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febus 
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 Posted: November 09 2008 at 22:51 |
I grew up with my seventies bands , own something like 1000cds maybe more now , 1000 Lps .
I have never been really interested looking for new prog acts, bought a few CDS from them but nothing to mesmerize me and try to get to know more ....
..............and i am not interested in pseudo prog-metal and all this stuff!!
On the other hand it doesn't mean i stayed stale as i have found interest in total different kinds of music and have explored quite a few new genres: classic Jazz, new wave,modern ''classical'' music, Brazilian music, traditional Argentinian music, French songwriters, traditional American,etc, etc...............and when i shop for cds ( a lot) it doesn't mean i buy a lot of prog necessarily these days....usually, it's for completion of my collection.
The funny thing is that i had two sons who grew up with Metallica and prog metal, tried to make me love these acts..............and you know what, now they are 25 and 28 and don't listen to this metal stuff anymore and just love the ''oldies'' from the 70s!!  |
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CCVP
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 15 2007
Location: Vitória, Brasil
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Points: 7971
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 22:30 |
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But Guigo, do your sons have any influence in you still being eager for new things?
Edited by CCVP - November 09 2008 at 22:30
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Atkingani
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Joined: October 21 2005
Location: Terra Brasilis
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Points: 12291
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 17:26 |
Talking only about prog I'm still more in the mood of my fav bands that I discovered while I was a kid back in the 70s but sometimes I feel bored with ELP, JT and some kraut bands. So I'm also always ŕ la recherche du temps perdu...
a) I've rediscovered some fine old acts like BJH and Procol Harum;
b) I've discovered some bands that appeared in the 80s and early 90s when I wasn't too much into the prog mood like Abel Ganz, Landberk, Isildurs Bane, CAP, Spock's Beard, etc;
c) I've been in close contact with new bands like Edera, Notabene, Little Tragedies, Phideaux;
d) I've been open to other genres, mainly prog-metal, starting with Shadow Gallery, DT and Symphony X and exploring this sea a bit more deeply only to find some new interesting stuff... well, still exploring and enjoying fairly. |
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Peter
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Joined: January 31 2004
Location: Canada
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 16:59 |
At my age (48) I seem to be mostly staying with the artists I already know. I still buy plenty of CDs, and some of those will be by artists who are new to me, but I'm nowhere near as hungry for new artists as I was in my teens & twenties, when I guess I was still "experimenting" with music.
As far as prog artists specifically go, during my first year or so here I found more than enough ones (mostly older acts, but some recent) which were new to me, to keep me busy forever. I'm not really looking any more.
Again, I think that's largely a factor of my age -- by now, I know what I like, and I like what I know.
 I don't own any music I haven't heard -- I think your situation becomes much less likely, if one is actually buying CDs, and is therefore limited in how much new music one can afford at once.  (I don't buy MP3s, and I certainly won't steal from artists & illegally download.)
Edited by Peter - November 09 2008 at 17:37
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Nerievsky
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Joined: September 29 2008
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 16:42 |
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Nil Recurring
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Joined: October 18 2007
Location: Netherlands
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Points: 22
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 15:54 |
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I had the same problem some 2 years ago.. I had hours and hours of music that I never heard and I thought: where should I start?? Well I came up with a simple solution. I gave up downloading, deleted all the music I had and started to buy cd's on a large scale. That's when a website like this one comes in handy. I hear a song of an unknown band and I like it, I read reviews and check out wich albums are rated best. Then I buy an album, when I think it's good band I buy more and so on.. This is how I discovered bands who are amongst my favourites now, like Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Planet X, Riverside and more. Have all (or most) of their albums
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Music is no entertainment.. music is art! thread it that way
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darkshade
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Joined: November 19 2005
Location: New Jersey
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 13:24 |
 kibble_alex wrote:
I'm always looking for more. If i didn't do that initially, i wouldn't have come across my favourite bands or even prog in the first place.
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peskypesky
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Joined: September 25 2005
Location: Texas
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 12:56 |
The internet is responsible for turning me on to HUNDREDS of bands I had never heard before, and probably never would have. RIght now, for example, I'm blasting Neuschwanstein's fantastic "Battlement" album through my Grado headphones and loving it.
For those who don't know, Neuschwanstein was a Genesis-clone band who made one of the best Genesis albums ever, IMO.
This is just one example, but I could name scads of others....all sorts of obscure and forgotten bands from Europe, Mexico, Asia, you name it....
So yeah, though I still listen to my old faves (Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Rush) a LOT, I'm constantly searching for new sounds for my ears.
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Prog fan since 1974.
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b_olariu
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 02 2007
Location: Romania
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Points: 5653
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 04:03 |
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Defenetly want to check more, that is all about in prog music to descover new or old bands. To see how this genre grow over the years , the history of this unmatched style. I'm not listening only my fav bands, with more a listen more i descover great bands.
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Tapfret
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: August 12 2007
Location: Bryant, Wa
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 03:12 |
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I am a U.S. citizen, so whether its electronics, cars, women, houses or progressive music, I forever want more, more, MORE!
No seriously, I am here on PA because I want to know more about different bands and feast on tasty new tunes. i still listen to the stuff i know, but the thirst ever lingers.
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omri
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Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Israel
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Points: 1250
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Posted: November 09 2008 at 02:56 |
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I'm still searching for new (as someone here described it - new is something I don't know yet) music and mix hearing of old and new. This is the main reason for me to be here in PA since I have found lots of great stuff here.
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kerosineboy
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Joined: September 08 2008
Location: London
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 23:42 |
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More recently i have been checking out newer bands ie Riverside Carptree Satellite and many others and have been very impressed. However as some others have said music is about moods. I have whole weeks where only Van der Graaf will do.
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The answer is never where the question is
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CCVP
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 15 2007
Location: Vitória, Brasil
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Points: 7971
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 18:31 |
micky wrote:
I love YES for example.. but to be honest.. .TFTO and Fragile are probably the only albums I have pulled off the shelves in the last 6 months (unless you count Yesremixes  ) I've heard all those albums so many times I can 'hear' them... without playing them. So I guess I pretty much work on newer discoveries until they reach the same place.. when you don't have to listen to the albums.. you hear them when you are in the shower.. sleeping... sitting on the can... getting yelled at at work. Anyhow.. that is how I deal with loving lots of music.. if you love an album that much.. why put it in your player.. it is in your head already.
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I have that problem with Dream Theater, Yes and Genesis, in some degree. Though i don't have so much music that i can't listen it all in 6 months, depending on my mood (i mean, in 6 months i would have experienced almost every mood there is to experience in the everyday life, right?), i don't listen them too regularly.
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micky
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 17:53 |
crimson87 wrote:
I am asking this questiBon because I have more than 200 GB of music in my hard drive and instead of listening the unknown stuff ( like antologies of Magma and 14 GB of pure kosmische muzik) I keep on listening to my regular bands like ELP.
The thing is that I wonder how many great stuff I am missing? Listening to " Brain Salad Surgery" for the 23354678 th time won't make any difference to me. Besides it takes several listens to see how the new music grows on you.
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for me... it can be a real problem.. as I've joked and with some seriousness.. I am no prog snob. My Streisand, Duran Duran, Brubeck, and Allman Brothers albums compete for CD player time with a rather expansive and varied prog CD collection. for me... it's all about moods. I listen to music based upon my moods. Since I am such a moody and off-kilter person.. . I am constantly changing CD's from the widest array of styles you could imagine. I love YES for example.. but to be honest.. .TFTO and Fragile are probably the only albums I have pulled off the shelves in the last 6 months (unless you count Yesremixes ) I've heard all those albums so many times I can 'hear' them... without playing them. So I guess I pretty much work on newer discoveries until they reach the same place.. when you don't have to listen to the albums.. you hear them when you are in the shower.. sleeping... sitting on the can... getting yelled at at work. Anyhow.. that is how I deal with loving lots of music.. if you love an album that much.. why put it in your player.. it is in your head already.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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JROCHA
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Joined: October 18 2007
Location: Oakland, KS
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 17:15 |
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Always looking for new and old stuff to find, but Rush,Tool and Genesis are always going to be there for me.
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TRIFIVE5000
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Joined: September 27 2008
Location: Italy - Rome
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 16:01 |
I stay with my fav band that it's God is An Astronaut! That band take out to the stores the new CD that is "God is an Astronaut from God is An Astronaut. Is very good CD!  
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Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage!
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dzx
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Joined: May 23 2008
Location: france
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:58 |
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music is a voyage of endless discovery, so I'm always looking for more and still discovering bands from the 70s as well as new stuff and everything in between. This is not not just in the 'prog' context btw. I have ears out for any interesting branches which please me! I refuse to classify music by umbrella terms but listen to it as music point bar
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was that just an Am augmented minor 9th i heard? nice!
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ignatiusrielly
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Joined: September 12 2008
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:23 |
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Staying with your fav bands or looking for more?As Mr. Fripp would say, are these my only two options??
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Four pails of water and a bagfull of salts
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khammer99
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Joined: November 21 2007
Location: United States
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:11 |
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I am constantly looking for new music. What I consider "new" is music I have not heard before. So, it could be some rare 70's prog band that I've never heard before, or last week's "bell of the ball". I listen to the old stuff, still love it, still brings back whatever memories it invokes. But since I just throw all my music into one large pool as it where, it gets mixed with other stuff keeping it fresh.
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Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has
been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.
- Terry Pratchett
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Doomcifer
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Joined: October 22 2008
Location: USA
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 12:44 |
johnobvious wrote:
It always pains me to think that I have never heard a note from my favorite band. I just need to find them and replace my current favorite with them. Have to keep searching.
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That's a pretty good way of putting it. Total double-edged sword syndrome.
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Greater is the man who conquers himself, than he who conquers a hundred times a hundred on the battlefield.
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