<p>I was going to suggest Belmont, the son of a friend graduated from Belmont and loved it. Yes, Nashville is the country music capital, but the music scene is fairly wide ranging. Also it is not so far to Memphis, Muscle Shoals, even Athens. Belmont is an interesting school - all sorts of music related majors, technical and non-technical and creative, from both sides of the mike. Also a good accounting major (music business, I guess) and lots of teachers. A real variety for a not so large school.</p>