New Prog bands still influenced by the 'Big Five?

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Gentle Giant's music revolved around a concept of using counterpoint in either a small portion of a song or the entire song itself. Nevertheless, that idea was injected into the concept of writing a Rock song. It was incorporated around the lyrics of their songs and accompanied the vocal. The easiest introduction to understanding their method is to learn and play "Bouree In Eminor" by J.S. Bach. After learning that one piece, the inventive style of Gentle Giant becomes very adaptable. 
I think it would be a great help if many Prog musicians that emulate Robert Fripp could find a different way of composing around the tri-tone interval. Phil Miller already emulated Bob Fripp in the late 70's. Even Steve Howe sounded a bit like Fripp in "The Ancient". This kind of emulation has already taken place years before and the goal now should be to find your own voice. For example...if you are young and choose to play in a original "Space Rock" band, for God's Sake..please stop imitating Hawkwind and Gong. Try to remember that when Hawkwind and Gong toured the "Space Rock" music scene in the 70's, there were other "Space Rock' bands among them that sounded quite different for example: Amon Dull II and Can. Hardly anyone attempted to copy Hawkwind's sound until the arrival of Ozric Tentacles, so that idea should be buried by now.  

Edited by TODDLER - October 31 2014 at 11:52

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	Gentle Giant's music revolved around a concept of using counterpoint in either a small portion of a song or the entire song itself. Nevertheless, that idea was injected into the concept of writing a Rock song. It was incorporated around the lyrics of their songs and accompanied the vocal. The easiest introduction to understanding their method is to learn and play "Bouree In Eminor" by J.S. Bach. After learning that one piece, the inventive style of Gentle Giant becomes very adaptable. I think it would be a great help if many Prog musicians that emulate Robert Fripp could find a different way of composing around the tri-tone interval. Phil Miller already emulated Bob Fripp in the late 70's. Even Steve Howe sounded a bit like Fripp in "The Ancient". This kind of emulation has already taken place years before and the goal now should be to find your own voice. For example...if you are young and choose to play in a original "Space Rock" band, for God's Sake..please stop imitating Hawkwind and Gong. Try to remember that when Hawkwind and Gong toured the "Space Rock" music scene in the 70's, there were other "Space Rock' bands among them that sounded quite different for example: Amon Dull II and Can. Hardly anyone attempted to copy Hawkwind's sound until the arrival of Ozric Tentacles, so that idea should be buried by now. Edited by TODDLER - October 31 2014 at 11:52