Starting a rock band with friends. Any advice to not sound like we suck?

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dont play rock
its 2018 no one wants to hear a gang of suburban white boys playing guitar singing about girls bro, shit's passe. become a rap collective or die.

get a kazoo soloist

I've been playing covers with some friends for a few months now(mainly Ramones for now). They are pretty mediocre at their instruments(the drummer started playing when we first got together, so like 5 months). The easiest way to not suck is to practice a lot. Everyone needs to be completely sure of their skills in their instrument and know their parts. There's no faking it. Even if you play the simplest stuff in the world there's room to fuck things up and sound like shit.

Practice!

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don't do this. If you don't do what you enjoy, shit's just going to sound half assed and you're not going to have any ambition to make your half assed music. Stick to rock if that's all you know or that's all you like.

get gud

>become a rap collective or die.
You were on the money right up until this part. Rap is every bit as passe and cliched as rock. It's literally been 30 years now of "money, bitches and drugs lol xDDDDDD".

learn to actually play your instruments. Learn about tone. Don't scoop your fucking mids. If you have bigass amps, turn them the fuck down in small venues. Learn about theory, but don't live and die by it.

TUNE YOUR FUCKING INSTRUMENTS

>TUNE YOUR FUCKING INSTRUMENTS
what if you play Noise Rock
not OP btw

don't listen to this guy

find a niche, get good, dont post too much on social media, quality > quantity

soy boys reeeeeeeeee

start with basic song structure and setting out to write songs you think you'll actually be able to write. settle with mediocrity if it's the best you've got. don't try to do fancy shit if you're just doing it for the sake of being fancy, it will sound immature and tasteless. be patient, play a lot, and yeah learn theory if you haven't already.

force everyone in your band to practice to a metronome

be a gimmick band of 10 year olds playing rolling stones covers

yeah dude a bunch of dumb niggers yelling about drugs, whores, and money over music they didn't even create is so much better

absolutely drown your music in reverb and effects, and blatantly rip off more talented artists.

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Let's be real, you guys are gonna suck when you all first play. Nobody is successful the first go around. The key is to just keep playing and learning from each other.

That's the point. It's not better, but it's what's gonna gain them the most attention because that's what's most popular nowadays.

devote 90% of your time to studying trends and modern PR techniques. Spend money on vintage instruments and clothing

rip off a song from some obscure south american post punk band, and shill yourself HARD

Fuck off retards.

Choke on cocks bitch. Fuck you. Your brain is full of fucking shit.

Sound aggressive and hard. Too much rock today sounds neutered and pusissified. But also don't do mess with your voices in the studio to sound like every 2000's post-grunge band.

Avoid them major 7th chords

this
mad whiteboys dont get rock is o u t out

address problems that will arise from girls, money, marketing and practice/performance/recording time