I encourage you to do that. But just that little encouragement from someone who was actually successful in the business really gave me that inkling of confidence, so we did it. They chose Nashville because it was close to their families. It's also a wonderful place to have, you know, a life. There's a real neighborhood quality to the creative community here.
Songwriters really stick by each other.
I'm sure that there are people who come to this town and have some difficulty, but I've always felt very welcomed. It's the songwriting capitol of the world, I think. As to the songwriting process itself, Chapman finds that there's a certain amount of magic involved. Chapman usually starts with a melodic idea, on guitar or piano. I tend to be more folkie on guitar, and more pop or jazz or classical on piano.