Hi Dan,

Great post! Things can quickly get a bit 'homey' and business as usual around here, so it's great to get a cold facewash to freshen up once in a while.

We could certainly use more Dr. Phil's that would 'tell us like it is', after all we're still a bunch of kids playing with toys, with neanderthal minds.

Trouble is, Dr. Phil types, mostly harass folks for their own pervert pleasure, and the few civilized ones, stay away from saying real things in public forums, because it more often than not, bites you back in the end. No artist really wants to look bad, and a hard critical approach to others may do just that, so we're all artists in here :-)

That's one reason why paid one on one critiques and mentors are still valuable sources for learning, despite all the free forum space for songwriters on the Internet..