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Originally Posted by BlackBulletTSi
Muscian - Can play an instrument with melody and or rhythm.
Artist - A muscian(sp? lol) that creates there own rhythms and melodies.
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Agreed.... I'll also put this spin on it. Guys in cover bands are looking to do 2 things... get paid and get laid. They have no interest in learning "outside" what is necessary to play the comercial music they play. They know little theory, nor can competently create halfway decent music. Its big fish in a little pond syndrome. They know in a cover band, in some local dive, they are big fish. Stupid girls that go there and scream requests for whatever popular song is out that week. They freak out when they play that song and the guy singing it feels like a king. Its pretty shallow. I'm not saying EVERY cover band is like this...but 99% of them are. I've been around music for a long time, ran a recording studio, have recorded tons of cover bands and tons of original bands. If I have to explain how to play 1 more Nickleback song to another guitar player I will in fact shoot myself.
You know what your getting in most cases...when you walk into bars around here. If club owners would be a little more adventurous and selective in the bands they let play, we could have an awesome ORIGINAL local music scene like Boston.