pat radioYou know, when you think about it, practically every symphony orchestra is a cover band, and nobody busts their chops about it.
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 
@patradio facts. Classical, jazz, and blues. They all play each other’s music. It’s just art.
Whitney McNamara@markwyner @patradio Also: the idea that popular musicians should be performers AND songwriters is a very recent idea.
They're related, but not necessarily overlapping, skills.
@whitneymcn Yep. The book "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll" opened my eyes about pop music. Before records, sheet music was how you made money off of published songs. And before the 60s singer-songwriter era, there would often be competing versions of the same song on the charts by different artists. I sort of wish we had more of that now.