andrewwlyle

"Ah it happens to the best of us. George Harrison and Lennon both famously did it, and more recently Wayne Coyne lifted the melody of Father and Son."

The early beatles records are very much derivations on the late 50's/early 60's rock songs. McCartney was a huge Buddy Holly fan and that definitely shows in his early work as well.

If you truly didn't mean to copy the song, it doesn't matter and you can probably tweak it to make it sound less similar. This happens a lot and I notice it with new artists all the time. Just change a couple things, don't scrap it. I did something similar to this once and I just played with it until the song eventually morphed into it's own unique form.

It's called Thanks Henry

http://www.myspace.com/moonsocketband

Please have a quick listen and tell me what you think.

Dylan, Young, Brian Wilson

i've been pretty unimpressed so far, but we still have a lot of time. deerhunter/hoof was interesting enough to listen to for a while. I like some of the new dr. dog too.

Interesting use of synths with the acoustic guitar. You've got a good voice.

It warms my heart to see Procol Harum mentioned on here. Not in my top 5 but they're goood.

Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan

After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Captain Fantastic... - Elton John

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Portrait of a Legend - Sam Cooke

This list could probably change weekly, but these are definitely artists that I really love. Beach boys and Beatles probably deserve some cred too.

Anything from Josh Ritter's discography is really great so I second that. Other than that, I'd probably go back and listen to some classic 60s and 70s stuff, like..

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

T. Rex - The Slider

The Band - Music From Big Pink

The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

Neil Young - After the Goldrush

And for some really easy going music.. I'd go with Curtis Mayfield or Toots & the Maytals

Maybe you should know there is already a band called Moonsocket that have been around for at least ten years. Its one of the guitar players from Eric's Trip. They've put out records on Sub Pop and many other labels. I know its hard to find a band name that hasn't been used before.

Hmm.. bummer. The band was actually called "woonsocket" originally, named after the naval frigate USS Woonsocket. But there was a typo on the battle of the bands program and we were stuck with moonsocket.

Hey guys. As wilco fans, who probably have an appreciation for jam-bands/classic rock music i figured I'd ask for your feedback on one of my own band's songs. We just started self-recording some songs on my computer and we posted our first one on the internet. I play keyboards / sing. Tell me what you think / what we can maybe improve on.

http://www.myspace.com/moonsocketband