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

If you are a member and would like to attend and simply observe, you are more than welcome!

**Children under the age of 13 are not allowed at workshops. 13 & up are welcome to become members.**
 

ABOUT JILL MOODY:

Jill Moody brings more than 20 years experience in live music production, venue management, and booking artists and songwriters, to the team at NSAI. Jill is a member of the Recording Academy, AIMP and Source.  Formerly the Director of Programming at Analog at Hutton Hotel, Jill worked closely with NSAI and Tin Pan South on events, showcasing her passion for supporting Nashville's creative culture and artistic scene.

Jill's path in the music business began at Specs Howard School of Media Arts. After graduation she went on to begin her career as a Lighting Director at the world-famous Wildhorse Saloon (now Category 10) in Nashville,TN.  From there, she worked her way up the ranks from becoming Production Manager, where she created valuable relationships with various artists and bands throughout the country to her most recent position as Talent Buyer/Entertainment Manager for Wildhorse Saloon, where she strengthened those relationships and Wildhorse’s reputation as country music’s favorite place to play when visiting Nashville.  During her time at Wildhorse, Jill was honored as one of Nashville Business Journal’s 2016 Women in Music City which recognizes women who have helped to shape the music industry. 

At Hutton Hotel and Analog, Jill brought her vast experience to overseeing the programming and public event concepts for the hotel.  In 2019 and into early 2020 under her direction, Analog at Hutton Hotel rapidly grew into Nashville’s hottest venue welcoming a wide array of acts from CVRCHES, Lee Brice to Cage the Elephant, Carly Pearce, Moon Taxi, Yola and many more. In addition, Jill further developed her relationship with the songwriting community as Analog became a beloved space for industry professionals and songwriters. As her role expanded, she worked with Hutton Hotel to oversee all hotel room bookings for musicians, comedians and other VIP clients. 

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 feedback!

We will play the first verse and first chorus of each song and the guest will provide comments/suggestions/feedback.

Up to 30 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 5:00pm, please join the line on our covered porch on the Roy Acuff side of building. Once doors open at 5:00pm 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.