3 Ways Mature Songwriters Steal

Way back in 2005 I wrote a post celebrating a traditional piece of music which inspired Lady Ga Ga's hit "Speechless".

http://dixiebosco.blogspot.com/2005/08/dirty-or-spiritual.html

The exact chords are very different but the dark spiritual hook is the same. Lady Ga Ga stole it from Elton and Bowie who stole it from McCartney who stole it from Sam Cooke. Evidence of this thievery is (wonderfully) all over Rock, Pop and R+B music.

4 off the top of my head

1. Sam Cooke : Bring It On Home to Me
2. Sublime: Santeria
3. Sarah MacLachlan: Adia
4. Beatles : In My Life

Check my 05 post and play around with the song structure. Steal only the pieces that speak to you!! An immature artist will simply imitate these exact chords.

3 Ways a Mature Artists is like car thief

1. Strip off the valuable pieces.

2. Repaint the pieces.

3. Drive it around with your band and tell everyone it's yours.