Garden, symphonic prog metal
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Topic: Garden, symphonic prog metal
Posted By: Garden
Subject: Garden, symphonic prog metal
Date Posted: November 28 2011 at 14:48
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My band Garden have just stuck a demo up on our facebook, have a listen! Apologies for the less-than-perfect recording quality. We're recording an EP at the beginning of next year which we'll be spending a lot more time on, and which features much more current material, the demo Incubus being 3 years old itself. Cheers! www.facebook.com/gardenprog |
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: November 28 2011 at 17:58
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Oh, because I noticed it recommended in the guidelines for this thread (and in case it interests anybody)... Garden are from Edinburgh, Scotland Our group includes the standard voice, guitar, fretless bass, keys, drums set up along with a violinist, cellist, saxophonist and flautist.
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: November 28 2011 at 18:49
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aaaand here's the bandcamp! http://bandcamp.com/facebook_app#installation
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: November 29 2011 at 03:22
Welcome aboard.  Incubus I've listened to ... fantastic melodic-core progressive metal (especially darkly fuzzy bass and crying guitar), superb stuff indeed.  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: November 29 2011 at 07:28
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: December 04 2011 at 13:51
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Don't forget to add us on facebook if you enjoyed the demo, and feel free to follow on Soundcloud. http://www.facebook.com/gardenprog http://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 15:23
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Shameless bump, with the addition that I am recording vocals, bass guitar, double bass and euphonium for our EP over the coming weeks. This might interest anybody who come across this post. It might not. Oh and if you listen and enjoy... please 'like' or 'follow' so you can keep up with the EP's progress!
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 08:22
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Symphonic prog always welcome here - Thanks! ------------- 
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 03:43
| Shameless bump... not to mention, Garden(minus a drummer) will be piling into my bedroom to rehearse this weekend for the upcoming EP "Seedling". All seven of us! Expect some meaningless progress reports in photographic form! |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 29 2012 at 10:42
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Happy Birthday! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ch1bWNcATJA |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 02 2012 at 22:45
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Hi, heard the demo, don't dare to choose a location by one song, but seems to me that it's closer to Symphonic Metal.or Heavy Prog. Maybe with more songs could be easier to find a suitable home. Good luck Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: February 07 2012 at 16:01
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It is symphonic metal. Symphonic prog metal. If you're referring to the specific categories on the site, then fair enough, I wouldn't know how the bands are organised here but if you're speaking more generally I do think you're splitting hairs. |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: February 07 2012 at 16:02
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Or rather, progressive symphonic metal if you like. Of course it is also very power-metal based. And indeed, there's more variety to come, hopefully 3 more songs will be recorded before summer! |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: February 17 2012 at 16:05
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Today we recorded the piano parts for two songs, "Freya" and "North", guitars and violin follow later this weekend. When we reach 100 "likes" on our facebook page we will release an instrumental demo of one of these songs! Geez a hand pals!
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: February 28 2012 at 14:37
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For those of you who are used to listening to MIDI, there's a short new demo on our facebook page and bandcamp of some new material. More sophisticated and complex than Incubus, perhaps... ! www.facebook.com/gardenprog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ P.S "like" the facebook page to be kept up to date with the EP progress, recording has just gotten under way! |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 14:37
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I've just done a preliminary mix of "Freya's Song" from our upcoming debut EP, please have a listen to the sample, and if you like it, please spread the word and "like" the facebook page or follow us on soundcloud! Cheers Samuel http://www.facebook.com/gardenprog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ http://soundcloud.com/garden-prog/freyas-song-sample
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: September 23 2012 at 15:34
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Well, the last upload was crap, so it's just as well nobody noticed... But there is now a full, first mix of Freya's Song. The EP is taking longer than expected but this song is complete, have a listen at Facebook, Bandcamp or Soundcloud, and do "like", follow or share if you fancy! Cheers Samuel https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog http://garden.bandcamp.com/track/freyas-song http://soundcloud.com/garden-prog/freyas-song |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 23 2012 at 16:03
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Thanks Samuel. I'll give this a good listen when on the train travelling Tuesday p.m. In the meantime, it is not usual for a band to be considered for addition until at least a full release has been made, i.e. your EP. So do please keep us in touch with developments. In the meantime, I'll past again when I've had a good listen.  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: September 23 2012 at 16:35
| Cheers lazland, and don't worry I'm not really fussed about inclusion in the database just yet, happy listening and hopefully I'll have more to report before long. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 25 2012 at 11:53
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PM sent. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: October 15 2012 at 14:21
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We've just uploaded another first-mix of a song from the upcoming EP. It's called North and is what you *might* be tempted to call a ballad. Nevermind what one calls it, it features some of the softer material that will make up our first release, as well as some of the more vicious segments. Have a listen, and "like" the facebook page if you use the site. https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog http://garden.bandcamp.com/track/north |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 11:55
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This week Garden got a new violinist for the next EP which we'll be rehearsing towards come January, and the *first* EP's long overdue mixing, mastering and release begins this week, so bumpity bump. Wander over to the facebook, soundcloud or bandcamp and have a listen to our demos, there is much more to come in the near future. Cheers pals. https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: December 20 2012 at 16:03
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Alrighty, the EP is finished! Have a listen at facebook or bandcamp and "like" the page to be updated on the second EP which begins being rehearsed from January! https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 12 2013 at 12:58
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Thought I'd bump this thread, not least of all to check whether having an EP is enough to be stuck on the database???
------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: January 12 2013 at 16:15
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Forgive us but we have a bunch of candidates in the evaluation list, especially in Prog Metal Team (they're one of the most active Teams of all). I love your stuffs, but afraid whether only one EP can ring their bell ... I'll pass you to Team, anyhow. EDIT: You can follow the process here; http://progfreak.com/Garden-155175.html?path=pa/pm" rel="nofollow - http://progfreak.com/Garden-155175.html?path=pa/pm ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 13 2013 at 07:04
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Cheers very much, I'm not really in any rush actually, I was just curious. Happy to wait! ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 26 2013 at 15:28
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Hey DamoXT, been checking the progress at progfreak, what does the arrow for "move" indicate?
------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 26 2013 at 15:42
It means that the team considering the work for inclusion believe it is prog, but not falling under their own sub-genre for inclusion, so they will ask another team to evaluate. It's called ping pong in some societies. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Garden wrote:Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 05:43
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That's what I was thinking, cheers! ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 07:43
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Almost there, I don't see any problem in being added to the site - if you could throw in here a short biography that would be much appreciated |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 12:17
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Sure thing, let's see... "Garden began in 2006 as a personal creative venture for composer & multi-instrumentalist Samuel Bradley, originally the goal being to play power metal with a slight progressive twist, along with the addition of violin in stead of synthesised orchestral sounds. The difficulties of forming a band lasted some years, which would turn out for the best, as when Garden finally came to record their first demo in late 2011, followed by the debut EP a year later, the music was far more sophisticated than the original vision would indicate, having picked up influences from a variety of styles and disciplines through the years, as well as expanding the ensemble to include even more acoustic instruments alongside the standard rock lineup." Well, not sure if that's any good. As you can tell there's not much to say. I've basically been writing songs in my bedroom until I was able to record them recently but if something's better than nothing then there you go! ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 27 2013 at 12:28
| ^ good enough for now Samuel, thanks, once cleared I will be putting things together e.g. band members etc. and post it here for any comment - when would you say Garden became a full band? 2011? |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 03:58
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Cheers aapatsos Yes, 2011's the most accurate, though even now we don't have a drummer and don't perform live! ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 05:11
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added to the archives, just let me know if you need any updates (e.g. photo etc) so we can close this thread and you can then discuss on the prog lounge http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7853 |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 05:23
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Haha yeah please don't use that photo! Great stuff though, the bio reads really well now, how shall I get a new image to you? Cheers! ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 09:04
| PM sent, this thread can now be closed, Garden added to Prog metal |
Posted By: THE CAPTAIN
Date Posted: February 06 2013 at 16:40
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I'm fascinated by your stuff. Not sure it's precisely my 'bag', but that's no bad thing. (Some great performances, though!) I'm guessing I'll grow to love it . . . |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: February 10 2013 at 11:38
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Thanks very much! As it so happens, the newer stuff is considerably less metal-oriented and the next release will feature acoustic guitar and flute a-plenty... ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: THE CAPTAIN
Date Posted: February 11 2013 at 14:05
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"considerably less metal-oriente" Them's the bits I like!  |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: June 12 2013 at 12:29
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We're in the middle of recording our second EP and have just uploaded a video of the progress so far. Have a wee look if you fancy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTN8PuHLeuI&feature=youtu.be Cheers ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: June 21 2013 at 17:54
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Second update is online, featuring saxophone, clarinet and incoherent mumbling! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8foF5xfUwc&feature=youtu.be ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: June 29 2013 at 16:04
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The third installment of our recording updates for EP #2 is now online, featuring cello and bass guitar recordings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzfpapSSa6s&feature=youtu.be ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: July 08 2013 at 07:26
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The last recording update is online, with a real mixture of violin, bass, piano, saxophone and some backing vocals! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02pRFIJx1c&feature=youtu.be ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: August 19 2013 at 14:27
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We just uploaded a sampler for our upcoming EP containing excerpts from
each of the tracks, have a listen and do share it if you like what you
hear. It's the closest thing we'll have to a single to promote the EP
prior to its release so any assistance is greatly appreciated! Cheers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjXjcnv7yZg audio only http://soundcloud.com/garden-prog/somewhere-else-ep-sampler ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: September 17 2013 at 16:27
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"Somewhere Else" will be released this Saturday 21st September, we've released one of the songs as a single in the run-up, so have a listen and check out facebook and bandcamp for the full release this weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WpKJQBrGcc&feature=youtu.be ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: September 20 2013 at 18:08
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The EP is out! Go and listen to it at the following link... http://garden.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-else If you like it, you would do us a huge favour by sharing it with anybody who might be interested. Cheers very much and enjoy the EP ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: April 19 2014 at 06:20
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It's record store day! Aesthetic properties (plausibly) supervene on physical properties. This entails that if two worlds are exactly alike in all physical properties, then necessarily they are exactly alike in all aesthetic properties. However, the converse is *not* entailed, that artefacts aesthetically alike are therefore alike physically. So, download the existential prog epic Somewhere Else for absolutely nothing. Its costlessness may preclude satisfaction of a desire you may have to feel like you have *earned* something by paying for it, a feeling which may ground the (dubious in the digital age) attachment to physical artefacts, qua physical artefacts, as a conduit for aesthetic experience. http://garden.bandcamp.com/ ------------- Progressive music from the old town of Edinburgh https://www.facebook.com/gardenprog https://soundcloud.com/garden-prog http://garden.bandcamp.com/ |