I (Bud) write the lyrics with some semblance of meter smile often running lines by Janice to ask if they “work” and are as she says “singable.” I then give them to her with suggestions of genre/groove and only occasionally with specific chord suggestions.

Many lines, hooks, etc, come when mountain biking or hiking.

She then sits with her guitar and does her magic. smile She will tweak the lyric to fit her phrasing ideas, etc.

The only exception is a 12 or 8 bar blues for which I’ll create the chord structure (which is typically formulaic for that genre) and then she will just riff my lyric (a bit like an instrumental solo).

Bud


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