Songcrafting Seminar

My 21st Annual Song Crafting Seminar will be held at The NSAI offices at 1710 Roy Acuff Place in Nashville on January 25th and 26th, 2025. It is now open for registration! This amazing event is one of my favorite workshops of the year. There will also be a special concert with Steve Seskin and Sinclair for our attendees on Friday night January 24th. Details about time and location soon.

Register for Songcrafting Seminar here:

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Regular Price - $750

PRO Discount Price - $675

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Our special guests this year include Grammy winning songwriter and NSAI Hall of Fame writer Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman and Sarah Darling.

Gary, Georgia and Sarah all possess what I think is the key to being a great writer. They intrinsically know all the elements that go into writing a great song. They are passionate about what they do and although they have had great success in the music industry, they have attained that by keeping their integrity and staying true to their artistry. They know how to serve each song they write, something I always admire in a writer. They’re also avid re-writers!

At the songcrafting seminar, you'll have the opportunity to connect with other songwriters and learn from some of the best and brightest folks in the music biz. It's a great weekend of music, learning, and fun, where we celebrate the sacred act of writing songs. You will hopefully leave more inspired about your creativity than ever before! I will be sharing all the secrets of songwriting I know!

Last year I’m happy to say, several co-writing unions came out of people who met at the seminar.

If you have any questions, or want to know more about the seminar in general, contact Tiffany Gassett at tgassett@gmail.com or simply REGISTER here and she will get back in touch with you.

The cost of the 2025 Song Crafting Seminar is $750 regular price and $675 for members of ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, NSAI, NETN, WCS, SongU, TSAI and Song Town.

Register for Songcrafting Seminar here:

You can also pay on venmo @Steve-Seskin

Regular Price - $750

PRO Discount Price - $675

Add the note “songcarfting seminar 2025”

This includes two full days January 25th and 26th, 9am to 5pm of instruction as well as an intimate Friday night January 24th concert with Steve Seskin, and Sinclair. There’s also a Saturday night show at The Bluebird Cafe with Steve Seskin, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman and Sarah Darling.

All proceeds from that night go to support Alive Hospice of Greater TN. We will ensure our seminar participants have tickets. For extra tickets, please inquire with Tiffany. The Friday night concert location will be announced soon.

Participants in the seminar are encouraged to send in one song for Steve to listen to. Of the songs submitted, several will be chosen to be critiqued during the seminar with an emphasis on what we can all learn from the process. One of these writers will be chosen to perform as a guest artist during the Friday night concert and one during the Saturday night show. To submit your song, please send a lyric as well as an mp3 of the song to Steve at seskinmusic@gmail.com. If you submit a song but don’t want to be considered for performing on Friday or Saturday, please let us know with your submission.

Hour long one-on-one sessions with Steve will be available during the day on Friday, January 24th and Monday, January 27th. The cost for an hour is $135. During the hour Steve can take an in depth look at two or three songs. These sessions are only available to seminar participants. These sessions will run from approx 9 am till 5 pm each day.

For more information or to arrange a one-on-one session with Steve, contact Tiffany at tgassett@gmail.com

This unique and intimate gathering features two full days of lectures, workshops, critiques and inspirational talks as well as two performances, that will totally change the way you look at songwriting. I have prepared several new talks for this years seminar. See my course descriptions, to learn more about possible topics to be covered.

Workshops run from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday at the NSAI building at the Music Mill, with a break for lunch from noon to 1pm.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email Tiffany. After you sign up, please email her with your contact info, phone, address and the email address you check most often. She will contact you with anything else you need to know. We will also send out a lodging list for those of you coming in from out of town.

Register for Songcrafting Seminar here:

You can also pay on venmo @Steve-Seskin

Regular Price - $750

PRO Discount Price - $675

Add the note “songcarfting seminar 2025”

Gary Burr is one of Nashville’s most accomplished songwriters with 32 top forty hits, 24 top tens, and 14 number-one songs.

One of the rare breed who writes hits alone as well as co-writing, Gary is a favorite collaborator of writing icons such as Carole King, Richard Marx, Don Schlitz, Victoria Shaw, Kenny Loggins … even Ringo Starr!

His songs have been recorded by Christina Aguilera, Juice Newton, Garth Brooks, Kenny Rogers, Joe Cocker, Reba McEntire, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Michael Bolton, Randy Travis, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Kelly Clarkson, and many others. For me, I’d just as soon hear Gary sing his songs! He’s been named Songwriter of the Year by Billboard and ASCAP, twice by the NSAI, and has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame.

Georgia Middleman’s love affair with music is evident in every song she sings. Her songs blend passion and insight into the human condition with powerful melodies in a combination that hearkens to the timelessness of classic American popular music.

One of Nashville’s most accomplished singer/songwriters, Georgia has had songs recorded by Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Terri Clark, Joe Nichols, Maia Sharp and Sheila E., among many others. In 2010,  Keith Urban took “I’m In,” which she co-wrote with Radney Foster, to the top of the country charts. Those who have seen her live, though, can attest that there is real magic in her own renditions of her songs as, she wraps one of music’s most expressive voices around lovingly crafted glimpses into life and love at their most compelling.

Born and raised in Texas, Georgia earned a degree in acting from NYU and played the city’s clubs until a visit to Nashville. “That’s when everything changed,” she says. “I fell in love with this town because it was a community of writers.”

She earned a publishing deal with Polygram and then a record deal with Giant Records. Her solo records include “Endless Possibilities” on Giant Records and the independent “Unchanged,”  “Things I Didn’t Know I Knew,” and “Plum.” Georgia just recently released on her fifth solo record, an acoustic collection of her most requested original songs called “Requests.”

Sarah Darling is an American singer-songwriter drawing inspiration from the allure of freedom and beauty. She channels the spirit of 70's California, with echoes from Laurel Canyon, narrating an American road trip story wrapped in Nostalgia and sunshine. Infused with a modern aura, her lyrics transport us to a golden era, sung with the warmth of honey vocals and unfiltered honesty.

Her credits include five full-length albums, multiple singles, including a #1 on the UK Country charts, and many duets. She has over 20 million streams, 11 million video views, and over 90 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry stage. She is one of the first Sirius XM The Highway™ Finds and part of the first class of CMT’s Next Women of Country. Performances include: CMA Music Fest, C2C, BBC Radio 2 Stage, FSA Music Festival, Nashville Meets London, British Country Music Festival, British Summertime Festival supporting Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Paul Simon, and Carrie Underwood.

Sarah’s music has been featured on many Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Spotify playlists including:, CMT’s Hot Twenty, Coffeehouse, New Boots, PopCo, Take it Slow, Wild Country, Cosmic Country, New Music Nashville, Next from Nashville, Fresh Folk, etc.