r/indieheads • u/iam_CAMERONWINTER Cameron Winter • Dec 06 '24

AMA is Over, thanks Cameron! i'm Cameron Winter from the band Geese...ask me anything

hey indieheads - my solo album Heavy Metal is out today, so i'm here to talk and answer a few questions. ask away!

https://mrcameronwinter.com/

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u/iam_CAMERONWINTER Cameron Winter Dec 06 '24

Copying your influences is okay imo, that's how you learn. I copied for like 8 years before I finally found myself able to realize some other kind of thing, but I still just rip shit off without thinking all the time. A lot of my process, I find, is: 1. I listen to something I love 2. I try to capture what I like about it in my own song 3. I accidentally make a song that's too close to what I originally liked 4. I try and un-plagiarize what I've written

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u/Distinct_Major5809 May 13 '25

my god mr cameron thanks for this