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Paddy Fogarty has been at this since i started playing gigs in Dublin almost 18 years ago, if not longer.
he's a fucking shyster and chancer and needs to be called out for it
 
A quick google of this lads name throws up threads on boards from 2003
 
Since I started playing in a covers band I get about the same. I turned down a 200 quid per man gig the other night, also a covers band. Wedding bands can make crazy money and country n'irish can name their price it seems.
 
Since I started playing in a covers band I get about the same. I turned down a 200 quid per man gig the other night, also a covers band. Wedding bands can make crazy money and country n'irish can name their price it seems.

Yeah like doing originals for free sorta sets out two messages when this is the standard (I also float in and out of cover acts).

1. It undermines working musicians (covers or otherwise) with the devaluation of their trade.
2. It undermines other original acts when they can be replaced at no cost.
 
Playing in a covers band is a world away from playing your own stuff. From a musician's point of view anyway. Maybe it's not so obvious to the average punter.
 
Covers band gig playing songs by Abba, Madness, Beatles, and other well-known acts: 200 per musician down to, say, 50 quid per person.
Originals gig playing your songs: 20 quid per person down to zero quid.

Mathematical conclusion: The quality ratio that compares songs by Abba, Madness, Beatles, and other well-known acts to your songs ranges from 10 to infinity.

So, these songs are, at minimum,10 times better than your songs, ranging to infinitely better.

Mathematics is telling you to quit writing songs. Can you argue with mathematics?
 
Covers band gig playing songs by Abba, Madness, Beatles, and other well-known acts: 200 per musician down to, say, 50 quid per person.
Originals gig playing your songs: 20 quid per person down to zero quid.

Mathematical conclusion: The quality ratio that compares songs by Abba, Madness, Beatles, and other well-known acts to your songs ranges from 10 to infinity.

So, these songs are, at minimum,10 times better than your songs, ranging to infinitely better.

Mathematics is telling you to quit writing songs. Can you argue with mathematics?
They Might Be Giants made a good bit of cash writing original songs about mathematics
 
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