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BMG is an integrated music publishing and recordings business and the world’s fourth-largest international music company. BMG’s distinctive pitch is a relentless focus on global service to its artist and songwriter clients, combining creative insight and support with the best in technology and analytics. BMG’s 20 offices across 13 core music markets represent over three million songs and recordings, including many of the most renowned and successful catalogs in popular music history. BMG is owned by international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann, whose other content businesses include the entertainment company RTL Group and the trade book publisher Penguin Random House. With its integrated technology platform, artist-friendly culture, and commitment to helping artists maximize their income, BMG aims to be the best company in music to do business with.
Taylor Guitars is an industry-leading manufacturer of premium acoustic guitars headquartered in El Cajon, California. Founded in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug, the company is widely recognized for its innovative manufacturing techniques and tone-enhancing designs, and players around the world love the easy playability of Taylor’s guitar necks. Taylor is currently led by Chief Guitar Designer, President and CEO Andy Powers. In December of 2020, Taylor became 100-percent employee owned.
As the elite pro audio and AV division of Guitar Center, Custom House is the concierge service for experienced creators shaping the future of sound. Guided by trust, discretion, and community, Custom House solves complex challenges for artists, producers, and venues through tailored engineering, expert guidance, exclusive access, and strategic studio design. For more information visit www.custom-house.co
The Guitar Center Music Foundation (GCMF) is an independent 501 c 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the healing, transformative power of music. Thousands of individuals nationwide benefit yearly from GCMF’s grants and other efforts aiding veterans, hospital patients, the unhoused, and those affected by natural disasters, as well as youth in both schools and after-school programs. By providing these programs with all types of instruments and advocating for the benefits of music education and music therapy, GCMF furthers its mission of giving people the chance to create and express themselves through music. For more information about The Guitar Center Music Foundation, please visit http://guitarcenterfoundation.org/.
Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe is a small but mighty venue where up and coming songwriters and artists build their careers and rise to fame. Over the past 43 years, the tiny room has evolved into one of the most significant music venues in the world where songwriters are welcomed and supported, from novice to established hit-makers. Artists such as Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and Taylor Swift have had career moments along with countless hit songwriters whose music is represented on a wide range of charts.
A typical show at The Bluebird features 3 or 4 songwriters performing “in the round,” a format made famous at the club where the performers take turns playing their original music, sharing the stories behind their songs and accompanying each other instrumentally and vocally. The venue’s “SHHHH” policy establishes it as a listening room where audience members are encouraged to pay attention to the song itself – and since it accommodates only 90 people per show, the demand is high and the room sells out in minutes. Over 80,000 people experience the venue annually; many of them as a result of seeing the Bluebird on television, in news pieces, The Foo Fighters' documentary, Sonic Highways, the feature film, The Thing Called Love, or on the ABC hit drama, Nashville. For more information visit www.bluebirdcafe.com or our social media, @BluebirdcafeTN
Southwest Airlines operates one of the world's most admired and awarded airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and Hospitality at 117 airports across 11 countries. Based in Dallas and famous for an Employee-first corporate Culture, Southwest empowers its more than 71,000 People to deliver unparalleled Hospitality, the maverick airline cherishes a passionate loyalty among more than 140 million Customers carried in 2024.cor
Since 2004, G7th has been changing the way guitarists have looked at capos. We work hard to continually improve our designs and make our capos even better, to give guitarists the greatest possible, distraction-free, capo experience. The award-winning original Performance capo won acclaim from guitarists worldwide for its unique Tension Control system; now the Heritage and Performance 3 capos are turning more heads thanks to our patented Adaptive Radius Technology (ART®), which offers unrivalled tuning stability by mechanically adapting to match the curvature over the strings (radius) on any guitar. With ART®, one capo delivers complete confidence that there will be no string buzz or need for constant retuning. That’s why we say – G7th is The Future of Capos.
Founded in 1998, Musicnotes set out to make sheet music more accessible for musicians everywhere. That mission continues today thanks to a dedicated team and loyal customers. With an in-house staff of professional arrangers, Musicnotes delivers high-quality, accurate arrangements—adding new titles daily. Every transposition is handled by real musicians, ensuring a sheet music experience musicians can trust. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started, Musicnotes provides instant access to the music you love, the way it was meant to be played.
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp brands, sells and markets Nashville as Music City to the world as a premier entertainment destination for travelers who seek authentic and unique leisure and convention experiences. Locals rarely see our work, but they enjoy our results from the economic activity generated by the industry.
The Promise of Nashville — where music is inspired, created, recorded and performed – is to provide the ultimate musical entertainment experience, celebrated throughout our diverse creative, cultural and entertainment offerings, and presented in an authentic, unique, friendly and unpretentious atmosphere.
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Black River Publishing is home to many talented songwriters and artists and has received numerous awards and accolades in the fourteen years since its inception. These accolades include 35 No. 1 songs, 13 of which are RIAA-certified multi-platinum, six platinum, five gold, and two GRAMMY awards: "Best Country Song" with Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round" (2013) and "Best Contemporary Christian Performance/Song" with for KING & COUNTRY's "God Only Knows" (2019). Black River Publishing's roster includes Black River recording artists: Scotty Hasting and MaRynn Taylor; Artist-Writers: Hannah Kerr and Bryan Simpson; songwriter McCall Chapin; songwriter/producers: Dan Wilson and Jason Earley; songwriter/producer/artist Blake Ruby; and the GRAMMY-winning songwriter/producer/artist Josh Kerr. Additionally, Black River's catalogs include hit-songwriter/Black River recording artist Kelsea Ballerini; Josh Wilson and Anna Vaus; hit songwriters Doug Johnson, Forest Glen Whitehead, Jacob Davis, and GRAMMY-winning songwriter Josh Osborne. For more information about Black River Publishing, please visit //blackriverent.com/publishing and follow them on social media.
Greg Hill, Laurel Kittleson-Cobb, and Emily Olson launched Dream 3 Publishing in 2022. With over five decades of combined experience in different faucets of the industry, involvement with countless No. 1s and their instrumental roles in the careers of some of country’s biggest stars, the industry veterans have built a boutique publishing company that focuses on great writers, great songs and developing talent. Olson runs the day-to-day publishing operations, including setting up co-writes and pitching songs. Kittleson-Cobb and Hill continue to run their businesses and filter in talent with the writers of Dream 3.
The Dream 3 Roster currently includes Ben Caver, Jon Stark, Dawson Edwards, Trent Fisher, Andy Buckner, and Maggie Reeves with cuts from artists including Cody Johnson, Brett Young, Chris Young, Shane Proffitt, Scoot Teasley, Colin Stough, Will Moseley, Laci Kaye Booth, Patrick Droney, and more .
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than one million songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents some of the world’s most talented music creators. Founded and governed by songwriters, composers and publishers, it returns nearly 90 cents of every dollar collected to its members as royalties and has the lowest overhead rate of any U.S. PRO. ASCAP licenses a repertory of over 20 million musical works to hundreds of thousands of businesses that use music, including streaming services, cable television, radio and satellite radio and brick and mortar businesses such as retail stores, hotels, clubs, restaurants and bars. ASCAP collects the licensing fees and identifies, matches, processes and pays royalties to its members for trillions of performances every year. The ASCAP blanket license offers an efficient solution for businesses to legally perform ASCAP music while respecting the right of songwriters and composers to be paid fairly. ASCAP puts music creators first, advocating for their rights and the value of music on Capitol Hill, driving innovation that moves the industry forward, building community and providing the resources and support that creators need to succeed in their careers. Learn more and stay in touch at www.ascap.com, on X and Instagram @ASCAP and on Facebook.
Celebrating over 77 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music Inc. is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in nearly 13 million musical works created and owned by more than 800,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. BMI negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are performed in public. In 1939, BMI created a groundbreaking open-door policy, becoming the only performing rights organization to welcome and represent the creators of blues, jazz, country and American roots music. Today, the musical compositions in BMI's repertoire, from chart-toppers to perennial favorites, span all genres of music and are consistently among the most-performed hits of the year. For additional information and the latest BMI news, visit bmi.com, follow @BMI on Twitter or stay connected through Broadcast Music Inc.'s Facebook page. Sign up for BMI's The Weekly and receive our e-newsletter every Monday to stay up to date on all things music.
Lamar Advertising is one of the largest Out of Home Advertising Companies, offering a variety of advertising formats. Lamar is proud to help individuals, local businesses and national brands expand their reach creatively and effectively.
Established in 1967, the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is the world’s largest not-for-profit songwriters trade association consisting of a membership of nearly 5,000 professional and developing songwriters from all genres.
NSAI maintains the steadfast commitment, set by its founding songwriters, to protect the rights and future of the profession of songwriting and to educate, elevate and celebrate the songwriter. With over 80 chapters throughout the U.S. and beyond, NSAI acts as a unifying force within the music community and the community at large.
With a dedicated staff and a board comprised of professional songwriters, NSAI upholds its mission through legislative, judicial, regulatory, and marketplace advocacy on behalf of the songwriting profession with immense success.As a result of its advocacy efforts, NSAI has directly contributed to U.S. Tax Code changes, the creation and passing of the Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act, victorious Copyright Royalty Board trials, and the development of Songwriter Caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
