One Bite At A Time

You know how you get this big platter of your favorite food, and you can't wait to dive into it?

Then your brain just has to be a buzzkill and say "Wait! I can't finish all that!" And your tastebuds and your stomach say "Knock it off!" 

Songwriting can be like that for me.

I can start off with this great idea...and then watch my enthusiasm fizzle like canned whipped cream on a milkshake when it finally sinks in how much work I have to do on it.

So I might get some work done on it...then lay it aside and make it part of my plans for oh, the year 2093. 

This afternoon I made some major progress on a song I've been working on for a few weeks now. I'd love to be one of those songwriters who wake up in the middle of the night, write a hit in ten minutes, then go back to sleep. I heard that's how it happened for Sting when he wrote Every Breath You Take. (That song creeps me out, personally, but I digress...)

But I'm starting to have a little fun with this. I'm imagining the song as a huge platter of lasagna - my favorite food, besides peanut butter. I've already taken a serving out of it - the chorus. Now I've taken two more - the first and second verses. And I'm finishing the servings one bite at a time.

That's three servings out of that platter. At this rate, I still have a few more left - the third and fourth verses, maybe a bridge, and the final chorus and fadeout. 

I'm gonna be fat and happy when I finish this!

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