Music News (2/3/16)

Keith Stegall

Veteran producer and songwriter Keith Stegall has launched Nashville-based production, management, and publishing firm Dreamlined Entertainment Group, with Scott Miller of Miller Investment Management.

Stegall will serve as president of the newly launched venture, specializing in songwriter/artist development and publishing, with distribution through Caroline International, Universal Music Group.

Stegall is known for his work with artists including Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band. His songwriting and production credits have contributed to 55 No. 1 hits, 40 million airplays, and 70 million in sales worldwide. He has earned four Country Music Association honors, 11 Academy of Country Music honors, and two Grammy awards.

The BMI Foundation is accepting applications for its 2016 scholarship season, open to young musicians attending colleges and universities nationwide. The Foundation will administer seven distinct scholarship competitions aided by panelists of international musical acclaim.

These annual programs include the newly established Nashville Songwriting Scholarship and BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting, as well as the BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship, BMI Student Composer Awards, John Lennon Scholarships, peermusic Latin Scholarship, and Woody Guthrie Fellowship.

The Nashville Songwriting Scholarship is an annual competition established in 2015 to support aspiring country music artists nationwide. A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded for the best original song in any of the following genres: Americana, blues, bluegrass, contemporary Christian, country, folk, and roots. The contest is open to students between the ages of 17 and 24, who are enrolled in any college or university located in the United States.

Program applications must be completed online no later than Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. For complete details and to apply, please visit bmifoundation.org/programs.

Converse will offer a second Converse Rubber Tracks recording session to select local artists at the Grand Victor Sound Nashville from Feb. 22-26.

Emerging artists will record during the weeklong pop-up at Grand Victor Sound Nashville, retaining all rights to their music following their daylong session and working alongside a team of experienced engineers at no cost.

Visit conversemusic.com for more information or to apply.

Pictured (Top Row, L-R): Safford Motley, PLC’s Scott Safford; Magic Mustang Music’s VP of Publishing Juli Newton-Griffith; Warner/Chappell’s Phil May; BBR Music Group EVP Jon Loba; Warner/Chappell’s Ryan Beuschel; BBR Music Group Legal & Financial Affairs Colton McGee. (Bottom Row, L-R): Warner/Chappell’s Ben Vaughn; Dustin Lynch; BBR Music Group President/CEO Benny Brown

Dustin Lynch has moved to BBR Music Group’s Magic Mustang Music, in a co-venture with Warner/Chappell Music, from his previous publishing deal with Big Machine Music. Lynch has co-writing credits on five tracks from his album Where It’s At.