Cover songs are great, its the song that your parents listen to but modernized. Its the sound of your parents or grandparents time only now customized to your ears it feels like. Cover songs bring bands close to becoming famous or it leads them to closely dying. On the other hand cover songs are your way to saying "OH Yeah I ve Heard That Song" and getting yourself into a talk about bands you didnt even know about. Record companies would constantly make starting up bands play cover songs. This has been going on for a long time in efforts to make the companies money. It was never about the music to the shareholders. But the people that play music and appreciate it for what it is have always kept it protected.
Cover songs are great, its the song that your parents listen to but modernized. Its the sound of your parents or grandparents time only now customized to your ears it feels like. Cover songs bring bands close to becoming famous or it leads them to closely dying. On the other hand cover songs are your way to saying "OH Yeah I ve Heard That Song" and getting yourself into a talk about bands you didnt even know about. Record companies would constantly make starting up bands play cover songs. This has been going on for a long time in efforts to make the companies money. It was never about the music to the shareholders. But the people that play music and appreciate it for what it is have always kept it protected.