Nashville Songwriters Association International
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The Nashville Songwriters Association International is a 501(c) not-for-profit
trade organization that works to help songwriter
s in three ways: through legislative advocacy
, through education
and advice about the actual craft of songwriting, and through teaching about the music industry, and how to best position a song for success within it.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
trade organization that works to help songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
s in three ways: through legislative advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy is a political process by an individual or a large group which normally aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an...
, through education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
and advice about the actual craft of songwriting, and through teaching about the music industry, and how to best position a song for success within it.
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