MAKING SURE YOU COVER ALL AVENUES: How Playing Cover Tunes Can Benefit Your Original Music Part 2
Bands such as Van Halen and Aerosmith started their careers playing cover music. Aerosmith was even a mainstay on the prom circuit in the days before they began their recording career. So it’s not unusual for a group to make the transition from cover band to recording artist.There are several ways to try and attempt this. Some musicians will keep their two projects totally separate, with separate names and identities. In this way, they don’t get a reputation as a cover band, and they keep their focus on whichever job is at hand. This avoids the false impression some label executives can get if they see you play, and after hearing you do the latest Fall Out Boy hit, they have a hard time taking your own music, especially if it’s in a different style, seriously.
July 9th, 2010