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Jan 07, 2011 Charlie Bauer and Chuck Cannon prep for the 2004 installment of the Key West Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 07, 2011 Pictured at the kick-off party for the 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival are: front row: BMI’s Beth Laird and Bradley Collins; songwriters James Slater and Tim Nichols; middle row: GAC’s Storme Warren; BMI’s Perry Howard; Copyright Exchange’s Chip Petree; BMI’s Mark Mason; This Music’s Rusty Gaston; songwriter Luke Laird; back row: songwriter Jimmy Yeary; Copyright Exchange’s Richard Orga; Better… View Photo

Jan 07, 2011 Key West’s outdoor venues allow listeners and performances to soak up sun and sounds. Stephanie Chapman, Lauren Lucas, Misty Loggins and Kate York perform at Blue Heaven during the 2007 festival. View Photo

Jan 04, 2011 BMI partnered with Jim Beam and KMO Country in Elizabethtown, KY, to raise funds for Operation Homefront’s “Holiday Meals for the Military” program. BMI enlisted the support of hit singer/songwriter Wynn Varble and his band Refried Howdy for a special event at Fergie’s Bar and Grill. The event generated over $1,000 for the program, which distributed over 1000 holiday meals… View Photo

Jan 04, 2011 Pictured after KJ 97’s listener appreciation party are KJ 97 DJ Randy Carroll, BMI’s Mason Hunter, Scotty Emerick, Clear Channel San Antonio President/Market Manager Matt Martin, and Dean Dillon. Dillon and Emerick performed a host of their favorite self-penned compositions, including George Strait’s Grammy-nominated “The Breath You Take” and Emerick’s yet-to-be-released “Love Me Like My Dog,” which is destined for… View Photo

Jan 04, 2011 In what has become an annual tradition, BMI provided musical entertainment for the Clear Channel Broadcast Accounting Holiday Party held in San Antonio. The following day, BMI teamed with KJ 97 (KAJA-FM) for a listener appreciation show at the studio lounge. Both events featured award-winning songwriters Scotty Emerick and Dean Dillon, who performed a crowd-pleasing set of hits they’ve composed… View Photo

Dec 09, 2010 Artist and songwriter Charlie Worsham recently joined BMI’s family of songwriters. Worsham is also a recent addition to ole Music Publishing’s strong staff of songwriters. The Mississippi native performed on the Grand Ole Opry earlier this year with another new member of the BMI family, Rebecca Lynn Howard. Pictured are ole Music’s Arthur Buenahora, Worsham, BMI’s Beth Laird, and BMI’s… View Photo

Dec 09, 2010 Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ty Herndon stopped by BMI’s Music Row offices Wednesday, December 8 to say hello. Herndon, who recently earned a Grammy nod in the Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album category for his release Journey On, has also written songs for other artists including Lee Brice and Cadillac Sky. Pictured are manager Chris Cotton, FUNL Music’s Tamara Alan,… View Photo

Dec 09, 2010 Colton Entertainment’s Rebecca Lynn Howard recently joined the BMI family. A recording artist as well as a songwriter, Howard has had songs recorded by Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless, John Michael Montgomery, Trisha Yearwood and other headliners. Pictured are (back row) BMI’s Mark Mason, Beth Laird, Jody Williams, Leslie Roberts, Thomas Cain and Perry Howard; with (front row) Colton Entertainment’s Doug… View Photo

Dec 09, 2010 On Tuesday, December 7, BMI honored Rick Giles, Gilles Godard, and Tim Nichols, the co-writers of Terri Clark’s “I Wanna Do It All,” with BMI Million-Air certificates recognizing more than one million performances of the song. Debuting in 2003, Terri Clark’s rowdy escapist tune peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart. Pictured are Giles, Godard, Nichols,… View Photo