Hey, guys. I'm Joel
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Topic: Hey, guys. I'm Joel
Posted By: jpgarcia7787
Subject: Hey, guys. I'm Joel
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 12:43
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Hello, everyone. My name is Joel. I live just outside of Bethlehem, PA, USA. I'm become quite a fan of progressive music over the few years I've been listening to it. I've been coming to this site to check out band info and reviews for a while and finally decided to join the forums. I figured this is a good way to discuss and share music with people who share my similar tastes. In my music, I like a lot of various genres, but I favor the kind that is more intellectual, dynamic, dramatic, well-orchestrated/composed/arranged and intricate; so I can't say I get that stuff out of a casual listen to the radio. I grew up listening to a lot of film scores and classical pieces due to my mother being a pianist, and then moved on to jazz and stuff like that. All those sounds really grew on me at a very young age, and the aspects still reflect my taste today. I think the first real rock band I listened to that contained any progressive aspects was Metallica. I really like the passages Metallica pulled off in their more lengthy songs. Their work made me want to pick up guitar playing and since then I've been studying my music theory and styles of guitar, which led to my discovery of artists like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse, Pat Metheny, etc. and listened to a lot of Jazz Fusion. In college, I then I stumbled across Dream Theater, which bridged the gap to a more unified form of progressive music. Their writing style fascinated me with the dazzling technicality. From there, I then began researching DT's influences and found Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, etc. and I really fell into that stuff. Those bands didn't just have fantastic writing, but immense subtleties that really crafted their sound (e.g. the use and harmonies of multiple guitars of early Genesis) and some of the greatest melodies and harmonies I've ever heard, which I then realized that I enjoy more. Eventually, I started enjoying select rock genres such as indie, alternative, post-rock, math rock, etc that I felt had some great orchestration and thought put into it. Nowadays, lot of my rock artists I listen to (and often keep up with) are: The Dear Hunter, Oceansize, Muse, Dredg, Frank Zappa, The Decemberists, Between the Buried and Me, Battles, The Mars Volta, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, The Protomen (a Megaman rock-opera), Medeski Martin & Wood, John Zorn, The Gipsy Kings, Patrick Watson, Explosions in the Sky, Gifts from Enola, Mono, Animals as Leaders, Tool, Beardfish, Rush, and I guess I'll throw Yann Tiersen in there (a fantastic pianist). Music is the world to me and has really kept me going, so I figured this is the right place for me to learn more about bands and hopefully trade insight and knowledge with others. Thanks, guys Joel ------------- The only reason we're so narrow-minded is because we fear what will change over the generations and lose the sanctity in what we hold so dear. This includes you, Prog Elitists. Ease up. |
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 12:53
Welcome! 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 15:01
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Welcome to PA Joel!
You have a nice,eclectic taste in musicJust like yours truly.  -------------  |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 16:15
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Welcome aboard my friend
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 16:17
| Welcome and enjoy the site! |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 17:20
| Good to have you on the site joel! |
Posted By: camilleanne
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 17:56
Welcome to PA. Great to have you here!!
------------- The planet is fine the people are f**ked. -George Carlin- |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: July 30 2009 at 17:56
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Welcome to PA, Joel! Um...later another Joel will come here, I believe.  Anyway, your Location: PA - are you always here eh?  Enjoy here!  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: July 31 2009 at 08:26
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I suppose we need your last name, so we can call you Joel X, to not confuse you with our other Joel... ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: July 31 2009 at 08:33
Here I am! Always great to have another Joel on board! Welcome to PA, please enjoy it and I hope you find some more stuff you like! -Joel ------------- 
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DamoXt7942 wrote:Posted By: Johnny_Tsunami
Date Posted: July 31 2009 at 08:42
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Welcome to the site Joel! I've been here for about 3 months and I really enjoy it, I'm sure you will too.
Great list of bands by the way love to see another Oceansize fan! ------------- I likes musics |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: July 31 2009 at 08:49
But I want the awesome moniker of Joel X -------------
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Posted By: jpgarcia7787
Date Posted: July 31 2009 at 16:24
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Haha. Last name is Garcia
------------- The only reason we're so narrow-minded is because we fear what will change over the generations and lose the sanctity in what we hold so dear. This includes you, Prog Elitists. Ease up. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: July 31 2009 at 17:44
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DAMMIT! We can't call you Joel G then - BECAUSE MY LAST NAME IS GARGAN -------------
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Posted By: camilleanne
Date Posted: August 01 2009 at 07:06
..------------- The planet is fine the people are f**ked. -George Carlin- |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: August 01 2009 at 07:23
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Then Joel Gar? JK. MarillionJoel can have my awesome moniker of Joel X :) ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: August 01 2009 at 19:30
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Welcome to PA. Please enjoy it. |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: August 01 2009 at 21:45
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Welcome aboard Joel. You live outside of Bethlehem? Did you attend NEARfest this year? -------------  |