You must be an active NSAI member to pitch.

LOCATION: 1710 Roy Acuff Pl. Nashville, TN 37203

TIME: Doors will open at 10:00am CT / Event will begin at 11:00am CT

PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE EARLY - SPOTS ARE LIMITED AND FILL UP QUICKLY!

If you are unable to attend this workshop in person, please note that it will NOT be streamed or-distributed for later viewing.

About Laurel Kittleson-Cobb:

Laurel Kittleson- Cobb is the owner of Rainier Entertainment, a music consulting company for A&R, publishing, management, and artist development. Consulting for RECORDS Co overseeing the A&R for Matt Stell, George Birge, Nelly, Erin Kinsey, Jennifer Hart and The Pretty Wild. She plays a crucial role in the development of their artists, she scouts for

potential artists, screens song submissions, and oversees all aspects of the recording process. She also consults management and publishing with Nashville based artists for 19 Recordings.  Kittleson-Cobb was most recently the VP of

Artist Development & A&R at Curb Records where she signed up and coming artists, Hannah Ellis and Kelsey Hart. She spent her former years at Big Machine Label Group where she signed Country Music’s award winning, Brett Young. During her time in the music industry, she’s worked with artists such as Taylor Swift, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Toby

Keith, Steven Tyler, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Midland, Ronnie Dunn, Carly Pearce, Lee Brice, Rodney Atkins, Dylan Scott. Kittleson’s prior stops include Toby Keith’s Show Dog- Universal Records and Elevation Music Publishing. The Seattle native is a Belmont University graduate. She is a MusiCares Ambassador, a Recording Academy Member, a voting member of CMA, ACM and a SOLID and Grammy Next alumni.

About Dream 3 Publishing:

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

You must be an NSAI Member to fully participate in pitch / feedback workshops.

Bring an MP3 version of your song that you can easily play from your phone, along with two lyric sheets for the song you chose.(Cassette tapes will not be accepted.)

*Members are more than welcome to attend and simply observe the event even if they do not want to submit a song for pitch!

We will play the first verse and first chorus of each song and the guest will "pass" or "take a copy".

Up to 50 members can participate and will be played in order of arrival -Members traveling greater than 75 miles or 2 hours from Davidson County will be given priority to participate.*

If you arrive earlier than 10:00 am, please join the line on our covered porch on the Roy Acuff side of building. Once doors open you will sign in and submit your lyrics sheets of the song you chose, to the receptionist for the event.

Song submission must be the original work of the Songwriter without use of any artificial intelligence, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, or be otherwise contrary to applicable laws and regulations.

*ATTENTION OUT-OF-TOWN MEMBERS:

Members traveling greater than 75 miles or 2 hours from Davidson County are considered "out-of-town". You must be in the Priority Line prior to the time that doors open at 10:00 am. If you arrive after 10:00 am, you will be asked to join the end of the "Nashville/Local Line". At that point, there is no guarantee that you will be able to participate.

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*NSAI does not require you to wear a mask, but we encourage you to do what feels most comfortable.

GUEST ATTENDEES:

NSAI non-members are permitted to observe two workshops prior to joining to experience what NSAI is about. If you have attended more than two workshops as a non-member, you will be asked to join NSAI as a member to fully benefit from membership and attend future events.

PARKING:

Limited parking will be available in the NSAI parking lot.

Additional parking is available on the street (paid) and in neighboring (paid lots.)