Q: i'm currently writing some lyrics but i feel like the melody i've got to pair with it takes too much """inspiration""" from "outside" by yourself. how do i move away from that and towards my own originality? outside is a fantastic song but i can't just rewrite your stuff y'know
A: change the distribution patterns of the notes over time, drastically. for example, try to come up with something so bad that you know no one would ever have written it. music loves a challenge like this, and in a raging fit of excitement it will refuse to be bad