Members Kid Vicious Posted May 27, 2006 Members Posted May 27, 2006 Originally posted by BlueStrat No, and no. Or, I should say, no and it depends. Yet another thing wrong with the copyright system.
Members BlueStrat Posted May 27, 2006 Members Posted May 27, 2006 Originally posted by Kid Vicious Yet another thing wrong with the copyright system. Um...okay, sure.
Members Kid Vicious Posted May 27, 2006 Members Posted May 27, 2006 Originally posted by BlueStrat Um...okay, sure. Yep. You may not agree, but I don't think people should be making money off of other people's work without their permission.
Members dirtydeeds Posted May 29, 2006 Members Posted May 29, 2006 Originally posted by Kid Vicious Yep. You may not agree, but I don't think people should be making money off of other people's work without their permission. it's not like they're claiming the song is theirs. They're called a cover band for a reason..... it's more like advertising for the original band than anything else.
Members BlueStrat Posted May 29, 2006 Members Posted May 29, 2006 Originally posted by Kid Vicious Yep. You may not agree, but I don't think people should be making money off of other people's work without their permission. And I think you ought to read the copyright laws. When you put something out for public consumption, you are automatically granting the permission of it to be performed, as long as the venue owner is paying in. Bands are not liable. Personally, I'd be thrilled that someone is covering my songs.
Members matt greeno Posted May 30, 2006 Members Posted May 30, 2006 Whatever you do, it should be what you're interested in. If you hate playing covers or originals, it's not worth all the money and hot chicks in the world. Doing something you hate makes you depressed, and it's like a big black hole for your soul. And how else are you going to show energy and put on a good show on stage, if you don't really enjoy what you're doing? If you look like you don't want to be there, it turns off women, fans, club owners..... You might as well do something you enjoy.
Members wro Posted June 2, 2006 Members Posted June 2, 2006 Great thread ! Here is my experience: I played for some years in original bands. Sometimes with some covers, sometimes 100% originals because the guys just did not want to include any cover in the set list. And when they wanted, it was some obscure song that nobody in the audience knew. We definitively could have covered more to acquire more experience. That's what I feel now. We just wrote songs around our own limitations. After a 5 years break I am back with a 100% cover band. Most of the songs are in my opinion not well known and I could even say we wrote some of them and many people would believe it. In this band nobody is professional, everyone has his day job and we play just for fun the songs we like, no matter if they are or were huge hits or not. But... I do miss the freedom I had in the all-original bands... I cannot express myself only with covers... I'll definitively write my own stuff again someday and mix it with the best part of my cover experience. As someone said, covering many songs demands versatility and can improve your playing, but I wonder if there is a limit for that, when you somehow stop being yourself, when you feel you're trying to play something that's not inside you... Enjoying a song is different than playing it. Ok, these are the thoughts that have been with me lately and wanted to share them with someone. In the end, that is a very personal matter.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted June 2, 2006 Members Posted June 2, 2006 Originally posted by Mathew how many people on this board play in cover bands, as opposed to only original material? I'm beginning to think that there are more cover bands on here than original ones.... if you play in a cover band, why play in a cover band rather than an original band? My gigs, be they solo or trio (or occ. quartet) are always 1/3 originals and 2/3 "interpretive covers" (great term, hefonthefjords! ).Why?...because I make my living as a musician and very few "original-only" bands even make gas-money.OTOH, this ratio allows me to play my originals and sell a lot of CDs/cassettes!
Members zcarmenb28 Posted June 2, 2006 Members Posted June 2, 2006 We play all covers, but eventually we would like to implement a few originals here and there. I like to play covers because I'm playing for fun, and it is a lot of fun to have the crowd start screaming and dancing when you start playing the guitar intro to a song they all know, or to have a bunch of people singing the chorus along with you. The energy is just SO much compared to originals bands. I'm also not into playing 6 songs with 12 other bands...I like being the main attraction (even if it's not a huge crowd). None of us are playing to make a living, so we just have a fun time. We put our own twist on quite a few of the covers so that makes it fun, too.
Members Die Roboter Posted June 3, 2006 Members Posted June 3, 2006 Originally posted by wheresgrant3 Hmmmmm.... Covers vs Originals Covers... Packed Gigs every Friday & Sat night. No opening acts (depends on club)... $150-$250 per man gauranteed. Originals Semi packed gigs once a month... Chinese Fire Drill set changes... Band divides $150-$250 if lucky. I like to make $$$ agreed except im going to rearrange your "originals" situation for Everywhere, USA in 2006Originalsempty dingy dirty venue (no doors on the {censored}ters), find outside promoter to book 1 gig every couple of months (massive emailing and sending of multiple promo packs to replace "lost" packs), sell your own tickets (pay to play), work ass off promoting, chinese fire drill set changes, {censored}ed up PA, everyone hate you, and get paid nothing!!and thats if your a good band. wish it wasnt true but...it is!!rant off im 22, and musically been rode hard and put up wet. if im still getting {censored}ed and working my ass off for no reward when im 26, im moving to vegas and playing covers!
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