General Licensing Photo Archive
For the second straight year, BMI partnered with Alpha Broadcasting in presenting the KUPL-FM Songwriters Showcase in Studio 987 at the Bing Lounge in Portland, Oregon. This year’s line-up featured Capitol recording artist Luke Bryan and award winning BMI country songwriters Dallas Davidson and Jeff Stevens. The trio performed a slew of number one hits in front of an enthusiastic… View Photo
BMI partnered with the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association to present the 3rd Annual Endless Summer Songwriter Series at the Harborwalk Village in Destin, FL over Labor Day weekend. The three-day event featured performances by more than a dozen BMI songwriters who sang country’s biggest hits and told the stories behind the songs. The songwriter shows took place in five… View Photo
After the performance, BMI surprised Varble with Million-Air performance certificates for "Waiting on a Woman" by Brad Paisley, "A Little More Country Than That" by Easton Corbin, and "When You Need My Love" and "Sounds Like Life To Me" by Darryl Worley, all of which have earned more than one million performances each, as well as “Have You Forgotten” –… View Photo
BMI invited singer/songwriters Wynn Varble and Matt Caldwell to perform at the opening reception of the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention held recently in Murfreesboro. Caldwell is a Texas native who is working on his debut EP and will be featured this fall on the national TV show Troubadour TX, while Varble is a BMI Country Award-winning songwriter and… View Photo
In what has become an annual tradition, BMI brought a Texas icon to kick-off the Texas Association of Broadcasters Convention in Austin: Ray Benson, founder of Grammy-winning Texas swing band Asleep at the Wheel. After mingling with broadcasters, Benson capped off the evening with an acoustic set of crowd favorites including "Miles and Miles of Texas," "Route 66" and "On… View Photo
In June, BMI presented a gold record at the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Presidential Gala during the Southwest Foodservice Expo honoring the TRA for 75 years of dedicated service to the hospitality industry. The TRA is the largest state restaurant association in the country, while the Texas foodservice industry is a $32 billion dollar business, employing more than 939,000 people.… View Photo
BMI songwriter and Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron was the featured entertainment at the Hilton Worldwide Sales Americas Summit held recently in Boca Raton, FL. Barron performed a number of the Doctors’ hits including “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes” in front of an enthusiastic crowd of Hilton sales executives and senior management. Pictured after his performance… View Photo
On October 25, BMI partnered with Marriott International to create an unforgettable evening featuring living legend John Fogerty. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and BMI Icon delivered a fierce performance stacked with hits he wrote for Creedence Clearwater and his solo career in front of corporate executives, owners and franchisees gathered for the annual MINA (Marriott International National… View Photo
BMI presented Grammy-nominated Italian jazz singer Roberta Gambarini at the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) CEO Dinner held recently at the St. Regis in New York. The soulful Gambarini performed a number of hits including “Day In Day Out,” “Crazy,” and “On The Sunny Side of the Street.” Pictured are Joseph A. McInerney, President & CEO of AH&LA, Roberta… View Photo
BMI hosted a guitar pull at its Music Row office in Nashville as part of the 2010 Media Financial Management Conference on Monday, May 24. More than 300 broadcasters were treated to a slew of country hits performed by a virtual who’s who of Nashville songwriters: Luke Laird (“Hillbilly Bone,” “Temporary Home”), Lee Thomas Miller (“In Color,” “The Impossible”) and… View Photo