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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Originally posted by CPicard  ... a creative way to insult people's works, too. An interesting point, indeed.  However, let the dude do whatever he wants. Maybe it's a moral wrong. We are kind of talking "pornography" here. And if he does miss something, it's his loss. There is nothing we really can do about it.

I ve never showed my editions for any artist, so i cant say if they felt insulted or not. As I said before, its only for personal purposes. And I think this is pure conservatism bullsh*t. I remember reading some time ago that one guy recorded all the White Stripes songs adding bass guitar. He showed it to Jack White and he loved. It was when Creative Commons (CC) beggun to be take seriously. We have to get rid of that old mentality of "I listen what the artist wants me to listen", this is rubbish. Its almost like if you were thinking in a Renaissance way, contemporary art and modern hermeneutics goes far beyond the usual composer view, you can listen as you want and discover new interpretations for it.

And I think  prog fans, more than other kinds of fans, have the habit of consider "all that is prog is genious". Thats not true and you know when you listen to some parts of the song and think "that sucks, but i like the rest of it". So, like any kind of music, there is bad stuff. Why cant you addmit there is bad stuff even by your favorite artists? But I would never edit a Beatles song or a Jazz song or a Blues song, because it all has an own dynnamics. As i sad before, Prog tracks, sometimes, has many excesses is its conception and the multiple angles of it make possible multiple variations. And I have spoken.

I have spoken?    

Sorry man, but that is hilarious.
One thing is to edit a track because there is an ambient section of about 4 minutes. Another thing is to edit because one thinks he/she can do better than the artist. I still don't believe it is a good idea. Too easy and comfortable, but then again I am partial to mistakes. I rather like imperfections, and no it has nothing to do with any form of sacred belief that artists solely have the right and all that, although that may also be true. It has something to do with having the ability and patience to sit down and listen to an album from start to finish.

You can call it whatever you want, I don't mind you having a bit of fun with the music. No matter how I prefer it myself - all I was pointing out, and has done so since the start of the thread, is just that we as modern day people need our quick fixes. There is seldom any time for an entire album, which is a shame.

I will admit that i have edited songs before and re-arranged them, but dont think ive ever done it to any progressive rock/metal songs before.