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So, you want your music to be in a TV show, commercial, or movie. Great! Before you send a cold email, or pitch your music to a Music Supervisor (defined as “a qualified professional who oversees all music-related aspects of film, television, advertising, video games and other existing or...

By Dana Lalevee on April 5, 2017

Most of songwriting is based on a desire to share stories, a drive to get up and work at it every day, and pure talent. However, there are still opportunities to “learn” a few tricks of the trade along the way. This week...

By Dana Lalevee on March 22, 2017

We’re an opinionated bunch over here at the NSAI headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. A great percentage of us listen to music like it’s our jobs…because it IS our job. In the spirit of this month’s theme, we banded together to deliver our...

By Membership Representative, Dana Lalevee

As an NSAI Membership Representative, I get a lot of inquiries from our artist-writer members about social media. How can I build a bigger following? How can I get people to pay attention to my social media? How does social media even work? These are...

By Dana Lalevee on February 22, 2017

Song inspiration and ideas come from so many places; a quote, a commercial, or reading can inspire a writer. There is no one correct way to come up with a great idea. What matters is what you do with that idea when it...