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Members receive unlimited attendance to our Weekly Nashville Workshops. We kick off every Thursday evening at 5:45pm CT, with doors opening at 5:15pm CT, excluding announced holiday dates. Workshops take place at NSAI's Headquarters, located at 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN 37203, unless otherwise stated. The Weekly Nashville Workshops are a great place to learn from individuals involved all aspects of the music industry as well as connect with fellow NSAI members.
Questions? Click here for FAQs, give us a call at 800.321.6008, or email Andi at andi@nashvillesongwriters.com.
Meeting Information
When: Every Thursday Night
Where: NSAI
1710 Roy Acuff Place Nashville, TN 37203
Details: Contact reception@nashvillesongwriters.com for more information about the Nashville workshops.

WEEKLY NASHVILLE WORKSHOPS

 

 

WHAT IS GUEST SPEAKER NIGHT? 
Guest Speaker Night occurs once a month and the guests range from songwriters to other music industry professionals. This is a casual, laid back hour where the guest will talk about their journey in the music industry and allow members to ask questions. These last 50 minutes and will broadcast live at 5:45pm CT.
*Workshops will be archived in our video library 2 weeks after broadcast.

 

WHAT IS PITCH TO PUBLISHER NIGHT? 
Pitch To Publisher Night is our busiest workshop each month. Members are able to pitch one original song directly to a publisher on Music Row. These events are “pass” or “take a copy” sessions and publishers are not required to give feedback (although many of them will). We only play a VERSE and a CHORUS of each song unless the publisher asks to hear more. 
 


WHAT IS SONG FEEDBACK NIGHT? 
Song Feedback Night is one of our most popular workshops and it happens once a month. Our guest is usually a songwriter or publisher who will listen to a VERSE AND A CHORUS of a song and give feedback to the writer. These are not pitch sessions.

    
     

 

    Location: 
    1710 Roy Acuff Place
    Nashville, TN 37206
    United States

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    U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE CHOOSES MECHANICAL LICENSING COLLECTIVE!

    U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE CHOOSES MECHANICAL LICENSING COLLECTIVE
    Statement by Nashville Songwriters Association International
    Nashville, Tennessee (July 05, 2019) – The U.S. Copyright Office today chose the industry-consensus Mechanical Licensing Collective, or MLC, to be the new agency to oversee licensing of digital mechanical royalties for American songwriters.

    “Songwriters have looked forward to this incredible advance in music licensing for years,” said Steve Bogard, award-winning songwriter and President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI).  “The MLC creates a number of historic gains for American songwriters.  These gains include, for the first time, our participation in the governance of a mechanical rights agency on both board and committee levels. We are, for the first time, guaranteed an activity-based share of unclaimed funds.  And the cost of collecting our royalties is, for the first time, paid for by the streaming companies instead of being deducted from our songwriter earnings.”

    “NSAI is very proud of our role in crafting guarantees for songwriter inclusion in the MLC governance, stipulating the payment methodology for unclaimed funds and mandating transparency.  These things were all achieved as part of the Music Modernization Act.  These landmark accomplishments also included heading up the national selection process for MLC songwriter board and committee members,” Bogard continued.

    Now the MLC will set about the business of hiring a staff and preparing to ensure the new collective can efficiently license tens of millions of songs by January 1, 2021.  The MLC, while awaiting designation, has been working tirelessly and is well on its way to achieving that goal.  The Mechanical Licensing Collective was spearheaded by the National Music Publishers Association, NSAI and the Songwriters of North America (SONA).  The MLC was endorsed by nearly the entire American music industry when it submitted its application to the U.S. Copyright Office earlier this year.
     
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    Less Than 3 Weeks Until Song Camp 2019!

    Have you been thinking of joining us at Song Camp 2019? It's right around the corner and there are only a few registration spaces remaining. Bonus - If you are an NSAI member you save $100 off of the registration price! 

    In case you missed it, the incredible songwriter-singer Craig Campbell will be participating as this year's featured closing guest speaker where he will speak on his career journey, talk about his latest EP, "See You Try," and perhaps even play a song or two!

     

    Every year, NSAI's Song Camp brings together over 20 industry professionals and songwriters under one roof, ready to guide and educate the songwriters of tomorrow. Whether you've written one song or hundreds of songs, these three days will leave you ready to hit the ground running with your writing, feeling inspired and equipped with the knowledge of how to work on your writing to start creating your best material yet. Song Feedback, co-writing, networking, demo advice, goal setting...that's just the start of what you can expect at Song Camp! Check out the official event page for more details HERE, we hope to see you there!

     

    UPCOMING NSAI EVENTS

    Song Camp: July 18-20, 2019 (Registration information coming soon)
    Advanced Song Camp: July 25-27, 2019 (Registration information coming soon)