Category: Video Of The Week

Every musician who has played in a band has jammed in the basement. Or the garage. Or both. There's something about the comfort of a home that relaxes a person all around. With no pressure of performing because it's "just practice," most musicians are loosey-goosey—resulting in a more genuine final product.This video popped up in... Read more

If you've been following our selections for Video of the Week, you may have noticed a recurring trend. We believe that it's important to celebrate and encourage our youth to be playing musical instruments, so we'll often feature shining examples of talented youngsters. This week, we continue that trend with a young lady from Russia... Read more

We comb the interwebs every week looking for interesting videos to feature here, and it often takes several hours or even days to find a worthwhile candidate. However, there are fortuitous times when something just falls on our lap. The screen shot below is what we saw on our news feed, and this simply could... Read more

Ahhh, it finally feels like Fall. The leaves are changing colors, there's a crisp in the air, and plenty of scary movies on television. It's hard to flip through the channels this month without coming across the movie that changed the horror genre (or one of its sequels), John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece, Halloween.Not only did... Read more

With the passing of Eddie Van Halen still on everyone's minds, we thought we'd find something that celebrates his playing, but just a little differently.Charles Berthoud (pronounced BEAR-too) is a British bassist who has been playing for close to a decade. Inspired by the greats such as Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooton and Flea of Red... Read more

With the recent passing of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, we just had to find a good VH cover to feature this week. After spending hours scrolling through YouTube videos—mostly coming across individuals trying to replicate Eddie's solos—we came up empty.But then, by some divine intervention, it occurred to us that we had featured a... Read more

When people think of cover songs, they generally consider popular music as the most frequently performed. In the rock era, many well-known artists have even used covering other artists' hits as a way to connect to fans that they wouldn't otherwise reach. However, covers can be expanded to any genre of music. It might not... Read more

In my 37 years as a musician, I've personally known hundreds of other rock players. Having run Cover Band Central for 6+ years now, I know thousands more. And of all of those people, I can safely say that most of them have played a Rush song at some point. It's also a good bet... Read more

A huge part of our goal at Cover Band Central is to inspire the next generation of musicians. It's a fact that within the next couple of decades, most of the rock icons that we grew up with will have passed on, so it's always refreshing to stumble upon talented youth. This week, we present... Read more

2020's quarantine/lockdown time has brought out some of the best in people—especially the creative types. Many artists have taken to live streaming to pass the time and stay connected with fans. Others have collaborated from a safe distance to construct a recorded video to display their talents. One such band is Child's Anthem.Based out of... Read more