NorthField, IL (Top40 Charts/ Holdgate PR) Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) will feature a performance by acclaimed pop artist Chris Wallace as part of its sponsorship of the Membership Awards Ceremony at Media Finance Focus 2013, the 53nd annual conference for Media Financial Management Association (MFM) and its BCCA subsidiary.
Wallace, a singer/songwriter, recently performed his breakout hit "
Remember When" on the "Live with
Kelly & Michael" TV Show. iTunes had named the single one of the "Best Songs Of 2012,″ and Wallace's debut album, "Push Rewind," the "Best Breakthrough Pop Album Of 2012.″ Written by Wallace, "
Remember When" has ranked No. 24 on USA TODAY's top 40 airplay chart and its video has over 1.6 million YouTube views.
Media Finance Focus 2013, the industry's primary source of professional education for financial and business executives, will be held from May 20-22 at The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, LA. The BMI-sponsored "Happy Hour and a Half" and awards ceremony recognizing the winners of the association's 2013 Rainmaker and Working Capital Awards is scheduled for Tuesday evening, May 22, from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m.
"This year will mark BMI's 18th consecutive year as a conference sponsor and its seventh year as the host of our annual member awards ceremony," said Mary M. Collins, President & CEO of MFM and BCCA. "There's a great fit between our Member Awards ceremony and BMI: our Rainmaker and Working Capital Award honorees represent the outstanding talent that's advancing financial performance within our industry and BMI's featured artists at this event represent the creative talent that fuels the content engine driving so many of our businesses."
"Since 1939, BMI has been advocating for the value of music and the creators of music just like Chris Wallace, a BMI singer/songwriter who will be performing at this year's Media Finance Focus Conference. We are fully committed to protecting the performing rights of more than 550,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. BMI embraces its longstanding relationship with broadcast media and we fully acknowledge the generosity and support from this community. Cultivating these relationships while fostering the strength and value of music is priceless," said Mike Steinberg, Senior Vice President of Licensing at BMI.
About Chris Wallace
In addition to his recent appearance on "Live with
Kelly & Michael" Wallace has been a featured performer on "Vh1 Big Morning Buzz Live" and on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." His music story, which began in Wallace's home town of Hebron, Indiana, has been featured in USA TODAY, Billboard Magazine, US Weekly, Fuse,
Access Hollywood, E! News and Amazon.
As a teen, Wallace began playing lead guitar in local bar bands before he eventually put together his own band, Quad Four. After posting one of his songs on MySpace, he was signed to Epic Records, officially getting him out of Hebron and onto the national stage. He formed the band
White Tie Affair which released a hugely successful, debut album, "Walk This Way." The band performed with artists from all across the musical spectrum as part of its participation in the Warped Tour, Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour and Lady Gaga's Fame Ball Tour.
Media Finance Focus 2013, serves as the industry's primary source of professional education for financial and business executives. Additional information about Media Finance Focus 2013 and an online registration form may be found on MFM's Web site at www.mediafinance.org.
