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After that I look around for tabs. I tend not to use slow downy stuff, if I can't just play it with the tab in front of me then I haven't listened to it enough! Then I play along with the original recording, and these days you can find a lot of isolated guitar parts floating around on youtube etc which are wicked useful.
Haven't played a cover live for years though. I've been meeting up with a vocalist and she wants to do a jazz duo thing with me on guitar and her singing, but that will be completely new arrangements, not the sort of cover we're talking about here. Other than that originals all the way.
Depends where you are, I have played in bands which have learnt their parts and been great muso's getting it right and died a death, conversely I have played in bands where the structure of songs is about there, ropey as hell at times, but the bands that have been most popular had nothing to do with quality and learning the parts right!
It might depend a bit on genre but if you do that with rock/metal end of the spectrum you'll just sound shit no 2 ways about it. I've heard it time and time again.
To other musicians generally ! But if they are in the audience and the unrehearsed band is onstage with the gig, I say that speaks volumes!
I also like to play without plugging in when I learn songs.
If you have a lot of effects to use, try and work with those that embellish the song, not just your talent.
Earning good money regularly is the hard part, if you are a weekend warrior, playing local for £50 each a night is fine, but there ain't enough work.