NSAI Houston Events

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 7:00pm-10:00pm  NSAI HOUSTON NORTH METRO WORKSHOP  Facebook: NSAI HOUSTON NORTH METRO

Location: Dosey Doe, 25911 I-45 North, The Woodlands. Dosey Doe has a great menu and drink offerings, so come hungry and thirsty.

7:15-7:45 Program: Who’s Who in Songwriting- Connie Mims will introduce you to the songwriters behind the hits, their respective styles, and what you can learn from them. Bring something to write with, so you can do your own follow up research on your favorite songs, and which songwriters you’ll want to start stalking!

7:45-8:30 Group Critique: Bring at least 10 typed copies of lyrics to one song and either be able perform it live with your guitar/keyboard, etc., or use the house sound system’s  playback system. We have time for 5-7 critiques. Sign up as you arrive. Those not getting in this month’s critiques will be placed on a rain check list for next month. There are typically one or two people on the rain check list, so be sure to arrive by 7:00pm to sign up!

8:30-10:00 Songwriters in the Round:  Round 1 features Leslie Krafka, Aaron Wendt and Ken Mattox. Round 2 featuresConnie Mims, Mark Beets and The Renfrees.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th , 6:00pm-9:00pm  NSAI CLEAR LAKE/SOUTH HOUSTON MONTHLY WORKSHOP

Location:   Sudie’s Seafood House, 352 N. Gulf Freeway, League City

We're FILLING THE HOUSE.........and YOU GOTTA be there!!!!!  SIGN UP EARLY, rounds will be completely filled.   BRING YOUR FRIENDS and co-workers, they will love it, ..the food is great.  

Contact Larry Whitehair for details and if you’d like to be in one of the performing rounds: llw@lyricbuilder.com  or call Larry at 281.630.6599.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 4:00pm-6:00pm NSAI SUNDAY SONGSWAP

Location:   JP Hops House, 2317 S. Hwy 6, between Westheimer and I-10 West

Informal song circle followed by Open Mic at 6:00pm. Come share your songs, meet up and hang out with other songwriters.

Contact Songswap hosts Tina Allen or Mitch Tiffin for details: allen.tina30@yahoo.com or mtiffin@swbell.net

For Open Mic information, contact hostess TC Smythe at HOUSTON OPEN MIC’ERS on Facebook, or find updated information at www.houstonopenmic.com. Thanks to TC Smythe for diligently keeping this information current and accurate and running one of the best open mics in the region!

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THANKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE THIS SUMMER !

Thanks to all those new and renewed members, who have really bumped our membership numbers up these last few months for the greater Houston metropolitan area! We received some reward funding as a result, which pumped up our bank account, in order to bring more programs of interest.  Let us know what you’d like to have as a future program in Houston!

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NSAI HOUSTON CENTRAL CRITIQUE SESSIONS HAS A NEW HOME IN 2012

Thanks to HEB Central Market on Westheimer, we have now secured the 1^st Monday of each month in 2012 from 7:30 to 9:30pm for our small group critique sessions! In the interim, we’ll keep you posted if there are spontaneous centrally located meet-ups for the remainder of this year.

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NASHVILLE HAPPENINGS

Songposium Registration: NSAI Songposium will take place Sept 19-23, 2011. Classes and schedules are posted on the NSAI website.

NSAI / CMT Song Contest Launches Monday August 1st: The Grand Prize includes a mentoring session with music industry icon Charlie Daniels! In addition to that, a new lyric only category has been added.  There is also a “lyrics only” category, for the first time, so if you’re a lyricist, this is a great opportunity to show your stuff!

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Please contact us if we can be of any assistance to you and your songwriting!