I was surprised to be told, quite correctly as it turned out, that my song output was locked into a thin strip of countryside along the East Yorkshire and Humber coastline. That s to say, I had unconsciously written, almost exclusively, not about the place I have lived in for most of my life but rather the place where I spent only my first eighteen years. Now, when a song idea springs up I question its origin a little more but the song still gets written (sometimes it even sees the light of day). The sense of place in a song or tune surely is in the composer/player? I think they used to call it 'genius loci' but don't quote me on that.
Paul