Brave New World

This is what I just sent out to my band mates. Composition by Public Discourse. The whole world can watch, but its highly unlikely they will. They sat in my living room and rewrote the very first song I wrote and all of the changes were great. Until you get to the level of genius, it is a collaborative game. The people with you make this happen. I'm almost 59. Who the hell cares if somebody steals my words. The music is an expression of your personality, it will take on and be yours no matter what anyone does to it. I can and have for a long time been able to listen to a song and tell you who wrote it, if I've familiar with the songwriter at all. It's same with paintings or prose.  

Hi,

Here are the words and chords for the four songs I'm written. I edited the two longer ones to shorten them. I've recorded these four and put them up to You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/danmcnay#p/a/u/0/Y7xueJrhPNc

http://www.youtube.com/user/danmcnay#p/a/u/1/auablkpSw4Q

http://www.youtube.com/user/danmcnay#p/a/u/2/EnVVhMcRgp0

http://www.youtube.com/user/danmcnay#p/u/3/Jo4RytpdQJI

I'll put up the one we rewrote the music for "Little Sister" but I need to practice the Am and C chords we added. I put the C chords into the Chorus on "For My Lost Daughter" that Marla suggested. Have at these.

I may resist some things, but what you guys came up with for Little Sister was great. I've changed the byline of that one to Words by Dan McNay, Music by Rhubarb Meringue Pie.

I could in theory write words to somebody else's music. Or we could write music to somebody else's words. (Hint, hint: Renata)

This is all great fun! If you want to send me any suggestions before next month, please do.

Dan