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Happy Holidays from the SGA. Grab a free GOLD membership or renew pro memberships at half off now through New Year's Eve!
GRAB YOUR FREE GIFT FROM THE SGA!
It's Christmas Eve and the SGA is gifting FREE GOLD memberships now through New Year's Eve. New/current members can join/renew Gold membership using the code: FREEGOLDFORCHRISTMAS. Platinum and other pro-level members can renew at 50% off with code: FIFTYOFF.
December 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Join us this Monday, 6 to 9, Eastern for Songwriters Night in NYC.

Location: The Parkside Lounge at 317 East Houston, NYC. Drinks up front and music in the rear.

If you can't attend live, just click on the link below to watch online, free, beginning Monday, 6 Eastern.

vimeo.com/event/5174421
June 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
WANNA PLAY out in NYC? Let us know. Visit www.songwritersguild.com/perform.
Songwriters Night in NYC is part of NYC Music Month on Monday, June 9.The venue is PARKSIDE LOUNGE at 317 East Houston in NYC. No door charge. Music starts at 6 p.m. Drink in the front and music in the rear.
June 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Last week’s firings of the Director of Copyright and the Librarian of Congress, by Donald Trump, sent a message to U.S. creators that copyright protection and royalties paid to creators are in serious danger. Read the whole story at www.songwritersguild.com/trump-firing...
May 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Songwriters Guild of America, the New York Songwriters Collective and the Society for Composers and Lyricists present Songwriters Night In New York City.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 19, 6 p.m.
WHERE: The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street, NYC
Get your free ticket at volume.com/t/ElX1OF/?fb...
March 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Join multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated songwriter Harriet Schock for her 10-week songwriting course starting March 10th at 6:30 pm. Call (213) 840-6732 for more info. Harriet will share her technique that enables you to finish lots of songs & improve them so that they're ready for the world to hear!
March 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.

Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.

Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
February 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Myles Smith does an excellent speech at the #BRITs asking music companies to support grassroots venues and asking record companies to support careers, not just a ‘moment’
March 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A master class from @ednewtonrex.bsky.social on the importance of requiring that AI co’s secure the consent of creators prior to using their works to train their AI models. In short, GenAI output competes with the underlying works. That’s unfair if the use isn’t licensed.
www.ted.com/talks/ed_new...
How AI models steal creative work — and what to do about it
Generative AI is built on three key resources: people, compute and data. While companies invest heavily in the first two, they often use unlicensed creative work as training data without permission or...
www.ted.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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We are shutting down our online store at midnight Eastern in solidarity with the 2/28 Economic Blackout. We’ll be back on 3/1. Also, sorry about the long shipping timeframes and the lack of shirts—we’re working hard to catch up! We use small U.S. suppliers for our products.
February 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Thank you!
February 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Songwriters Guild of America honors, during this Black History Month, the black leaders, cultural icons and all who continue to fight for equality.
February 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM