I guess it is another sign of the changing music scene in Nashville. Good or bad I don't know. Maybe the money isn't there to keep it going.

The two times I was a member of NSAI I got the impression that it was run by a bunch of amateurs. You were supposed to get a bulletin every two months. I was lucky if I saw 4. I mainly joined because at the time I thought that was the only way to get my songs to a publisher. Critiques? Forget it. I believe it was students at Belmont University for the most part working to get a credit for a college course. It was easy to see that getting your song ripped apart was the only benifit you were likely to get from NSAI. If I want to get rejected let actual music industry types do it. At least your song is heard rather than being bottlenecked by someone not in a position to use it.

NSAI supposedly does testify from time to time before congress. Exactly what success they have had probably is helpful.

There was a chapter close to here at one time. However NSAI demanded that any members belong to NSAI as far as I can remember and the Chapter head had to travel to Nashville maybe once a year to keep the afiliation certified.

What good they do for the songwriter is up in the air.

Ray E. Strode