Once we finished rolling out the grounds of our working relationship, Craig and I sang the first new song I'd written. "Never Gonna Live Without Your Love". It was a fast rock number and quite challenging, but I'd wanted to start with it because it was probably the most difficult. I thought it would take some time for Jonah to figure out a percussion arrangement for it.
Lexi heard it twice and slid off the bench she was sitting on. Slowly she nodded her head, and I could see she was absorbing the intricacies of the melody and the music. She picked up her bass guitar and pulled the strap over her head. A couple of minutes later, she'd formed a bass line and her arrangement sounded cool.