The San Diego NSAI Regional Workshop holds regular monthly meetings the fourth Monday of the month from 7:30-10:00pm at Piano Press Studio in Del Mar, CA.
We do writing exercises supplied by the NSAI office in Nashville, listen to web casts and speaker CDs, and group song critiques. Several times a year we host songwriter showcases and special event workshops and seminars with pro-songwriters, artists, authors, and other music industry guests.
Our showcases and special events have been held in various venues around San Diego County, including Bella Roma, Cosmos Cafe, Hot Java Cafe, Claire de Lune, John Lane's Studio, Bob Duffy's Studio, Piano Press Studio, Twiggs, Miracles Cafe, The Stratford Inn, The Pannikin, Mikey's, The House of Denmark, A Better World Galleria, Wagner's World of Music, and The Oasis.
For current event listings and/or to subscribe to the San Diego NSAI Workshop Yahoo Groups Newsletter, please click on any of the image links below. To join NSAI, contact: www.nashvillesongwriters.com or call 1-800-321-6008
We look forward to meeting you and seeing you at our events!
San Diego NSAI Workshop Coordinator Liz Axford (1992-Present)
Sweet Joyce Ann Martin, Coordinator (2010-Present)
San Diego NSAI Workshop Volunteers:
Co-Coordinators -
Sweet Joyce Ann Martin, 2010-Present
Bob Duffy, 2005-2009
Mary Lyn Bates, 2000-2002
Showcase Organizers/Hosts -
Sweet Joyce Ann Martin
Bobo Czarnowski
Jeff Lizerbram
Tracey and Vance Marino
Bill Farkas
Lisa Chaddock
Dee Rome
Dave Berg and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Lynn and Kerry Chater and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Chuck Cannon and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Nancy Moran and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Marc-Alan Barnette and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Tracey James-Marino, Eddie Cunningham, Liz Axford
San Diego NSAI Songwriter Showcase
San Diego NSAI Songwriter Showcase
San Diego NSAI Songwriter Showcase
Michael Tiernan
Liz Axford and Seth Jackson at John Braheny Book Signing in LA
JoAnn and John Braheny, Liz Axford, John Lane
Marc-Alan Barnette and Bob Duffy
James Grey and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Liz Axford Receives NSAI Award
Craig Lackey and Jon Ims
Jason Blume
Mary Francis and the San Diego NSAI Workshop
Guy Hufferd, Stephen Clark, Shari and Christi Baker
Liz Axford and Paul Deakin
Mary Lyn Bates, Steve Seskin, Liz Axford
The Mavericks
A Brief History of The San Diego NSAI Workshop
The San
Diego NSAI Workshop was formed in November of 1992 by Elizabeth C.
Axford, San Diego Workshop Coordinator, after moving to San Diego as a
result of Hurricane Andrew in Miami, FL in August of 1992. She had
started the Miami NSAI Workshop in 1990, after joining NSAI in 1989.
Her association through work with Paul Deakin, drummer for the
Mavericks, helped to spark her interest in Nashville. She had always
been a country music fan, and she felt much of the best songwriting of
popular music was coming from Nashville. She wanted to learn from the
source, so she ventured to Nashville.
A successful seminar on South Miami Beach with Raul Malo from the
Mavericks, Rick Beresford, Pat Rogers and Katherine Dines in January of
1992 led to spin-off workshops in Ft. Lauderdale, Key West and the
Cayman Islands. Those combined workshops are still going today as the
South Florida NSAI Workshop, as is the San Diego NSAI Workshop.
Our past guests have included:
Charles David Alexander (1994 National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion)
Danny Arena and Sara Light of www.SongU.com (Virtual Guests!)
("Home to You" by John Michael Montgomery, Tony Award nominated
songwriters for their songs in the Broadway production of Urban Cowboy)
Lisa Aschmann (Prolific Nashville-based songwriter with numerous film and TV placments; author of "1000 Songwriting Ideas")
Elizabeth C. Axford (Author of "Song Sheets to Software - A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians")
Marc-Alan Barnette ("Rescue Me" by John Berry, cuts by Shelby Lynne and others, mentor to all the NSAI regional workshops)
Rick Beresford ("If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me, Her Memory Will" by George Jones, "Harmony" by John Conlee)
Ed Berghoff ("Cowboy Bill" by Garth Brooks)
Jason Blume ("Back to Your Heart" by The Backstreet Boys, "Dear
Diary" by Britney Spears, "Change My Mind" by John Berry, five Collin
Raye cuts, and author of "Six Steps to Songwriting Success" and "This Business of Songwriting")
Joann and John Braheny (Author of "The Craft and Business of Songwriting")
Jan Buckingham ("Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" by Pam Tillis)
Kerry Chater and Lynn Gillespie Chater (Adopt-a-Shop pro mentors
for San Diego, founding member of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, #1's
"You Look So Good in Love" by George Strait and "I.O.U." by Lee
Greenwood, Jessica Andrews cut, and many, many others)
Barbara Cloyd ("I Guess You Had to Be There" by Lorrie Morgan, Open Mic Night Host at The Bluebird Cafe, Play for Publishers Workshops, Ready for the Row Workshops)
Kim Copeland and Susan Tucker (Songwriters, author and publisher of
"The Soul of a Writer," "The Secrets to Songwriting Success," and "The
Songwriters Connection" e-zine and more)
Mary Coppin (Grand Prize winner of the 1999 John Lennon Songwriting Contest)
A.J. Croce (Singer/Songwriter, son of Jim Croce)
Eddie Cunningham ("The Miracle Song" sung by Ben E. King in the
movie "Made in America," "The Gram Parsons Notebook," Grand Prize Jim
Beam Country Band Search)
John Dawes (Co-author with Tim Sweeney of "The Complete Guide to Internet Promotion for Musicians, Artists and Songwriters")
Don Dunn (Songs recorded by Joe Cocker and bluegrass artists)
Mary Francis ("Tonight the Heartache's on Me" by The Dixie Chicks, "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" by Highway 101)
Jenn Franklin (Nashville-based Independent Artist, Singer-Songwriter)
Ron Gomez (Songwriter and bass player for The Dirt Drifters, Warner Brothers Nashville)
James Grey (Singer/Songwriter, Independent Artist)
Dave Howard (Singer/Songwriter, Independent Artist)
Jon Ims ("She's in Love with the Boy" by Trisha Yearwood, "Falling Out of Love" by Reba McEntire)
Jai Josefs (author of "Writing Music for Hit Songs" with numerous film/TV credits)
Craig Lackey (LA NSAI Workshop Coordinator)
Marie McGilvray (Nashville-based Independent Artist, Singer-Songwriter)
Donna Michael (Former NSAI Regional Workshops Director, New Age Artist)
Penny Nichols (Grammy-nominated vocal arranger and coach and sponsor of Camp SummerSongs)
Devon O'Day (#1 hit by George Strait, Lee Ann Womack single, WSIX Radio Nashville)
Pamela Phillips Oland ("Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" by Anne Murray
and Whitney Houston, 350 songs recorded and/or placed in film/TV
projects, author of "The Art of Writing Great Lyrics" and "The Art of
Writing Love Songs")
Kim McLean ("Elisabeth" by Billy Gillman, singles by Tim McGraw and Lee Ann Womack, Dove Award recipient)
Harriet Schock ("Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" by Helen Reddy and author of "Becoming Remarkable")
Steve Seskin ("Grown Men Don't Cry" by Tim McGraw, "Life's a Dance"
by John Michael Montgomery, "I Think About You" by Collin Raye and many
more)
Randy Sharp ("Cheap Seats" by Alabama, "You Will" by Patty Loveless)
Lee Silber (Author of "Self Promotion for the Creative Person,"
"Time Management for the Creative Person," and "Career Management for
the Creative Person")
Gordy Thomas (Songwriter, Showcase Organizer, CCMA Vocalist of the Year)
Tim Thompson (Guitarist, Nashville Session Player)
Jerry Vandiver (#2 "For a Little While" by Tim McGraw, "Athens
Grease" by Phil Vasser, #5 "Don't Waste It On the Blues" by Gene
Watson, Co-Author of "Your First Cut")
Brian Austin Whitney (Just Plain Folks)
Alex Del Zoppo ("In a Rainbow" and more by Sweetwater, the first
band to perform live at the original 1969 Woodstock and subject of the
first ever VH-1 made-for-TV movie in August, 1999)
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