New symphonic prog release: Lifting Line Theory.

^ It's an excellent album indeed, Chris, and I've no doubt whatsoever that we can find a place for you on Progarchives. However, I'm not sure after just one listen which sub genre would be the most appropriate.

In the meantime you're already available at AP: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/78217 

^ Thanks for the additional information, Chris. Really sorry to hear about what happened to your partner in the project, and I hope the person who was responsible for the tragedy was dealt with appropriately by the authorities. I'll have another listen to the album right now to see if I can decide on the most suitable sub genre, and then ask one of the evaluation teams to start the ball rolling (most likely the Symphonic Team).

Edited by yam yam - March 13 2025 at 01:19

I'm listening to the 20+ minute track (Wonder). It sounds incredible!

Thank you all for everything (reviewing the album, separate page, patience with me).  Hugely appreciated.  Yes I am the very same Chris Carroll.  And the "Darwin's Radio" I played in locally in South Carolina is not THAT Darwin's Radio (obviously).  It was just a very short lived local cover project (- I really need to pull down or edit that Facebook page...).  To any who listened to the album thank you very much!  You would never know from my meager online presence that I am a prog guy.  No real market for it here in SC (which is sad).  But my main love is Prog.  I always have and always will play a HUGE rage of genre/styles (whether on guitar, drums, bass, keys, etc) but I will always love prog more than the rest.  Again - thank you very much. 

Aranami wrote: Thank you all for everything (reviewing the album, separate page, patience with me).  Hugely appreciated.  Yes I am the very same Chris Carroll.  And the "Darwin's Radio" I played in locally in South Carolina is not THAT Darwin's Radio (obviously).  It was just a very short lived local cover project (- I really need to pull down or edit that Facebook page...).  To any who listened to the album thank you very much!  You would never know from my meager online presence that I am a prog guy.  No real market for it here in SC (which is sad).  But my main love is Prog.  I always have and always will play a HUGE rage of genre/styles (whether on guitar, drums, bass, keys, etc) but I will always love prog more than the rest.  Again - thank you very much.

The next step, if you haven't already set the wheels in motion, is to submit some music to selected prog radio stations and podcasts so that the album receives some airplay, which would obviously help get the word out. I noticed that you only have 2 'likes' and 4 followers on Facebook at present. That would soon change if people got to hear some samples from this excellent album.

No worries on getting into geeky questions - I'm all for it and more than willing to provide a geeky answer  :)  No programing anywhere on the album (for anything).  And it is not an electric kit - but not purely acoustic either.  The drums are the weird one on all of this.  Long story short again - drums was my first instrument.  But - I have some physical limitations now when it comes to playing drums.  Too long on a kit and my hands go completely numb.  So - it's all played on a real kit - but in little bits and pieces.  Then it's all stitched together and triggered (and mixed in with the real kit - mostly the room mic) to even it all out (in an attempt to make it sound like a single performance).  Lots of editing involved.  There are simpler ways to do it (programming it all) but I'm stubborn and wanted all the instruments to be actually physically played. It's not as natural sounding as I would have preferred but - it works well enough (I think).  I started working on this MANY years ago and - to avoid having to constantly rework things and to have a somewhat unified sonic landscape I didn't upgrade gear along the way.  So - triggers are old, samples triggered are old, plug ins are old, etc. 

Edited by Aranami - March 13 2025 at 18:17