@MAB...Before I get to my question, just a little about me.
I've always been able to not really suck too badly at singing. Did the school and church choir thing as a kid but pretty much nothing for most my life besides a short stint in the incredibly lucrative karaoke business (roll eyes here).
Fast forward a bunch of years to the fall/winter of '07 and I find myself in a small bar in rural Alberta listening to some cowboy poet/bluegrass/country singer having fun and here's me thinking "I could do that....!" So I buy a guitar and relearn some of the chords I learned as a kid, start to learn how to use my new sound gear, start to learn recording using the software I found quite by accident, and by early spring '08, entered my first "writing/recording" monthly contest. Out of 7 entries I'm pretty sure I was 8th, but no matter I'll just do better next time. And here began my passion for writing.
So I bust my arse to get to a point where I think I'm worth listening to for at least for a bit, found a small curcuit that fits my one man show and I play about 10 gigs per year plus a few festivals and charity type shows locally.
Here's where I start getting to my question. Just for fun, I wrote a song for our hockey team, they've been playing it at the games for two seasons. I wrote a song for a music festival, got some airplay outa that one, that was cool. I was commissioned to write a song for our town's centennial celebration and perform it at the opening ceremony. A standing O from 500+ people could indicate it was received well. Time and place perhaps, but still... I've performed several of my original songs at almost every show I've played.
My point is this...everyone that knows me, knows I write songs. Each time I play, I throw it out there that I'm open to cowrite with anyone...just a gentle open invitation to start a dialog. But I can't seem to even buy a live co writer. Even the writers I talked to seem have a protective fear about cowriting. I would absolutely honored to write with anyone of you folks here, but at the moment, what I'm looking for is that intangible dynamic that is missing in sharing emails, forum posts, or text chats. The experience of getting in the same room with another writer and share that moment. Never had that.
Any tricks, tips, suggestions of bribery, or even offers of MAB tours?