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Witchfinder General posted:As far as prog-metal, I don't think I saw anyone mention Watchtower. Originally I brushed them off as overly-wanky poo poo, but they are fantastic. I used to see Watchtower live in Texas back in the 80's. Ron Jarzombek was an amazing player....but I could never get over their lack of melody in the vocal lines. It was all to angular and "screamy". I like my prog metal with a bit of melody like Dream Theater, Shadow Gallery or Ayreon. Melody and harmony is god. Speaking of which, how many consider Queen to be prog? If you don't know side "Black" from Queen 2, let me introduce you: March of the Black Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckRX0k9owAY Ogre Battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SMOsXCc0c That was some amazing poo poo for 1974
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Here's love for Kansas - Fine American Prog I'd put Magnum Opus up with there the best of any other prog bands offerings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW21tcSdvhU plus, these guys actually did the "rock" part of progressive rock back in the 70's If all you know is "Dust in the wind" or "Carry on my wayward son" then you're missing out big time 
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I have a lot of admiration for anyone who has faith enough in some message, though it will alienate a portion of his audience and says it anyway. That takes balls. Prog artists barely make money selling that kind of music as it is (small audiences, downloading recordings illegally, etc), so you could say he's "putting his money where his mouth is"..or heart is, as it were...good on him, regardless of the message. Anyway...Give Sola Scriptura a try. Musically, it's pretty fantastic regardless of any religious prejudices the listener may have. I think it's a bit heavier than the things I've heard from him in the past, by a large margin.
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Misogynist posted:But the cardinal sin, as far as I'm concerned, is that none of the vocal lines are memorable; they seem to be added as afterthoughts because you need vocals, and where they're present, they're never the centerpiece of anything that's happening. This is what killed a lot of bands that could have been really great -- Deadsoul Tribe, Rishloo, and Farmakon are great examples. Start with a memorable melody and work from there, or all the great chord progressions in the world won't help you win a repeat listener. Man, that's the best advice I've seen posted on these forums in a long time regarding song writing. Vocal lines/melodies are priority one. e. to make this a little more constructive... Escape Velocity had better vocal lines than Pale Fire (IMO) and this is due to the magic trick that a lot of people never seem to get the hang of. Interval jumps in the vocal melodies. Wide interval jumps almost always make a melody more memorable (4th, 5th, 6th and especialy 7th's). I'll also applaud you for not tuning down to low C or B or what ever the flavor of the year drop tuning is...grats on that. One last thing, if you have the tracks - double the vocal lines. It'll do wonders for making a weaker singer sound like a stronger singer. FrankenVader fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Apr 4, 2012 |
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Iucounu posted:Hey guys, hey man, this is really drat good. Well done
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Iucounu posted:Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. The entire EP can be streamed here: I remember liking this. I'm glad to see you're getting some attention. Don't give up!
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Iucounu posted:Holy poo poo this album is amazing. The title track is staggeringly, crushingly beautiful. Super excited about Wilson doing something where the guitar work is better than average. That's the only thing about PT's stuff that has always turned me off....boring as hell guitar solo's.
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Did anyone make is to Progpower USA this year?
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Declan MacManus posted:I'm just trying to think of the coked out executive that's like "you gotta bring the marketing power and cultural legacy of a band that hasn't had a top album in like eight years, you owe it to people" I always considered this song fairly progressive, in that they'd never done anything like it before. Plus, I defy anyone with ears not to tap their foot to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9JE9R9ld4
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Henchman of Santa posted:Are there any great American prog rock bands? It just dawned on me that I can't think of any. It's been mentioned already, but MOTHER loving KANSAS...they put the rock in prog rock, but could prog out with the best of them back in the day. Here's the Pinnacle...from Masque, my fav Kansas record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bexLEIiXZo
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In defense of Yes "Union" , The more we live Let go" was a pretty loving fantastic piece of work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajxABx3Zn8 I can't believe I just defended that record....I did see the tour though
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alnilam posted:Annie Haslam (renaissance) is probably my top favourite vocalist of all time. Her voice is just so impossibly clear. ....then enjoy her and Steve Howe playing Turn of the Century from Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XqGmz8_Pis
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http://www.miraclesoutofnowhere.com/ Forgive me if this was previously mentioned, but is anyone else totally excited for the Kansas documentary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJuKsxGZJc&t=157s Kansas has always been my favorite prog rock band (emphasis on ROCK ). If all you know from Kansas is what you've heard on the radio, maybe this is your chance to discover what they were really capable of? I'm stoked for this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ekpOZzD5RA FrankenVader fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Ok, so the Kansas Miracles out of Nowhere Blu Ray is really loving great, particularly the bonus dvd with all the Mixes that Jeff Glixman does on the fly. Criminally underrated Prog. Kerry Livgren is a genius. Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumOc5V_PcE
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Gamma Nerd posted:Drama is pretty good tbh but it's not amazing. Going For The One has a couple good songs. That's about it. GFTO has Awaken on it, which makes up for anything else.
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Gamma Nerd posted:Drama is pretty good tbh but it's not amazing. Going For The One has a couple good songs. That's about it. shut your whore mouth...GFTO has Awaken on it...and that's enough for any record to be amazing.
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Seventh Arrow posted:I'm trying to think of all the prog bands that use, or have used, flute. Shadow Gallery used flute.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RwwU8Nvs1g This new Fish song/Video ....my god this is good.
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