DEADLINE EXTENDED TO: December 10, 2008 Good news: the deadline for the 9th Annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest has been extended to Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. (Online submissions must be received by midnight [CST] on that date. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by that date.) The contest boasts exciting prizes designed to help unsigned songwriters on the road to becoming professional hitmakers. This year's prizes include professional mentoring with Kenny Alphin(Big Kenny) and award winning songwriter Regie Hamm, recording sessions and single-song publishing contracts from major Music Row publishers like Curb Music, Montage Music Group, Skyline Music Publishing and others. Among our previous Grand Prize winners are Tracy Naples (2002 - label development deal with DreamWorks), Jesse Terry (2003 - publishing deal with MASville Music), Zane Williams (2005 - publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music), Charlie Worsham (2006 - his band, Kingbilly, is signed to a publishing/recording deal with Chrysalis Music) and Diana Kelley (2007 - her winning song has been signed with Wood Newton Music). This could be your year! TO ENTER, CLICK HERE. If you are a Sonicbids member, you may now submit on-line entries through Sonicbids.(Note: NSAI members receive discounts on submissions. All genres of music are accepted. Proceeds benefit the NSAI Legislative Fund to protect the rights of songwriters.)
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NSAI CELEBRATES CRB RULINGS This week’s Copyright Royalty Board decision on mechanical rates -- coupled with the announcement last week of an industry-wide agreement on mechanical royalties on new internet models such as subscription music -- is good news for American songwriters. Click the headline above for more information and greater explanation.
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD ISSUES MECHANICAL RATE RULING * Good News For Songwriters And Good News For The Music Industry
* Mechanical Rates Remain The Same: Penny Rate NOT Percentage Rate
* Big Raise For Ringtones Click the headline above for more.
