I agree Alec, its been done so many times, and we would never know it was done, youre not stealing anything, you are using it as a template, as James Taylor said. And if its good enough for James Taylor it is for me. Yeah it's mentioned in many books. John Brahenys books was one of the best I ever read.

Ive never actually done it. I did one time with a lyric, I knew I had a good melody, but I need a bridge I think? And i decided to write new lyrics to a bridge of a similar song or what I thought was similar anyway, and then wrote the bridge, it worked, but the song wasnt really good anyway so I ditched it.

But Id say especially for lyricists its a nice technique, and there is no way to link a lyrics meter to another song, and even if you could, there is no copyright protection for lyric meters, nor Chord progressions.

I dont think its a good idea doing with music or melody cause even a piece of melody could cause problems

But lets be real here, if we are lucky enough to get sued for a hit song, we are doing pretty well anyway.

I dont try to copy anything but i end up doing it anyway, what am I supposed to do check with BMI after every song i write and see if somebody is using the same chord? Which I gurantee you somebody has.






Last edited by Fdemetrio; 04/20/21 02:18 PM.