@90db: So what your saying is that 99.99% of all profesional musicians earn their living in an odious way?

After all most musicians get paid to play the music someone else wrote. Be it a classical musician playing Bach or a studio musician recording for an artist, the musician touring with an artist and even most artists: neither of them actually wrote the music they play and therefor cover a song someone else wrote...

Personally I don't find anything wrong in playing cover songs. After all; when you're gigging for a living you provide a service. That service is called entertainment. If the customer wants classic hits and evergreens, that's what the customer gets. My job is to read the audience, perform the best performance ever and make sure it sounds perfect. In other words be a pro. Besides that, have you ever wondered how many hit songs are originally recorded by other artists before and before and before...

I never heard someone say to a chef in a restaurant that he earns his living in an odious way because he cooks dishes that other chefs have developed...

Mike
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