It's always been interesting to hear about other musicians' experiences in developing their art. The posts here are likewise fascinating. Other than my sister, I don't know any other musicians personally.

For me right now, I guess I'll continue writing tunes and chord progressions, just to see what I can develop.

But what has sort of shocked me is how the 3 or 4 Bach pieces I've memorized on keyboard (because I can't read music in real-time!), those pieces have sort of burned into my hands a feel for where things should go. It's hard to explain. Maybe it's because I play them everyday... if I don't, I quickly forget various sections!!

I'm limited to keys of C or E mostly, because I converted the Bach pieces to those keys before learning them.
And I do have a few years, up to 1990, of learning fingerpick guitar. That helped with gaining a feel for folk styles and those simple chord progressions.
And the discovery of diminished chords (Bach 'taught' me!), has widened my options greatly. Although, I tend to overuse them!

So it's great to have Band-in-a-Box back again, this time with a bit more sense of where I want to go with it.

And I will take Gordon Scott's comments to heart, regarding how he uses a keyboard entry method. Yes, I've probably been making things a lot harder for myself than necessary.

It's fascinating to read everyone's comments. I'll be lurking around and add responses from time to time...
So many forums here to read!!!

Thanks again everyone!
-Ken