If you could change one thing about PA .

AEProgman wrote: If I could change one thing....hmmm, get rid of the photo of Arjen Lucassen on the main page .  Nothing against him, just tired of looking at it....

Dean wrote: dr wu23 wrote: I would open up band inclusion on the site to a vote by all registered menbers. Absolutely. I would also strictly enforce a "majority vote" so that to be included a band would need 26,893 yes votes [based upon current tally of 53,785 registered members], of course that would significantly boost the sales/downloads/streams of every band suggested.

And there was me thinking you were an advocate of the AV system, Dean

The endless debates about whether Artist X or Band Y is prog. They are tiresome, generally unproductive, and often in danger of turning into unpleasant confrontations. Personally, I'd rather see the site err on the site of inclusiveness than the other way round, especially when we are talking about music whose relationship/affinity with  prog is undeniable.

lazland wrote: Dean wrote: dr wu23 wrote: I would open up band inclusion on the site to a vote by all registered menbers. Absolutely. I would also strictly enforce a "majority vote" so that to be included a band would need 26,893 yes votes [based upon current tally of 53,785 registered members], of course that would significantly boost the sales/downloads/streams of every band suggested. And there was me thinking you were an advocate of the AV system, Dean

[ ]... some space cadet with a casio keyboard and the biggest bag of weed his allowance will buy.

[ ]... an obscure Eastern European jazz-folk band

[ ]... a random band found on Youtube

[ ]... The Scorpions

[ ]... another, even more obscure, Eastern European jazz-folk band

[ ]... Kanye West's wife's dog walker's brother's friend's cousin's band

[ ]... Yet Another Power Metal band

[ ]... The Beach Boys

be sure you read my posts then

SteveG wrote: You left out: [ ]... polka bands that feature the theremin.

Here's something that would probably get in sooner :-)

^This stuff is killer windhawk.

aglasshouse wrote: Oh and I forgot, the main archive's color scheme is not appealing.

Ah, yes. Visually, the main site's not too great. I respect the work that the artist put into the collage, but don't really like the collage myself. Oh well. It's a hallmark of the site, I suppose. 

Windhawk wrote: ...and incidentally, some of those banjo bands are really good.

oh man... that is classic!! 

and yeah man...  some of them are scary good.. a personal headbanging shredfest fav of mine...