9th Annual NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT

Posted by:  Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)

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Summary

9th Annual NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT HAS EXTENDED THEIR DEADLINE TO DECEMBER 10.



In its ninth year, the NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT boasts new, exciting prizes designed to help amateur songwriters on their road to becoming a professional songwriter.



Just a few of the prizes up for grabs this year include:


  • A single-song contract from a major Music Row publisher
  • One hour (each) mentoring session with Kenny Alphin (Big Kenny) and Regie Hamm
  • A three-day trip to Nashville (includes airfare and hotel accommodations)
  • A demo of your song by professional producers and musicians at Parlor Studio on Music Row
  • A private tour of the CMT studios
  • Prizes from Gibson, SHURE, MasterWriter, Elixir Strings, CMT and more


These prizes are specifically designed to help six amateur songwriters' enhance their careers.



In fact the Top 6 winning songwriters will each win a single-song publishing contract from a major Music Row publisher. Cal IV Entertainment, Curb Music, Hearts Bluff Music, Melrose Entertainment, Montage Music Group and Skyline Music Publishing will each offer single-song contracts to the winners of the NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT.


Prizes are awarded to one (1) Grand Prize Winner, one (1) CMT Listeners' Choice Winner, four (4) Finalists, ten (10) runners-up and forty (40) honorable mentions. The contest is open to all genres of music. All songs entered receive a judging report. Music industry executives, professional songwriters and NSAI board members judge songs based on lyrics, melody and composition. Performance and production will not be evaluated.



The popular CMT Listeners' Choice Award is also back for a third year. Beginning Jan. 20, 2009, the Top 15 finalists in the 9th Annual NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT will be posted at nsai.cmt.com. Music fans can go to the site through Feb. 28, 2009, listen to the finalists' demos and vote for their favorite song. The song with the most audience votes will be the CMT Listeners' Choice Award winner. In its first year, the contest received over 106,000 votes.



The 9th Annual NSAI Song Contest is presented by CMT and sponsored by the following organizations: Cal IV Entertainment, Curb Music, Hearts Bluff Music, Melrose Entertainment, Montage Music Group and Skyline Music Publishing. Also the Americana Music Association, American Songwriter, ASCAP, the Bluebird Café, Broadjam, BMI, Digidesign, DiscMakers, Elixir Strings, G7th Ltd., Gibson Guitar, Guitar Center, JACK-fm, WRLT Lightning 100, Masterwriter, Music City Unsigned, Music Connection magazine, Nashville Scene, Parlor Productions, PikCARD, SESAC, SHURE Microphones and 95.5 The Wolf.



All proceeds from the 9th Annual NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT will benefit NSAI's legislative efforts to protect the rights of songwriters. NSAI is the world's largest not-for-profit songwriters' trade organization.