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Is Derivative Always Bad?
ViolentDove:
--- Quote ---But I just don't get the appeal of being in 'the best led zeppelin cover band'. Other than making money (but I have yet to see a cover band do a great money making show - except the Australian Pink Floyd I guess), I just don't get why you would want to be a replica of another band?
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Being in a band that plays covers is the only way many musicians make money to eat. A lot of them do it in addition to other bands that play originals as well. Besides teaching music and being a session musician, it's one of the few ways you can make a living by being a musician without working a shitty day job.
Plus, it's fun if you like the songs you're playing. Some genres like funk, soul, jazz have a long history of playing covers in addition to originals, because these styles give lee-way to a musician's interpretation of the song, especially with improvisation involved.
october1983:
Don't forget about Bjorn Again, guys!
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 21 Nov 2007, 12:34 ---But I just don't get the appeal of being in 'the best led zeppelin cover band'. Other than making money (but I have yet to see a cover band do a great money making show - except the Australian Pink Floyd I guess), I just don't get why you would want to be a replica of another band?
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A lot of people like playing music, more than like writing it. Plenty of people are happy to play what somebody else wrote and just don't want to create anything themselves. Not everybody wants to be recognised as a great artistic talent, some just want to kick out some jams and maybe get paid enough to cover the beers at the same time. What's not to understand? Playing songs that make people smile is fun.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: Kai on 21 Nov 2007, 12:38 ---Are you going to make millions? Not unless you have the money already for LASER LIGHT SHOWS
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I saw the Australian Pink Floyd earlier this year, and they actually had a better lighting rig and other general effects than any band I have seen outside Rammstein.
tommydski:
I saw a Pink Floyd Tribute called Floydian Slip.
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