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Originally Posted by bombaysaffires
Stevie's melodies are pretty complete; she's very good at writing melodies and lyrics. Her accompaniments are rudimentary at best, and her arrangements are pretty much nil. She totally relies on others to have a production vision and a sound for her songs-- which is why her music varies so much between producers.
Both Chris and Lindsey could go out onstage (and have) totally alone and entertain an audience with full songs with interesting and full-sounding accompaniments.
Stevie could go onstage and plunk away but you wouldn't sit through a one hour or heaven forbid 90 minute or 2 hour set with just her and the piano. The limitations of her playing would just not make that enjoyable-- it would be super repetitive musically.
She plays just enough to get her melody and lyrics across and a very, very basic chord progression and then she's out of her depth.
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Exactly. Good post. Accurately conveyed. I give her all the credit in the world as a great lyricist. Very poetic. Powerful.