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Modrigue
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1125 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 05:36 | ||
Taking more inspiration from non-occidental musical genres would be a first step to a renewal.
Edited by Modrigue - January 11 2018 at 05:40 |
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progaardvark
Collaborator Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Sea of Peas Status: Offline Points: 48661 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 06:39 | ||
Use more echoes and toilets.
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miamiscot
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3418 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 08:14 | ||
Judging by the flippant comments on this thread I'm guessing most here don't take this question seriously. But there is one thing I would dearly love to see: more young, talented musicians entering the Progosphere. There are some, for sure, but we could use MORE MORE MORE!!!
(Neal Morse adding Eric Gillette to his band was a stroke of genius.)
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BrufordFreak
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 7954 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 09:26 | ||
I wish modern bands would get rid of the gated drums effect and get rid of all early generation cheap keyboards from the late 1980s and 1990s (their poorly imitative sounds drive me crazy!)
I'm all for incorporation of old ideas and old sounds but I'd like to see less emulation, replication, and imitation. Be bold! Be brave and risky. Trust in your own creative instincts--your own intuition! And don't be afraid to use outside, objective feedback during the engineering and production phases. Otherwise, I am very encouraged by the many young people who have felt drawn to this medium for their artistic expression. Keep on proggin'!
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Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 09:41 | ||
In all seriousness: I'd remove the sticker 'prog' from most up and coming bands that try to take the next progressive step in rock music. Especially the ones that don't sound like prog;) We are certainly not doing them any favours.
Keep it simple with the stickers instead: experimental, far out, psychedelic, trippy, intricate and so forth. No sense in trying to shoehorn music that sounds nothing like the prog of yesteryear down the same increasingly non-sensical bag. Edited by Guldbamsen - January 11 2018 at 09:42 |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20483 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 09:46 | ||
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AFlowerKingCrimson
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Online Points: 16147 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 10:04 | ||
More songs and albums that lyrically deal with social and political issues. Unlike punk rock prog seems afraid to talk about issues that really matter to the every day person.
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Lewian
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 14103 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 10:23 | ||
Prog is a terrible genre label (at some point somebody will call a genre "New" and the true New fans will then still call the same music "New" 50 years later) and should be replaced by something more appropriate such as Gorp.
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Catcher10
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 10:31 | ||
I agree.....Clearly prog does not mean what it did 30yrs ago, I struggle thinking of any band today that is prog. Atmospheric/moody/dark/reserved seems to be the tone of the day (Ana_thema, Marillion, Riverside...). It's fine but not always is this type of music fun to listen. So for me the question I cannot answer cause I don't consider most of today's music prog.......If I want to listen to prog I'm fine spinning my records from the 70's.
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HemispheresOfXanadu
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 28 2012 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4339 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 10:48 | ||
More comparing apples and oranges.
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Frenetic Zetetic
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2017 Location: Now Status: Offline Points: 9233 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 10:57 | ||
This is actually articulated very well, and something I think about a lot. The top-tier bands had "the sound", because that's all that technology allowed at the time. It's funny to think bands take gear that's 3-4x as expensive, then try to make it emulate older stuff .
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20483 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 10:59 | ||
I would start a prog rock website that featured prog album reviews, a prog album discography and feature prog chat forums...
...whoops, never mind.
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Tapfret
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8571 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 11:14 | ||
^Sweet idea. The next logical step would be to install street signs, mountains and store fronts.
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noni
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1092 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 11:52 | ||
More music sites like PA that offer forums like this.
I've found some really great bands on here that otherwise would of missed without this forum. I love music a lot and adore discovering newer or bands otherwise would never of found. There used to be more music forums around but they seem to be dying a bit!....
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Mascodagama
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 11:54 | ||
Try Progressive Ears if you haven't. Forum is pretty good. Edited by Mascodagama - January 11 2018 at 11:54 |
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I prophesy disaster
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2017 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 4591 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 12:48 | ||
While I agree with what you're saying with regards to the label "Progressive", I think the shortened form "Prog" actually fulfils the same role as "Gorp" would. |
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noni
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1092 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 12:57 | ||
Thanks, I forgot that one!...
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noni
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1092 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 13:01 | ||
"Gorp" is an awful word to use!... The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb "Gorp", meaning "to eat greedily".
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Tapfret
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8571 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 13:23 | ||
Which perfectly describes my listening habits over the last year. |
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20483 |
Posted: January 11 2018 at 13:36 | ||
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