An unexpected suggestion from a reader in a covers band in the USA came through to me recently. She told me that one way her band gets closer to the original version of any cover they are planning to play at gigs is check out other covers of it on YouTube.
Checking out the original artist, to see how the song is played in a live situation is a fairly obvious use of YouTube by a cover band. What this reader's band does however,is to look and listen to others who are covering the song and check for what they're not getting right.
"It might be something as simple as a note in a riff not being held as long as in the original or a missing part of the vocal harmony" She tells me.
"If we find that more than one cover band are getting the same thing wrong - we can make sure we don't do that and consequently use the info to set ourselves apart and get closer to the original"
Devious or what?
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