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  1. My story is as boring as anyone elses. I grew up loving music and wanted to express myself and impress girls. I like the way Bob Dylan describes how he started writing. He said he moved away from traditionals to things like "Song For Woody" because it said things that just needed to be said. He HAD to write. I think anone who dabbles in creativity should understand what that feels like. And he doesn't even take credit for writing the masterpieces of his early 20s - he says they were already there and he just channeled them. It was like some Holy Ghost moved him to unearth these artifacts that - he claims - if he didn't dig up, someone else would. It's probably all bull{censored}, but I love how he gets all mystical about the creative spark. Without ever hearing Dylan speak on this, I describe my songwriting in almost exactly this manner. Occassionally, I'm given the ability to perceive one of a limitless river of songs. Sometimes I see the entire thing, sometimes it is just a scrap and then I need to find the rest on my own. But I feel I've never actually "created" anything, just found it. My songwriting story probably goes back to my early childhood. While my family would gather in the TV room, I would sit and listen to my older brother's clock radio. I played the piano for a few months as a kid, and even at 7 years old, I preferred to build my own melodies. Though I stopped from there and it was 13 years before I touched a guitar, music has always inspired more of a connection for me, as if it interacts with all my senses, not just hearing. Almost immediately after picking the guitar up, I was writing my "own" chord progressions and lyrics weren't very far behind. EDIT: Jody, that is a touching story.
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