BMI Announces CMJ Showcase Lineup: VERITE, Atarah Valentine, Dreamshow & More

Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), a global leader in music rights management, has announced the performers at the HD Radio and BMI-sponsored CMJ Music Marathon Festival showcase and mixer. A diverse lineup of talent will hit the stage at 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 21, at the Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211), continuing CMJ's 34-year history of celebrating new music first. Entry into the showcase is free for CMJ badge holders and non-badge holders; the mixer is invitation-only.

To celebrate the annual festival, BMI will host a mixer from 6:30pm-7:30pm, which will lead into the showcase. The lineup at the HD Radio and BMI-sponsored CMJ showcase will include six auspicious acts: alt-pop purveyor VÉRITÉ, rock & roll purists The Wans, genre-bending Atarah Valentine, electronic pop project Thief, melody architects Dreamshow and indie-pop infusers Charly Bliss.
"CMJ is the perfect festival for identifying and discovering new talent," said Samantha Cox, Assistant Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, at BMI. "Aligning with CMJ provides a priceless opportunity and platform for BMI songwriters to share their music with broader audiences."

For up-to-date information on BMI and the CMJ event, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bmi. The schedule for the HD Radio and BMI-sponsored CMJ Marathon Music Festival show is as follows:

7:30 - 8:00pm - The Wans: Since they formed two years ago, The Wans have been unleashing shotgun blasts of rock & roll that have resounded from their hometown of Nashville all the way to London. They've already opened for artists such as Pearl Jam, Beck and the Black Lips, and their music has been featured on ABC's Nashville, A&E's Longmire and USA's Necessary Roughness.

8:20 - 8:50pm - Thief: Spawned as an electronic pop project by songwriter PJ Wolf, Thief churns out fresh minimalist sounds reminiscent of contemporaries such as Metronomy, Frank Ocean and N.E.R.D. With the assistance of producer Matt Redlich, Thief released Closer, an EP in May, to impressive reviews.

9:10 - 9:40pm - Dreamshow: Front man Constantine V.'s has merged his sonic preferences to create Dreamshow, a four-man outfit with a sound that's distinctly punk, however, anchored in strong pop melodies.

10:00 - 10:30pm - Charly Bliss: Brooklyn based bubble-grunge four-piece Charly Bliss combine pop sensibility with heavily distorted instrumentals. Their live show is characterized by an enthusiasm that is hard to comprehend, the undeniable fun of which is mirrored by their recent release, Soft Serve.

10:50 - 11:20pm - Atarah Valentine: Over the past couple of years with the guidance of several notable producers (Damian Taylor, Mark Saunders), Valentine has honed his distinctive and infectious style, fusing elements of arena rock, classic '80s pop and '90s grunge to create a sound uniquely his own.

11:40pm - 12:10am -VÉRITÉ: Instead of shying away from painful moments of self-doubt, VÉRITÉ inhabits them with a rare artistic grace and confidence. Her approach to songwriting and recording enables her to be free of self-consciousness.

About CMJ

Artists, music fans, and industry insiders descend on New York City every fall for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. The festival is one of the world's most important outlets for the discovery of new music, with more than 1,300 performers given a chance to shine in over 80 nightclubs and theaters spread across the city. The CMJ Music Marathon offers an up-close opportunity to see future stars on the rise, often in an intimate setting that artists are about to leave behind.
http://www.cmj.com/marathon/
About BMI

Celebrating 75 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in more than 8.5 million musical works created and owned by more than 650,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The Company 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 www.bmi.com, follow us on Twitter @BMI or stay connected through Broadcast Music, Inc.'s Facebook page.

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