Recall a few years ago when those Facebook posts were popular: “My 30 Favorite songs” or “20 things you don’t know about me”. One I have yet to see is this:
20 random, seemingly insignificant, yet nonetheless vivid moments in your life that are not at all monumental. The idea behind it is this: If you made a list of such memories, would you be able to find a common thread, a sustaining narrative, that would explain you through these small moments in your life? What was it that made you remember them? Was it just scents and sounds? Or was it some underlying significance?
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When It’s OK to Cover a Song
Let’s settle it for all time. When considering whether you should record a cover of another artist’s song for your new single or album, there is a list of principles to follow.
The criteria for when to cover a song:
- Your version is going to be nearly as good, if not as good or better than, the original.
- Your version will differ significantly enough to be a cover and not a discount replica.
- Your version is one the original artist would be proud to have heard.
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CALEB COY 