You must be an active NSAI member to pitch.

LOCATION: 1710 Roy Acuff Pl. Nashville, TN 37203

TIME: Doors will open at 5:00pm CT / Event will begin at 5:45pm 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 CHLOE CLEVENGER:  

Hailing from Fishers, Indiana, Chloe Clevenger moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University, where she studied Creative and Entertainment Industries with a focus on music business. During her time at Belmont, she served on several industry-focused student boards, including the Music Row Promo Leadership Board, was part of the BMI Catalog Cast Program and the CMA EDU program, and completed internships with several companies, including Big Machine Music and Full Stop Management.

Clevenger graduated from Belmont University in December 2024 and currently works as a Catalog Manager at SMACKSongs, where she supports and oversees song catalogs while working closely with songwriters and the creative team.

ABOUT SMACKSongs: 

SMACKSongs is a Nashville-based music publishing, management and artist development powerhouse. Led by Grammy Award winners Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, SMACK is home to some of the industry’s top songwriters, artists and producers who have collectively earned over 50 #1’s. SMACK was named 2018, 2019 and 2020 AIMP Publisher of the Year, 2018 and 2020 SESAC Publisher of the Year and has been listed as a Top 10 Billboard Hot Country Publishing Corporation for the past 8 years.

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 5:00 pm, 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, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, rights of privacy, image or likeness, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, or be otherwise contrary to applicable laws and regulations.  To the extent any generative or other forms of artificial intelligence was used in the creation of the song related to the submission, a detailed description of the scope of that use must be disclosed upon submission, for any NSAI-sponsored service or event.

*Please note, any songs containing generative AI content affecting the composition of the song will not qualify for any competition or merit-based recognition opportunities (i.e. Ones to Watch, NSAI Member Awards, Top 40, NSAI Song Contest, Chapter Challenge, live pitch, live feedback events, etc.) 

• To understand melody in music, think about some music you’re familiar with. If you were asked to hum it, what would that sound like? The part of the music that you’d hum is the melody.  According to: Hoffmanacademy.com
• Our policy speaks to the writing/creation of a song, not the production component.

*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 5:00 pm. If you arrive after 5:00 pm, 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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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.)