Hi Rand,

Thanks for sharing this excerpt from your book. The only thing I like better than actually songwriting, is talking about songwriting, even that's exciting to me.

When I think about the songs I love, the list is verrrry long, although my favorite is "Almost Like A Song" written by Archie Jordan and Hal David and sung by Ronnie Milsap. (thank you gentlemen!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbeQa2hmznk

Appreciated your candor about "Close To You". It takes a REAL MAN to be that honest. I'm very comfortable w/"corny" songs except for Muskrat Love, that one just doesn't do it for me. Now I'll be the first to admit that I sometimes get lost when musicians are discussing minors, majors, intervals, etc. and get highly technical when discussing the composition, but I know what I hear and I know when I "feel" something from a song that works. When you talk about the 123 I think of (another oldie) "Where The Boys Are" (gosh I love that song) and it starts out w/ "Where The Boys 123 and the "Are" drops alittle but those first 3 words go up up and up. Another case of the 1 2 3 and how it works. smile

Best,
Lynn

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