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BMI Sundance Events Include ‘Creative Process’ Roundtable, Snowball

BMI and the Sundance Film Festival will present two events at this year’s festival on Wednesday, January 21. The 11th annual composer/director roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” will be held on January 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., while the sixth annual Sundance Snowball will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Both events will take place at the Sundance House at the Kimball Art Center…


From News, posted 1.07.09

Diverse Lineup at BMI 2008 ‘Sundance Snowball’  Showcase

BMI and Sundance will host the sixth annual Sundance Snowball showcase on Wednesday, January 23 during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Scheduled to perform are Los Angeles “dirty reggae”/rock group The Aggrolites, Nick Urata from “gypsy punk” band DeVotchKa, Steve Smith from rock group Dirty Vegas and Six Degrees recording artist


From News, posted 1.08.08

Mike Post Forms L.A. Blues Alliance

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Superstar BMI television composer Mike Post took a break from his busy production schedule to form the L.A. Blues Alliance, a nine-piece band also featuring award-winning BMI composer W.G. Snuffy Walden and BMI songwriter Keb Mo, along with Amy Keys, Bob Glaub, David Morgan, John Robinson, Mike Finnigan, Sonny Landreth, and Stan Behrens. Post, known for his hit themes from such…


From News, posted 4.29.07

Suzan-Lori Parks and Paul Oscher

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The Odd Couple? Her mentor was James Baldwin; he learned the fine points of guitar playing looking over Muddy Waters's shoulder. As a teen in the '80s, she gave up guitar playing soon after she started because it was such a white-guy thing; he encouraged her to go back to playing. She encouraged him to write about his years playing harmonica in Waters band. She is playwright…


From MusicWorld, posted 10.17.06

It’s Eight Grammy Nods for Mariah, Kanye and Legend

BMI superstars Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend led the list of nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards with eight nods each when contenders were announced at a star-studded press conference held December 8 at Gotham Hall in New York City. Their three-way tie pushed the total number of BMI-nominated songwriters and artists to an astounding 70% in the general fields.


From News, posted 12.11.05

McGraw, Altman and Osborne ‘Watch The Wind Blow By’ To #1

A breezy day on the BMI roof was the perfect setting for a party celebrating "Watch The Wind Blow By," the first #1 song for BMI writers Dylan Altman and Anders Osborne and the 22nd for Curb Records superstar Tim McGraw. BMI's David Preston, Dylan Altman, Tim McGraw, Anders Osborne…


From News, posted 5.18.04

American Dreams

BMI’s Linda Livingston dropped by the set of NBC’s new smash TV series, American Dreams, to visit BMI singer/songwriter Keb Mo, who is making a guest appearance on the show. The series, set in the early 60s, is heavily influenced by the music of the era and has been applauded for placing current artists in roles portraying musical legends. Keb Mo will be…


From News, posted 1.09.03

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