Great idea Jerry. I played at a Folk Alliance in Austin a few years ago - it was more then 20 minutes into the first day when I realized I hated singer/songwriters ... I am a singer/songwriter!

Of course I'm joking - but like you, I find those songwriter workshops NO FUN. Forcing songwriters to bring to the workshop someone else's song, and to exlain why they value that song really forces everyone to focus on the workshop aspect of a songwriter's workshop - and not on the 'here's a lovely song I wrote' aspect.

I don't mean to belittle the 'lovely song I wrote' thing either. The trouble is, after 10 or 12 of the 'lovely song I wrote' performances, it doesn't matter how good the 13th song is - I can't listen anymore!