My response would be closest to Okjohnne, and Zen. Some stuff you can have a lot of freedom with, and some stuff, well if you ain't on don't play it.
Actually looking back over the thread, this does seem to be the consensus.
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Well the 1 vote for "exactly. note for note" Would be me.
I believe if your going to "Cover" a song then you should learn how it is played as close to the drum track as you can possibly get!
otherwise it should be called "my interpretation of this song"
Just my opinion
Wed May 14, 2008 5:15 pm
Brother_Bong groove master
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sjoey1r wrote:
Well the 1 vote for "exactly. note for note" Would be me.
I believe if your going to "Cover" a song then you should learn how it is played as close to the drum track as you can possibly get!
otherwise it should be called "my interpretation of this song"
Just my opinion
I see That being the case if you were a serious cover band that sold themselves for playing exact. But for bands that do originals AND covers, sometimes it pays to give it your own feel.
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Depends on the gig - on a tour situation with the artist who recorded them - note for note. For a band who is reproducing songs, catch the flavor of the song with all of the trademark parts.
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Hey, it's gonna be YOUR interpretation of it anyway. There is physically NO WAY you can match EXACTLY the same thing someone else is playing into the molecular level.
Sure you can come close. But saying you can is like saying you have the same fingerprints as the drummer you're trying to copy.
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I used to be very meticulous trying to learn cover songs as close to the original parts as possible without actually morphing into that person. These days it's just out of laziness that I'll listen to a tune 3 or 4 times just to get the structure then I'll make up anything else. Less stressful that way.
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Sun May 18, 2008 5:55 pm
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Yea i'm with the other dudes it should be similar to the song but when i try and play to songs I don't care about playing the song exactly like the orignal. Speaking of covers me and my band plan to cover needled 24/7 which should be fun.
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