It's a great organization that does many great things for writers. The critiques that some of my clients have gotten assume the writer is trying to get a cut in Nashville, so you have to sorta know that going in.

They tend to incorporate the 'Nashville market potential' factor into the equation along with the craft evaluation itself, which makes a certain amount of sense...they're in Nashville and I think most writers who submit to them are leaning toward the Nashville market. But a few of my clients that aren't specifically targeting Nashville have reported that some of the reviews weren't as helpful as they'd hoped. Of course that may be on them...maybe they should have identified the market they were targetting more clearly. My impression is songs submitted to NSAI for review are assumed to be songs targeting the contemporary country music market. If you know that going in and you'll be happy as a clam.

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http://www.nashvillemusicpros.com/profile/BillRenfrew

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