Sunny,

If you would please stop saying that "Charlie would have made it on his own anyway" or whatever -- 'cause now I'm embarrassed.

I have simply plumb run out of lyrics lately and depend on you and a few others to make my songwriting dreams come true.

And another thing -- what makes a good collaborator is not just the ability to write words or music well, it's also about attitude.

Many here are quite good, many write words that most composers could easily put to music. But if they prove difficult to work with, attempt to continually justify any negative references one makes towards their portion of the input, promise that their part of the work is not "set in stone" yet fight like a wildcat to keep it the same when one suggests changes, or sit back and laurel-rest when the product is demoed and done and not help out with pitching it or at least show it around for evaluations, well, then that is the end of the relationship as far as I am concerned.

You know the saying, "A hundred years from now, none of this will matter"? That may be true for petty backbiting or revenge or some other terrible aspect of human nature, but we songwriters have the gift to affect humanity in a small but significant way, and if we co-write effectively with someone and both of us get off our duffs and MARKET the product well, then in a hundred years perhaps some small fragment of what we've accomplished will still remain, and WILL matter. Maybe they'll play our song at sporting events. Maybe at Christmas or weddings. Maybe some spurned lover is wallowing in the blues and, "Puts on Sinatra and starts to cry", or...you get the idea.

Thanks partner. For everything.


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Best Regards and Aloha,

Charlie
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Best Regards and Aloha,

Charlie