Ever wrote a song and...
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Mindthebull
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The first cease and desist letter i receive from a record executive or anyone will be the day i know I have actually been successful.
Charlie Bernstein
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Yikes! Song writing is how I get away from taking myself seriously. When I write a song, I untuck my shirt, kick my shoes off, and say whatever the hell I want!
I don't know whether the stuff I steal is good. I don't read the ingredients list. I just grab it off the shelf and throw it in the cart.
Charlie Bernstein
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I have a friend who sings three of my songs at his gigs. And he makes 'em sound a lot better than I ever will.
So I'm just unabashedly flattered. A fan base!
Charlie Bernstein
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Same here. I semi-talk a lot of my songs, so melody is less of an issue.
All my songs are in F# melodic minor. So, no.
/sarc sorta
Forming entirely new ears takes a lot of listening. I'm not there. And you kinda have to meet people where they are.
Respect to those who push the Ear Envelope. They can't make much money, but all musicians should appreciate what they're doing.
/sarc sorta
Forming entirely new ears takes a lot of listening. I'm not there. And you kinda have to meet people where they are.
Respect to those who push the Ear Envelope. They can't make much money, but all musicians should appreciate what they're doing.
My high school English teacher told us how to avoid plagiarism by saying the same idea in a different way. I learned much later about using an existing song as a template to create a new one. Once in an interview, Jim (later Roger) McGuinn said that he worked as a song writer where they'd take a current hit and use it as a template to write a new song like it.
I've always caught unconscious copying before I went too far with it. But if didn't catch it until it was written and liked what I had, I would change it around a bit to make it my own.
I've always caught unconscious copying before I went too far with it. But if didn't catch it until it was written and liked what I had, I would change it around a bit to make it my own.
Jucy Fruit the taste is gonna move ya.
It's so easy to fall in love.
The latter was funny. I grew up super sheltered. Who knows where I heard it. In a restaurant or something as a kid. An elevator. It was not anywhere in my conscious brain as a catalogued song. Fast forward 15 years and I had a four track. Played it for my buddy and he laughed and starts singing.
It's so easy to fall in love.
The latter was funny. I grew up super sheltered. Who knows where I heard it. In a restaurant or something as a kid. An elevator. It was not anywhere in my conscious brain as a catalogued song. Fast forward 15 years and I had a four track. Played it for my buddy and he laughed and starts singing.
andy__d
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I never listened to a lot of Zeppelin in my youth, and was very disappointed when I disocovered one of my compositions had a verse riff that bore a remarkable resemblance to “Ramble On”. We played up to it and occasionally would throw a verse of ramble on in the middle of our song. Which, interestingly, led our bass player to observe that the bass line to Ramble on fits perfectly under Bryan Adams “Cuts like a knife” - so, it became an ad hoc medley.
And, I just realized another one of my songs has the same chords as Rocket Man… dang.
And, I just realized another one of my songs has the same chords as Rocket Man… dang.
Every song I write, the drummer will mention “Oh, that sounds like *insert obscure song or band here*.”
I guess I strive to avoid blatantly ripping off a song the majority of people you meet would know, but there’s just so much music out there. Odds are your song is going to be really similar to something.
I guess I strive to avoid blatantly ripping off a song the majority of people you meet would know, but there’s just so much music out there. Odds are your song is going to be really similar to something.
What an awesome video! This is all the stuff where my knowledge ends and is in sore need of being freshened up! Thanks for posting it!
One of the things I really enjoy about writing blues tunes is that, in it's essence, it's about story telling.
Everyone gets the same 3 chords (intervals) to start with. The playing field is level.
Then, you phrase your story in a manner that is more dependent on expression than it is on music theory.
The very nature of blues is "fair" to everyone right from the start. Sure, there will be several borrowed ideas, and that's what happens when we all start with the same "kit."
It's the way we create riffs to link the chords, taunt the melody, and go outside the basic frame work that make it great.
Some love. Some hate it. Some find it boring. Some just don't get it. That's OK. There are so many other things to do!
Everyone gets the same 3 chords (intervals) to start with. The playing field is level.
Then, you phrase your story in a manner that is more dependent on expression than it is on music theory.
The very nature of blues is "fair" to everyone right from the start. Sure, there will be several borrowed ideas, and that's what happens when we all start with the same "kit."
It's the way we create riffs to link the chords, taunt the melody, and go outside the basic frame work that make it great.
Some love. Some hate it. Some find it boring. Some just don't get it. That's OK. There are so many other things to do!
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