NSAI MILWAUKEE, WI EVENT
Spend the day with NSAI hearing from music publishers and industry executives! Receive song feedback and invaluable tips to develop your craft! This special event includes lesson plans from Doug Johnson (songwriter and VP of A&R at Black River Records), Bart Herbison (NSAI's Executive Director) and a Publisher Panel Listening Session featuring Nashville-based publishers! We hope you can join us!
*Coffee/light breakfast and lunch provided
NSAI MEMBER PRICE: $100
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $150
Download the agenda here-> MilwaukeeWIEventAgenda.pdf
ABOUT THE FEATURED GUESTS
Doug Johnson
Doug is the VP of A&R at Black River Entertainment. He has engineered projects for Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless, Alabama, Blake Shelton, Kellie Pickler and more. Doug is also a songwriter who has over 100 cuts including "Three Wooden Crosses" (Randy Travis) and "Love Like Crazy" (Lee Brice).
Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson is one of Nashville’s most experienced publishers. In the music business twenty-two years and counting, her influence can be heard daily on Country radio. As VP Creative, she established the Nashville division of Razor & Tie Music Publishing, and in a few short years the company has found three of their songs at the top of the Country charts. She is the founder of Sweet Renegade Music Nashville.
Chelsea Kent
Originally from China Spring, TX (suburb of Waco, TX), she began writing songs at the age of nine and frequented the studio from then on which spurred her dream of pursuing music as a career. She graduated from Belmont University in December 2012 with a Bachelor’s in Songwriting with a Minor in Music Business. Three months prior to graduation she was hired by producer Jimmy Ritchey (Jake Owen, Greg Bates, Mark Chesnut, William Michael), where she worked in production, publishing for Vibe Room Music/Crosscut Music, and management for a year. She was hired by Still Working Music in September 2013 as Creative Director, where she works today.
Bart Herbison
Herbison has led the Nashville Songwriters Association to legislative accomplishments including adoption of the landmark Songwriters Capital Gains Tax Equity Act, creation of the first-ever Group Copyright Infringement--Social Network Insurance, and acquisition of the famed Bluebird Cafe. NSAI is the world's largest not-for-profit songwriters trade organization with 7,000 annual members and over 150 chapters.