Arve (Germany) for Crossover Prog

ARVE is the current project of talented musician Henny Arve.. (Composer, Arrangeur, Producer, Brain). He makes music since the early 70s. After a time of experience with bands like AMBROSIA, MADISON DYKE and ARAGON, he set foot on the fabled land of Prog in 1976. With his band RELAYER, on drums, Helmut Draht ,the first drummer from the band ELOY and Mr.Anthony, Norbert Requardt ,guitarist from VOICE OF PAIN, the bassist Roger Girschman, he started his career with works like "Die Zeitmaschine" or "Berge des Wahnsinns" with the UTV -FILMPRODUCTION -STUDIO. 1977 Henny Arve wrote the music to the movie ,titled "Konflkt am Zaun". 1978 this action movie get the SILVER AWARD in New York. After a successful time, also with the intended ELOY guitarist Hannes Arkona, the band splited in 1979. The 80th were very experimental. In the year 1995 he composed the great musical "autumn waltz" .With the voice of Susan Heights and Helmut Lilbob ,he was participator of the "MUSICAL OF THE YEAR 1996" in Danmark.Since 1998 he is working together with the lead-vocalist and lyric poet Helmut Lilbob and furthered friends at the project "ARVE". The first CD is from 2000, named "On The First Sight". The new album added some other singers, as specially Stefan Ernst. The voice from the band TRIBE 13. Sounds like: The Flower Kings, Dream Theater, Ayreon, Genesis, Frank Zappa. - http://www.reverbnation.com/arveworld

 

Agree wholeheartedly...but it's a poisoned chalice!  Several collabs have 'dabbled' with the role over the last three years or so, but of the three who took it on as their main task on the site, only Andy (Webb) lives on to tell the tale!

 

Alex (harmonium.ro) disappeared altogether, and Chris (seventhsoujourn) only pops in once in a blue moon these days, and hasn't actually posted since the summer of last year. It's a tough job...I'd have a bash myself if I had more knowledge of the 'less melodic' forms of prog, but that will never happen because I don't really dig these more esoteric sub genres at all, so will never fully get to grips with them, unfortunately.

 

I have been made redundant, and am finishing work this week, so while I am still in the office (have to be here, but not doing any actual work)  I am trying to get up to date with what has been happening on the site. To that end, I have been back to the end of 2013 within the New Suggestions, and have checked out every thread that has been mentioned as being for Crossover - I am mortified to find that we have missed 26 acts! I know that it is my fault for not checking this thread, but with all of the demands on my time I just haven't been in - something I will rectify going forward. It was yam yam going hard at it in this thread the other day that inspired me to get into myself.

 

Even if someone just took each suggestion and sent a link into the relevant sub thread (based on the suggestion in the heading), then that would help. I'm currently making a full list of everyone we seem to have missed, then over the next few days I will be checking on current state and adding to PF and to our charts. Currently only 7 bands cleared, and 4 in new, so we're quite up to date, but I'm just about to traumatise the team..... 

 

I think that would be incredibly helpful to all the teams, thanks for the offer David