writing songs for new CD

Thinking about original tunes for our next CD. I have three or four songs in the well, and am cool with any collaboration and all suggestions about music and lyrics. I’m changing gospel tunes I’ve written-- what has always been at the heart of soul music-- and I’m not committed to these songs as personal expressions of my genius. D: I am a genius and I know you are jealous. I have a lot of ballads, and I know we need only one or two ballads total for the CD. I have some rave-ups, too. I’m gonna have fun hearing my tunes get funked (not a typo) up. Hooks, ear candy, break downs, bridges—all that is gonna be a lot of fun for me. See you Thursday at the Cantab. Curtis