# Recommend Some Good Amateur (or Semi-Pro) Covers On YouTube

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 14, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218 "2014-12-14T18:11:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218/1 "2014-12-14T18:11:16Z")

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I’m looking for some good videos on YouTube of amateurs (or semi-professionals) covering popular songs, and covering them well. There are far too many videos of off-key teenagers or low-rent bar acts murdering songs I like; I want videos of people doing it **right**.

Here are some examples to get you started:

Mike Massé doing justice to Kansas’ [Dust In The Wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Lmz9rtyRc).

Weird Clown Guy doing Lorde’s [Royals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmCJEehYtU) better than Lorde.

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**Author:** ![NomadDag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@NomadDag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NomadDag)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218/2 "2014-12-15T15:02:55Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wg9GqvMWkg)

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218/3 "2014-12-15T15:11:31Z")

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James David Carter has quite a few covers. He was on the Voice this season.

  
A lot of the Voice musicians have youtube videos they’ve posted for years. Youtube is a great platform for semi-pro musicians. James David Carter has been a working musician for almost ten years.

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218/4 "2014-12-15T15:18:05Z")

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[Danielle Ate the Sandwich.](https://www.youtube.com/daniellesmagic)

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218/5 "2014-12-15T16:35:41Z")

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[These guys totally rock it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc)

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-amateur-or-semi-pro-covers-on-youtube/707218/6 "2014-12-15T17:00:22Z")

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[Julia Nunes doing Sweet Caroline.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgSj1kmdctM)