Covers vs. Originals
Covers vs. Originals: The age-old question, plaguing every performing musician. Should you play covers, originals or a mix of both? ***** “I don’t do covers” I would claim emphatically. This was me in my early 20s. I had so much to learn, when I thought I knew it all. My reasoning was that if I wrote my own material regularly, why would I want to perform anything but my own originals? I wanted people to connect with me – with what I wrote – not my half-assed rendition of whatever popular song is on the radio today. If ever I did decide…