Hey Alan:

Second your nomination as "best starter of new topics" smile

I remember "when" - I was 16 and had just bought Bob Dylan's "Greatest Hits - Vol II". Wasn't long after that I started writing my own songs.

The "why" is a mystery. Even at that age, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted my main purpose in life to be and it wasn't music. Why I kept writing them and why I keep writing them - I haven't the faintest idea. I wrote on my Soundclick site that it was because it didn't occur to me not to. That's probably as good an explanation as I have grin

"Because it's fun" is probably accurate, though a bit trite.

Scott