Bugsey,

Have you ever been to Nashville, been around the songwriting community, or written with people inside the community, because that is one of the most nonsensical things I have ever heard. EVERYBODY comes here not knowing the craft. Even the God's everyone talk about, Kristofferson, Nelson, etc. will tell you they learned it when they got here and writing with greats that came before them. Now they took it in their own directions but this town is built around learning from others.

That is how you learn the craft.

MAB