Is the third wave of prog dying?

harmonium.ro wrote: Good, I was missing Walter.

Walter wall carpets.

Prog doesn't die off, the easily bored get distracted.

The Miracle wrote: . I guess it's the fourth wave now, but who cares? As long as the legacy carries on it's all good.

darkshade wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Good, I was missing Walter.  And now the arbitrary cut-off is 1983

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Dean wrote: Walter wall carpets.   Good music is good music no mater when it was made. I heard all those 70s bands in the 70s, I heard all the 80s bands in the 80s, now I want to hear 10s bands, and I'm enjoying those just as much - if you love music then you'll never stop discovering new music - those 70s bands are new to you to discover now - if we erased the dates you'd be none the wiser.   As to the OP - nope, I don't think it is.

Quoted For Truth - there are plenty of great bands still making great music if you are willing to just spend a little time investigating and searching.  I find new stuff almost every week.

In fact, one of the problems we have today, I think, is with the advent of inexpensive, high-quality home-recording studios there are TOO many bands to sift through sometimes.  What I try to do is stay focused on the ones that have risen to the level of being signed to a label.

I don't see waves.  Looking at our database, there are great prog albums from every year.  Dates are just a helpful index- nothing more.

ExittheLemming wrote: ^ Sorta agree up to a point Rob, but you have to admit that there have been certain time periods when the marketplace was more receptive to Prog artists than others?

I'm not sure that's relevant.  Is prog dependent upon the marketplace?  I'd say not anymore, given the large number of free downloads and streaming websites.  The only thing missing from the 70s and 80s was the Internet in every home.

Older or more obscure bands now have a renewed shot at exposure.

ExittheLemming wrote: OK but exposure and free downloads don't pay the rent?

Neither does raising children- but we still do it.

I think more and more bands are finally getting to make the music they want to make without commercial constraints and direction- and that is very encouraging.

ExittheLemming wrote: Yes it is encouraging and should theoretically engender more of the type of music we all profess to love on PA but I'm troubled by perhaps the only thing I ever learned from Economics: scarcity alone confers a value on anything Did the old system (pre internet) of record deals, advances and endless touring at least result in the best rising to the top? I'm haunted by the notion that democracy in the arts leads to erm..a surfeit of mediocrity.