The Role of Computers in Prog

Surrealist wrote: As far as the modern music.. I was referring to LIVE music.  400K kids out at some Techno fest over in Europe this summer.  That is the Woodstock of this head down generation.  The children of the Atari generation and Playstation generation. I just hope some future generation looks at the crap their parents were listening to and say.." you're kidding right? Ask any 15 year old kid what they like and they will start talking about "beat's and groove's" It's computer generated garbage.  I never thought I would want to be a communist but if there was a country that would ban all that crap I would move there.  Only original music allowed.  No sampling or loops allowed.  All bands must play at least 20% of their music in odd meters.  No guns, no drum machines.  10 years in prison for either.

As far as the modern music.. I was referring to LIVE music.  400K kids out at some Techno fest over in Europe this summer.  That is the Woodstock of this head down generation.  The children of the Atari generation and Playstation generation.

I just hope some future generation looks at the crap their parents were listening to and say.." you're kidding right?

Ask any 15 year old kid what they like and they will start talking about "beat's and groove's"
It's computer generated garbage.  I never thought I would want to be a communist but if there was a country that would ban all that crap I would move there.  Only original music allowed.  No sampling or loops allowed.  All bands must play at least 20% of their music in odd meters.  No guns, no drum machines.  10 years in prison for either. 

SteveG wrote: The industry standard used to be 25 minutes but, with modern tech, who knows?

SteveG wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Funny...we are all "audiophiles". Regardless of what/how you listen to your music you desire it to sound the best it can, which is what an audiophile wants...the best sound possible. And yes I know there are extreme cases on both ends...but someone listening to a mp3 at 128kbps on their $100 phone thru $30 earplugs wants it to sound good. Just like the guy who spent $30,000 on an analog rig or $50,000 on a digital rig, they want it to sound good. Both are audiophiles. I had a friend that would only listen to music on a car radio. He  also ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with pasta with sauce. There's just no accounting for taste

Hey! I like PB&J with strawberry jam only...

Cheers my friend!

SteveG wrote: HolyMoly wrote: Dean wrote:   it's like genre-windchill - it's 5% but it feels like 80%. That term could come in handy for our team evaluations. "It's not really Avant-Prog, the genre-windchill only makes it feel that way." Well done, Steve.

Come to think of it, maybe that explains your confusion over Beach Boys being Proto-Prog too.. 

Kati wrote: \ true plus maximum music per side on an LP is 15 minutes per side, thus limited.

15 min is not a maximum per side for an LP..There is a limit, but 15 is not a maximum.

Side 1 of JT~Passion Play is 23:07
Side 3 of Spocks Beard~The Light 23:07
Side 1 of Mike Oldfield~Tubular Bells 25:00

And all sound fantastic....

HolyMoly wrote: Dean wrote:   it's like genre-windchill - it's 5% but it feels like 80%. That term could come in handy for our team evaluations. "It's not really Avant-Prog, the genre-windchill only makes it feel that way."

Well done, Steve.

Dean wrote:   it's like genre-windchill - it's 5% but it feels like 80%.

Catcher10 wrote: When you watch the music award shows.....70-80% of the show is geared towards Rap/HipHop/Country/Pop...The Rock is not what you and I classify as Rock.

I definitely agree with that. Even older Country artists like Steve Earle can't relate to modern Country, let alone modern Pop.