"Marc, you actually agree with even more then. I used exactly what you said as an example of "being creative". Henley wrote the song and lyric, but Walsh and felder had to use their own creativity to contribute to the recording and arrangement of it."

PS: Henly and Frey just wrote the LYRICS on the song. The music on the song itself was totally Don Felder.

What am I agreeing with? LOL! I just was setting the record straight on one song. I know that one because I'm an Eagles fanatic, have read about all of their biographies and actually had a quick conversation with Don Felder once.

I thought we were talking about shrinking ranks on songwriter web sites.

If you are talking about creativity, that is something that has to be nurtured and the best have it .But it also has to be followed up with another essential thing, DISCIPLINE. Being creative is fine, but you can lose things quicker than it comes to you., if you don't have the discipline to write it down, get it recorded, and have a system to FOCUS the creativity. That is where a "technical application" has to come in.
Without some form of discipline and follow through, all the creativity in the world will simply get lost in the moment.

As far as what that has to do with dwindling numbers, I don't really know but that's my opinion. Worth what you paid for it.

MAB

Last edited by Marc Barnette; 05/21/18 01:57 PM.