[Lycanthe]

Hmph;
Most of today's music seems to all sound alike. It's like some group gets a neat idea, it sells pretty good, and from then on they just keep rewriting that same song in different keys with different lyrics. Very little creativity.
Then all you guys that form bands start out writing stuff that sounds just like your favorite song or artist, and it just starts all over again...again, too little creativity.
Of course, the music industry isn't in the business of promoting creativity, they just want to make money, so that accounts for much of it. If your new song doesn't sound a lot like something that's already been a hit, they probably won't give you much of a shot at recording, so you'll have to kinda sell out if you wanna get popular.

I write music, but it doesn't sound like much of anything that's out there (or has ever been). That probably means no one will ever pay me a quarter to hear any of it, but that's OK, I like things that are fresh and untried, and I just do it for my own pleasure. Of course, there are many influences on what I play and write, but I don't try to sound like any of them. I have a friend named John, who says, "I'm me, and I can't be you, the world doesn't need another me or you, it already has them." Same thing with musicians; we don't need another Alice in Chains...we already have one and they're real good. Let's hear something FRESH!