Mindful Monday - Build on the Shoulders of Giants
.°. Mindful Monday .°.
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Tune in here every Monday for a moment of pause to start your week off right.
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Build on the shoulders of giants.
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For the longest time, I thought you needed to come up with something completely original that nobody had done before in order to be a successful songwriter. It's only been in the past couple years that I've realized that nobody actually does that - everything is inspired by and stems from someone else's creation or thought.
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This is my take on "Gatekeeper" by one of my favourite artists, #feist. Building on her melodies and using different instruments, I can create something that's never been heard before, and yet it's comfortable and familiar to the listener.
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Are you holding yourself back by limiting the building blocks that you allow yourself to create with?
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yap, know this feeling back from the day when i wrote diary. thought every of my thoughts had been unique and god like. In the perspective of my older self (and other beings) the power of my written words vanished like a vampire in daylight.
Succesful implies that it resonates with other human beings. So if you cover, you also work on a theme that resonated with someone. Talented artisted like you can still add a personal touch to it.
you should check out #lykkeli - you probably find her art inspiring as well. Cheers and happy new year! (little late but better than never.)
Happy new year Felix! And glad I'm not the only one to experience that. Haha. Will definitely check them out, thanks for the suggestion!
this is beautiful. I was not familiar with the original artist you are riffing off of here but am going to head to Google now to edumacate my self :)
Thanks @carlgnash! Hahaha. Happy to inspire edumacation ;P
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