Original composition melody question.

[Steve Bolander]

Fellow music composers,

Is there an app or website where you can determine if the melody of your self-written song is, in fact, original?

Obviously I don't want to inadvertently steal someone else's creativity. So, how can I tell if the melody line to my song is actually from my brain, as opposed to being something that I subconsciously heard and remembered from some other artist/composer before?

With all the A.I. technology that's out there that can identify a song and artist on the radio by merely "listening to it" (i.e, Shazam, SoundHound, etc.), there must be something that can hear just a simple recorded melody line and tell a composer if it's been used before.

 

[Old No7]

Gee, I don't know...

But my first thought was that if any website got a hold of your melody, they would take/use it as their own. *

Old No7

* ps: I am not a pessimist, just an optimist with a lot of experience!

 

[happyrat1]

Three are only 12 musical notes and at least 100 million songs in the world.

There was a project started a few years ago to copyright every possible permutation for public domain but I can't find the link any longer.

I wouldn't worry about it unless Milli Vanilli sends you a cease and desist order.

 

[Steve Bolander]

But my first thought was that if any website got a hold of your melody, they would take/use it as their own.

Yep, that was one of my first thoughts as well. But I still want to find a way of confidently feeling that my melodies are my own rather re-doing something that I might've heard elsewhere. Kinda like coming up with an idea for a fantastic invention, and then thinking this is such a great idea that someone else must've also thought of it.

 

[Rayblewit]

I created a melody of about 10 bars to begin with piano sound at around the third octave.
I added some chords at various parts and played it in key of G. This became my verse.
But it sounded familiar to a well known tune.
Anyway I added some more bars moving up and down between the 3rd and 4th octave.
that became my chorus. This part of my tune sounds nothing like anything I know.

Intrigued as to figure out what tune my verse sounded like, and it suddenly dawned on me.
ii sounds like Andrew Lloyd Webbers - "no matter what"
Unbelievable!
I searched for his score to compare and noticed his is in a different key and uses different chords.
But what an amazing coincidence that they sound the same.
Makes me think that little old humble me could have been a famous composer ha ha ha!
Ray