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Originally Posted by S.J. OK!
I'm not saying that you intended to take somebody else's work. I'm saying that you may have unconsciously written something from your head that is actually a work that you've heard from elsewhere.
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I think it's almost impossible to write music anymore that doesn't sound vaguely familiar to something else. Especially if the piece is fairly simple.
This is a big thing that bothers me. Trying to come up with stuff that truly sounds original and still sounds good is a humongous task. I've always felt it to be a bit ironic that people always say, "Listen to lots of music!". Well duh? The more music you listen to the more likely you are to write something similar to what you've heard. Especially if you're doing it subconsciously.
This is a huge problem with songwriting I think. I try to write all my songs just off the top of my head, yet almost every song I write someone suggests that it sounds like some other song. It's truly difficult to come up with something that doesn't already sound like something else at least in some vague way.
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I should add that it's especially difficult to do if you want it to sounds GOOD.
It's easy to write garbage that doesn't sound like anything else. That's probably because even if it had been written before no one wants to hear it. (ha ha)