Inspired or Unintentional?

One of my favorite activities while listening to songs is to compare to other ones that I have heard and see whether I can find its match, like its "Doppelgänger" (to some extent).

We all have heard of parodies,composer intentionally uses same accompaniment and cleverly changes lyrics. We have heard different musical quotes or lyrics are thoughtfully placed within compositions, but I am curious to know whether composers have accidentally composed identical melodic themes and have no realized that it could sound like copying.

Another thought, could our minds subconsciously remember musical ideas that somehow inspire us to write down the same and we are convinced that it is our own because we dont know otherwise? sense? Perhaps we just like a theme and want to elaborate it our own way. I say we, but I have no one in particular to direct this towards.

To be more specific, at the moment I am listening to 2 songs that are similar in the beginning.





To save space on the post, I will just list out some other songs that I found similar..or just reminded me of the other..

Rihanna - Unfaithful vs. Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Jet - Look What You've Done vs. Bonnie McKee - Somebody
Phil Vassar - In a Real Love vs. KC & Jojo - All My Life
Holly Brook - Giving it Up For You vs. [fill it in when i remember later]
Plain White T's - 1,2,3,4 vs. The Pretty Reckless - You Make Me Wanna Die

and the controversial
Avril Lavigne's - Girlfriend vs. The Rubinoos' - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend


Sure these are small similarities, but I find it interesting, almost as interesting as when Rob Paravonian quoted songs using Pachelbel's popular cello chord progression.. (obviously not Pachelbel's solely)

Could it ever be possible that we run out of musical combinations?!?

BTW, there are blogs dedicated to this topic of songs that are alike!!

http://www.thatsongsoundslike.com/

Tim Be Told

Twist of fate, Wednesday I decided to volunteer at a cultural event at UT, and as it turns out they had a special guest band there who played. IT WAS SO AMAZING!!!
It was worth putting of my hw, because I found this band very inspiring. Their lyrics express positivity and hope for our time.

They had a free download of this song on their myspace :).. so that night I listened to that song nonstop.
I even took my own video of some of the songs Tim Ouyang sang.

Tim Be Told-Analyze

TEAM JUMBA FTW

I LOVE THIS SO VERY MUCH!! I hope that team jumba can go very far in this competition!!

Met my future?

Today at the coffee bean and tea leaf at the domain, while my mum finishes her order of cafe mocha, I am standing there at the other end of the counter waiting for the guy to serve me my order of iced water..and i look at the girl who is also waiting for her drink. Turns out that she is wearing the same identical summer dress that i am wearing, the only difference is that she wore a white cardigan over it and I had on a white laced shrug. what are the chances of that?

The laughter at the coincidence was the introduction of conversation, what we learned was that this girl's name was Yuki and that she was getting her doctorate in music at the same university that I will start attending this next week!

Makes me wonder how incredible this coincidence is, perhaps it really is nothing..but I'd like to think that there is a reason for this encounter. Who knows.

Thing I would regret?

Someone asked me on my formspring what was one thing I would regret. I think to regret something is a waste of emotion. I mean we live and learn and life keeps going on. When we dwell in the past of something that could have been different, time is leaving us behind. So I don't want to regret anything, so therefore I will live in the present, and make the most of the here and now yes?

Recently, I found out that my friend was being hospitalized because of her low heart rate. She fainted, and is under 100 pounds right now. I would call it anorexia, but she denies the notion. The doctors tell her that she has to remain there for many weeks, I hope she can get better soon. It's a shame to be passing the summer in a hospital, when she has no major problems besides mental health and underweightedness. sigh. I wish I could live closer to her and maybe visit her.

On a Happier note, I HAVE A NEW FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO :D



Although it is a bittersweet song about having loved and lost, and remain one sided.. it's so sweet. Makes me realize that this dream of becoming some celebrity is no easy task. Private life and friends take on a new meaning.

I dig The Dig

As my friend was asking me to recommend new music, I realized that I've not been as diligent as I used to when it comes to finding fresh bands. Welllll, today I reconnected with that side of me and what I found (stumbled upon) was this band.

With their new album out Electric Toys. From NYC, this band constructs songs that are very different from each other that depict some kind of story. I really enjoyed listening to this. Turns out that they are coming to Austin, TX for a concert! VERY SOON IN JULY! It's too bad that I have class on that night, or else I would have gone.

Speaking of concerts, I did some research and I have a list of a few artists/bands who I am looking forward to seeing!!

July 6 ISLANDS

July 13 JAMIE CULLUM

August 28 ROONEY

Very exciting~

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blog transition/ brainstorm

::EDIT::

Thanks for making me smile, I get it now. I realize what you did there haha.

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What should I write about? my loves? my life?

Someone today told me that they were curious about my life..

is that interesting enough for me to document down? I can barely be consistent with my diary...
i'm thinking dull dull dull.

I suppose a sporadic mixture is fitting because it pairs up with my thoughts.

Does anyone here have theme songs that seem to fit in nicely with their daily routine?

apparently my perception of myself is complete different than how the world views me, not that it matters, it's an interestin thought though

Anyways, I am writing this with a stinky tofu in mind...Miami better make some room for this tofu because he is heading that way, gonna start a new life.

I wonder what my typing voice sounds like

There are many unanswered questions I have been left with, I don't know how long I can tolerate this curiosity burning in my gut...i guess i will never know because of the "things i'll never say"

20 pts for gettin the artist...teeheee

echoooooooo to the empty hollow space on this page, following my lead

I disappear sometimes, but I'm really just invisible.

I am always here when you need me most.

Never forget.