Please excuse the abruptness of my comment on this subject. I'm my Mama's caregiver and she needed me right then. I truly am sorry for being so abrupt.
Here's my thinking, when it come to songwriting, there are there are three types of folks.
1. Those who try hard, but just can't do it.
2. Those who can write - craftsment, perhaps. But are quite happy doing other tings as well;
3. And those who must. Like breath. Like rain.
In #1 lies good hearted folks who dearly love music, but it is not where they shine;
In #2 lies the realm of the majority of talented writers - the craftsmen who move to Nashville and become staff writers using the formula to creat a hit. They write well, hits galore, but nothing timeless. Nothing that really matters.
3. #3 is in rarefied air. The gift has been given, the Muse must be followed and there is no choice. You must - or die. I, too, live in the "must."
If we were on a Michael Bolton site - well, hell, I wouldn't be on a Michel Bolton site.
If there is no "must," I can't go there.
This I know - really - Gord must.
The Rez
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It was a Beautiful Rainbow
A Beautiful Time in my Life
A Thing to Share
A Time to Care
To Be Alive
[This message has been edited by The Rez (edited March 21, 2005).]
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