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Cryxan	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 4:34 AM ...people tell you that you sound like another artist?
pog	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 6:19 AM A good idea is to thank them politely, and try to see what they are talking about. If they are way off, feel better about yourself, knowing that some people are really unlucky when it comes to developing a good ear... they either can't hear certain things (claiming they are tonedeaf, when it's actually something that can be taught), or won't take the time to listen properly... one tenth of a second of analysing, and they come up with an assumption because you happened to be singing in a key that was within an octave of the old tape that it reminded them of... In my opinion people who have these unconstructive comments, ..their what I think are lazy listeners. I mean there's no right or wrong way to listen, but for someone to pass judgment like that... ask for more detail... I'd say exactly what part of which song I did makes me sound like Prince... and never do it again. On the other hand, I've been really choked up with appreciation when people say a riff I did sounds like someone famous. I think yeah... that cool, huh. It's a nice reward for the effort.
furiousBall	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 10:23 AM i like being compared to other artists, but at the same time i want my own identity, but hey, it's the listener's opinion." id="65287">depends on the artist and depends on to what degree they say it sounds like another artist(i.e. - "you're ripping off blah" as compared to "you've got some hendrix-like chops"). i like being compared to other artists, but at the same time i want my own identity, but hey, it's the listener's opinion.
Jennae	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 10:24 AM can't say I've had that problem.
shadeofblue	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 12:41 PM if the artist isn't lame... someone said something about my beats reminding him of radiohead... i didn't mind that
milladrive	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 12:47 PM I've been compared at times to several artists, both vocally and musically. Sometimes it takes me by surprise, and sometimes it's along the lines of who I've often been influenced by in my life and, indeed, for the song. Never bothers me, tho, since I believe everyone hears sumpm different in the music they listen to. Not only am I honored that they listened, but I'm usually flattered by the artistic references.
billhudson	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 1:01 PM Still Pickin' Bill Hudson" id="65300">We are all not born from nothing. When someone says you sound like this or that I say,"thank you". Simple. Still Pickin' Bill Hudson
mracky	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 1:12 PM like vandaman, i agree that it depends if their intention is good. ppl have many ways of making a connection with music. they pick up on a chord progression, or the use of an effect, or pronunciation of a lyric, its only natural for them to categorize it. appreciate that your music has made a connection to them and hope it grows so that your music spells out the difference.
fireball87	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 6:54 PM lol... thats odd... ive never been told i sounded like anyone... at all... ever... at all... ever... at all
Jennae	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 9:20 PM I'll tll ya what I like... I like it when they then just before they me.
woodhead	Date: October 15, 2003 @ 9:31 PM I think it is the one the best compliment's an artist or a band can receive if it is meant as a compliment can receive. Lets face it we all fall back on our roots of who we listen to, there is no getting around it. For an artist to be completely original this person would have to have lived on a deserted island with no influences at all, no radio, records CD tapes or any media format. Then you could say a person is completely original, and only then for we all have our influences from Bach, to Drowning Pool
zique	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 3:40 AM mind.Its usually the Chili Peppers...I personally dont think I sound like them or anyone.My tunes are pretty raw and not as neatly done.Sometimes though I think having such an off the wall sound has been a negative for me.It seems as if people sometimes give my music lower review ratings because some of my stuff doesnt fit the normal song patterns,verse-chours-verse,etc.But that is one of the reasons my music is on the net...I figured it was a place to be able to put music that was a little more adventerous.I honestly dont mind if people dont like my music,thats cool,but I've been on sites were I was told, "killer song,but no commercial value...so I give you a 2 on a scale 10 highest".But anyway comparisons are flattering to me...usually...I guess...?:puzzled: Zique" id="65388">I dont really mind.Its usually the Chili Peppers...I personally dont think I sound like them or anyone.My tunes are pretty raw and not as neatly done.Sometimes though I think having such an off the wall sound has been a negative for me.It seems as if people sometimes give my music lower review ratings because some of my stuff doesnt fit the normal song patterns,verse-chours-verse,etc.But that is one of the reasons my music is on the net...I figured it was a place to be able to put music that was a little more adventerous.I honestly dont mind if people dont like my music,thats cool,but I've been on sites were I was told, "killer song,but no commercial value...so I give you a 2 on a scale 10 highest".But anyway comparisons are flattering to me...usually...I guess...? Zique
GeneHilbert	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 10:27 AM I always find it funny & sometimes flattering... Greg & Duane Allman, Seger, Warren Hanes, Steve Morris. Hell who wouldn't be flattered. Only twice has it been humiliating and that was only because I really don't like the artist I was compared to..... Ach Hummmm....... Meatloaf.
HeadHuntaz	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 10:29 AM i dont mind someone saying my voice sounds like that of another person, but i refuse to believe that my style is similar to anyone else
Arthen	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 10:57 AM Well, everything sounds like another thing in one way or another. There's just too many factors and influencing yet inevitable circumstance. Don't think so much about it, because it's no use doing so. Just be confident of yourself and remember, you own your conscience, creativity, and working of both. It's all up to you.
ebarbarella	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 2:18 PM Yeah is if the person does the comment with a good intention and not just talking b...s..t. Every tune can remind others!! it happend to us and is allright. No problems
YaBoyDrew	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 2:56 PM i hate when i get compared 2 sum1 else cuz im jus bein me....CHECK OUT MY NEW SONG BETTER DAYZ N LEAVE SUM COMMENTS
kredd	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 3:44 PM " id="65457">there's a difference b/n sounding like someone and ripping someone off...if you are musician with any integrity ripping someone off will not be the case for you...no matter what that certain someone thinks. i know between the 4 of us in my band we do our best to weed out any riffs that may even resemble another bands music. we like playing the "i liked that riff better when 'so and so' played it" game.
alcoholicskunk	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 6:34 PM http://alcoholicskunk.dmusic.net/pictures lol" id="65472">Depends.... if someone can point out an infulence, that's great... so far I've never had someone say.. "you sound just like 'X-Industrial-Band-That-On-The-Radio-And-It's-The-Only-I-Know'" ... Only thing I didn't agree with when I did a show was from a 50 year old drunk british woman who told me I looked like Tom Cruise... I dunno.. you be the judge.. http://alcoholicskunk.dmusic.net/pictures lol
sinai	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 7:00 PM never had a problem with it, any feedback is good feed back
beatokko	Date: October 16, 2003 @ 10:15 PM Keep up the job people, you might end selling stuff to me sometime." id="65483">alcoholicskunk: Hell man you DO look like him (at 5 a.m. with no lights) I think she was hittin on ya. Sometimes it hurts when someone tells you sound like some famous/known musician, specially when you're tryin' to not sound like anyone else. I don't really like it. I like it when someone tells you your music sounds "kinda-someone-u-like" and adds good comments about your music. That means you're getting somewhere with your stuff and eventually you might get your own, unique style. I love that; it's inspiring and encouraging. Keep up the job people, you might end selling stuff to me sometime.
Hazard369	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 2:05 AM Yeah I agree with beatokko. If rather like it if they would say somthing to the effect that your music is of the quality of another artist. That one is always nice to hear.
babykilla1	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 2:03 PM No one has compared our tunes to anythin
RasMasta	Date: October 19, 2003 @ 4:35 PM I hate it.
Psipher	Date: October 21, 2003 @ 8:38 AM sometimes im amused, if i like the band i apparently sound a bit like then cool, pink floyd has been refered to a couple of times for floating but having never really listened to pink floyd i dont know, if i dont like the band n see no resemblance i can get a bit upset! i sometimes hear bits in ppls tunes that put me in mind of something else, sometimes just cos of the feel and mood of the song! my bro said my guitar solo bit sounded like the darkness the other day, i was chuffed with that cos im no good at solo stuff!
podyman	Date: October 21, 2003 @ 11:44 PM I don't know any music creator that sounds like me. May be later when I will be wellknown pop composer... Someone will say "he sounds like..."
EddieWinslow...	Date: October 22, 2003 @ 4:57 PM never had that problem...i think my shit is sorta unique...plus i just do me and whatever come out comes out...
DarkNoise29	Date: October 24, 2003 @ 5:27 PM I've never had a problem with someone comparing me to another artist, but what I have a problem with is someone who gives their suggestion on the recording, or the performance of a song. Something like, "I love the song, but you should have..." God I hate that!
invocati	Date: October 24, 2003 @ 7:59 PM Sometimes it is flattering to sound like another artist sometimes not. Depends who you are comparing too.
Arthen	Date: October 24, 2003 @ 11:50 PM DarkNoise, yeah I feel ya man. Specially when that someone's your typical layman that listens to the mainstream radio!
pacificYO	Date: October 24, 2003 @ 11:52 PM my first performance, before i was introduced, i was compared to "Justin Timberlake". yeck.. my most recent one, people told me i sounded like "Rahzel"(which i dont think is true, but i'll take that as a compliment). ..i don't really like being compared to other artists though, because i feel less creative and original when that happens.
sween	Date: October 26, 2003 @ 8:04 AM Depends what artist, if its the spice girls then Ive got a problem!!!! But otherwise, its a complement www.thesween.com
hottestsauce	Date: October 26, 2003 @ 11:15 AM Theres two possibilites in this case. The person saying it is not creative enough to make a REAL COMMENT, or you are a poser who is trying to sound like someone else. simple.
Acumen	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 12:17 AM i can't say i get that too often. if i said it, i would be lying, and lying is wrong.
Bill43	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 4:09 AM I take it as a compliment myself. Simple as that.
Alleagenz	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 9:06 AM I take it both ways, one, i think wow yes they are right, or two, i think hmmm nah but wouldnt correct them because they might have heard something i havent
victorsskull	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 9:33 AM dont bother me
Rodrica	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 11:07 AM I've been compared to loads of different people from Pat Benatar to The Doors! That in itself tells me I'm not a clone or a copy. It doesn't mean that people think I'm particularly like them...just that my music has elements of their sounds. Music has been around for so long that everyone is gonna sound like someone else at some time. I don't mind people making comparisons...it's a good way for me to understand how a song comes across to other people We're often too close to our own music to hear it the way others do
Pagan	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 12:19 PM i think it helps put my music in the proper perspective . at least they took the time to listen to it. "We're often too close to our own music to hear it the way others do " how true!!
thecount	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 12:55 PM whatever.
redrasta	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 3:22 PM with regards to the 'Theres two possibilites in this case. The person saying it is not creative enough to make a REAL COMMENT, or you are a poser who is trying to sound like someone else. simple.' comment.... SOmetimes its hard to explain what you mean when you are describing someones music, and the closest you can get is to bring up the name of an artist/group that you think sounds similar, or mebbe reminds you of them.Hell, if I say AC/DC, I bet you already hear them in your head....so whats wrong with that? At least you know how you are coing across to people....and sound is a pretty evocative thing. So ner
redrasta	Date: October 27, 2003 @ 3:25 PM and if I could spell properly, that woulda said 'COMING across'. I have no idea what coing is. But if I find out, imma try it on the weekend...
woodhead	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 12:55 AM ok so who here has lived on a deserted island? comparing to another artist is always going to happen. Listen to Robert Johnson recordings then to Richie Valenz then to the Stones then to who ever. There are only 12 notes in the music we listen to and use, so these can only be used so many times. YEa use a dif tuning but in reality 12 notes is all (unless you play oriental type tunes, they have 4 notes inside our one, that is what makes their tunes so cool or something like that) but any way so all progressions and all scales and all chords have been used prior to today. Sorry but that is a fact.
pmscpc	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 3:39 AM I don't mind being compared to ANYONE, even if it's not a compliment and they hate it. In the past, we did a one off track that got slated: "He sounds like an embarrasing uncle who is always farting"... so I did a whole album of things just like it. Another band I was in also got compared to: Talking Heads, Sanatana and Iggy pop at the same time. Three acts that don't usually get mentioned in the same breath, but that's what people hear, I suppose when people start comparing your music to items of furniture, then you should start to worry - as in "Hey, that track really sounds like an occasional table" If you have over sensitive feelings, never let anyone hear your material. I think it's as simple as that. If you're interested, the "Farting Uncle" track can be heard over at www.ampcast.com/2hk - it's called "I Believe" - along with the rest of the CD that no one bought - so maybe they had a point after all. Haha.
azhazhellfire	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 5:02 AM nice thread, cryxie. well, i don't really respect the listening skills of anyone who's commented on my music over here. the only people worth the listening time come to this site, and most people so far said it was very original. but i think if someone told me i sound like someone and stated who, my reaction would be something along the lines of buying all the cds of that artist, or download perfect quality versions of them off thasp, who will, by that time be a major established file sharer with his own mega huge servers with every single mainstream music file ever released, updated every 3 seconds. all in FLAC. then rewrite all my tracks so as to stop them sounding anything like the artist. so don't tell me i sound like anyone. i get pretty annoyed about non-constructive comments, positive or negative. i try to be patient and ask for a reason for their statement. but i'm not a patient guy. "ok so who here has lived on a deserted island?" more importantly, who here has lived on a desert island with an up to date computer, a decent soundcard, decent speakers and adequate hardware?
Thaspian	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 7:29 AM
Jesuszilla	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 7:22 PM It's pretty much impossible to not sound similar to something else. I've been compared to stuff I've never even heard of, but it's nice to see what people think. Doesn't bother at all.
Jesuszilla	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 7:23 PM ^ Doesn't bother me at all, sorry.
CountryMusikMan	Date: October 28, 2003 @ 8:00 PM Most Of us Learned from listening to others, so there is going to be some similarities in our music and the music we like the most. I like George Strait. George Strait likes Merle. I am influenced by George who has a sound kind of like Merle so There for I have both. I also Like other genres of music and it just carries on and on.
tsand19151	Date: October 29, 2003 @ 9:52 AM Super Bassman Victor Wooten tells the story of how he met Bela Fleck. Victor was doing a gig with a country band. In between sets he'd pick up one of the banjos to kill time. Now he's no banjo player so he was doing simple bass lines with it. Anyway someone walks by and says, "you sound just like Bela Fleck". Victor's reaction was WHO is this Bela guy and WHY would he be doing anything close to this on a banjo? The rest is history. When someone says I sound like someone I never heard of, I remind myself of this story and go into a research mode. But to get to the question, if I get compared to someone, it doesn't bother me at all.
eagankid	Date: November 2, 2003 @ 11:55 PM It all depends on who the artist is. If I like the artist or I know the artists has plenty of talent then I wouldn't mind that. If it was someone like Cannibal Corpse or Vanilla Ice then I would automatically quit my music.
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cardboarddea...	Date: November 13, 2003 @ 3:46 PM On stage recently with one of my live bands, I was compared to Frank Black which I thought was ACE then someone said "I mean this as a compliment - you sound like a child-molester version of Beck" which was also kind of cool, I think... xxxxxx CDB
Emphatic	Date: November 18, 2003 @ 2:52 PM no i don't like that very much. i kinda wanna do my own shit..yall know what im saying?
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furiousBall	Date: November 18, 2003 @ 3:22 PM neato...who do you sound like dasuspectz?
KevBrock	Date: November 18, 2003 @ 4:14 PM I've had people telling me I sound like a crossover between Bob Dylan and David Bowie. I try my best to sound like myself but there is nothing you can really do. You just play whatever comes out of your head. But if people want to compare me to other famous artists, I don't mind, but at least they got a chance to hear my music which is the only thing that's most important.
InvaderGema	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 8:04 PM I don't mind, as long as I'm getting feedback at all ^-^
Leginius	Date: November 29, 2003 @ 7:35 PM never happened to me before...but I imagine I'd be flattered to be compared to an established artist..
Nikki319	Date: November 29, 2003 @ 8:29 PM well it depends... if you say I sound like Britney Spears..then to me..that would be kind of an insult..(even though I wouldn't mind having her abs)*I do have a really good Britney impression though,so if you told me that after I was doing it,I would be happy. -I have had people tell me that I remind them of other good singers(Phyllis Hyman,Anita Baker),which is awesome,but then again when I'm shopping for labels,I want them to pick me up because I'm not like every other R&B singer(thank GOD),does that make sense? I'm kind of tired...
onewhodreams	Date: November 29, 2003 @ 11:16 PM I think it's great when people tell me I sound like someone else. To me it means they are really listening and to take the time to talk to me means a lot. I've been told I sound like so many different singers it sort of trips me out sometimes, but I take them all as compliments.
mushman	Date: November 30, 2003 @ 10:05 PM if it was avaril or busted or some stupit punk trash group i would i hate being asked if i like that crap
RasMasta	Date: November 30, 2003 @ 11:37 PM Not really.
D-Sign	Date: December 4, 2003 @ 5:24 AM Synchild got a hot voice it sounds like bizzy bone(bonethugs) listin black window of him ft. a other guy and he sounds like krayzie bone
rhodesdr	Date: December 4, 2003 @ 6:44 PM Nothing is original anymore...
pog	Date: December 4, 2003 @ 7:53 PM I beg to differ. Anything can be made to sound original, even if it is borrowing from other styles. And in order to be 100% original, I believe it's important to be able to emulate everything that has been done in the past. My first 10 years in guitar was based on this factor. Now Im happy to say that altough certain styles and genre's are utilised, I believe that none of my songs sound like songs from the past (If anyone has heard a song by me with the same tune as a commercial song, then tell me, and I'll take the track down immediately). However it's still flattering when it is compared to someone fomous, so either way... I win
CrescentShadow	Date: December 5, 2003 @ 9:46 AM thanks to punk and nu metal, nothing people hear on the radio is original any more... but there is great original music everywhere. and if someone told me i sound like opeth, it would be a compliment. just because i sound like them doesnt mean im copying them, ya know? its just about mixing influences with your own emotions. thats how you become original, when your music reflects YOU.
Arthen	Date: December 5, 2003 @ 11:56 PM Agreed Crescent Shadow. I've received comments on my guitar playing that I sound like David Gilmour, even though I don't even know who the hell he is. Goes to show chances are at this era are high that even though u strive for your own original style with that punch, you'll still end up sounding like someone else.
Cryxan	Date: December 6, 2003 @ 5:45 AM Arthen, whoever tells you that is giving you a very nice compliment.

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