Nashville Songwriters Association International

Jon Platt to Receive GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons® Honor at the 2024 Pre-GRAMMY® Gala

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Commended for his indisputable impact on the music business, Sony Music Publishing Chairman and CEO Jon Platt is the 2024 GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons® honoree.

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  • Commended for his indisputable impact on the music business, Sony Music Publishing Chairman and CEO Jon Platt is the 2024 GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons® honoree.
  • The Recording Academy® and Clive Davis will celebrate Platt’s achievements at the renowned Pre-GRAMMY® Gala on Sat, Feb. 3, 2024, the evening preceding the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards®.
  • In 2005, he launched The Big Jon Platt Scholarship Program for college-bound students from his Denver community in Montbello.
  • For the past decade, the invitation-only Pre-GRAMMY Gala has included a presentation to honor industry luminaries through the Recording Academy's GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons award.

Multi-Platinum Selling Artist Chris Janson to Perform at BrightFocus Foundation Charity Gala on June 14

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Janson has collaborated with such iconic country artists as Hank Williams Jr., Tim McGraw, Eric Church, Blake Shelton, and Travis Tritt.

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  • Janson has collaborated with such iconic country artists as Hank Williams Jr., Tim McGraw, Eric Church, Blake Shelton, and Travis Tritt.
  • "We look forward to featuring Chris Janson and honoring today's leaders in Alzheimer's, glaucoma, and macular degeneration research at our 50th-anniversary event," said Stacy Haller, President and CEO, BrightFocus Foundation.
  • "Research is the only key to ending these devastating mind and sight diseases that affect more than 300 million people worldwide."
  • The Gala will take place at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., and will highlight the impact of numerous scientific breakthroughs attributable to BrightFocus Foundation's 50 years of biomedical research funding.

Reservoir Commends Landmark Mechanical Streaming Royalty Rates Settlement

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

The settlement has established the highest mechanical streaming royalty rates in the history of streaming music anywhere in the world.

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  • The settlement has established the highest mechanical streaming royalty rates in the history of streaming music anywhere in the world.
  • Historically, every five years the CRB sets the mechanical streaming royalty rates to be paid to songwriters and publishers.
  • In addition to the increased mechanical streaming royalty rates, the settlement addresses several other terms from CRB IV.
  • Each facet of the settlement provides important safeguards for songwriters and publishers in the context of the dynamic streaming industry.

Exploration Group and The Nashville Area Chamber Present: The Music Industry Report 2020

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Exploration and the Nashville Area Chamber spent the last eight months developing market research for the music industry with support from the Country Music Association, Nashville Songwriters Association International, Global Songwriters Connection, Nashville Entrepreneurs Center, Legends Bank and Belmont University.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Exploration and the Nashville Area Chamber spent the last eight months developing market research for the music industry with support from the Country Music Association, Nashville Songwriters Association International, Global Songwriters Connection, Nashville Entrepreneurs Center, Legends Bank and Belmont University.
  • The Music Industry Report 2020 will be available for free December 10, 2020.
  • The Music Industry Report 2020 serves to illuminate the importance of music and the power of the music industry.
  • The Music Industry Report 2020 serves to illuminate the importance of music and the power of the music industry.

28th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Set for March 24th - 28th, 2020

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Monday, December 16, 2019

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is proud to partner with Regions Bank to present the 28th annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival on March 24th - 28th, 2020.

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  • The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is proud to partner with Regions Bank to present the 28th annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival on March 24th - 28th, 2020.
  • For years, the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival has served as a way for audiences to discover the industrys next hit songwriters and watch legends at work.
  • Prices for 2020 Fast Access Passes are as follows:
    * Tin Pan South Songwriting Seminar attendees will receive early access to purchase Fast Access Passes beginning on February 18th.
  • The selected artwork for the 2020 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival was created by J.D.

Country Music Hall Of Fame® And Museum Announces Details For We Could: The Songwriting Artistry Of Boudleaux And Felice Bryant

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Friday, August 23, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will tell the story of Nashville's first full-time professional songwriters, Country Music Hall of Fame members Boudleaux and Felice Bryant in the exhibition We Could: The Songwriting Artistry of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will tell the story of Nashville's first full-time professional songwriters, Country Music Hall of Fame members Boudleaux and Felice Bryant in the exhibition We Could: The Songwriting Artistry of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.
  • Boudleaux and Felice Bryant were elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972; the National Academy of Popular Music's Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986; and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1991.
  • Items featured in We Could: The Songwriting Artistry of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant include handwritten lyrics, music and personal artifacts.
  • About the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum:
    The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum collects, preserves and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of diverse audiences.

Pryor Cashman's Successful Work to Obtain Significant Raise in Royalty Rates for Songwriters & Music Publishers Becomes Effective

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Pryor Cashman represented the Copyright Owners (music publishers and songwriters represented by their trade organizations the National Music Publishers' Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association International), throughout the proceeding.

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  • Pryor Cashman represented the Copyright Owners (music publishers and songwriters represented by their trade organizations the National Music Publishers' Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association International), throughout the proceeding.
  • "This proceeding pitted songwriters and music publishers against technology giants Apple, Google, Amazon, SpotifyandPandora.
  • We are pleased that the majority of Judges agreed on both counts, and the final determination is now effective."
  • The proceeding began in 2016 and culminated in a five-week hearing before the three Copyright Royalty Judges in Washington D.C. in 2017.