[VIDEO] Kelly Clarkson Sings with Metal Band

Fatty FatBastard · Aug 19, 2006

Jeff said:

Keep in mind that IF you want to have credibility with critcs who, for the most part in independent music, determine your sales because people pay attention to them, you cannot do things like AI. It is an instant credibility killer. Nevermind the fact that, as an artist, your goal is to CREATE something new and something that resonates with you. Most legitimate artists have ZERO interest in a contest determined by how well you interpret someone else's music.

Even in jazz where they play mostly covers of standards, they improvise and perform in ways designed to showcase their creativity. Trying to be the best singer on a television show voted on by a viewing audience has little to do with creativity or artistry.

Also, keep in mind that AI is designed to weed out anything that is unique. They are looking for formula - singers with specific kinds of voices and universal appeal in their genre. It's like cotton candy music - it can taste really sweet, but it is hollow and filled with empty calories.

We average one or two covers per show and they are ALWAYS either obscure or something that we totally remake to sound like ourselves. I'm not out to play someone else's music. I'm songwriter. As much as I love Stevie Wonder or Van Halen or whoever, I really have no interest at all trying to play their music. I want to play my stuff because it is what I love.

Imagine if any great original artist - post the early 60's when everyone was still doing standards because it was the musical form until then - decided to continue to do mostly covers. How boring would that be? Dylan, Paul Simon doing predominantly music by other people? I don't think so. They strove to be great in creating their own. That's what all artists do.

As to contests, I seriously have no interest in them. They are so subjective and random and really have no basis in success or artistry. There's nothing wrong with them, but they really serve no purpose when trying to advance your career or your music.

It is if they are the dominant portion of your performance. At that point, you are no longer an original artist playing some covers. You are a cover band playing some original music.

Alot of it is time. You need time to hone your craft. If you have to spend a lot of time learning other people's music and practicing it to perform it well on stage, it takes away valuable time you could be spending making your own music better. I'd rather be writing and rehearsing my own material than trying to figure out a way to do a song I could probably NEVER do as well as the original artist.
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I'm have nothing else to say. Very well written. And now I feel like I need to write more, even though I only do it as a hobby nowadays.

david_rocket · Aug 19, 2006

Another American Idol contestant, Constantine Maroulis,(sp?) singing with metal Skool another Guns and Roses song: Welcome to the jungle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgNX380JB30

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