Originally Posted by: maggiorCould be. It's a way of being creative and continuing to hone your skills. Also, while doing your cover band thing, you can be writing your own material at the same time - it may even give you some ideas. Also keep in mind that nobody said you can't be in more than one band at a time!

Good point. Then again, the before-mentioned Søren Andersen is in 3 bands that I know of (his solo-project, Glenn Hughes and "Electric Guitars"), and nobody's stopping him from doing all that. So I'm starting to think it might be a good idea to do as you suggest, and start with a few covers and take it from there. I might just find a few songs that I'll actually enjoy playing for others and add my own personal touches to them :)