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Sep 15, 2011 Toy Selectah performs at the final installment of the BMI Summer Nights series on August 25 at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena. View Photo

Sep 15, 2011 BMI wrapped up its inaugural Summer Nights showcase series with a cumbia bang on Thursday, August 25 at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena. Remixer/producer/Mad Decent artist Toy Selectah and Master Blaster Sound System wowed the crowd, gathered to bid a fond farewell to summer. Mexican mc Niña Dioz (pictured) was a surprise guest during Selectah’s stacked set. View Photo

Sep 15, 2011 BMI created Summer Nights with the Levitt Pavilion—a non-profit organization—in Pasadena and MacArthur Park in an effort to bring more top-tier live music to those communities. Pictured at the August 25 finale are Master Blaster Sound System, Toy Selectah, Niña Dioz and BMI’s Marissa Lopez. View Photo

Sep 15, 2011 Master Blaster Sound System helps cap off the wildly successful first season of the BMI Summer Nights concert series at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena. View Photo

Sep 09, 2011 BMI presented the latest installment of its Noche Bohemia showcase series September 7 at the Gibson Showroom in Beverly Hills. The six-deep lineup featured U.N.O., Horacio Palencia, Paulyna Carraz, Arthur Hanlon, Norka and Orlando, who each performed stacked sets of songs they have written for themselves and other major Latin recording artists. Pictured at the show are Paulyna Carraz, Carlos… View Photo

Sep 09, 2011 Javier Sanroman, Arthur Hanlon, BMI’s Delia Orjuela, Horacio Palencia, Norka, Archie Peña and BMI’s Marissa Lopez huddle for a photo at the September 7 installment of BMI’s Noche Bohemia showcase series in Los Angeles. View Photo

Sep 08, 2011 Grammy-nominated BMI singer/songwriter Gerardo Ortiz recently celebrated the release of his sophomore album, Entre Dios y el Diablo, on September 6 at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles. The album debuted at no. 1 on the Latin iTunes chart. Lately, Ortiz has been flying high: He scored ten nominations at the upcoming first annual Billboard Mexican Music Awards, slated… View Photo

Sep 01, 2011 BMI singer/songwriter Francisca Valenzuela has already conquered Chile, and now has her sights set on the U.S. Currently in the midst of her stateside tour, she stopped by BMI’s Los Angeles office to update staffers and perform songs off of her sophomore album, Buen Soldado. The first single, “Que Seria,” was recently the iTunes “Cancion de la Semana” (free download… View Photo

Aug 25, 2011 Tijoux and Poderosa wowed the crowd at latest installment of the BMI Summer Nights series, held August 11 at the Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park. Grammy nominee Tijoux and Brazilian import Poderosa served as mesmerizing reminders of the diverse talent that composes the BMI repertoire. Pictured are (front row) BMI’s Marissa Lopez; Tijoux; BMI’s Delia Orjuela; and the Windish Agency’s Amy… View Photo

Aug 25, 2011 Tijoux earns even more fans at BMI Summer Nights, August 11 at the Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park. View Photo