I'm a big fan of sloppy listening - it often makes for a better result I think. I often mis-hear things - especially when my children say stuff. I also apply the same thing to a tune or riff too - after playing something I've heard or try to remember, I go back to the original and find its not what I thought it was - but like the result anyway. Ignorance driving creativity! I'm sure Edward De Bono has some techniques along these lines. Cheers Sion ------------------------------------------ Sion Morris www.sionsmusic.cinnamondesign.co.uk On 12 Mar 2008, at 00:11, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
I _thought_ I had lifted that phrase directly from the track "Magic Potion" performed by cult UK psych rock act Sun Dial (that recording is a cover, I'm sure, but I've never identified the original) -- but when I listened again later, I figured out their line was "I took a ride". Alas, my plan for plagarization foiled by sloppy listening ... ;)