1) sharpen pencils

?) sing masterpiece 

What steps lie in-between creation and performance?

What steps influence the applause meter the most?

I wish I had the answers.

Imagine a golden floored 

silver walled 

Herculean sized room

 with a diamond studded ceiling. 

Opium incense lingers

like a pregnant hush.

In the center

a five star song sits

on a cherub guarded pedestal.

The gigantic chamber has 1000 doors.

There are many ways to create the masterpiece.

We blaze our own trails.

I think it is easier to identify trouble along the path.

Things you know would improve your songs

if you worked on them.

Putting myself in the songwriters confessional,

I do know my weaknesses.

Melody and musical hooks.

I need to tattoo this advice from the master of riffs

on my nose.

"Write a GREAT song, and then sit down and come up with a riff/hook around the root chord or a few of the chords."

Angus Young