shemp
Silver Member
I must disagree with folks that feel sped up tempos are ok...or even "better".....bull puckey! Especially in a cover band scenario where you are playing for a club owner and to entertain people....it's very sophomoreish for a singer or, frankly, any melodic instrument to apply their narcissistic view and change the prior art....I understand and agree about pushing and/or laying back as a unit around the recorded tempo, sure....
Deliberate tempo policing preserves the groove and peaks/valleys of the source material....and when that original feel us there, it is impressive and fun....
If you are licensing and re recording prior art, well, that's a different approach and that seems like an appropriate scenario to apply creative license....and give a song a different treatment if so desired...
In a cover band playing to entertain and to promote dancing, it always sounds best to maintain key and tempo.
Deliberate tempo policing preserves the groove and peaks/valleys of the source material....and when that original feel us there, it is impressive and fun....
If you are licensing and re recording prior art, well, that's a different approach and that seems like an appropriate scenario to apply creative license....and give a song a different treatment if so desired...
In a cover band playing to entertain and to promote dancing, it always sounds best to maintain key and tempo.