Music News 2/14/13
BMI will join forces again with the Smokin’ Tuna Saloon to present the Key West Songwriter’s Festival from May 1-5, 2013. The event has become an annual pilgrimage south for many country and pop songwriters for the past 18 years.
This year’s list of performers includes Jeffrey Steele, Paul Overstreet, Bob DiPiero, Lori McKenna, Bobby Pinson, Chuck Cannon, Keith Stegall, Liz Rose, Paul Jenkins, James Slater, Doug Johnson and Even Stevens. Also performing are Steve Cropper, The World Famous Headliners (comprised of Pat McLaughlin, Shawn Camp and Al Anderson), Robert Earl Keen, Gary Clark, Jr., Guthrie Trapp and others to be announced in the coming weeks. A free street concert on Saturday, May 4 will feature Sony artists Bush Hawg, Joanna Smith and X Factor winner Tate Stevens.
For more information, visit keywestsongwritersfestival.com.
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Female singer-songwriters now have a new place to showcase original music. Get It Girl, a musical showcase occurring the first Thursday of every month at Belcourt Taps, gives female singer-songwriters a chance to perform new songs and network with other female writers in town.
Get It Girl will be held at 6 p.m. each Thursday, beginning March 7, at Belcourt Taps and Tapas. To be part of Get It Girl as a performer, visit getitgirlnashville.com to fill out a booking form.
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BMI President/CEO Del Bryant has issued an open letter to the music industry addressing the withdrawal of certain publishing catalogs from BMI’s repertoire for digital licensing. A link to the full text is below, and here are a few highlights:
• As of January 1, 2013 the Sony/ATV and EMI catalogs have been withdrawn from the BMI repertoire only for limited digital uses. The withdrawal only impacts the shares of compositions actually owned or controlled by Sony/ATV and EMI. The withdrawal does not cover all digital uses and BMI will continue to license the Sony/ATV and EMI repertoires across most digital platforms and services. As a result, in some cases the same licensee will have to secure both a blanket license for shares of songs represented by BMI and a separate license from Sony/ATV and EMI for their respective shares of publicly-performed musical works.
• In conjunction with our modified publishing agreements, we entered into a new business relationship under which BMI will provide royalty processing and distribution services to Sony/ATV and EMI. Under the administrative agreement, BMI will distribute royalties to songwriters and publishers resulting from Sony/ATV and EMI’s negotiations. These agreements are BMI’s first entry into offering these types of administrative services.
• Publishers who wish to follow similar withdrawal terms will be allowed to modify their existing agreements at the end of their contracts
Read the full letter at MusicRow.com.
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