Nashville - If you want to hear good songwriters... catch a show at the Bluebird café - on the weekend - it's small so you might want to "call ahead" - not sure how that works...

If you want to see the "struggling Nashville songwriter" thing - go to the Broken Spoke (at the Ramada on 65 when I was there) - any night of the week - you will hear the whole spectrum - good and bad - but it will give you a feel for "what it's like"....