alt Hacker NewsAm an aspiring composer. We often say we have no qualms about "stealing" from other composers. Yeah, if we see an idea or technique used in piece of music we like, we won't hesitate to try it out in our own pieces. Of course, we don't actually steal to the point of plagarism, but it's pretty common to do, and the ideas we take are often modified for your own needs or just taken in parts.
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Yes! I find that whenever I try to steal something, I end up taking some of it's essence, but I end up modifying it so much that it's not really that thing any more anyway.
So I want to be less afraid to do that. Because at the end of the day, if I decide it's too stolen, I can always just not release it.
This is really what all art is anyway, a collection of your own past influences.
Some also argue it's what makes AI "not stealing" although many artists disagree with it.
When Brahms was told that his Symphony No. 1 sounded like Beethoven, he said "Even a donkey knows that!"
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