Williams, and Bob DiPiero. View Photo

Mar 09, 2012 On March 3, BMI’s Jody Williams helped induct longtime friend and beloved BMI songwriter Robert Earl Keen into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame. Additional inductees this red-letter year included Townes Van Zandt and Lyle Lovett. Keen, who has been performing since 1981, is one of the nation’s finest musical storytellers. Pictured are Keen and Williams. View Photo

Mar 09, 2012 Pictured at the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction are Darden Smith, Brandi Warden, Monte Warden, BMI’s Jody Williams, and the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association’s Bill Schneider. View Photo

Mar 09, 2012 Pictured at the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction are Monte Warden, 2011 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mac Davis, Brandi Warden, and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Mar 06, 2012 Top new BMI artists made up the overwhelming majority of up-and-comers featured at the annual must-attend New Faces of Country Music Show during CRS 2012 in Nashville. Eli Young Band, who recently celebrated their first No. 1, Sunny Sweeney, and Hunter Hayes all performed at the Country Radio Seminar’s headlining event. Pictured are (back row) Eli Young Band’s Mike Eli,… View Photo

Mar 06, 2012 Pictured at the “I Don’t Want This Night to End” No. 1 party are co-writers Dallas Davidson and Rhett Akins, Luke Bryan, producer Jeff Stevens, and co-writer Ben Hayslip. View Photo