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Svetonio
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Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:17 | |||
I wasn't lazy to look and it made me (again!) so proud 'cause the second album of an unknow French avant-prog band called PoiL which I suggested to Prog Archives (regularly in "Suggest New Bands and Solo Artist" sub-forum, the place for suggestions) that took a very high 11th place! p.s. And this is Windhawk's great review of that album:
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:21 | |||
self-aggrandisement and self-promotion much?
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NutterAlert
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 07 2005 Location: In transition Status: Offline Points: 2807 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:22 | |||
Good name for a prog band
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:27 | |||
hahahaha I agree! This is a brilliant name for a prog band! love it!
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:28 | |||
Sounds like yet another a Genesis clone to me.
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:42 | |||
Nope, sounds more like Tenacious D
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:46 | |||
The "New Prog Revolution" is a bit of a lazy myth. It's an attempted to drum-up support for something that isn't actually happening. There are more new bands than there are prospective fans to support them, it is a buyer's market and will remain that way for the conceivable future. A revolution can only occur when there is a ground-swell of interest in these bands both individually and collectively. The problem therein is that they aren't a collective and interest to each band is limited to only a few people. Public disinterest cannot be blamed on the public and it certainly cannot be blamed on how the PA (or any other Prog website) fails to "promote" each new band. Any criticism rests on the shoulders of the bands themselves for how they promote themselves. This is something I've been stressing for the past five years, though many people seem more interested in attacking me for having the temerity to dare criticise than accept the reality that if you want to stand out in a crowd then you actually have to do something pro-active and positive to make people want to notice you. As we both said back in the "Unsigned" days before I opened the [flood] gates to self-released artists: a band should have a larger web-presence than just the web-pages it creates for itself.
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Svetonio
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 04:56 | |||
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:07 | |||
The guy was me (no need for irony quotes, I am indeed male) and it was a satirical photo critique.
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:10 | |||
on a better note this is fab :) Brian May - 'God Save The Queen' on the roof of Buckingham Palace (Golden Jubilee 2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaUsWfeULks&list=PLMyHPEAFkfwNCMWxAGZao-G4-sIKxA9T3&index=57 xxxx
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Raff
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24392 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:18 | |||
I've read through the last two or three pages of posts, and a couple of observations stood out for me:
1) As David pointed out, these days there are very probably more bands/artists than fans, which means that those bands/artists have to work very hard at attracting their potential audience's attention. 2) Unfortunately, as Dean wrote in his most recent post, far too many of those bands/artists have very little clue of how to spread the word. Anyone who has worked in a genre team here at PA, or written reviews on a regular basis, has spent a fair share of his/her time looking for information about a band/artist, and found there was very little available. Bandcamp is great, but it would be nice if the artists remembered to post at least ONE link to their website/Facebook page/blog/etc, instead of having the listener/reviewer hunt around the Internet for scraps of info. Sometimes it feels like a band/artist does not want to be found. I am all for promoting new music, but those whose music I am trying to promote should collaborate as well. Finally, I cannot but endorse Angelo's remarks about the negativity of some recent threads. There isn't anything productive in mulling over and over how nasty the music industry is nowadays, or why the younger generations don't embrace prog. What about celebrating what we like for a change, instead of emphasizing every single negative aspect? |
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Dean
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Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:24 | |||
Well said Raff
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:25 | |||
I absolutely agree with Angelo, in terms exactly what he said, people should stop complaining what is wrong and instead focus what makes them very happy regarding their moozik experience! This makes perfect sense to me! Really!
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:26 | |||
You misunderstood Angelo, Dean
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Angelo
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 07 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13240 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:28 | |||
Thank you ladies (including Dean ;-) ), glad to see I'm not calling nonsense for a change. Now I may start thinking about opening a positive topic this weekend :)
Although... a bigger web presence begins with the band's own pages, Dean, nothing wrong with that. Edited by Angelo - April 24 2015 at 05:30 |
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Dean
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Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:29 | |||
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:30 | |||
I got to break free from this pompous B.S. Queen - I Want To Break Free (High Quality) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM8Ss28zjcE&list=PLMyHPEAFkfwNCMWxAGZao-G4-sIKxA9T3&index=60 XXXXX
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Dean
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Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:33 | |||
Who's being pompous? Sorry, I'm not trying to be mean here, but where is the BS?
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Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:38 | |||
Dean, you know I would never ever say you are pompous! Why would you think that of me? I was merely trying to deviate the topic.
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Kati
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Posted: April 24 2015 at 05:41 | |||
ok this is all a bit silly and so is this but it's fun tho' Queen - Bicycle Race (Official Video) xxxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt0V0_1MS0Q&index=61&list=PLMyHPEAFkfwNCMWxAGZao-G4-sIKxA9T3 xxxx |
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