World Music Spices Up BMI's Acoustic Lounge

(BMI) - BMI presented four exceptional singer/songwriters at its last installment of the Acoustic Lounge, featuring the diverse talent of Al Polito, Alexa Wilkinson, Protasio and Elizabeth Ayoub. Folk-pop, Arabic song, country-blues and Latin sounds all flowed harmoniously during one soulful performance. The showcase, held at Genghis Cohen on the first Monday of each month, is free and open to the public.

The Acoustic Lounge is one of many opportunities BMI offers to artists to showcase their talent in front of their peers and a supportive audience. The atmosphere is relaxed and fun, offering a great opportunity to network with other aspiring and working singer/songwriters. For established writers, it provides a chance to monitor new musical trends and be involved in the grass-roots/DIY musical movement.

Now celebrating more than 65 years in business, BMI is an American performing right 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.