I say do what you are best at

some folks are gifted writers and some are gifted musicians....however they got that way doesnt really matter in my opinion....I am in Nashville-home to thousands of stunningly good musicians whose songs sound like Phobe from "Friends" when you see em play their own stuff at the tonks....thats why they will never be more than cover band material unless they partner with a good lyrics writer...and a good lyricist will bang on a computer keyboard searching for the right words and song stories while the musicians do their banging on guitars and keyboards hunting for a good melody......the partnership works........you can hand the lyricist a guitar and come back in five years and he/she will still be dreadful-as will the musician who is still at the redneck ebonics stage of english composition.....and believe me there is such a thing as redneck ebonics- I hear it all the time at the tonks......neither the lyricist nor musician is lazy....again-I say to both-just do what you are good at..and though I cuss em out as much or more than anyone else-you also need the business and marketing talents of the David Geffen types on Music Row.......cause when you give lyricists and musicians a label or publishing house to run you best have a lawyer experienced in bankruptcy law waiting in the wings for the fire sale......

Tom