Hey everyone...

how about whilst my guitar softly sooks...8)....LOL..


I have released two original albums...but I havent promoted them here..because I didnt feel it was the right place to do it...both of them had nothing what so ever to do with Band In A Box....

Onto my cover recordings.....

I built a new recording studio which was finished last November and whilst I was trying to learn the new room...I decided to record some covers for fun, thats what these are.

I really enjoy, just playing around in the studio...and covers are a great way to have something to play whilst you wait for the next original song to come along.

It also gives me a chance to work on my playing, singing, recording and mixing chops, and everytime you do something you learn something new.

I have been having so much fun with it, much more than I could have ever imagined...that I am actually toying with doing a complete covers album, this year, rather than write another original album..which is really quite a struggle...and usually takes 18 months to 2 years to complete...

Its a different mind set doing covers.....its not so serious...and precious...if that makes any sense?...In a way using Band In A Box, gives me the feeling of being a session player...with the freedom to come up with guitar and keyboard and vocal parts for the song, whilst playing with a bass player and drummer of a professional standard.

I have written songs based on other songs chord progressions, there wouldnt be too many songwriters who havent...8)...

I need to look into the licensing of covers...on my first album, I covered Bob Dylans Tangled Up In Blue, and got a mechanical licesnse for that, for X amount of copies of CD's to be pressed...but digital downloads I havent looked into...

I have my music (original) on ITunes, so that might be a path..

I also, thought, and I might be totally wrong here, that you could post things like this for academic reasons....as a method of teaching..but,....that could be baloney, and might also be a requirement of where the song is stored, on what server in which country etc...

In a way the internet is like the Wild West.


But, the bottom line is...I broke the T&C's for the PGMusic site, which i am sorry for, but thats completely my fault.

thanks again everyone

Cheers

Wiz