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BMI Serves Up Tunesmiths at Acoustic Lunch

BMI hosted Sony/ATV/Tree and three of its top songwriters at the latest installment of Acoustic Lunch. Featured during the midday song-pitching session were BMI Award winners Casey Beathard ("Right Where I Need To Be," "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"), Tom Douglas ("Little Rock," "Love's The Only House") and Leslie Satcher ("I Said A Prayer For You," "When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues").…


From News, posted 8.26.03

Andy Griggs

RCA Records artist Andy Griggs (center) recently celebrated his second album Freedom with an acoustic performance and reception in Nashville. Griggs contributed six songs to Freedom, including the title track. Other BMI writers on the project are Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, Don Cook, Jamie Hartford, David Malloy and Wendell Mobley. His debut album, You Won't Ever…


From News, posted 6.17.02

Top Producer Byron Gallimore Is Center Stage at Surprise Party

The guest list was a "Who's Who" of country music makers when BMI Nashville hosted a surprise party for producer Byron Gallimore to celebrate his being named Billboard magazine's #1 "Hot Country Producer" for the third year in a row. Billboard Nashville bureau chief Phyllis Stark gifted Gallimore with a framed listing from the magazine, explaining that his #1 designation represents an astounding 87 charting songs in three years.…


From News, posted 3.06.02

‘I Hope You Dance’ Steps to ‘Song Of The Year’ Tune at 49th Annual BMI Count

BMI staged the 49th edition of its Country Awards last night, with ultimate honors saved for “I Hope You Dance,” songwriters Toby Keith, Marv Green and Aimee Mayo, and publishing titan Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI Citations of Achievement were presented by President & CEO Frances W. Preston and Vice President Paul Corbin to the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed songs…


From News, posted 11.06.01

NCSA Songwriters Summit

BMI was once again a sponsor at this year’s Northern California Songwriters Association's (NCSA) annual Songwriters Summit held at Foothills College in Los Altos Hills, California. The 21st Annual Songwriters Summit took place on September 8 and 9 with BMI’s Paige Sober participating as a panelist during the two days of panels and seminars. BMI songwriter Lamont Dozier of the legendary songwriting trio Holland-Dozier-Holland…


From News, posted 10.15.01

Grown Men Don’t Cry

Friends and fans gathered at BMI Nashville (9/5) to honor the BMI-affiliated talents behind the #1 success of "Grown Men Don't Cry": songwriter Tom Douglas (who co-wrote with Steve Seskin), artist Tim McGraw, publisher Sony/ATV Tree and producers Byron Gallimore and James Stroud. Among the sackfuls of loot handed out at the #1 celebration, including BMI cups and Sony plaques, were extra-special commemorative…


From News, posted 9.06.01

Tom Douglas

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For Tom Douglas, Nashville is much sweeter the second time around. Douglas spent a few years on Music Row in the early '80s as a writer and songplugger, only to decide the song business might not be the right place for him. Planning to get married and desirous of a more stable career, the Atlanta native and his wife-to-be headed for Dallas where he became…


From MusicWorld, posted 4.30.00

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