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rezzeJ  ·  3642 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 3, 2014

If I take one of your tracks, change it's title and stick my name on it is that original? I'd guess most people's answer to that would be 'no'. However, what are the boundaries of originality and what counts as part of the 'work' of the art. In placing my name on what was your song, by changing the title, I have re-contextualised it. I have altered the perception of it a listener may have through the way I chose to present it. Does that count as original? It's not original musically, but as conceptual whole it is arguably a completely original work.