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moam	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 1:35 PM Are you original with your music? Do you think this site has some of the most original music? What's your view on originality musically? Do you think it's very important to be original with your songs? What's your view on covers? Just start discussing...
SpicoliInc	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 2:30 PM I'm inspired by the music I listen to, I sometimes try to imitate it (not duplicate). Sometimes you want a certian sound or style and then put your own spin on it. The biggest problem I see with duplication, sampling, covering. etc is that people don't give the original artist credit. I have no problem if people use other people's music, as long as they give credit where credit is due.
leplume	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 6:22 PM Personally, I just can't get enough cover versions of "Smells LIke Teen Spirit".
moam	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 6:27 PM Seriously, do a search for "smells like teen spirit" under tracks and see how many come up Ridiculous! Why can't people just cover DIFFERENT songs rather than picking the same ones It's so irritating
EmpireDay3	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 7:40 PM It's tough to be truly original. I'll hear something I like and it will inspire me to come up with something - sometimes it comes out totally different, sometimes not different enough and sometimes it goes a completely different direction than I intend, which is usually when I'm at my most creative and come up with my best stuff - that, to me, is original. I never use samples from other music. Covers are great to learn if you need to play a three hour set at the club to make a couple of bucks. They help you learn how professionals put their stuff together - the importance of the structure, the significance of the sound - but to recreate and record them to post... not so much.
leplume	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 9:05 PM We should get every single Dmusic artist to do a cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and upload them! Just for the hell of it.
tomstyle	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 9:22 PM there are a lot of differentiations amongst the same exact style/genre on dmusic. as people have a hard time not mimicking their favorite bands (unfortunately those bands could be very very bad). it's a vicious cycle.
kingo	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 9:25 PM Uhm. Hmm. If I'm not mistaken...
kingo	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 10:06 PM hi-fi -- Smells Like Teen Spirit (cover) lo-fi -- Smells Like Teen Spirit (cover) Okay, Leplume. There ya go. IF anyone can't stream it from that, it's at the bottom of our artist page. ACT NOW! LIMITED TIME OFFER!! GET YOURS BEFORE LESS LICE-INFESTED HEADS PREVAIL! WHEN WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING THIS WILL ALL SEEM LIKE A BAD DREAM, AND WE WON'T MENTION IT TO EACH OTHER, PREFERING TO ACT LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED! ALL OF THESE WORDS ARE CREATED USING ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS! ALL OF THESE SENTENCES END IN EXCLAMATION POINTS!! OR TWO!!! OR??! Oh, and regarding the whole "originality" topic - it's way over-rated. Our philosophy is that if we record a song that isn't an exact duplicate of something someone else has already written, then nobody'll listen to it anyway.
onewhodreams	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 10:12 PM
leplume	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 10:17 PM well...kingo... that was original!
kingo	Date: June 12, 2005 @ 10:21 PM Nah, we just couldn't remember the words. Or how to play instruments. Or how to stop making horrible noises.
2step-4eva	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 8:42 AM my theory about covers is this (and doesnt apply to halaka's version of "smells like teen spirit"). out of a cover version and original, whichever you hear first u are likely to like better. i know this from experience as being quite young i often hear new songs on the radio and like them, only for my parents to hear me listening to it a week later and go "oh, so u like elton john/the beatles/elvis/pink floyd/(any other band that was long dead before i was born) do u" and i will b like, "mum this isnt pink floyd, its billie piper/gareth gates/50 cent/(some other crap modern artist with a taste for cover songs)" and then my mum will put on the original and start dancing round the living room, and i will be thinking what is this crap, it sounds the same as the billie piper version but slightly different in that it sounds like it was recorded in the days before microphones when they used hollowed out dinosaur eggs to record sound. anyway i digress but the point is that too many people are quick to criticise covers by saying that the original was better, when in fact it wasnt and they are just feeling nostalgic. however like anyone else i would much rather see a cover version which is actually vastly different from the original, which sort of contradicts everything i just said. anyway i dont think we have to worry about originality on dmusic. i used to be worried about sounding too weird, but this site has given me confidence to be original. there is so much stuff on here that is weird and brilliant and so many artists that just play or produce whats in their head, with no thought for conventions or rules.
zedsalt	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 12:34 PM I highly value originality, so it's fortunate that every time I try to emulate somebody else's sound, I inevitably get sidetracked during the process and end up with something entirely different yet enjoyable (even if only to myself). I've never downloaded a cover tune; there's just too much great original stuff to be had. But justinother1 put Beatallica's version of "Smells..." on a Dmusic comp CD he made for me, and I really enjoy it. I'll admit, too, that I recorded Paul Anka's version off Letterman the other night. It's right after Mudvayne on O'Brien on my videotape.
moam	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 4:46 PM Honestly, I don't mind covers, as long as its not the SAME cover song over and over I know tons of people like Nirvana. I know tons of people like Smells Like Teen Spirit... But try something NEW!! I havent once heard a cover of Come As You Are or Stay Away... Those are brilliant songs And I know its peoples' opinions that decide what cover they want to make but I can garuantee you that 99% of Nirvana fans can say that "Come As You Are" is a beautiful song So why not try THAT since it hasn't been done... I hope I made sense. THAT'S what irritates me most of all
FraDonaghy	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 6:15 PM "Smells like Teens spirit" only has a few chords in it... to do "Come as you are" might involve learning that tricky 5 note bass intro Personally, I think covers should only be done if it reflects the individual performing it and therefore highlights another nuance to the song itself. Whats the point in singing something exactly like it has already been done (and done better in the case of Mr Cobain)? Dmusic is a great place to hear original music because it is up to the artist what they want other people to hear, unlike in the mainstream where the same old crap is peddled out time after time because its safe. You could come here and hear a really off the wall song that you may not enjoy, but thats part of the beauty of the place. It takes all kinds to make the world go round, and all kinds of everything (including covers) can be found here.

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