Thanks John,
I don't know if I ever do much that benefits you. Thanks for letting me know.
But one of the cool things about co-writing is using the other person's experiences to find a different track for the song idea. That is the beauty of doing all this.
Interesting you talk about the Western theme in your mind's story board. I think back to the Willie Nelson "Red Headed Stranger' album, where he took a lot of Western theme songs and put them into a period piece concept album. I also have a guy I worked with once, who is a TOTAL COWBOY writer. He does a lot of cowboy themed songs. And even has a cowboy band, I believe. Have not seen him in a while, but will see him next month when I go back to Michigan.
That is the kind of person you look for when you have 'specialty" songs.
MAB
IT all started off reading about Clint Eastwood when he was a playing a hero of mine in Rawhide.
I wrote Sage brush heros with Kip Marchetti.. and from there the movie script idea came. (You might know Kip's brother Mark out in Goodletsville )
From SBH I story boarded an outline of a movie plot and did 2 more songs with Kip which moved the story along . Now I have a conclusion to add sound to and then I want to write to the beginning, telling how it all got started.
I think maybe 2 more songs and the story basics will be there in song .
That might be a bit like 2 bites at the cherry pie but WTH
Then maybe some incidental music .
I had the outlines , just the titles , in sequence , pinned on the wall for sometime until I rearranged the room . I think Ill get back to that because it was a subliminal as well as an actual memory jogger
John