Will23

After getting hit with the inspiration (how it usually happens for me), the situation dictates based on what inspired me and the "mood" I'm in. As crazy as that sounds, it's true and I don't know how many others can relate to this, but here we go. I watched a movie the other night about family. I started thinking about MY family and (particularly) my two year old son. Given the theme of the movie and where the inspiration was taking me, I came up with an initial draft that's probably going to end up as a ballad, but has potential for a moderate country pace. I was thinking about the ABAB, ABC structure and wanted something different. There are times (for me) when "traditional" just doesn't feel right so I wrote "The Spitting Image of Me" with 5 verses and no chorus. The last half of the last line of each verse is, ".......the spitting image of me". It think it's a good initial draft, but the structure doesn't parallel any other traditional setups that I've seen. Not the first time I've written a song with that same structure (it was a ballad too). My very first song that was structured like this was a good one "Message For You", BUT got some good criticism because it not only had no chorus, BUT also didn't state what the "Message For You" was. Hey, it was my first attempt at anything like that and was a few years ago. Anyway, just food for thought.