The Family Wash and The Basement are two spots with live music that you can meet the most folks in a hurry around here. Both have their own versions of open mic nights – you gotta contact each place to set it up in advance, but if you’re good and/or get a good response, they’ll have you back and you’ll meet a lot of folks who know a lot of folks that know a lot of folks. Rock, Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Soul… these two joints have it all. (The Family Wash also has good food and great beer on tap, and the Basement sits atop Nashville’s best CD store, Grimey’s.)

...and Steve Gorman rocks the answers.

The Bluebird Cafe has live music 7 nights a week and a ‘new songwriters’ night every Sunday. For country songwriters, this is where you want to get in and get noticed. Daylight hours find most musicians, songwriters, producers, and general industry riff raff hanging out at one of several coffee shops – Fido, Bongo Java (2 locations, same owner) Sip, and Portland Brew (both locations) are prime meeting spots for everyone I know. Everyone here came from somewhere else, so everyone knows how you feel as a newcomer in town. And, because of that, most people are pretty cool about helping others out. Give firm handshakes and look people in the eye. Some things never go out of style.

Cheers!
– SG

 

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