As you progress with your technique, you will, undoubtedly, fabricate things on your own. These will be incorporated into your style as your very own cliches (musically speaking). You'll use these cliches for effect and they will become reasons people are truly enjoying your music---your own style--your technique. Far from making your music sound "mechanical and meaningless", these will set you apart from those who copy another's songs note for note. It'll happen naturally and will be as exciting and fresh as your own enthusiam for your songs and the tales they tell. Your love for the muic will shine.

Art Thieme