
Originally Posted by
indie
playing covers is our way of finding the chemistry

among the bandmembers.
if blended and brewed na

, then it's the ripe time

to start the comps.
... sa amo ni ha, donno if this works for you

dude.. i don't entirely agree with you.. i learned that lesson the hard way.. maybe u can play around with a few covers at first BUT chemistry with your bandmates is not determined by playing around with covers coz they may have different influences man gud on their own.. bisan pareha pa mo ug gipaminaw at that specific time u formed the band, lahi gyud ghapon inyo background.. Songwriting is largely dependent on the influences of the individual bandmembers sukad sa pagsugod nila ug PAMINAW ug music, meaning sukad pa nila PAGKA BATA... We are all limited to what we know... Whether a musician likes it or not, apil gyud to iyang influences pagkabata.. That's why some singers are so beatleuesque even though they don't own a beatles record, or claim to not have been influenced by them... Subsconsciously, they have been influenced, albeit, from their parents' old record collection...
I learned that lesson the hard way.. i used to sing for a band and i had really accomplished bandmates.. they were so good, we covered everything from Ramones, White Zombie, Smashing Pumpkins, Screaming Trees, Extreme, Pearl jam, Green Day, Candlebox etc.. We did that for more than a year.. But When we tried writing our own songs, i personally found them really crappy... We couldn't find our own identity... sayang...
I think chemistry can properly be ascertained by playing originals as soon as possible...
hey.. don't take this seriously.. these are my own opinions birthed from my own experiences... as you yourself had said, mas ni work sa inyoha imo methods...
ayuz!@!