Del R. Bryant
Del R. Bryant is President & Chief Executive Officer of BMI, the performing right organization. He was named to that position in August 2004 after a 32-year career with the company. He was previously Executive Vice President, responsible for directing BMI’s Writer/Publisher Relations, Performing Rights, Media Licensing and General Licensing departments.
Bryant, who was immersed in the creative process as the son of legendary songwriters and publishers Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, joined BMI in Nashville in 1972 and served there in both the Writer/Publisher and Performing Rights departments.
Bryant has played the leading role in re-engineering and modernizing BMI’s royalty distribution system as part of a writer acquisition initiative that attracted many of the best new writers across key genres of music, resulting in substantial increases in market share. Under his direction, BMI’s Film & Television department in Los Angeles was revitalized, and he redefined, reorganized and expanded BMI’s London outpost to be a major office representing the company for all of Europe. Bryant directed the establishment of a Latin music division, a first among American performing right organizations, and led the company’s effort in establishing an Urban music division,
He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame; has served as a member of the Board of the Nashville Songwriter’s Association International (NSAI); and is an active member of the Recording Academy, the Country Music Association, the Gospel Music Association, and the Television Academy, among others.
