Songwriter Reni Lane received her first big break in 2009, when "Place for Us" -- the leadoff track from her debut album, Ready -- was picked as the theme song for VH1's reality series Secrets of Aspen. An Oregon native, she had moved to Virginia during her childhood and remained there through high school, after which she headed north to attend Columbia University. It was in New York City that Lane began laying the foundation for a songwriting career. Weekly performances at the Sidewalk Café -- the same Manhattan establishment that helped launch the careers of Suzanne Vega and...