Lovely composition and performance (non guitar)
 

Listened to this three times today. Just wonderful. No guitar though.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

If you listen to Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" you will get much the same motif, with guitar. ;)

Very similar. Wonder if conscious or subconscious.

It's hard to say, but anyone interested in music enough to study, write, record and perform is likely to have been influenced heavily by music experienced during their formative years, and beyond.

This one is pretty obvious, but I have heard lots of other songs where phrases and the motif make me stop and wonder "where have I heard that before?".