{"id":112,"date":"2008-02-06T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.wordpress.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2008-02-06T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T19:00:57","slug":"how-to-make-an-old-song-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/2008\/02\/06\/how-to-make-an-old-song-new\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make an Old Song New"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love cover songs. Maybe it’s the awesome local 80’s cover band<\/a> who woos their audience with their uncanny ability to emulate everyone from Journey<\/a> to Madonna<\/a> and still make each song their own. Or maybe it’s a well-known artist<\/a> covering a well-known song<\/a> to make something deliciously different<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are myriad ways to make an old song new: speed it up and add a dance beat, change the genre to something unexpected – say, Frank Sinatra<\/a> done as Dancehall<\/a>, add\/remove instruments and vocals, throw in some exotic scales<\/a> to give the song a more worldly sound. Or…<\/p>\n

You could do this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you need a frame of reference and want to hear the original song, “Smoke on the Water”<\/a> by Deep Purple<\/a>, here ya go:<\/p>\n