Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-73.221.221.195-20160201014240/@comment-5051846-20160202094830

Nah, it's perfectly fine to ask for other's ideas, it's a good way to find inspiration. Many professional musicians will be working to a brief anyway, so it's a useful exercise to be able to work to a theme or subject matter.

As a musician you might be hired to write a score for a movie, a love song for a label or a song for a famous performer – for all these tasks you have to start from someone else's ideas. Therefore it's a very good skill to practice.

Some people may feel that a starting point limits their creativity, but for others it helps stimulate ideas. We all work differently. ヾ(´ ▽｀;)ゝ