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Share This:        BMI presents at TIN PAN SOUTH BMI will proudly present  Steve Cropper  and  Jeffrey Steele together for a full-band show during the Tin Pan South festival -- Thursday, March 31 at 9 p.m. in the Reverb Room at the Hard Rock Café. Steele’s band will do the backing as the Stax-bred journeyman and go-to Nashville cat swap leads, sling guitars, and plumb material from both of their deep BMI catalogs. W    H    O                          STEVE CROPPER http://www.playitsteve.com featuring JEFFREY STEELE  & band http://www.jeffreysteele.net W   H   E   N                     Thursday, March 31 @ 9 p.m. W   H   E   R   E                The Reverb Room - Hard Rock Cafe 100 Broadway - Nashville, TN 37201 Adm...

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NASHVILLE, July 13, 2009 – Two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year Jeffrey Steele will stage his 4th Annual Songwriting Boot Camp at BMI’s Music Row offices September 10-13 . 3 Ring Circus Music is currently searching for 12 up-and-comers who will be selected to attend the three-day, two-night career-building experience, spearheaded by Steele, who remains one of contemporary music’s most consistent hit makers. Throughout the weekend, attendees will participate in co-writing sessions in pairs, benefit from one-on-one coaching from Steele and engage in additional industry-focused activities. As alumni, boot campers will join the ranks of graduates who have gone on to score publishing deals, compose songs recorded by key artists, and in the case of Jennifer Adan, co-write #1 singles (Blake Shelton’s “She Wouldn’t Be Gone”). aaa Applications are available on www.jeffreysteele.net/bootcamp and are due by August 1. “We hope these writers leave with a new perspective on the craft and better un...

ASHVILLE, June 30, 2009 – Kris Kristofferson will be honored as a BMI Icon at the U.S. music rights organization’s 57th annual Country Awards, the oldest awards saluting country’s top music makers. Slated for Tuesday, November 10 at BMI’s Music Row offices in Nashville, the black-tie, invitation-only gala will also celebrate the songwriters of the past year’s most-performed country songs from the extensive BMI catalog. The Icon designation is given to BMI songwriters and artists who have had “a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” Kristofferson, who will be saluted with an all-star musical tribute that evening, joins an elite list of past honorees that includes country music stalwarts Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, Charlie Daniels, Loretta Lynn and last year’s honoree Hank Williams, Jr., along with multi-genre nobility like the Bee Gees, Isaac Hayes, Ray Davies, James Brown, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steve Winwood and ...