Hey guys, just got back from a "Music Starts Here" event. There are a LOT of people trying to do this, sorry you are having such a tough time finding them. I've been in so many towns, cities, small and large, and there has just always been populations of writers that are out there. Just have to find them. And I do understand about not having open mics or writers nights. I don't know what to tell you. Just something you either rise above or don't.
John Most writers worldwide are solo writers. They are only into themselves. When you say "maybe it's me". you could have a point. Maybe you are not writing what they are interested in. Can't force anyone to do anything. It's all a part of what we all have to go through... or don't. If you have to write solo, you have to write solo. Or online, or how else you do it. You have to find a way. But it is very very hard. Make no mistake.
Phil, the song "Final Address" is actually based on stories of four couples I have known. So it is actually real life personal relationships. I have an Uncle, My Mother's Brother In Law. He was married to my aunt, (my Mother's sister) for 55 years. Then she passed away. His parents were married for 60 years and his Father passed away. The behavior in that song, visiting the departed's grave site, sitting with it, talking to it, keeping pictures and remembering them, are all what I saw both of those people go through. Two other couples that I knew also were married in the 50 year range. So it was common experiences they all shared.
As I said, sometimes you can collect other people's experiences and build them into one character. The same is done in the movies, like biographies, where they will take several characters, and compile it into one person, or "telescope time" where events that happened over a period of time are boiled down to a much tighter time frame then actually happened. When approaching a story, you take elements that work, elements of the truth, and find the twist or the pathway on it.
All songwritng is "making shit up." You just have to find a way.
MAB
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