mab, john, phil, eddie, od,
thanks guys, i honestly feel like I got it.. and mab i feel i've learned enough from you that you'd know it would not be "preach" it would be a "value the small things" blah blah kind of song. but nontheless all you guys opinions and comments really have helped out especially just last night, i was in a town called Vidor, TX near the border of Louisiana cowriting with a fella, who's making his way around he's opened for Tyler Farr and a few other names when they visit the area, he gets radio play down here etc..great voice... our cowrite lasted five hours last night but the song was done in fifteen minutes! mixed and mingled among the song but the actually act of writing was done very quick and I think the song is fairly solid, all because I feel I took you guys approach, i really tried to MAKE myself create a movie, stared at my notebook and mentally said "OK KID where is this gonna go" and I wrote sooo much purer and faster, he brought a great idea for me to move on, he really was nailing the vocals and loving it, we had such a great time, he texted me this am and said his wife already said it's her new favorite song LOL an honor for me. we really clicked. it was a great cowrite and i had to travel 3 and a half hours to MAKE IT (NOW THAT'S GETTING OUT OF THE LIVING ROOM!!!!) HAHAHAHA whew...
i couldn't have written it like i did though without you guys advice, i really felt like I was opening a set of blueprints and about to build a building in my mind, as opposed to just grabbing a pen and starting off willy nilly writing waiting on the song to LEAD ME, INSTEAD I felt like I was leading the SONG for the first time. I was the construction worker building the building thanks for the advice.
OD, thanks for the compliments on my folks and that was a fine set of lines, i'd love to discuss off ramp and work on it, it's HIGHLY possible my blinders are on like you said and I'm too attached, I feel I could pull back, but as mab said it's better to have two heads than one, i think the impt. thing is i REALIZE my blinders are on...
LASTLY,
was nearly brought to tears when my cousin presented me this weekend with my pawpaws old acoustic fender guitar, it was a "cheap" fender but i don't care, his hands held it, and my son will one day get it. he literally just said "hey you want it" it clearly meant more to me than him. i'll post a couple pics just for fun... you guys have a good week and thanks for the advice!!!