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Bryant also led the Companys effort in establishing an R&B/hip-hop music division, headquartered in Atlanta, paving the way for a genre that has now become a powerhouse category in the BMI repertoire. These initiatives created a leadership presence that has enabled BMI to effectively represent the surging Latin creative community. Bryant directed the establishment of a Latin music division, a first among American performing rights organizations. Under his direction, BMIs Film & Television department in Los Angeles was revitalized, leading the Company to a predominant position in the representation of Hollywoods leading composers. It marked a sharp turn-around at BMI and attracted many of the best new writers across key genres of music, resulting in substantial increases in market share.īryants comprehensive approach to building the BMI repertoire has included initiatives in every major genre of music.

He directed the implementation of the structure introduced in 1987 as part of an aggressive writer acquisition campaign that included major components in marketing, advertising and industry media relations and events. Bryant has played the leading role in re-engineering and modernizing BMIs royalty distribution system. Perhaps his most important and successful long-term collaboration was that with the late Frances W.

He has developed close working collaborations across departmental lines within BMI, and between writers and publishers and leaders of the music business. In more than four decades of service at BMI, Bryant has become well known as one of the Companys most talented team builders.

Today, BMI represents more than 600,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 8.5 million musical works, and distributed more than $814 million in royalties for its 2013 fiscal year. He joined BMI in Nashville in 1972 and worked in many areas of the Company over the next 32 years, rising to Executive Vice President of Repertoire and Licensing before being named President and CEO in August 2004.

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In Bryants current role as President of BMI, he continues to lead the Company in its commitment to serving creativity and valuing music for the benefit of all songwriters, composers, publishers and licensees.īryant is the son of legendary songwriters and publishers Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, who were the first two professional songwriters in Nashville and penned such classics as ∻ye, Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, ∺ll I Have To Do Is Dream, Love Hurts, and the Tennessee state song, Rocky Top. This rich musical heritage inspired Bryants accomplishments and passion for the business, along with his incredible song sense, an intuitive understanding for the creative process of the songwriter and composer, and a deep understanding of how the writer fits into the creative matrix of the music business. Bryant was President and Chief Executive Officer of BMI from August 2004 to September 15, 2013, and is responsible for leading the Company into its position as the premier global music rights management organization. Bryant is President of Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), the American performing rights organization.

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