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I may check out that book also. I've never tried to write "hit" songs or follow a formula before, but there may be some ideas worth looking into.

I don't know if this one is in the book or not, but a cell phone can be a very handy thing to record ideas. I wrote a song complete with melody and lyrics while driving on a 4 hour trip once. (And yes, I was using a hands free device).

When I got home all I had to do was listen to the recordings and write it down.

Bob



I used that feature of my cell phone more than any other feature except for the calling of course.

It was my lyric and melody sketchpad. Then I made the mistake of trying to combine the function of my phone and PDA. Lost the 'record idea' capability of my old phone. I can do it on my new PDA phone, but it's much more complicated. I had it as a 2 button push access on my old phone that I could do without looking.

Like you, get home or sometime later and transcribe the thing into a real performance. Best ever songwriting assistance tool was that phone.

-Scott

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