| I`m going to say it again.
The more influence you call upon in songwriting the more original you will sound.
Listen to Stevie Wonders Songs in the Key of Life. You can very easily pick out things that he was influenced by in some of the different songs.
Does that make him a copycat ?
Of course not ! He`s one of the most original songwriters there is which is why 90% of the R&B out there today sounds like Stevie in some way.
It is completely impossible to write a song without drawing on some kind of musical influence. It`s the way you take that influence and mold it into something fresh and new that makes something sound original.
That combined with ever evolving recording techniques is why bands like Nirvana can sound so fresh sounding when all they really are is a product of their influences. As is every band and musician that has ever existed.
Some are just better at adding a bit of themselves in also.
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- Kev
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