Cover Bands

Last night Jen, Larry and I went to see a friend's band play at a Moose Club in St.Clair Shores. They were good. They took someone else's music and interpreted it in their own style, which I might add, was soulful. They played the music as if they really enjoyed it, not as if they had to fulfill expectations of the people listening. It was very refreshing and inspiring.
After, we stopped in Fraser, by Larry's request, to catch the end of another cover band's set. This band was called The Killer B's(I can't, for the life of me remember the name of the other band!). They played the music with such precision and care that I thought I was listening to a very loud radio. All the instrument sounds were accurate, as well as the musical phrasings. It was very impressive. It's interesting to see, coming from a musician's standpoint, how two different bands can be very good at their craft and receive little or no acknowledgement because they don't conform to new pop radio standards like N'Sync, Miss Spears, or Jay Z. I guess all this goes back to the ideas about being commercial and selling out, or being yourself. I think I'd take the risk of being myself so I could create something that I know will still be around after fifteen minutes. Who really wants to be the next flavor of the month? Not me. I couldn't care less how much money I could earn.