All of y’all’s ability to parse this subject out is impressive from both an academic and practical perspective. I’ve learned over the past six years from several user forum members that songwriting isn’t all “gift” and to a great extent can be learned.

So at 72 I’ve done my best to try and learn; however, I do think that some folks simply see their world in more textured and rich imagery than others (whether they are song writers or not). Admittedly my time spent in the psychology field might bias these feelings.

FWIW, my lyric writing is driven by mostly one objective - we can’t post covers at the user forum grin

And for us what defines a good song is simply whether or not we like it. I’m too lazy to go further!

Interesting thread.

Bud

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