Q: Bill i have a serious problem. Theres a song ive been meaning to make for a while. I hear a section of it very clearly wirh full srrangement in my mind. Thing is, guitar is main instrument mixwise and i dont play guitar or have friends whi i feel comfortable telling them what to play and nothing besides what i hesr in my head. I mean i like input and im open to the metamorphosis of my track, but i dont want to be pressured to be lax about my vision when the new ideas presented dont mix in with my vision. Noooooomsaying?
A: what i would do in that situation, and i have done this, is just make the song with the tools you have. remember the golden rule, which is that any song can be played using any set of instruments. that's one of the most exciting things about songs, is how many different ways you can do them. my song 'new canaan' is a great example of a song that absolutely did not feel like a keyboard song. when i wrote it it seemed like it should be someone strumming a mandolin or banjo or something. possibly a stupid idea to try to do it with keyboards, but, thinking of the golden rule, i realized that i can