Round Up: BMI, Metro Arts, Chorus Auditions, Belmont
BMI Welcomes Singer-Songwriter Lindsey Ray
Broadcast Music, Inc. is proud to welcome Lindsey Ray, who signed with the company July 13. Lindsey is an artist and songwriter whose music has been licensed worldwide to film and TV since 2008. Her songs have been heard on TV shows on major networks such as NBC, ABC, CBS, ABC Family, USA, Lifetime, E!, MTV, and Showtime, as well as commercials for brands such as Target, JC Penney, T-Mobile, Applebee’s, McDonald’s, Yoplait and Kohl’s.
She also found success in writing for other artists, beginning in 2011 when her song “In Real Life” was included on Demi Lovato’s Unbroken. In 2013, Lindsey co-write “Almost Home,” the end title song in Disney’s blockbuster film Oz: The Great and Powerful, recorded by megastar Mariah Carey.
Lindsey currently resides in Nashville, TN and balances writing music for herself and her bands FARMDALE and Mary Jane Fonda, as well as continuing to write for and with a variety of artists/bands.
Pictured (L-R): BMI’s Clay Bradley, BMI singer-songwriter Lindsey Ray and BMI’s Penny Gattis.
Calling All Songwriters
The Metro Nashville Arts Commission (Metro Arts) seeks to commission writers, poets, authors, songwriters, musicians or sound artists to compose a new and original work inspired by a public artwork. The initiative is supported by the Bonnaroo Works Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Belmont Teams With AIMP For Survey
The Association of Independent Music Publishers is currently exploring the needs and vision of the independent music publishing community regarding recent recommendations by the Copyright Office to update US Copyright Law and the possible restructuring of the PRO Consent Decrees by the Department of Justice.
Belmont University’s Pipeline Project 5.0 team is working with AIMP to gather the opinions of independent music publishers and songwriters in order to provide a voice for them and a smooth transition into new systems that may be created subsequent to any changes in these areas. Participate in the survey.
Nashville Symphony Chorus Auditions
The Nashville Symphony Chorus will hold its next round of auditions in August for singers interested in joining the ensemble.
Auditions will be held at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Aug. 1 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Aug. 2 from 1-4 p.m. under the direction of Chorus director Kelly Corcoran. Details here.
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