Did you ever hear something you knew was just absolute crap, but people seem to repeat it as if it's fact?
"Stop trying to sound like _____. You should try to develop your own style on guitar"
Heard that one? It's like somewhere, there's a guitar Bible, with the 10 commandments for guitar, and one of them is "Thou shalt develop a unique style".
What a bunch of crap. You want the truth? Here is is.
Originality is awesome. It is of great importance if and only if you care about it, or if your career depends on it. But the value of originality is not self-evident. Honesty is so much more important. And trying to be original just to placate the 'originality police' is a waste of time. You'll never have enough joy from being original to mask the disgust you'll have for yourself when you realize that all your efforts were poured into meeting other people's 'rules'.
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