Ok,this is just my arrogant,full of myself opinion so i'm not asking you to agree with me and all that but this is what i generally happen to like in bands and i happened to turn them into rules.Just because i can(an owl whispered that into in my ear today):
-If you play onstage don't wear another band's tshirt where it's possible,the risks being that you cheapen the image of your band when(and if it does)it appears on one.
-Avoid gospel choirs as they damage your sound and should only be appreciated inside a beautiful church.
-Whenever you can,try avoiding referencing your influences on the titles of your songs because,as the first rule said,it cheapens the music (if it's not already cheap to start with).This sort of thing rarely works and it subtratcs strength from the song rather than adding to it.
-Ecclectism works rarely in music if there isn't a vision to keep those styles fused subtely together.Or in harmony,so to speak.
Let me think of some more.......
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