Too much influence?

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not at all, sorry mate but please dont TELL me what i really mean....

read it back through mate, im asking what peoples opinions are on the great old problem of over influence. To dismiss this is stupid, because its a problem everyone has faced at some point, wether they conciously are aware of this or not

im talking about being so into certain artists that naturally, without sitting down and CONSCIOUSLY copying said artist, you can notice similiarities in your work. I would say it happens more so when people are starting out in production than when they are established, but it certainly happens, and alot of people actually are aware that they do this and release everything they do regardless anyway.

it's human nature that if a person gets so excited and has such a passion for a certain sound, naturally at some point they are going to come close to sounding alot like their influences, at which point innovation and originality should, hopefully, take over

im simply asking peoples opinions on when this has happened to them, if its happened to them that is, what they were thinking when they realised this, which direction this pushed them in etc etc

i do think you've misunderstood my post there mate to be fair