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Post by Highway Man » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:26 pm

Title says everything. What do you think makes a song fun to cover? For me, if it's in 6/8, is generally catchy, and if it's very memorable. I also like it to be challenging enough but not ridiculously hard to cover.
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Post by PostApocolyptica » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:29 pm

Whether a song (or any other piece of music) is "fun" to cover is purely situational. If a piece of music is enjoyable, I may enjoy making that cover. If a piece of music is a challenge, I may enjoy making that cover. If a piece of music is easy to cover, I may enjoy making it. Time signatures have no bearing on that (save for 7/8; it is the best time signature).
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Post by HertzDevil » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:33 pm

Songs requiring programming effort and, when that does not make a difference, songs with moderate stereo separation.
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Post by MiniMacro » Thu Oct 01, 2015 8:09 pm

When the song is good, and also when I haven't seen it covered before.
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Post by Pencildragon » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:48 pm

If it's a song I enjoy listening to, then I'll probably enjoy making a cover of it. Being a well-known enough song to have guitar tabs or even piano sheets already available also helps
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Post by Shywolf » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:24 pm

When I like the song, and/or if the song uses chord progressions or musical techniques I haven't heard before, and want to analyze.
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Post by ImATrackMan » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:33 am

If it's good, catchy, and/or could do with a serious helping of arps it's fair game. Also, if it has potential for a great cross-platform port (MSX/Spectrum/C64 soundtracks), it's guaranteed. Cool chord progressions, funky basslines (Happy Bite has these qualities), unique percussion that makes me want to push the noise, DPCM, and maybe even Tri as far as they could go while still using one or more (Tri/DPCM) for actual melodic notes (like a few FAmiga modules). Anything that's a challenge and unconventional (Famicompo Pico surprise) is fun for me.
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Post by Threxx » Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:39 pm

As long as I enjoy the song I am covering and I am enjoying the product I am creating.
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Post by YobaHere » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:41 pm

Same as Threxx's. It's fun to listen to a result of my work.
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Post by 8BitZtunerYT » Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:28 pm

Can relate to yoba and threxx
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