The same song can have drastically different feels and personalities just by changing some minor things. A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.
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A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.
A lot of songs are derivative of each other.
When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.
Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song.
Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.
When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.
As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.
I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.
In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.
Every song is different.