General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

tom,

When I worked, performing, I would do quick compositions to suit the needs of the moment. However, I always would do them by adding my words to existing tunes. (My accompanist was a very proficient Dobro player)

So, for example, would take a line such as:

In a neat little town they call Belfast....

And morph my words to the melody instead, such as:

At the top of a hill they call Rag Brew ......

My 'quick and dirty" production line, enabled me to, churn out shed-loads of new stuff every week. However, as soon as the pressure to produce stuff like that ebbed, and I now only have to produce a song for my own satisfaction, the desire for the music as well as the words to be my creation leaves me working the way that I have described.