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A-JCharron
Forum Newbie Joined: December 31 2012 Location: Montreal Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 12:30 | ||
You've figured out a lot of it. I will be making another post on the state of prog; I've been promoting my album several hours a day every day since October and I've learnt a lot. Some of it surprising, some not. Anyway, you've got part of it figured out. A-J |
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Humouring Gods; Where Classic Meets Rock
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Progosopher
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 6393 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 12:52 | ||
As to how Prog is received where I live, it is a mixed bag. Sacramento is mostly a metal and pop town, but the occasional Prog(ish) band comes by. I did see Ozric Tentacles play here, along with about 15 other people, and prog-metal bands like Mastodon have played recently. I think most of them stop here on their way to or from San Francisco. There are a couple of independent record stores that provide some Prog selections, but not much. The owner of one of them is even a big Prog fan and has a separate section, but it is very small. The S.F. bay area is not too far away though, and that region is much more open to Prog even though all my musician friends who live there are not too keen on Prog.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 13:06 | ||
Riots in the streets.
Atlanta actually gets fair amount of prog artists. I got to see Gentle Giant on their final tour. I'm not sure what brought them here as they skipped us on the Playing The Fool tour. |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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kjprogger
Forum Groupie Joined: October 29 2008 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 85 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 15:57 | ||
I live in San Diego and this post is for here and in LA. Like everywhere else, prog is non-existent on the airwaves (except Holland I would guess. Gotta love the Dutch!) Thank God for Papa J who runs Cal Prog and gets us some top-notch shows in LA. I have seen Neal Morse at his last 3 LA shows and the crowds seem to be getting larger and more knowledgable about his music. Enthusiasm is at an all-time high! So I think it is definitely going in the right direction. But in general, I am usually a little disappointed in the crowd sizes at most prog concerts I attend, considering there are 22 million inhabitants in SoCal.
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 16:00 | ||
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presdoug
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 16:03 | ||
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presdoug
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 16:23 | ||
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Nogbad_The_Bad
Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 20096 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:00 | ||
I live in SW CT for 10 years and it was great for music, primarily as I was a train ride away from NYC and pretty much everyone tours through there. I currently live in Cincinnati, it sucks ass here. Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 02 2013 at 17:04 |
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Inquietação
Forum Newbie Joined: January 01 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:16 | ||
As a fellow lusophone, I have to say that I know very few portuguese prog rock acts, though those I know are outstanding. It surprises me that Portugal doesn't give it a better treatment, but I have to say that I don't really think prog has the treatment it deserves anywhere in the world. Anyway, Brazil's prog community (at least where I live) is, in a way, very narrow minded and somehow conservative. People listen to one kind of sound, and don't view those who don't have same opinion as an opportunity to learn and expand their tastes. This results in bands having, most times, a not challenging approach to music, never trying to give a new direction to their genres. Media mostly ignores it too, so things develop in quite an underground manner. |
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Enfim, que resta ao fim, senão a inquietação e a mim.
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martinprog77
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2511 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:23 | ||
more of 40 people ,anyways they put a great show}
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The Doctor
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:50 | ||
via the ears.
how do they do it where you're from? |
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Manuel
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12295 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 20:13 | ||
Not much interest here in San Diego CA. We get the occasional show, but that's it. Not many prog bands in town either, at least to my knowledge.
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JesusisLord
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 30 2006 Location: Hawaii Status: Offline Points: 320 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 03:27 | ||
Problem is i can't take the Uke seriously..... Jake is talented but when I hear the Uke it will always sound like a toy guitar to me |
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Earthmover
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 03 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1509 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 06:50 | ||
Prog is not received where I live. At all.
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ginodi
Forum Groupie Joined: September 13 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 62 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 09:00 | ||
Since finding this site from a Persephone's Dream CD a bit over a year ago, I feel like I've rediscovered music heaven. I listen to Prog and nothing else anymore (and I played in a progressive metal band back in the 80's and 90's--local, not major). Most people I discuss music with don't know how much prog is out there--they know the big names, but nothing more. I tell everyone to check this place out as much as possible. Hell, one can get lost with the amount of stuff to listen to.
I lean more towards the Italian era. My favorite hands down is Banco del Mutuo Soccorso.
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RedNightmareKing
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 03 2012 Location: Colorado Status: Offline Points: 321 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 09:28 | ||
Denver's prog scene isn't too big. However, Dream Theater has stopped here like once or twice opening for Iron Maiden, and Roger Waters played two shows at the Pepsi Center (one of which I saw, and was just mindblowing). A PF tribute band called Brit Floyd was at Red Rocks in September, and put on a very good show. Rush has stopped at Red Rocks a few times as well.
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I consider drone metal to be progressive...
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Dreaminginreallife
Forum Newbie Joined: October 09 2012 Location: America Status: Offline Points: 2 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 10:10 | ||
I'm also from St. Louis and I play in a progressive rock band in the suburbs. I am only 15 though, but I've gotten tons of my friends into progressive music. We all went to see rush in September, and we saw yes last time they came too. I also know a member of a progressive music appreciation society who lives in St. Louis. I think there is hope yet for my generation to keep prog alive(:
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Manuelmoreno
Forum Groupie Joined: December 17 2008 Location: Barranquilla Status: Offline Points: 51 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 10:47 | ||
Here in Barranquilla, Colombia, prog just doesn't exists. Roger Waters, Metallica, Iron Maiden, they came to Bogotá, but here in the caribbean coast... forget it.
I am lucky to have a small circle of friends interested in prog, but that´s all. Once in a year maybe they put Another Brick In The Wall in a local bar; this is a sterile land for prog.
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HackettFan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2012 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 7946 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 11:25 | ||
I've been living steadily in Oklahoma for the last 5-6 years. I've gone through the standard explanation of what progressive rock is, as probably each of us has. I know one person who remembers and liked Jethro Tull, but is not really a Prog fan beyond that. I don't know any Prog fans here. There no Prog bands that come here. None that I know of that come from here.
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Loren
Forum Newbie Joined: September 13 2011 Location: Indiana U.S.A. Status: Offline Points: 23 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 12:07 | ||
I'm actually surprised how much of a following there is here In Fort Wayne Indiana. The average Joe most likely knows nothing of it, but if you go into any of the handful of record stores around here, everyone is into it. On top of that There is a place called Sweetwater Sounds, which is one of the bigger distributors of instruments and recording equipment in the united states. I've been there many times, and everyone who works there is really into prog too.
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