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Apr 14, 2010 John Michael Rouchell delivers a strong set on the BMI Songwriter Stage at the 2010 French Quarter Festival. View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 BMI’s Mark Mason (right) welcomes songwriters Jim McCormick and Karen Waldrup to the 2010 French Quarter Festival. View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 BMI stage performer Kristin Diable captivates the crowd during the 2010 French Quarter Festival. View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 Jim McCormick performs on the BMI Songwriter Stage at the 2010 French Quarter Festival. View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 BMI honored the creative team behind Easton Corbin’s chart-topping single, “A Little More Country Than That,” during a rooftop party at the company’s Music Row offices on Monday, April 12. Co-written by 2009 NSAI Songwriter of the Year Wynn Varble, Don Poythress and Joey + Rory’s Rory Lee Feek, the song has generated a career-launching triad of firsts for Corbin:… View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 BMI’s Jody Williams congratulates the co-writers of chart-topper “A Little More Country Than That” on April 12. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams, Don Poythress, Wynn Varble, and Rory Lee Feek. View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 BMI’s Clay Bradley (left) and Jody Williams (right) congratulate Easton Corbin on hitting #1 with his debut single “A Little More Country Than That.” View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 Just as presentations come to a close, Wynn Varble remembers to thank his wife during the “A Little More Country Than That” #1 party on April 12. View Photo

Apr 14, 2010 Eason Corbin thanks his creative, management, and promotion teams for helping his debut single “A Little More Country Than That,” rise to #1. Pictured are co-writers Rory Lee Feek and Don Poythress, Warner/Chappell’s Tracy Gershon, UMG Nashville’s Royce Risser, co-writer Wynn Varble, Easton Corbin, producer Carson Chamberlain, and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Apr 12, 2010 Each year, BMI teams up with the Belmont University Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business to give 15 hand-picked students real-world experience by helping them compile a CD containing catalog songs that they then distribute to Music Row producers, A&R staffs, and artist managers. The program, called BMI Catalog Cast, helps students familiarize themselves with the inner-workings of… View Photo