#11226 by RhythmMan
Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:46 pm
Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:46 pm
I spent the 1st half of my music-playing years playing other people's songs: covers.
Now I'm learning my own music. All new-sounding stuff, not a re-hash of other people's music . . .
I can play originals for 4 hours straight, with no breaks . . . Not crap - good songs which people tell me they like. I've gotten tons of compliments from strangers . . .
But that's not my point at all.
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This is the point:
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I'm under the impression that, to get an audience's attention, you have to play a few covers, and then slip in the originals. That is - until you build up a base of fans who can easily fill the places where you're playing.
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I get the idea that if you play only songs they haven't heard, - then you have to be a musical genious to hold their interest - and maybe not even then . . .
.
How am I doing with this? Am I deluded somehow?
.
Please give me some advice.
What are some GREAT acoustic- guitar cover tunes that might get attention?
Now I'm learning my own music. All new-sounding stuff, not a re-hash of other people's music . . .
I can play originals for 4 hours straight, with no breaks . . . Not crap - good songs which people tell me they like. I've gotten tons of compliments from strangers . . .
But that's not my point at all.
.
This is the point:
.
I'm under the impression that, to get an audience's attention, you have to play a few covers, and then slip in the originals. That is - until you build up a base of fans who can easily fill the places where you're playing.
.
I get the idea that if you play only songs they haven't heard, - then you have to be a musical genious to hold their interest - and maybe not even then . . .
.
How am I doing with this? Am I deluded somehow?
.
Please give me some advice.
What are some GREAT acoustic- guitar cover tunes that might get attention?
Last edited by RhythmMan on Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.