I continue to work on my new song "I Can't Accept That About You". I've got a chorus (it starts with the chorus), three verses and a bridge, though I'm struggling with the last verse. That's OK. It takes as long as it takes. I never had this kind of patience before - it feels like a divine gift!
I'd like to tell you why this blog is called "Side B". The old 45 records of my youth had Side A -the side with the hit on it - and Side B- a less commercial song which was sometimes not as good, but sometimes just as good or occasionally even more interesting. I have most of my life been a Side B person. Somewhat shy, happy to be in the background, not comfortable in the spotlight. That has changed in recent years - I am OK with being out front now - but I will always relate to the B side.
I'm reading a great book called "Tunesmith - Inside the Art of Songwriting" by Jimmy Webb. He wrote "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Up, Up and Away", "Wichita Lineman" etc. I saw him perform solo this summer and he blew me away. Just him and a grand piano, no charts,
and a great personality too. In his book he says the songwriter's workplace needs some magic symbols for inspiration. I have a poster of "Desiderata" that needs to be hung on the wall. He also said to think of a perimeter around your work area that's like a power circle. I liked that idea a lot, and this morning took my hula hoop and placed it under the chair at the piano - LOL. That's my power circle for now.
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