Whoa!!! Tough question. What's most important? Hmmmm...the proper blending of all 4?... (cop out I know)...

As predominantly a singer who plays a little guitar, I guess I would have to say I've worked on either pitch or tone the most.

As a relatively new songwriter, my 4 year old daughter has given me a new perspective about what might be most important in a song. Duration. We were driving one day and listening to Toby Keith - Shock'n Y'all and the song "If I Was Jesus" came on. She was back there bobbing head around like a maniac. She said, "I like this song Daddy." Being curious I asked her what she liked about it. She said, "The Rythmn." Out of the mouth of babes...

See, I don't think her perspective of music, even at 4, is a whole lot different than the typical music listener. "It's got a good beat and I can dance to it" still holds a lot of water to the majority of the population.

Then there are us songwriting wierdos that like to tear everything apart and analyze it 9 ways to Sunday...

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Hmmm...did I even come close to answering the original question?

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