--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, garypig@... wrote:
snip> Yet personally speaking,
> I honestly cannot think of one single songwriter
> whose entire catalogue I can rate as "consistent"
> (whatever that means),
> and that includes Lennon and/or McCartney, Jagger/Richard(s),
> Brian Wilson, Holland/Dozier/Holland, Jimmy Webb, Bacharach.....
> 
> But is it not precisely these, um,
> Bumps in the creative Road as it were
> that keep most of us curious,
> not to mention faithfully and, yes, Consistently tuned right in
> to the work and careers of a B. Dylan, N. Young, or P. Townshend
> to name but three off the top of my ear canal?
> 

  Ditto. That's what I've been thinking as well. Neil Young sprung 
to my mind as someone that took huge artist risks and failed big 
time, at times, so one might say he was inconsistent. But, I mean 
they still were more part of his strange process then not having the 
creative spark to write a good song (I assume). 
  Conversely, I've actually had a harder time agreeing with people's 
lists of consitent great songwriters per I could think of songs that 
clunked (to my mind) by most of them. OK, for me I have most of 
Richard Hawley's work and he comes close to my ears for the sound 
he's going for but still, a short career thus far.

Yeah, I would agree with the sentiment that a consistant song 
writter with a long career would be hard to find.

Steve D
(sick that I wasn't able to catch Adam Marsland's show last night)
More reviews please....