Tired of your own songs

[MadGuitarest]

DOes anyone ever write songs and you keep listening to them and playing them and repeating them in your head that you get sick of it and start thinking it sounds like a song already made before since you are reminded of so much by yourself. Like I have been writing this song and It sounded brand new but now ive been listening and playing it, it sounds as if it sounds exactly like a song thats been out before or has the same vibe, but only because Ive heard a million times. Does this happen to you all too?

[Kevin Taylor]

Hell yeah....by the time I finish recording a song I never wanna hear it again.
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[CW14]

Yes, and it annoys me :mad:

[bigbuda]

The funny thing is that alot of songs now use rythym or backing tracks from other songs. I hear songs on the radio and I'll think to myself, without the words that sounds like such and such.

[Cryptic Excretions]

I can't relate. When I write songs I enjoy listening to them. It's kind of a seal of approval for me. The more I want to hear it, the better job I think I did and if it even slightly reminds me of someone else's work, then I change it to something that'll make me feel better about it. But this is just me. Most people I know feel the same as you. Maybe I'm just weird or something.

[Kevin Taylor]

I'm ok for about the first few days. After you spend a couple of months recording a tune and doing 100+ tracks though... you can't wait to just hear silence for a change.
Even then, you keep running the tune in your head over & over again... argh!!

[acapella]

I play bass.

[earthman buck]

I play bass.

He plays bass.

Whenever we get together for band practices, I'll have some song I made up, and I'll just figure out a simple bass thing for him to play mere seconds before we start. He ends up playing it endlessly while our drummer Luke and myself jam and have a great time. Then once we're done I turn to Luke and say "Let's do that again!" It's great watching acapella's face contort.

Gooood times.

[acapella]

It's funny 'cause it's true. When I do make up songs, I'm afraid to sing them, so they never get played anyway.

[Akira]

Well what you have to remember is that people are always borrowing bits from other peoples music, they might not sound exactly the music it was borrowed from, hell, it might not even sound like it at all to anyone else. Music is ever evolving and your influences will be present in the music you write. From the way I play legato there is an obvious Joe Satriani influence, i'm not too fussed about as Satch kicks ass. :p

I wouldn't worry about things sounding like stuff from other songs. Although there have been plenty of times when i've listened back on stuff and thought "what the hell was I thinking?"

[ericthecableguy]

I hate hearing a song after recording-it just gets so stale! But playing a song with my band never gets old, cause we have so much improvisation, and when someone f****s up, it's just that much better. :)

[rockonn91]

you know you have a winner when you relisten to your songs and think... wow. thats still good.

ive got tons of my own material on the computer from when i was just beginning but very confident in my own abilities, so i'd record everything that came into my head. thats why most of it sucks.

but then theres the one or two songs that i worked on for months that still give me a grin listening to em. thats a good feeling right there, man.

[earthman buck]

...when someone f****s up, it's just that much better. :)

I was just wondering, what does the extra * stand for? :)

[ericthecableguy]

I was just wondering, what does the extra * stand for? :)

Whatever do you mean? It works out just fine. :)

[Vegas Wierdo]

Whenever I record it's usually quick 'n' dirty. Sometimes we end up improving half of it and then leaving it at that, or we'll spend a few minutes coming up with something out of nothing, roll the tape with guitar and drums and add other stuff later, etc. etc. Not recommended if you wanna get on the radio and have many fans! :eek: