(note: your membership fee is tax deductible - consult with your tax professional for details!)
 
Basic Membership: 
Cost:    Free!
Benefits: You get an MSA website profile and you receive the MSA newsletter.
 
Full Membership:
Cost: $20 per year (read about the introductory $10 fee for 2009 below.)
Benefits:  You get the Basic membership benefits plus:
-    You are eligible to perform in MSA events (including the Thursday Night
     MSA Showcase - note that ANYONE can perform in the open mic)
-    You get reduced fees on MSA seminars, workshops, and other events
-    You are included in affiliated memberships with other organizations, like the Folk Alliance
 
Lifetime Membership:
Cost: a one-time $200 payment.
Benefits: You get all the benefits of Full Membership, plus
-    You never have to pay MSA membership fees again!
-    You get free admission to all MSA events and programs of any kind!
-    Your name appears on a special "Lifetime Members" page on the MSA
     website
-    You get to be a huge help to the MSA in getting these programs off the
     ground with some good initial funding!
 
Any member in our database who has not yet paid for a Full or Lifetime membership will retain their Basic membership benefits.
 
If you pay for a Full membership before October 1, 2009, you may pay the introductory fee of $10 for a 2009 Full membership.
 
After September 30, 2009, the Basic membership fee is $20.  If you pay this fee in the last three months of any year (October through December), you will be paid up through December of the following year as well.

Send your membership payments to:

MSA
P.O. Box 15167
Portland, ME 04112