Walt Aldridge told me I should join and I did just recently. There are some benefits, I was contacted by a chapter leader who is running a group about 45 minutes away from where I live. They do an educational segment, and a critique segment in each meeting, same all over the country. There will be visiting hit writers and publishers to pitch to, you can also get pro evaluations, I think 12 a year. I also think you can send a cd to the pitch to a publisher night in Nashville and they will have the group listen to your song, I have heard of a few deals being done at these meetings. I just joined a couple of weeks ago, so I'm yet to see if it's worth it, I just knew I have a great deal od respect for Walt, he actually told me he wouldn't be surprised if I got a cut on a song I played for him, ya never know...Moker