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  Cover Band Soap Opera: ‘Alive’ by Pearl Jam

  1250 readers For anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put video up of us.  Truth is, I'm self-conscious.  Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    > Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "Alive" by Pearl Jam at a recent fall show. That's

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: ‘You Got to Fight For Your Right’

  1874 readersFor anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put video up of us.  Truth is, I'm self-conscious.  Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "You Got to Fight For

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: ”Rock’N Me” by Steve Miller Band

  1756 readersFor anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put up much video. Truth is, I'm self-conscious. Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "Rock'n Me" by Steve Miller Band at

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: ”I Don’t Want To Be” by Gavin DeGraw

  4467 readersFor anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put up much video. Truth is, I'm self-conscious. Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: ‘Creep’ by Radiohead

  2402 readersFor anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put up much video.  Truth is, I'm self-conscious. Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "Creep" by Radiohead at a recent winter show.

• Cover Band Soap Opera: ”Poker Face” by Lady Gaga

  3227 readersFor anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put up much video. Truth is, I'm self-conscious. Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "Poker Face" by Lasy Gaga at a

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  Band Soap Opera: I’m Thinking About Just Showing Up to a Gig When my Old Originals Band Reunites; Wife Calls Idea ‘Horrendously Awful’

  2038 readersTo summarize my last band-related post, I was very surprised to see that my old Cincinnati-based originals band was reforming after several years. I was a senior in college when the band was together, but don't let that fool you. All the other dudes in the band were older, experienced city rockers - complete with tattoos and long hair

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: How Alcohol Affects Playing

  1450 readers I had a few beers1 at this weekend's show with my cover band. As the night went on, three things you started to see from me were more smiles, more stage presence2 and more mistakes. It's all part of the way alcohol affects one's musicianship when consumed in not-tiny quantities.   You ever read one of those articles, where it

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  Band Soap Operas: Tales of My Old Originals Band…

  1411 readers I'm going to briefly put the continuing ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band on hold for a second to rewind band life a bit. My roots in music go back as far as I want to remember, starting with high school band from grades 7-12 (band geek the whole nine). Now I play with a rock cover band. But one

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: Trip Down Memory Lane; Band Geeks Rule (and Lower Brass is the Best)

  1578 readersI was a 100% band geek in high school. All the stuff I do with my cover band today can be traced back to 6 years of marching and concert band. In a previously-posted photo, you can see me playing the trombone. In the photo below, that's a baritone horn. What does it all add up to? Lower