Hey NLN Community! We’ve been made aware of a few scammers finding their way into our space and reaching out to some of you recently. In light of this, we’ve stepped up our security and scrutiny measures when it comes to the screening process for prospective members to try and spot these individuals and prevent them from joining. We’ve also dealt with these few individuals that have been reported by you guys and they have been banned from the group. Please continue to let us know if you receive any unsolicited messages from other people who don't seem genuine and continue to report any suspicious posts or comments. To avoid this happening again to anyone in the future we advise that you turn off your chat availability in your profile settings. Full instructions on how you can do that can be found in the video at the bottom of this post as well as the “START HERE” course. Rest assured, disabling this feature won’t prevent you from messaging me, Sean, or any other members of our team as we are all group admins but it will stop people on Skool from reaching out to you with unsolicited DMs. To clarify, you will also still be able to reach out to people in the community privately via DMs if you're currently having conversations or if they have decided to keep their messaging availability open. Any questions about this or any experiences/issues you’d like to share please get in touch. ~ Josh

Happy Holidays NLN Community! Here's an early Christmas gift for you all — the premiere of my conversation with 5x Award-winning Songwriter/Producer, Adam McInnis. We discussed the 7 pillars of sync licensing and some approaches that you can take that will change EVERYTHING when trying to land your first or future placement! Adam also shared his take on the future of the industry, and really interesting insights from his work with artists on "conscious music" projects. You can check out the full conversation below!

Has anyone heard of a development deal where the record company offers a development deal for a fee? Is it a scam?

Hey everyone, unfortunately I won’t be able to answer questions during my normal time frame today but if you drop your questions here I’ll answer them at about 8p est.

We're back with another NLN community exclusive live Q&A Momday (12/11) where I will be speaking with the Founding Partner of Collective Entertainment, @Melissa Garcia at 4pm EST! Join us as we break down how you can build an authentic brand as an artist to connect with new fans as well as cultivate relationships with existing ones. Melissa will also be sharing stories and advice from her experience working with clients on projects that span many of the entertainment industries including music, sports, content creation, activism, and production. As always, we will be opening the floor for the second half of the session so that you can speak with Melissa directly and get your questions answered! The link for the Zoom call can be found in the calendar tab HERE. See you there!