#90664 by jimmydanger
Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:52 am
Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:52 am
Speaking of covers, has anyone heard Anberlin's version of New Order's "True Faith"? At first I wasn't crazy about it but it grows on you.
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Prevost82 wrote:First of all I always get ASKED back wherever I gig. Second, I'm NEVER going to be in a covers only band. I've been in bands that did nearly ALL originals and some that only did a few, but I always play originals. We do just enough very recognizable tunes where there's always a few people that have to hear something they know. Those tunes legitimize everything else we do. Third, our originals are BETTER than our covers. They have to be since people don't know them YET. We practice the originals much more than the covers. We do a pretty lame version of I Feel Good (James Brown) but people like it no matter how lame it is. Some songs are like that. In years past we played some of the LAMEST cover tunes and those were the ones people liked the most. I don't F the crowd necessarily but I do play a minority of well known tunes MY WAY. If I had to play cookie cutter versions of ANY cover I wouldn't even gig. I play songs MY WAY and always play originals and by pure dumb luck we get asked back every time. I'm a creative musician first and foremost, not a "live" jukebox and I don't take requests. The audience gets a load of ME and that has to be good enough, it usually is...Capt. Scott wrote:Amen Bob, play what you want and F the crowd.
I always hear this crap about "play what the audience wants to hear".
Ah no, we'll play what we want and if they liked it, we'll be back. Else it's "Done, done, on to the next one".
... sound advice if you want to keep playing in the your basement.
I don't care if it's original or cover music ... if you play them enough times you'll get sick of them, especially badly written originals, and if the songs you pick suck and the audience thinks they suck .. you won't get many gigs. The audience is the one that's paying you ... I think F'ing the crowd is a great business model.
I'm not advocating that you play songs like Mustang Sally ... there's a lot of other well written, well known tunes out there that are not over played.
I play a lot of gigs in genre's that I don't care for, like country .. but hay ... in the end I was playing out, getting paid and it broadens my depth in music.
Ron
Capt. Scott wrote:Learn to spell ADVICE.
sh*t even I know how to spell check.
philbymon wrote:I would play Floyd at a death metal concert just to stand out & be different, & the crowd, 99% of the time, would like it. I play whatever comes to mind when I solo, no matter the venue, & never get booed (unless I'm singing Country Roads off-key on purpose...I've had ppl yell "you suck" at me for that...LOL).Actually singing off key on purpose is hard to do if you normally sing on key. Sad thing is that some singers sing off key and don't know it.
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