Topic for August Industry Insider series announced

BMI, the U.S. performing right organization representing more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, along with Gibson Guitar and Billboard, today announced that the topic for the August Industry Insider series will be Getting Your Music in Film & TV. The panel will be held on Wednesday, August 15 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Gibson Guitar showroom in Beverly Hills (9350 Civic Center Drive). The event is free and open to BMI-affiliated writers and their guests. Admission is on an R.S.V.P., limited-capacity basis; early arrival is strongly suggested. To R.S.V.P., please email LARSVP@bmi.com by August 12.
The panel will feature four key studio music executives and recording duo Lexicon. The panelists will be discussing how to get your music used in film and television programs, working with independent filmmakers, score vs. source music, and how to best source your music to music supervisors.
The panel will be moderated by Ray Yee, Senior Director, Film/TV Relations, BMI. Panelists will include JoJo Villanueva, Music Supervisor, Format Entertainment (Epic Movie, The Hitcher, Charlie Bartlett); Wilson Yau, Music Supervisor, MTV (Real World, Making the Band); Season Kent, Music Supervisor, Season Kent Film Music (Harold and Kumar 2, Bonneville, The Lakehouse); Rachel Levy, Vice President, Motion Picture Music, The Weinstein Company; and Lexicon – Gideon Black and Nick Black (placements in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, America’s Next Top Mode, Numb3rs, Punk’d).
The BMI Industry Insider series is a program that was created in 2006 with Gibson Guitar and Billboard magazine to provide songwriters with an educational forum to assist them with their career development. Moderated by a rotating group of professionals from BMI, Gibson and Billboard, the series takes an in-depth look at several core areas of the music business that are integral to career growth and success. Topics have included management, legal representation, songwriting; music publishing and a&r. Offering a direct link to the inner workings of the music business from the perspective of established music professionals, the program provides songwriters with a wealth of information at no charge.

BMI:
Now celebrating more than 65 years in business, BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and publishers in all genres of music. With a repertoire of more than 6.5 million musical works from around the world, the non-profit-making corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents. For more information on BMI, go to www.bmi.com .

Gibson:
Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson’s digital guitar represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in more than 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Mich., and headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.’s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Valley Arts, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Hamilton, Chickering and Wurlitzer. For more information on Gibson Guitars, please visit www.gibson.com .

Billboard:
Now in its 111th year, Billboard is the world's premier weekly music, video and digital entertainment publication and a diverse digital, events and brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends. Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information Group, which also includes www.Billboard.com , www.Billboard.biz , Billboard Chart Alert, Billboard Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories, Billboard Books, Billboard Licensing & Events and Billboard Radio Monitor.