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Hi Kevin, Hi all,

This is such an interesting thread. I believe this is part of why JPF is so great, that we have the opportunity to discuss our thoughts and feelings about writing, and get such a broud view of so may personal experiences. It teaches us, makes us understand other writers expereiences, and makes us grow.

I have been stranded at my daughters with a car that tore up since Thursday night, and have not been able to pick up my guitar, record, write, or even listen much. But I have been reading.

Lyricists in my opinion have a gift, ust as musicicans do. Some have more of a gift than others of course, as in all things. Some have more passion, some have honed the art of lyric writing over many years of practicing the art. There have been lyrics in here that touched me so much that it felt like they were calling out to me. There have been musical compositions that did the same.

I think that every tiny piece that joins together in music is important. Like a puzzle, if the right pieces are put in the right place, you can have a beautiful result.

I started playing guitar and writing almost at the same time, but that was when I was a child. I worked in a bank at one time, and they asked me to play for our Christmas party. I wrote a personalized Christmas song, and something the ceo said to me after I performed always stayed in my mind. He told me how much he loved the song, but then he said the felt like people who could do something like that sometimes seem to just take it for granted, and that we did not know how much people who could not do it admired the ones who could. I have heard other people say similar things, like "It's easy for you, because you can just play anything". Well, that is not true, but to them if felt true.

I am not an accomplished musician, know my own limitations, and love to work with people who are more skilled in that area. You see, even thought I play a few instruments, and can record my own songs, I also have the desire to have help from people who can make them the best that they can be.

I love working with cowriters when there is a connection of some kind between us, whether it be a lyric that I want so badly to try to sing, a musical composition that makes me want to write and sing, lol, or just a colab on the whole package with one or more great people to work with.

I guess what my point is, that we are all important pieces of creating, whether we are a non playing lyricist, a non singing composer, a producer or someone who can do it all. I love and respect every intricate piece that it takes to finish that puzzle, so that we can see, (in this case hear), the beauty of the finised creation.

Letha