BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” panel will take place during Dominicana Music Week 2024 at Santo Domingo, C. Arzobispo Portes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Jesus Gonzalez, BMI’s VP Creative-Latin, will be the moderator. Panelist will include music producer Chael. BMI is a proud sponsor of Dominicana Music Week (April 16-18, 2024). Click here for tickets and more information ..read more

As one of the most successful composers of our time, David Foster has created hit songs for many world-renowned artists including Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Boz Scaggs and Gloria Estefan, to name a few. He’s also a celebrated performer in his own right with multiple acclaimed albums, including The Best of Me, Rechordings and Eleven Words, and lead the immensely popular PBS specials, Hitman: David Foster & Friends, which became the one of network’s highest-rated shows in decad ..read more

2024 NAB Show will take place April 13-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information on the NAB Show, click here ..read more

BMI was deeply saddened to learn of the death of pioneering songwriter/producer Rico Wade, who passed away on Saturday at age 52. A pivotal architect in Atlanta’s music scene, Wade was instrumental in cultivating the signature sound of the “Dirty South,” seamlessly mixing the contemporary style of hip-hop with classic elements of soul, funk, and R&B. A founding member of songwriting/production team Organized Noize along with Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown, Wade helped pave the way for Atlanta to become the capital city of Southern hip-hop. Out of his home studio, The Dungeon, located in the b ..read more

BMI’s Rooftop On The Row presented by George Dickel, Music Row’s popular summer concert series, is entering it’s sixth season starting tonight. Throughout the summer, BMI’s Rooftop On The Row will take place on May 14, July 16, August 13, and September 17 at 5:00 PM. This invitation-only event will showcase a variety of Music City’s hottest talent coupled with stunning views of the ever-changing Nashville skyline from BMI’s rooftop deck. Performing tonight are GRAMMY award-winner Colbie Caillat and singer/songwriter Ryan Larkins ..read more

2024 NAB Show will take place April 13-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information on the NAB Show, click here ..read more

Before the age of affordable home-studio recorders, making a decent demo meant finding the nearest purpose-built “professional” recording studio—generally smaller rooms with a fraction of the equipment and capability of those big-time facilities that were all but off-limits to those without a recording contract. The owner might be a jerk with a tin ear, but unless you had four grand for your own 8-track tape machine (!) you had to put up with it; if you were lucky, you got out of there without losing too much ego or money. My how times have changed! Now anyone has the wherewithal to make a co ..read more

It was another history-making moment today, as the Library of Congress listed 25 recordings deemed worthy of prestigious induction and perpetual preservation into the National Recording Registry. These recordings, nine of which were written by BMI songwriters and composers, were selected for their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance in the nation’s sound heritage. BMI is tremendously proud to count these works among our repertoire. “The Library of Congress is proud to preserve the sounds of American history and our diverse culture through the National Recording Registry,” said Libr ..read more

2024 NAB Show will take place April 13-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information on the NAB Show, click here ..read more

Two weekends of Coachella 2024: April 12-14 and April 19-21. Click here for more information ..read more