Articles - 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

ime 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 Nashville, Tennessee, this 7-piece group bills themselves as "The Music of Toto."...