Big fat liar!!

femmedujour

Hey everyone.

Found out recently that something a friend of mine claimed to have composed is actually written by another artist. I found out inadvertedly from someone else on boards.ie actually.
Turns out that about 7 other songs were ripped off too. Well don't i feel like an idiot, and now its really difficult talking to this person after i know that they repeatedly lied to me.
Do i bring it out into the open and embarress the both of us or just go on pretending? Its getting harder.

Thanks.

simu

I'd bring it out into the open, but in a nice way.

femmedujour

Really? I just can't see it going well. It could really upset them that i found out and that i know how much they lied. And what kind of nice way? Like look at the cd in the shop while they're there and say: 'oh, those titles look familiar.'

Tiriel

honesty is the best policy.
think you just need to sit down and talk.. the lying isn't the problem imo.. it's only the result. your friend needs a friend now.. and you can be there. Just don't approach it in a condescending manner.. just ask why did you lie? think that's what I would do.

But yeah I think they will be mortified so handle it with care

billy the squid

femmedujour wrote:

Hey everyone.

Found out recently that something a friend of mine claimed to have composed is actually written by another artist. I found out inadvertedly from someone else on boards.ie actually.
Turns out that about 7 other songs were ripped off too. Well don't i feel like an idiot, and now its really difficult talking to this person after i know that they repeatedly lied to me.
Do i bring it out into the open and embarress the both of us or just go on pretending? Its getting harder.

Thanks.

ah but if they lied about that then think of what other porkies they are telling you.

do you really want to hang around with someone who is dishonest

BuffyBot

I just can't see it going well

Confrontation rarely does. Yet, it's sometimes the easiest way to get things done

Crucifix

Just say "Oh my god, I heard this CD at the weekend, some guys been ripping off your stuff!". And see what he/she does.

mad m

yeah you could say for instance you were in a lift like Father Ted and dougal (hearing there Euro vision song) and you heard your friends music...

Chinafoot

recently had to confront one of our mates over lying about stuff too.
she lies about everything from her exam results to being ill to her parents divorce. we called her up on stuff loads of times because shes not a very good liar...very bad memory and constantly contradicted herself.
anyway it all came to a head last week as all of us had had enough. so we sat her down in the pub and put it as gently as we could. she was a bit shocked and she did get upset but in the end she opened up about a lot of stuff and we think that (hopefully) she wont feel the need to do it now.

i would suggest the same approach. our friend admitted that she continued lying because nobody called her up on it. chances are your friend will be the same. get it all out in the open and just try not to get angry.
i definitely wouldnt let this go, i mean making stuff up is one thing, but ripping other people off is a bit different.

good luck with it anyway

PeadarofAodh

I write quite a bit of music and sometimes the urge to steal a certain riff
from a song is quite tempting, especially if you're feeling short on ideas.
Maybe your friend just wishes he was good or that he's better than he thinks he is and so the urge is too great? I don't reckon its that serious but if
you think it is I'd just say to him that "Oh, this song sounds so like X song I heard, you're probably going to have to change it slightly!" This sort of thing can happen accidentally so he won't get offended.

keu

Hey everyone.

Found out recently that something a friend of mine claimed to have composed is actually written by another artist. I found out inadvertedly from someone else on boards.ie actually.
Turns out that about 7 other songs were ripped off too. Well don't i feel like an idiot, and now its really difficult talking to this person after i know that they repeatedly lied to me.
Do i bring it out into the open and embarress the both of us or just go on pretending? Its getting harder.

Thanks.

I think ****** poetry is still good, very expressive and you have already cornered him on several occasions in creative writing about it.
immitation is the highest form of flattery, I don't really know why your trying so hard to diss him, leave him off and let him go about his own business, it's not like artists don't rip each others work off all the time.

hardly life or death situation.


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Beruthiel

keu wrote:

I think ****** poetry is still good, very expressive and you have already cornered him on several occasions in creative writing about it.
immitation is the highest form of flattery, I don't really know why your trying so hard to diss him, leave him off and let him go about his own business, it's not like artists don't rip each others work off all the time.

hardly life or death situation.

I see no point in bringing another posters name into this thread, if the thread starter has a problem with another poster on boards, take it to PM
PI is not the place for this
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keu

ah, sorry about that femmedujour, I must have gotten you confused with someone else, just a bit of a coincidence.
apologies.