the band i'm in

[Helm]

Downloading right now. I will post my detailed impression (FOR YUOR BENEFITT!1111) later on.

On the subject of ripping off, If you're a music fan and you listen to music constrantly, it's impossible to not write stuff that seems to be alike sometimes. It all comes down to what you're trying to do with your band. if you want to be all TEH ORIGINAL!!1 and everything then I guess there must be made a conscious effort towards filtering the musical ideas of the group so it's very very distinctive. But I for one care more to be expressive than to be original in my music. So no matter if you've ripped a bass riff off or not if it works in the context of the rest of the song and it works for the intent of your group (what is it, by the way?) then I'm cool.