Broadcast Music, Inc. collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters, composers & music publishers.
- BMI at Sundance 2011 BMI Hosts Snowball, Roundtable & more!
- News: BMI 2011 Trailblazers Commissioned & Pastor Shirley Caesar
- Introducing BMI Live Get paid for live performances
- MusicWorld®: Zac Brown Band Living the Music
- BMI’s MusicWorld® Magazine Available for download now
- MusicWorld®: will.i.am Changes the Game
- MusicWorld®: Lady Gaga How Wonderful It Is
- BMI Musical Theatre Learn more
- Visit the BMI Video Archive Interviews, performances and more!
- BMI.com Goes Mobile Optimized site for iPhone, Android & more
- The New Songwriter101 Exclusive Articles & Networking
- Platinum Privileges Discounts & Benefits
- New Media License your website
- Platinum Privileges Discounts & Benefits
- The BMI Roster Who does BMI represent?
- Get a Music License Learn more, purchase or renew
What's New
New ‘BMI Live’ Program Allows Performing Songwriters To Register Live Concerts for Royalty Payments
BMI has launched BMI Live, a program enabling performing songwriters to register their concerts and set lists online to be considered for payment in live music venues, regardless of size. To qualify, songwriters need to enter their live musical performances on BMI’s website, www.bmi.com. BMI will pay royalties to both writers and publishers via direct deposit in its June distribution for performances occurring from July 1 through December 31, 2010.… more
From News, posted 1.11.11
A.R. Rahman Leads BMI List of 2011 Oscar Nominations
A.R. Rahman leads the list of BMI composers and songwriters nominated to take home statuettes at the 83rd Academy Awards, announced Tuesday morning. Rahman earned an impressive two nods: the first in the original score category for “127 Hours”; the second, in the original song field for “If I Rise,” also from “127 Hours.” Atticus Ross’s Golden Globe-winning score for “The Social Network” was… more
From News, posted 1.27.11
Doug Johnson: Changing Somebody’s World
Walk the narrow sidewalks along Nashville’s famed Music Row on just about any day of the week and you’ll see them, wide-eyed and star struck. Young writers, with little or no experience under their belts arrive with dreams of making it big. While their hopes are high, many of them will admit that they don’t have the slightest clue where to start. If you had been walking down one of… more
From MusicWorld, posted 1.27.11
Charlie Louvin Dies
Charlie Louvin passed away early Wednesday morning at his home in Wartrace, Tennessee. He was 83 years old. With his brother Ira, he began his career as one half of the Louvin Brothers. The legendary duo’s harmonies were as complex as they were haunting, delivering many of hillbilly country’s most forlorn love songs, gospel musings, eerie murder ballads, and winking story songs on albums including “Tragic Songs… more
From News, posted 1.26.11
Bonnie McKee: The Eternal Teenager
What lies beneath Katy Perry’s fuchsia-painted pout? Bonnie McKee’s lyrics. A first-call L.A. songwriter with candy apple-colored hair, McKee’s best-known for co-conspiring with Perry to write her infectious # 1 hits “California Gurls” and “Teenage Dream,” but she says, “As an artist, I’m darker and more dangerous than Katy is.” That’s probably because while Perry was singing gospel in the sanctuary of her pastor parents, McKee was… more
From MusicWorld, posted 1.26.11
Road to Bonnaroo Returns for 2011
24 Bands to Compete for 3 Festival Slots Now in its third year, the Road to Bonnaroo contest, sponsored by BMI, Mercy Lounge, Yuengling, and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, will feature 24 bands with Nashville ties vying for three slots at Bonnaroo 2011, slated for June 9-12, in Manchester, Tennessee. The Road to Bonnaroo will take place over three designated nights of BMI’s free 8 off 8th showcase,… more
From News, posted 1.25.11
BMI Backs 10th Annual OC Music Awards
BMI will proudly sponsor the 10th Annual Orange County Music Awards. The OC Music Awards launches with a free weekly showcase series, highlighting the region’s premier local talent. The series will conclude with the final awards ceremony on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at The Grove of Anaheim, CA. Tavi Shabestari, BMI Associate Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, will join the industry panel of judges charged with the task of evaluating each night’s… more
From News, posted 1.25.11
Chino y Nacho: Launched from a Venezuelan Stage
When Chino y Nacho won a Best Urban Album Latin Grammy this past November for “Niña Bonita,” the exuberant duo thanked their moms, label and fans. Then, the spectacle-wearing Nacho added in Spanish, “And I’m going to dare to say something that has never been said at the [Latin] Grammys,” almost panting with excitement before shouting, “Venezuelaaaaaaaaa!!!” As the first non-Puerto Ricans to win the coveted award,… more
From MusicWorld, posted 1.25.11
Gerardo Ortiz: Folk Conscience in a Fast Car
Gerardo Ortiz loves fast cars, high fashion and traditional Mexican folk ballads. It may sound incongruous, but these things really do go together in the “corrido,” the narrative song tradition popular in Mexico and the United States for at least two hundred years. A true example of a “song of the people,” the corrido can be traced to the 1500s with the arrival of the Spanish in… more
From MusicWorld, posted 1.25.11
Beth Falcone’s Sweet Delusions
“Successful people have to be somewhat delusional,” Beth Falcone, composer and lyricist of the musical Wanda’s World, half-jokingly confesses. But if Falcone suffers from any sort of delusion, it’s the perfectly healthy kind that should afflict more of us. For Falcone, delusion has manifested as Wanda’s World, which has been optioned for Broadway and is scheduled to open in fall 2011. The musical is “spinach in a… more
From MusicWorld, posted 1.23.11
Terms of use |
Privacy policy |
Songwriter101 |
RSS |
Copyright 1994-2011, Broadcast Music, Inc. unless otherwise specified.
BMI®, BMI.com® and Broadcast Music, Inc.® are registered trademarks of Broadcast Music, Inc.
BMI®, BMI.com® and Broadcast Music, Inc.® are registered trademarks of Broadcast Music, Inc.