re: #352 Feline Fearless Leader

My brother and I had a conversation about musical covers over the holidays as well. You need to do
Back in the day, we would go to a venue to hear a new band trying out to be signed to our label.
Some of them would make the worst possible showcase mistake of covering song(s) of one of our label’s more popular bands.
Instant turnoff to the label executives who decided the artistic viability of the showcased band. a cover “different” than the best known versions since otherwise you are often coming across as a sub-par imitation. And then you get some covers that are coming out of left field as compared to the original (or best known) version. I recall a mid-80s cover of “Kashmir” that was totally instrumental and different tempo as well - but can’t recall the band.

And then there are things like this:

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Back in the day, we would go to a venue to hear a new band trying out to be signed to our label.
Some of them would make the worst possible showcase mistake of covering song(s) of one of our label’s more popular bands.
Instant turnoff to the label executives who decided the artistic viability of the showcased band.