NEWSLETTER 4-5-25 (click to open)

Tuesday 4-8-25

The 2025 TSAI Songwriter

Awards Show

is HERE!

Seats are going Fast!

This year's Inductees into

The TSAI Hall Of Fame are;

Danny Wells and

Al Brock!

Congratulations!

ALL other

winners will be announced

at the Awards Show.

Scheduled to Perform,

The Waymasters

Rick Jones & Honey Child

Buddy Jewell

Lee Newton

Lewis Brice

Danny Wells

Brandon Lee

J4

Claire Cunningham

The Dugger Band

== BREAKING ==

Harken Hall has informed me

Admission will be FREE!

General Admission, but

there will be a cut-off at some point,

so Reserve your tickets!

There is an early

'Reservation' spot on

HarkenHall.com

= Seats are going FAST! =

Doors open at 6 pm

Show starts at 7 pm

TSAI

is excited and Blessed to

announce the recipient of the

2025 TSAI

 Lifetime Achievement Award

Mr Bill Anderson!

A true Songwriting icon,

 Country Music Hall of Famer,

TV star, and Grand Ole Opry

legend.

Please check out his bio on our

home page!

Our Event this year will be held

at the new Harken Hall

in Madison!

This facility is AMAZING!

check it out online.

Make your plans Now!

You don't want to miss this!

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Tuesday 4-22-25

Pitch-a-Pro

Jeff Burns, J&J Productions

Please begin sending

Title requests NOW!

Any Traditional Country!

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New this year, 1 free Pitch

for 1 trivia answer!

In the room only.

To all appropriate guests,

songs must be in our Playlist.

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Join us at

== TONE CENTRAL STATION ==

 Our NEW meeting spot,

beginning January 7, 2025

"Vibin', baby!"

By Grimey's, next to

Living Waters coffee bar

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Mr Bob Dellaposta

has joined the TSAI Board!

Welcome Bob!

Also, Bob has an offer

for us, see below!

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Reminder, all times given

are Nashville/Central time.

Please adjust to your local time,

we don't want you to miss anything

just because the Earth is round.

( to new "Pitch Program" members,

please don't send Pitch

requests for future Pitches

until instructed. )

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Wynne Adams is hosting

a special

Songwriter Showcase

at the VFW Club, April 12

6-7 pm,

101 Eddy Lane, Franklin Tn.

This event is to honor Veterans,

U.S. Armed Forces,

First Responders, and their families.

Burgers @ 5,

Showcase 6-7,

Open Mic after.

contact:

Wynne Adams Productions

615-495-7375

www.wynneproductions.com

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The new TSAI merch is here!

The new TSAI merch is here!

You're on our website, just

back up and go to the

SHOP page, and order

yours NOW!

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= Palm Coast Songwriter Workshop =

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--- IMPORTANT ---

Mail your flash drives to

152 Dueler Dr

Hermitage, Tn 37076

 All other mail to

PO Box 593 Burns Tn, 37029

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Twitter (X)

Our account has been revised.

SAME handle as before,

@TennesseesongW1

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Important! 

For Pitch procedure,

See previous Newsletters

and website.

You must be a "Pitch Program"

member to participate.

All other services are FREE

and open to everyone!

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TSAI has a QR code!

Takes ya right to our website, how

cool is THAT!

( you're on the site now, but..)

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NEWS!

TSAI YouTube Channel

"TSAI Nashville" on YouTube

"Songwriters Workshop, Tips from TSAI"

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!

https://youtube.com/@tsainashville1142

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Remember, you are now on our website.

Back up and look around!

"Stroll around the grounds

until you feel at home..."

• - - ATTENTION - -

Please remember to use the Amazon links on our

website when you're on-line shopping.

Going to Amazon from our site helps TSAI!

PLEASE, if no one is going to use

this, we will drop it.

Meeting Calendar

= Tuesday Night Meetings =

6:30 pm

Tuesday 4-22-25

Pitch-a-Pro

Jeff Burns, J&J Productions

Please begin sending

Title requests NOW!

Any Traditional Country!

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OTHER NEWS

TSAI 2025

Songwriter

Awards

Tuesday, April 8

@ Harken Hall

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The 2025 Josie Music Awards

are open for submissions!

Until April 30th.

See www.josiemusicawards.com

for more details

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BIG NEWS on the

Spodify/MLC lawsuit!

Back up to our Home Page for details!

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Bob Dellaposta is launching a

GREAT opportunity for TSAI

Songwriters!

Ai is a very important part of this

business now.

He's done workshops on Ai

with us, and this offer will

help all those new to it.

He's created 100's of Ai generated

songs, making money.

He's offering, for $25 a song,

to use your lyrics to create one for YOU.

(he may discuss any editing needed for

commercial success).

This is a 'work for hire'.

You'll receive the Master, and

a contract stating you retain

100% copyright.

Production direction of your choice,

(tempo, male, female, genre, etc).

He can also translate to a

Foreign language!

For all the details,

Please contact:

Bob Dellaposta

my3kidsmusic@comcast.net

615-290-8255

www.my3kidsmusic.com

You will be AMAZED at

the results!

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The Columbia Arts Council

is starting up some great

opportunities!

contact kmurphy@columbiatn.gov

for details

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Hey, Martin Sneyd and John Mullen,

from Ireland, will be here

for the Awards and would like to

write with some TSAI folks while here!

conctact martinsneyd@gmail.com

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Hey folks, the Government

"raised" the mechanical

license rate from 12.4 cents to

12.7 cents! Hooray!

I'll bet if more of them

were Songwriters it would.....

(imho).

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BIG NEWS on the

Spotify/MLC lawsuit!

Back up to our Home Page for details!

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== NOW PERMANENT! ==

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TSAI is partnering with our friend

(Award Winning Hit Writer) Chris Wallin,

 to get you his fantastic "Building Great Songs!"

See our Home page for details, TSAI supporters

 get a discount, too!

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The Podunk Bluegrass Festival's

annual Songwriting Contest is

underway, admissions until

midnight April 30th.

details at

podunkbluegrass.com/contest

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TSAI on NCTVN on ROKU TV

TSAI channel on

Nashville Country Television Network

Our Around Town shows and Awards Shows

 are up now, with more coming!

You may need to add NCTVN to your ROKU

On the Home page, scroll down past the

premier networks to "Add a Channel"

Type Nashville Country Television in

 the search box,

select the Logo on the right, and let it load.

Scroll across to the TSAI Channel, and enjoy!

We're under "TV Shows".

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If you're in the SW Virginia area,

and want to go to the

TSAI Chapter meeting,

contact Brooke McGrady at 540-312-1593

Special news for our performing supporters!

If you're looking for a great option for

merch, contact our sponsor Helen's Pop Art!

 We have worked out a deal for you

as a supporter of TSAI! Links above

and on the website.

TSAI has a new Chapter in Colorado!

Contact Revele at tsaicolorado@gmail.com

Venmo

You can now use Venmo for all your

purchases at TSAI!

Awards Show tickets,

Pitch Program renewals,

 Real Country Music On Radio wristbands,

donations...

Use tsainashville@gmail.com user name.

TSAI now has an Instagram account!  

TSAI Nashville

Twitter, X: TennesseesongW1

SKILLS WE NEED

TSAI needs help with: IT, website development,

Blog writing, Video editing,

 photography, social media, accounting, and more.

If you'd like to get involved, we'd love

to have you! SHARE-(Volunteer) YOUR SKILLS!

We could get a lot more done,

if we could get more help!

REAL COUNTRY MUSIC ON RADIO

wristbands are

 available at  tsainashville.com 

Please help us convince Radio there should be

 2 separate Country Music formats,

 Pop Country and Traditional Country

Twice as much room for all of us!

RESOURCES

Some recommended

 Recording Studios

Cash Creek   kimo@cashcreekband.com 

Dave Smith   makinmusictn1970@gmail.com 

Pat Lassiter   patsbass@gmail.com 

   Kevin Key   kkproductions@gmail.com 

John Heinrich   johnsteelsax@aol.com

Billy Coane   billycoane@gmail.com

Paul Bowen  paulbowenmusic@yahoo.com

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If you are looking to edit your video footage,

or you'd like stage footage of

 your event, reach out to

Joe @Shocker Editing somairot616@gmail.com.

 It can be individual songs turned into

music videos

 or an entire television show.

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Tennessee Songwriters Association, International

www.tsainashville.com

615-582-0176

tsainashville@gmail.com

PO Box 593, Burns Tn, 37029