Pictured above, BMI archival photo of songwriting legend Roger Miller
BMI Asks Songwriters: What's Your Inspiration?
Photo contest with a SXSW trip up for grabs
WHO: SXSW is turning 25 years old, and charter sponsor BMI wants to help celebrate. The performing right organization is giving songwriters the chance to win a trip to the annual SXSW Music Conference, March 16-20, in Austin, Texas.
WHAT: BMI songwriters are invited to upload photos of their inspiration or themselves while writing or performing a song for a chance to win a trip to the 2011 SXSW Music Conference and Festival, including a three-night hotel stay in downtown Austin and two roundtrip airline tickets to Austin, TX.
When: The contest is open through February 22, 2011.
Only persons residing in United States who are at least 18 years of age can enter.
Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) is an American performing right organization that represents more than 475,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI has represented the most popular and beloved music from around the world for 70 years. The U.S. corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents.