A former member of the Nashville Songwriters Association, she was accepted into their annual song camp in 1996 studying with hit songwriters, John Ims, Angela Kasset, Ralph Murphy and most notably Hugh Prestwood. Loni has participated in various conferences and seminars including the Songwriters Expo in Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Music Conference, the Guitar Institute songwriter's workshop in Nashville, Tennessee, SXSW in Austin, Texas, and the Independent Music Forum. She recently was accepted into and completed the Fall 2001 BMI professional songwriter's workshop. In 1996, with the guidance of producer Godfrey Diamond, Loni produced a three song demo of original music. One of her songs "Forever" received an award of merit from the Unisong International Song Contest in 1997. With the help of some friends, the demo tape found its way to music industry veteran and well known concert promoter, Ron Delesner whose encouragement inspired Loni to continue writing and to go on to complete her latest cd, PIECES produced by Steve Dwire.