I usually go with something like "Songwriter xxxx evokes ...."

john



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: What IS influence, anyway?


> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
>> 2.  When writing reviews, I'm trying to become more judicious in 
>> using the phrase "influenced by", because sometimes you learn that 
>> the artist your writing about has never heard of the artist you are 
>> claiming influenced him.
> 
> "Echoes of" is a good finesse around that.
> 
> S
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