how do you push past the songwriting stage of "i wrote this riff/line/jam and it sounds good but i can't shake this feeling that somebody else wrote this somewhere else and i just recreated it by ear", or does it not bother you because every note has already been used in some context or another
if it feels too much like something that's been done before, then i'll take some extra steps to throw it further outside the box. with passion -- not with reluctance. if it's done doubtfully then that would just take away what's good about it. instead, eagerly slam it into outboxlyness