ProgDay 2020!

That was an incredible line up this year; I like pretty much every band. I'm sorry to have missed it.

Hooffoot and Ghost Rhythm were the highlights of day 2 for me, Mad Fellaz simply went on too long and were too boring.

Kudos to Michael Bennett and all the other organizers for a wonderful weekend of music! It was a lot of fun, though obviously not like the real thing. Let's keep our fingers crossed for a great 2021 edition, when we'll finally be able to reconvene with our friends at the farm.

Great set of bands on day 1, enjoyed all of them particularly liked the zeuhl of Vak and Stop Motion Orchestra playing outdoors on the deck.

lazland wrote: micky wrote: good God you are so hot when you break out the angry face.. well... even hotter... Take a cold bath, Mick. Quick as you can, that man! Raff is, of course, quite right.

Day 1 was excellent. Looking fwd to Day 2!

Raff wrote: You need to stop this, Pedro. You have NO CLUE of how things work. Michael Bennett has been organizing this festival for the past 25 years, and it was an extremely difficult decision for him and his collaborators. not to hold a live version of ProgDay this year. We have been attending the festival for the past 10 years, and know quite well what goes on behind the scenes, as most of the organizers are also our friends. This year they were offered this opportunity, which may not be perfect, but that's all we have for now. You pay lip service to supporting prog, when all you care about is your elitism and your inane rants. Do everyone a favour, and leave this forum of poor, unenlightened idiots to its own sad fate. We don't need you barging in and dissing the effort of well-meaning people.

You need to stop this, Pedro. You have NO CLUE of how things work. Michael Bennett has been organizing this festival for the past 25 years, and it was an extremely difficult decision for him and his collaborators. not to hold a live version of ProgDay this year. We have been attending the festival for the past 10 years, and know quite well what goes on behind the scenes, as most of the organizers are also our friends. This year they were offered this opportunity, which may not be perfect, but that's all we have for now. You pay lip service to supporting prog, when all you care about is your elitism and your inane rants. Do everyone a favour, and leave this forum of poor, unenlightened idiots to its own sad fate. We don't need you barging in and dissing the effort of well-meaning people.

Hello moshkito.

To be honest, I don't really understand.

From the ProgDay Bands Page:

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Once again ProgDay has assembled a group of bands that we think are worthy of your attention. While we know that many of you are already familiar with some of these bands, we also know that few of you will know all of the bands. To encourage our audience to check out all of the performers over the weekend, we have set ticket prices at $6 for all shows (please note Mad Fellaz exception). We hope this economical price will allow everyone that is interested to experience all of the music. We also hope that those who are in a position to contribute more will show their appreciation to the artists by tipping additional money during the performances.

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So very clearly, we are advocating for attendees not to cherry pick performances, but to attend all of the broadcasts.  

From the ProgDay Tickets Page:

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In order to attend a show, you first must create a free account. Then you may buy Notes and use them to get performance tickets. For instance, if the ticket price is $10 for a performance, then you will use 100 Notes to purchase the ticket.

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The StageIt stie does not yet offer a festival style ticket option where you can buy entrance to multiple shows with one ticket. But basically, if all of the shows are $6, you are looking at 480 notes to get tickets for all of the performances.  This is your “certain amount for the whole thing.”  

After you create the StageIt account, you buy 480 notes.  You use your credit card one time.

However, you are correct that to get admission to the individual streams you have to go to each of the event windows.  The bands and I are sorry that this is inconvenient enough to prevent you from attending the shows.

Perhaps another time.

Michael


Edited by miciah - September 05 2020 at 18:36

Three More Bands for Virtual ProgDay 2020!

ProgDay is happy to announce the final three bands for Virtual ProgDay 2020:

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• GHOST RHYTHMS (France)

"The music here walks a wide loop around Soft Machine and Magma, Univers Zero and Henry Cow, Miles Davis and Miriodor, Van Der Graaf Generator and Art Zoyd. It's impeccably assembled and played, while freely indulging the more insane aspects of progressive rock, avant-garde chamber music, and electric jazz....Despite the musical sophistication and adventure on Live at Yoshiwara, this music is extremely accessible to a wide swathe of listeners. Its release signals the magnificent arrival of Ghost Rhythms on American shores. Get it now."
– Thom Jurek / AllMusic

GHOST RHYTHMS is an avant-fusion band created in 2005 by composers Camille Petit and Xavier Gélard. Having worked in a variety of rock and progressive rock-type ensembles, neither had any background in jazz, but both had an interest in forming a jazz ensemble.  To play their compositions, they recruited jazz and classical players for the group.  They felt that an interesting balance between immediacy and a more cerebral approach would be achieved combining their own background as self-taught, prog-rock-influenced composers/musicians with the academically-trained classical/jazz musicians who made up the rest of GHOST RHYTHMS.  The result is a unique take on jazz fusion where the explore what they term “ghost rhythm” - playing with pulsation, odd rhythms and illusory perception to create a very special musical experience.

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• LES ÉVADÉS (Canada)

LES ÉVADÉS is an instrumental five piece formed in 2014 in Quebec City. Their sound is created through a unique combination of jazz, rock, world music and classical music.

After an eponymous album in 2016, the band came back rejuvenated as a collective with a new album, Black Mamba, in 2019.  Merging a rock-influenced rhythm section (guitar-bass-drums) with the lyrical and almost classical feel of a strings section (violin-cello), the sound of LES ÉVADÉS stands out due to their hybridity and their precisely defined identity.  Sometimes dark, sometimes cinematic, sometimes mournful, sometimes uplifting, always engaging…

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• GNARBOT (US)

GNARBOT is a prog-fusion band from Philadelphia. Formed in 2017, the band draws from a broad sonic palette inspired by the likes of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Soundgarden, and Flying Lotus to create intricate, exploratory compositions. Their unique blend of complex rhythms, heavy riffs, ethereal vocals, and textured improvisations offers a fresh, energetic musical perspective.


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Join GHOST RHYTHMS, LES ÉVADÉS, GNARBOT, HOOFFOOT, STOP MOTION ORCHESTRA, VESPERO, VAK and MAD FELLAZ at Virtual ProgDay 2020, Saturday and Sunday, September 5 and 6, 2020. 

For more information about bands and about attending Virtual ProgDay 2020, please visit us at www.progday.net.

Thanks.

Michael