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Sep 12, 2012 Marissa Lopez, Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, Latin for BMI, served as a panelist on the “Songwriter’s Rights in the Digital Age and New Technology” panel during the Monitor Latino Convention on Monday, August 20 at the Pacific Palms Hotel in Los Angeles. Analyzing the development and impact of new technology and the Internet on the music industry, panelists weighed the pros… View Photo

Aug 30, 2012 BMI Award-winning songwriter Chuy Lizarraga and BMI hit songwriter Alex Rivera visited the BMI’s Los Angeles Latin department on Thursday, August 23. The pair recently co-wrote “Estoy Salado,” which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts. Pictured are Rivera’s manager Norberto Perez, Lizarraga’s lawyer Manuel Garcia, BMI’s Marissa Lopez, Rivera, BMI’s Delia Orjuela and Lizarraga. View Photo

Aug 30, 2012 Dominican singer/songwriter Vicente Garcia (pictured) visited BMI’s Los Angeles offices on Wednesday, August 15 to treat everyone to a special live performance. Garcia is a protégé of Dominican bachata icon Juan Luis Guerra and is signed to Capitol Latin. Garcia kicked off the acoustic performance on guitar with a preview of new, self-penned material. He then moved to the piano… View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 BMI continued to have a strong presence at the annual Monitor Latino Convention on Tuesday, August 21 at The Pacific Palms Hotel in Los Angeles. BMI award-winning songwriters Gerardo Ortiz and Larry Hernandez served as panelists on the “From Social Media to Hits” panel, where they discussed how record labels, artists, songwriters and promoters can effectively use social networks to… View Photo

Aug 20, 2012 BMI presented the Legal 101 Workshop at the Gibson Showroom in Beverly Hills, CA on Thursday, August 16. Aspiring BMI songwriters and independent BMI publishers were able to learn about the legal aspects of music publishing from two experts in the field, Erica J. Moreira of AMP Law and Gisselle Mencia Esq. of Ahnjel Entertainment Group, who covered all aspects… View Photo

Aug 20, 2012 Pictured speaking about copyright at the Legal 101 Workshop is Ahnjel Entertainment Group’s Gisselle Mencia. View Photo

Aug 20, 2012 Pictured discussing publishing and synchronizations at the Legal 101 Workshop is AMP Law’s Erica J. Moreira. View Photo

Aug 09, 2012 Pitbull was unable to attend the 2012 BMI Pop Awards in May, so BMI brought the Pop Awards to him. BMI’s Barbara Cane and Delia Orjuela presented the coveted Pop Songwriter of the Year crystal to Pitbull, who earned the top pop honor thanks to co-writing five of the most-performed pop songs of the year: “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In… View Photo

Aug 09, 2012 BMI joined forces with the Latin Recording Academy to present a Dominican Republic-hosted installment of BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song,” a panel discussion on the process of songwriting and the stories behind favorite Latin songs. The conversation, held July 31 in Santo Domingo, featured songwriters Pavel Nuñez, Vladimir Dotel (ilegales), Jandy Feliz, Vakero, Vicente Garcia and Hector Anibal. Pictured… View Photo

Aug 09, 2012 Singer/songwriter Hector Anibal performs at BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” July 31 in Santo Domingo. View Photo