Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
I don't play with tribute bands and could not give a rip if I do a song exactly like a record or not.


There isn't a high enough percent for me to agree enough!! 1000% I don't care in the slightest about sounding like someone else. When you see major acts, you get a CLOSE approximation of the original but it is never exact. I have spoken to people in major acts and they have told me that after a CD comes out they have to go back and learn the solos as the producer pasted them together because that's what the listening public knows.

I am actually, while working on writing for CD #2, working on a bunch of cover tunes done in completely different grooves from the originals. Should be a fun thing when it's done.

I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.