Massimo Pieretti for Crossover

massimo_pieretti wrote: Good evening Logan, if you want you can listen my entire album A new beginning here on Bandcamp: A new beginning | Massimo Pieretti (bandcamp.com) It is an autobiographical concept album that feature nearly 30 artist from around the world including Ray Weston, Kate Nord, Germana Noage and is my first attempt to express myself through music as solo artist. Thank you for your time Massimo Pieretti

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progaardvark wrote: omphaloskepsis wrote: I wanted to suggest Massimo. Thanks for suggesting him.  The moderators won't let me suggest new bands. I wanted to suggest another Italian band- Klidas.  Mellow VDGG meets KC.  The last band the Moderators let me suggest was Caligonaut.  I just listened to Klidas the other day. I'll bring this group to the attention of the RPI team. Thanks.

Edited by lazland - August 02 2023 at 12:08

Good morning to all of you and thank you for your kind consideration. I realize that mine is not an easy album to "categorize" and place in a well-defined genre also because the thing is intentional and of which I am very proud of. I am at your complete disposal for further clarification. Good morning 

Thanks Mr. Pieretti. That bandcamp page is where I listened to the music before but I just did not have the opportunity to give it a proper listen at the time. I will at some time for my own interest. I was rushing bit to answer tszirmay despite not being on the team or being the voter (I often hope to catch people while still online) and had to rush out. What I meant was that it didn't quickly strike me as music that is obviously, no-brainer, Prog. Often for that I look to the epic length tracks, and this is different. Swans for instance often is not called Prog but they have very long tracks, and it's hardly the only measure (bands like Gentle Giant tend to have shorter tracks). Maybe if I were familiar with Tony Banks solo work (he is in Crossover) then I would have heard the relations more -- so much comes down to our associations, and that's a reason why often there is disagreement. As a concept album, I know that such things should be listened to in full and judged in full. Mostly I was interested to know where this might be considered to better fit than Crossover if not having a move vote seems odd. As mentioned, two people on Crossover voted thinking that is the best category, and a move vote commonly means you think it right for PA but better for another category (unsure is another, and sometimes people abstain). Crossover seems a much better place than Eclectic, RPI or Symph, Or Neo-Prog to my listening, not Zeuhl, RIO/Avant, Canterbury, Krautrock (those are the categories I know best) and Prog Related is a different ballgame with lots of different requirements (not just about the music, but influence, Prog personnel relations, and various criteria to consider). By the way, perhaps most of my favourite modern music is not in PA but could loosely fall into the Crossover Prog family.
And it is unfortunate that things stall when people go on hiatus/ are inactive for extended periods, and I had brought that up officially. Often it doesn't matter if things take longer -- this project is going on a year old -- but of course some are aching to write reviews. And I know that if I'm planning to add a band/artist, if it takes months to approve, then I have lost the passion commonly to do the work, and to me that is work, of addition. For an artist, of course, I'm sure it can be very satisfying to see oneself included and one does not like to be on tenterhooks biting ones nails for months (okay, hyperbole perhaps, and depends on the artist). By the way, I still do think it would be beneficial to try to add some tags and maybe review at rateyourmusic in the meantime. And if somebody like Anthony Fantano discovers and likes it (just as an example as a name that I know), that's gold....

Edited by Logan - July 29 2023 at 20:31

You are welcome! 

Good evening Logan, if you want you can listen my entire album A new beginning here on Bandcamp:

Not even a move to another genre within PA ? Very odd .