Mentoring Sessions

Want some one-on-one feedback on your songs?

Have a question about the music industry, or need some guidance on how to achieve your songwriting goals?

 

Utilize your mentoring credits to meet one-on-one with one of our mentors and get those questions answered!

Each session lasts 45 minutes and your membership includes two mentor session credits per membership year.

You may send in up to three songs to review with a mentor for each session. Mentors are currently available to meet via either Zoom or phone call. 

For questions or to schedule your session, call the NSAI office at 615-256-3354.

 

Jamie Teachenor Specializes in Song Feedback, Being an Artist-Writer, Cutting Major Artist Cuts
 
Jamie Teachenor is an award-winning, multi-platinum singer/songwriter and producer, U.S. Air Force Veteran, International Speaker, and Adjunct Professor of Songwriting at Middle Tennessee State University. He earned his M.B.A. from Troy University and his Ph.D. from Liberty University. Jamie has written songs for and recorded with major artists such as Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry, Collin Raye, Trisha Yearwood, Joey + Rory, Gretchen Wilson, Kenny G, Vince Gill, Warrant, Lynyrd Skynyrd, National Symphony Orchestra, and rock-n-roll legend, Jerry Lee Lewis. He has released multiple albums as a solo artist and as the frontman for multiple bands–including Lo-Fi, Teachenor Clark, and the United States Air Force Academy Band - Wild Blue Country. As a singer, his first appearance on the charts was Blake Shelton’s 2003 hit single, Playboys of the Southwestern World, and as a songwriter, Blaine Larsen’s 2005 debut hit single, How Do You Get That Lonely—a song addressing teenage suicide. Recently, he appeared on the charts with Rory Feek's 2021 co-written release, Met Him in a Motel Room, featuring Trisha Yearwood. Teachenor found his place in American military history when he composed Semper Supra, the official anthem for the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, the United States Space Force. Teachenor has performed on ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Early Show, Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, CNN, MSNBC, and WSM’s Grand Ole Opry. He has been featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, People Magazine, the Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Military.com, Military Times, Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, Navy Times, Defense One, USA Today, American Songwriter, iHeart, NPR, The Guardian, New York Post, Politico, The Hill, Stars and Stripes, Country Weekly, New York Magazine, The Independent, Air & Space Forces Magazine, Government Matters, MTV, CMT, and VH1. His movie and book credits include One Angry Man (2010), Season of a Lifetime (2012), the #1 best-selling Amazon documentary—Kings of Indiana (2019), Chicken Soup for the Soul, Country Music Edition (2013), Beautiful Life, Book Trailer (2014), and he was the featured artist in the 2013 Tennessee Vacation Guide.
 
Rebekah Powell Specializes in Song Feedback, Authenticity and Confidence-Building, Developing Your Unique Artistic "Voice"

Rebekah Powell is a #1 award-winning songwriter, certified master life coach, and founder of Heartsongs Music. 

After growing up in Nashville in a family of award-winning songwriters, she began her music career at the age of 16 when she became the youngest person at the time to ever perform for Congress to advocate for songwriters’ rights with NSAI.  She has gone on to work with celebrated artists and producers such as Zooey Deschanel (of She & Him), Ward Thomas, James Otto, Sarah Darling, TyDi, Alice on the Roof, and many others. She has over 50 cuts on major, best-selling, and critically-acclaimed albums in several genres and received a #1 Award for her 10-song contribution to Ward Thomas’s chart-topping record Cartwheels, the first country album to ever reach #1 in the UK. 

As a songwriter and life coach, she explores the power of storytelling to unlock deep presence and authentic self-expression. Over the last decade plus, she has hosted workshops on creativity, mentored writers and artists, and co-facilitated quarterly team-building keynotes on the art of collaboration for a Fortune 100 company.

Craig Monday Specializes in Song Feedback and Music Publishing. Genre: Country.

Originally from Luttrell, Tennessee, Craig Monday's journey into songwriting started when he and some buddies formed a rock band and wound up needing some original songs for a show... Something they didn't have at the time. Craig decided to give it a go, wrote a song, and well, the rest is history. He started writing for country, and after moving to Nashville in 1996, he won NSAI's World's Largest Open Mic, which he said was one of the first things to boost his confidence that he could pursue songwriting. Since then, he has had cuts with Kenny Chesney, Randy Houser, Vince Gill, Diamond Rio, Amy Grant, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Jamey Johnson. 
 
Benita Hill Specializes in Song Feedback and The Process and Business of Songwriting. All Genres.
 
Singer/songwriter Benita Hill has had cuts in nearly every genre there is, from country, pop and rock to jazz, gospel and musical theater. She is a cowriter on Garth Brooks' "It's Your Song" and "Two Pina Coladas," and has had other cuts with Isaac Hayes, Crystal Cayle, Kirk Whalum, Kevin Whalum, Take 6 and more. Benita has released seven albums of her own, has toured as a background singer with the Allman Brothers, J.J. Cale, Conway Twitty and others, and is the voice behind "Santa Baby" in the Jaguar Automobiles commercials. As if her accomplishments weren't already impressive enough, Benita self-produced the documentary "The Healing Power of a Song" and co=wrote six songs for the international movie musical, "Cooking for Two."
 
Zach Green Specializes in Song Feedback, Music Publishing, and General Music Industry Questions. 

Zach Green has been a songwriter advocate and champion for nearly a decade, starting his career at ASCAP in New York where he spent several years in a distributions role gaining expertise in song cataloguing, licensing and copyright.  His first creative role brought him to Nashville, working with SESAC's creative services team to sign and develop writers including KNOX, Hasting, Rudy Currence and many others.  During the pandemic Zach pivoted into publishing, starting as a Creative Coordinator for BMG Nashville in 2021.  Serving an incredible roster of hitmakers, Zach learned the landscape of a successful publishing venture from one of the biggest in the world.  With those skills, an insatiable drive and an extensive network from years of climbing the ropes, Zach accepted his first Creative Director position at Banner Music.  He spent nearly a year growing the brand out, hosting many successful writer rounds and accruing several cuts for Banner, and has since pivoted into the freelance space as a publishing consultant.  Zach is also a gigging musician and founder of the popular music industry gatherings Red Door Hangs.

All mentor sessions must take place during your membership year to be counted, so plan accordingly! Credits do not roll over from year to year.