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Originality is your birthright. Unless you deliberately plagiarize a song, everything you do will be original. However, there are still degrees of difference that you may wish to augment. But you must come from the right place within yourself.
Before you can be different, you have to understand what it means to be the same. This "sameness" is crucial to being able to communicate with music. This is why we master the fundamentals. We all have the same musical building blocks to work with. It's the common language that all musicians speak. Once you master the fundamentals, you will have a greater freedom to create and discover new musical directions. Embrace this language and be happy that you have it in common with the greatest musicians and songwriters of all time.
So let go of wanting to be different. Being different is a given. Therefore, wanting to be different is a waste of energy. Direct that energy into mastering the fundamentals. Given that most people don't master the fundamentals, you will not only be different, but in a more skilled and masterful way.
Let's reframe wanting to be different to wanting to contrast. This allows you to stand out from the crowd and has a couple of deeper meanings. One, you want your songs to contrast each other. Two, you want to contrast other songwriters.
If you seem to write the same song over and over again, you will want to work on your self-contrast. Study your songs and see why they sound the same. It could be that you have a really good idea that you just haven't nailed yet so the reason your songs sound the same is because you're getting closer to nailing it. If you feel you've already nailed it and you're just stuck in a rut, then an analysis of your songs will show you why they sound the same. Compare every variable until you discover where you are lacking contrast.
By focusing on self-contrast, you will stretch your abilities and constantly be writing new and interesting material. The same advice goes if you find yourself sounding similar to other songwriters. Study their songs and see how you are imitating them. Then do something different.
Contrast is a songwriter's best friend. Always be asking yourself, "What have I got? What's different from that?" This is the Way of the Samurai Songwriter.
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