HI Wojtek, Lellu & Ken,
Perhaps what made the other projects get off the ground was the fact that we were getting submissions from people already in bands, or people who did all the parts to their music. But there were a few collaborations. In the case of one of my songs on the latest project, we had 3 keyboard players, a bass player, a drummer, 2 guitar players. I suppose we got lucky in that when each one sent a part, I liked all the parts and incorporated them into the piece. Sometimes, you won't like a part sent to you, then you tell the other person and there are hurt feelings. In projects like this, you have to accept that someone might not like your ideas. I've had times where I changed my song because someone had a better idea, so to make this work, we need to be willing to accept rejection as well as accepting a new way to look at our own compositions...we also need more musicians to participate....so, who's in?
Looks like I just repeated in different words what Prickly said...
BTW, we also need musicians who have the equipment to record as well...