Isn't there another more famous songwriter circle in New York?
Yes..Jack Hardy has been running one for over 20 years now that a lot of famous musicians have been through. If you're an aspiring songwriter you should check it out at least once. There are a few differences between our groups.
Ours is much smaller. Sometimes, we have nights with 3 people (these can be the best because you get to spend a long time on each song) We play each song twice before comments are made. We never have more than 10 (Jack's group is usually 25 or so).
We focus on music and lyrics equally - Hardy's group is much more lyric focused. For example we would consider it perfectly acceptable to bring in an instrumental project.
My salads are better than Jack's (just kidding Jack)