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Songwriter and NSAI Board Member Jennifer Schott shares why setting 'micro goals' and practicing organization early in your songwriting career helps develop a healthy perspective on success!

Each week our NSAI Membership Team meets songwriters from all walks of life and musical interests! In this blog post, Andi, Kalee, and Erin share their tips for fostering industry relationships, staying familiar with music trends, and setting attainable goals. 

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1. Write Every Single Day

Creativity is a muscle and the best way to get stronger is to exercise it; to get better, it takes consistency and discipline. It’s easy to slip into the bad habit of writing only when the inspiration strikes. While it is certainly an excellent way...

Singer/songwriter Alissa Moreno appears at an NSAI workshop to talk about getting songs placed for film and television.

Have you ever met strangers that feel like friends? Have you ever heard a song that was so perfectly tuned to your life that you feel the artist must have bugged your living room because they know what you're going through? Walking into the first day of Bonnaroo is like...

In this short video, Big Machine Music/ 50 Egg's Jonathan Singleton reflects on the writing process for Maddie & Tae's "Die From A Broken Heart," a conversational country song written by Deric Ruttan, Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye.