Cover bands, yuck..who gives a turkey.

Woah... language...

Nassau county trash. That's who.

He's from Suffolk. Ant moved to Nassau.

Eh, anything west of the canal might as well be queens.

The lowest form of musician. If you suck at your instrument and cant even maintain a beat or rhythm you are more of a musician than cover "artists"

It's not that creative if you're playing someone else's material, but I've seen good players in cover bands.

Led Zeppelin?

No matter how masterful you play your instrument in a cover band, you're not an artist. You're making money of off the artistic merits of others. Your're not an artist. You're not an musician.

To be fair, if you want to make money doing something you enjoy, working 2-3 hours a day, and people dont want to hear your original songs and just the hits, a cover band isnt a bad way to make a living.

I agree. But my point is you're not an artist. So yeah, kudos to him for playing songs he loves and making money. His profession still makes me sick.

Well, they are by definition musicians as they are performing music, but if you want to define an artist as one who creates/performs their own material, then they are not.

How does it make you sick? It's not like these cover bands in bars are passing off classic rock hits as their own. The audiences are well aware of what they are there to hear. Often times owners also pay a licensing fee to allow copyrighted material to be played at their venue.

It makes me sick because art is something i hold in high regard, and the profession of the cover artist shits on everything i hold art to be. Believe me, im not some sort of snob. I like guilty pleasure music that is considered hit by many, but at least its an original effort. Me taking a shit in a can and calling it art has more merit to it than what cover artists do. Because the simple act of me taking a shit in can is at least original. I'm not even being hyperbolic for the sake of humor. Now here come the downvotes.

I think you need to make a distinction b/t what you are calling "cover artists" and performing musicians. There are plenty of studio musicians recording parts and backing up established acts. These are among the best players in the industry.

It's also ridiculous to vilify a group of buddies who play small gigs on weekends for beer money if their entire set is cover songs. In fact, some bands HAVE to play covers to mix in with their own stuff just to book enough gigs.

I think what's upsetting you are the "official" cover bands like 2U or Sabracadabra that make a living imitating a single band. Still, I think there's tribute in that.

The difference between a good musician or a bad musician is skill, specifically the ability to play an instrument "well" (which can be subjective in something like rock), not your snobby obsession with how creative they are or their ability to write songs or compose music.

If you suck at your instrument then you're a bad musician.

Your name couldn't be more apt.

It makes no difference whether you are playing your own music or someone else's. Songwriting and musicianship are two different things.

Really? I didn't notice my name for a second. To your point, yeah they are; two different things that are irrelevant to the point i am trying to make.

So musicians in orchestras suck and have no credibility because they are playing songs written by Mozart or Beetoven? Fuck off Tss tss...what, is a big dog writin music or sumthin..

I assume this was suppose to be a retort to me so im gong to treat it as such. You analogy is off based. In jazz and classical the culture is utterly different. Orchestras who play pieces written by Mozart or anyone else often also play original material. They also don't pretend to be Mozart and call themselves Joezart or whatever the name would be.

But you're still not making a distinction b/t musicianship and songwriting. I know masterful classical musicians whose best shot at writing an original piece would be cobbling together parts of music they've played. There's no improvisational skills. I also know creative songwriter's that can make catchy hooks, but have only basic technical skills.

Again, I don't think you mean to lump studio musicians and session players into this 'lowest form', but even cover bands that are named and look like the band they cover do not hurt the actual artist. No U2 fan is skipping the next stadium show b/c they caught Brother Joe at some bar in the Konk.

Why not bitch about a digital jukebox that has thousands of artists entire album library that can be played at will?

Just stop trying to defend your shit point, ass face.

You're not convincing anyone.

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Joe can fuck off,my brother doesn't phone me when i'm at work.

He calls to plug his gigs usually and its fun to talk to a huge radio show. There's no reason to call you.

Oh LITERAL Clown_Shoe!

Have you ever seen 2u? Him pretending to be bono is sooooooo funny.

Isn't he The Edge?

is he? i have no idea, i just watch the singer and crack up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpRe1XDSEpw

They have had multiple Bonos in the band...

What time was his call today?

It's about 2 hours into the show when they're listening to clips of supergroup Asia.

The first supergroup, Asia

FTFY

Whenever I hear Big Jay Oakerson, I think it's Joe.

Thats cool, I see your point but... Just for arguements sake, the musicians who back up Billy Joel or other solo artists are hacks If you play in a band, but are not a songwriter, like Kirk Hammett, you just might make this guy sick It also brings people pleasure because the real Pink Floyd or Led Zeppalin are never goingnto visit Oklahoma City I dont see the problem I write music, but am not pretentious enough to call it art. If you knew anything about making music, you would know how easy it is once you learn

Did you mean to reply to the thread above this?

Thought the exact same thing.

I loved the part where the fake Edge was passing judgement on which song the real U2 should have released....the balls on this guy!

No matter how masterful you play your instrument in a cover band, you're not an artist. You're making money of off the artistic merits of others. Your're not an artist. You're not an musician.

It makes me sick because art is something i hold in high regard, and the profession of the cover artist shits on everything i hold art to be. Believe me, im not some sort of snob. I like guilty pleasure music that is considered hit by many, but at least its an original effort. Me taking a shit in a can and calling it art has more merit to it than what cover artists do. Because the simple act of me taking a shit in can is at least original. I'm not even being hyperbolic for the sake of humor. Now here come the downvotes.

Led Zeppelin?