HIDee Big Jim et al!

SOME of us Lyricists CAN Sing...(which, JMO, indicates we DO have a Musical "Sense" when we write...) and I can whistle whatever melody idea I have in-mind, whenever necessary. DO have a pile of un-learned Instruments lying around here...BUT..it takes Time & Money to Learn an Instrument/I'd so-far rather be writing the Next Lyric. I'll probably ALWAYS prefer a Musical Co-Writer, even AFTER I learn an instrument..since..heh..maybe "Misery Loves Company"..eh? (My One Year-or-Less Experience on Guitar..or Piano..certainly WON'T ever equal the experience level of whatever Co-Writer can be acquired.)

WOULD Elton John BE a major act without BERNIE Taupin? (Or would Bernie BE a Major CO-Writer without ELTON?)

You can have a Song with half the Partnership, but of course...but a HIT Song...I think having The PAIR surely helps.

As for Poetics..there's USUALLY some crafty Musico that can make a Song out of ANY Rhymed batch-of-words...just witness the Demo Mills in NashCity.

Waal...Isthmus be the time I gotta go off to work...but the Thread's been an enjoyable one~

Best Wishes/Big Hugs,
Stan