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Hey everybody. It seems that whenever I go to write the music to a song, it always seems to come out VERY close to my favorite band's songs. Is this a bad thing? I mean, say I will take a song and the music might come out very close to a kutless soundung song(they are all very close to each other) Is this really a bad thing?
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No, it's fine. Just means that you and Kutless have similar ideas. Nothing wrong with that. If you want to try and sound different, then go ahead, but ultimately it's your music.
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Originally Posted by jamforchrist123 Hey everybody. It seems that whenever I go to write the music to a song, it always seems to come out VERY close to my favorite band's songs. Is this a bad thing? I mean, say I will take a song and the music might come out very close to a kutless soundung song(they are all very close to each other) Is this really a bad thing? I've noticed that often times, the music I've been listening to recently affects the music I write. In my opinion, this is far from a bad thing. Once you realize that this happens, it can be very helpful. Now, if I'm trying to write a song with a certain feel, I'll listen to music similar to what I want to write, then immediately start writing. It's helped me quite a bit recently. I end up getting the sound I want, and it's not hard to make it original.
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With the millions and millions of songs in existence, what you write is bound to sound like something out there. and that list grows every second. all you can do is just write what you feel and play with conviction and it will be your own.
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I guess what I meant to say is like when I am wrtiing the music I might, for say, have a lick that soudns VERY close to some lick of my fav artists or if I am writing lyrics I might have lyrics very close as well.
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Yeah that's fine...just take it and spice it up a bit, change stuff around...like varying the rhythm, slightly altering a chord, etc...
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thanks you guys. I will just have to get over that and start a-writing
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I find that happens to me, too.
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I'm going to disagree with the crowd somewhat on this one. Sure, you're always going to end up with similarities between your own music and that of the bands you enjoy; that's what inspiration is all about. However, I would encourage you to do your best to separate your music as much as you can; make it uniquely yours. Take your influences and make something different. If you end up with a riff similar to one in another song, change the riff! Give it a shot and you just may end up with something spiffy that you wouldn't have come up with if you had just stuck with the usual. Challenge yourself to do something different.
That said, don't worry too much if it still ends up sounding similar to other bands. It's a process and it will take time to discover a sound that is uniquely your own.
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Originally Posted by Skeeter I'm going to disagree with the crowd somewhat on this one. Sure, you're always going to end up with similarities between your own music and that of the bands you enjoy; that's what inspiration is all about. However, I would encourage you to do your best to separate your music as much as you can; make it uniquely yours. Take your influences and make something different. If you end up with a riff similar to one in another song, change the riff! Give it a shot and you just may end up with something spiffy that you wouldn't have come up with if you had just stuck with the usual. Challenge yourself to do something different.
That said, don't worry too much if it still ends up sounding similar to other bands. It's a process and it will take time to discover a sound that is uniquely your own. I agree. The guitar greats in any genre (Hendrix,Clapton, Rhoads, Iommi, King) all have a unique sound that is theirs.