Re: Do Cover Bands 'Simplify' Songs?
My take is there are different types of cover bands. Some really strive to sound like the original, with note for note playing on all instruments. Others, like mine, learn songs by ear a bit and then by playing our version. Honestly, in 23 years of playing in a band I can't remember when I've ever worried about playing a song "the right way". I don't even play fills the same every time (even on our originals).
That being said, there is not question that there are "signature" elements to a song that you have to hit for the song to be the song if you are a cover band. Could be backup vocals, drum part, guitar riffs, it all depends.
Jesse
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