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ASA ZOOM MEETING!

3rd SATURDAY WORKSHOP
February 20, 2021, at 1pm MST

**FREE EVENT**
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      (We will do song critiques after the MLC presentation as time permits)
 
         
**THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ALL SONGWRITERS!**

                 
      **To get the LINK to attend this event, RSVP to Jon@IgerMusic.com**

SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR FEBRUARY MEETING!
**MLC PRESENTATION and Q&A:  1pm - 2pm**

The MECHANICAL LICENSING COLLECTIVE
"COLLECTING YOUR ROYALTIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE"

with GUEST SPEAKER
MAURICE RUSSELL, HEAD OF RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
                                                                 
 Maurice Russell is the Head of Rights Management for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC).
In this role, Russell supports The MLC’s work to implement the first statutory blanket licensing system for mechanical rights in the United States.
Russell also leverages his operational and administrative expertise in order to help The MLC prepare to process digital music royalty payments to music
publishers and songwriters globally.
 
A senior executive in the music and entertainment industry with over 20 years of experience and a deep passion for intellectual property (IP) rights management,
licensing, business development, strategy, client service and operations management, Russell was previously the founder of music industry rights management
consultancy firm Media Rights Management (MRM). At MRM, Russell helped his clients navigate the music industry’s growing licensing and data challenges.
 
Prior to launching MRM, Russell held senior roles in operations and strategy at the Harry Fox Agency (HFA), where he
directed the development and launch of numerous licensing and royalty solutions to transition the company
to the high-volume digital music market.
 
Russell has served on advisory groups for the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, and he is a long-time participant
in Digital Data Exchange (DDEX), the primary data standards body serving the global digital music industry. He is a recognized subject
matter expert who is frequently asked to speak at key industry events, including Digital Music Forum, Music Biz and SXSW.
 
Russell holds a B.A. in American History from Columbia University and an M.B.A. in Finance from
New York University Stern School of Business. He resides in New York City.
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**The Mechanical Licensing Collective was designated by the United States Copyright Office, and created by U.S. music publishers and songwriters (backed by the National Music Publishers’ Association, the Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Songwriters of North America), as a new entity to license and administer rights under the Music Modernization Act which was signed into law in 2018. The law ensures that the mechanical rights of songwriters and music publishers are properly licensed and royalties fully paid by digital services, and it improves how those royalty rates are determined. It also establishes a publicly accessible mechanical rights database
to ensure accurate, transparent copyright ownership information.
(From the article, “Mechanical Licensing Collective Names Kris Ahrend As Ceo”, written by Jessica Nicholson
that appeared in MusicRow, January 15, 2020.)

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Randy Brown and Jon Iger will be hosting the meeting. 
           
Randy and Jon have taught songwriting at the MIM
(Musical Instrument Museum), and have had songs placed
in many movies and TV shows. Jon has also had major label cuts
on MCA and Capitol Records. 

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ZOOM CRITIQUES: 
 
**Zoom Critiques of "Songs in Progress" will begin after MLC Presentation and go until about 3:30pm
(We’ll get to as many songs as time permits.)

 
To submit a song for critique, go to:  Chelseaslinks.com/asa
*Your song should be on: Dropbox, Soundcloud, or YouTube.

*Lyrics are mandatory: You can copy/paste or type your lyrics in the comments at http://Chelseaslinks.com/asa
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Chelsea Robson will be facilitating the meeting again. 
We've had a record number of writers attend our Zoom meetings!
We hope you can join us this month for another great session!

 
To participate, you’ll need to download the Zoom app at 
https://zoom.us/download
 on your computer, cell phone or iPad.
  

SIGN-IN DETAILS for February 20 Zoom meeting!
The day of the event, please sign-in a few minutes early prior to 1pm so we can all be ready to go.  

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Very Important:  Be sure to keep your microphone muted unless you are speaking to the group.
If the microphone is not muted it will cause feedback


**There is no charge to participate in the Zoom Meetings**


Thanks everybody!
JI

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Mark Your Calendars for 3rd Saturday Meetings - 2021
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Saturday, February 20, 2021
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Saturday, December 18, 2021

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NSAI PHOENIX CHAPTER MEETING - FEBRUARY 16th, 6:00 to 8:30 pm

Hello Fellow Songwriters:
This is a friendly reminder that our February NSAI Phoenix Chapter meeting will be on our regular 3rd Tuesday of the month; February 16th, 6:00 to 8:30 pm. As usual, we will devote most of our time to peer-to-peer Song Feedback.


· Below is the Link is to the Chapter Meeting Sign-In and Song Consent Form. This Form is needed for our Chapter Attendance Report with the Home Office in Nashville. (it is a little redundant with the first form, but NSAI headquarters is refining the entire website, and the need for two forms should be eliminated as part of that effort) Both forms MUST be filled out and submitted please.
https://docs.google.com/.../1wRUfEWT71Wth5iZPviO1sgy.../edit
 
If you wish to attend the meeting, but do not plan to submit a song, then you only need to complete and submit the Chapter Meeting Sign-In Sheet Form,
and check the box “No”, in response to "Do You Plan to Submit a Song?"
· After you submit both forms, you will be sent an email with the Zoom Meeting Invitation, with meeting ID and Password. For security reasons, we ask you to not share the meeting ID and Password information with others. Please sign-in a few minutes prior to 6 pm, so that all attendees will be ready to go.

NSAI monthly Chapter Feedback meetings are always free to members as a part of their Membership benefit package. We also extend an invitation to non-members to
attend our monthly meetings. After two free meetings, we require non-members to pay a $15 fee through our Chapter Visitor Payment Form.
Below is a link to the Chapter Visitor Payment Form to submit before attending the meeting.

https://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/nsai-chapter-meeting...

The NSAI policy for the Song Feedback session is to give priority to current NSAI Members. If we have additional time, we will try to accommodate non-member songwriters for critique.
· Finally, we want to make all of our non-member attendees aware of the free Sneak Peek NSAI Membership and list of membership benefits. The annual membership fee is $200, in a one time payment, or by installments of $20 per month.

For more information, check out the NSAI Website at the link below.

www.nashvillesongwriters.com
Please visit our NSAI Phoenix Chapter page on Facebook at the link below and consider joining our group.

https://www.facebook.com/NSAIPhoenix/
 
We also invite you to sign up for our NSAI Phoenix Chapter Mailchimp email list. The link is posted here.

http://eepurl.com/hpVGgb
We hope to see you online for the Zoom meeting on Tuesday, February 16th.
IT ALL BEGINS WITH A SONG
Dan Gutenkauf
NSAI Phoenix Chapter co-Coordinator

dangutenkauf@gmail.com 

 
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