More Like "Memory"

I met with Professor Bowers the other day for coffee, and he was hugely inspirational.  I knew that he was writing an Alice in Wonderland Musical (I would paraphrase the desription as a cross between "Finding Neverland" and "Big Fish," both of which are awesome) but what I hadn't heard was that he once had a show that he helped create go off-broadway.  This is a guy that knows all of the things that I really want to know, apparently.  

He told me a lot about how his show got picked up, the fickleness of New York audiences, the importance of marketing (score one for the marketers!), and how he had tons of friends up there and if Usher gets into the Fringe he'll help us get some contacts.  Knowing more people is always good.

Brent liked the song I sent him the other day, though (and he points this out correctly) there are some sections in the song that don't "stick in the mind" in the way that others, for example, "Memory," does.  

I wrote him back asking if he realized that the guy who wrote "Memory" has been doing this for forty years and has written maybe three or four songs that are almost on par with "Memory" in a melodic sense.

He replied that he did realize this and he did not think it was too much to ask.  

So I suppose I'm working on that, then.