MAB,
I stand corrected by the way I expressed that statement. Your post was an excellant description of what I learned from your Tour,
and what everyone else will learn by taking your Tour. I spoke about Gerald when I should have mentioned it was me, I was thinking
about while writing that post. I truly did learn a lot and it changed my view about the songs I wrote and how I wrote them; however
I was slow to apply what I had learned into my writing when I got home. Oh, you had taught me well and raised my awareness
of how to write better songs; it was just that it took awhile before I broke my bad habits and felt capable of writing with others.
That was just me and my insecurities, I should not have assumed Gerald would face the same situation as I did.
Gerald already has an advantage before he meets with you because of reading along on this Forum. No doubt his view on writing
songs has already changed just by reading your posts on the Ramp. Good for him and I hope he makes the trip to Nashville
because; like you say; there is nothing like a Tour and a one-on-one with you.
Gerald, you made the Old Dog chuckle with your statement you have a bright future ahead with all of the light bulbs going off.
That was good.
By the way, cute little tune you have on open mic about our discussion the other night.
OD