As songwriters, we hear chord progressions, scale licks, chord melodies etc in other songs. I often find myself inspired by those and write something that is similar, but with no intention of "stealing" those things.
But, I struggle with that grey line of when is something inspired by or stolen from?
I'm curious if anyone else has struggled with this and how you personally think about this? Specifically, when do you feel that you have crossed over from being inspired by a sound versus actually replicating that sound too much and not being original.
