I know what you mean--you find it, 'bond' with it, figure out all the chords, make it 'your own--' and then some twit says, "Hey, give me a copy of that song! I really like that!"

I played a gig, once, at a city festival, where they had several folk musicians in a row, all day long--and another woman from our folk group sang a whole set of songs I usually do (which she'd learned from hearing me sing them...). I was backstage, frantically changing my set..."Scratch that one...um...oops! Scratch that one..." I ended up doing nearly a whole set of tunes on the hammered dulcimer, instead of singing much at all--she'd done most of my set before I got to the stage!

denise:^)