Are you a songwriter? Would you like help with your songs? This may be the group for YOU!
Questions: Contact Janet Goodman
305-297-5695
If you would like to participate, contact Janet for the zoom link. I will not publish the link on this public page.
NSAI Chapter Challenge Song Contest
Wednesday MAY 14, 7 pm to 10:30 pm
Online ZOOM Meeting
CHECK IN PROCEDURE AND RULES:
Submit sound file and lyric sheet by
TUESDAY MAY 13 7:30pm
by email or WeTransfer.com
To use WeTransfer, go to their website:
whether you’re using WeTransfer or plain email send your lyric sheet and sound file to:
* Your song recording will be played live on MAY 14 during our live meeting. No song will be performed live – only recordings.
– No feedback will be given during this special contest meeting.
• Only members with a valid current (non-expired) NSAI Membership can participate.
• You MUST be a member affiliated with the South Florida Chapter to play a song, AND to vote.
• Non-members cannot vote or play a song in the competition, but can attend the meeting.
• If a member chooses NOT to play a song – they are still permitted to vote on the songs submitted.
– Entering the contest is FREE!!
ADDITIONAL RULES
- – Songs cannot be co-written with a professional songwriter.
- – Songs under/pending contract are not eligible for submission.
- – Song submission must be the original work of the Songwriter without use of any artificial intelligence, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity or be otherwise contrary to applicable laws and regulations.
- – NSAI members in Local Chapters can submit one song at one local Chapter meeting. Multiple submissions will result in disqualification.
- – The song that receives the most votes from Chapter Members MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 11:59pm (CST) Saturday, May 31st, 2025.
- – Late submissions will not be accepted.
VOTING RULES:
• You must be a current NSAI Member to vote. A member CANNOT vote for their own song.
• Members can vote even if they have not submitted a song for voting.
• Members must be affiliated with the chapter they are participating in.
• Coordinator(s) songs will not be in consideration during the voting rounds at the chapter meetings to maintain impartiality.
• Members are only permitted one vote per voting round.
– Voting must happen during the chapter meeting.
• Songs co-written with a professional songwriter are not eligible for submission or voting. For the purposes of this contest, no co-writer or songwriter may be subject to a current agreement with a publishing company, record label or other entertainment-related entity to render recording or songwriting services that is currently in effect and/or have agreed to provide rights in and to musical compositions or recordings entered to contest to any such company, label or entity at the time of song(s) entry. Any songwriter or co-writer (of the submitted song) who at the time of entry derives the majority of their income from songwriting, currently has a staff writing deal with a publishing company or has ever had a song appear on any of the following charts is not eligible to participate in the Contest: Billboard, Mediabase, and/or Radio & Records (R&R).
• Any songs under contract are not eligible for voting.
• Coordinators will not vote on any songs
