Hey everyone,

let me plug this nice little project that I've helped out with a bit - I imagine quite a few people here might enjoy it!
I'll post the full press release in the News section as well, but since this is a free project, I think it belongs in this subforum, too!





 
December 25, 2010 – Independent musicians, graphic artists, and a computer graphics demogroup have collaborated on a grand scale multimedia tribute to Mike Portnoy, in celebration of over a quarter of a century of highly influential musicianship.  (...) - Full press release available on the website!


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Music Videos

 
In Progress featuring Mark Zonder - Leave Now
 
Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K979aqwpDLE
 
HQ Audio:  http://www.vimeo.com/17753235

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Halcyon - RockyProg

Standard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqvaQMQqiYI
 
HQ Audio: http://www.vimeo.com/16042629

 

Full Album Download

www.spaceprog.com

 
mirror

www.freempf.co.cc


Edited by Kyo - December 26 2010 at 04:45

Snow Dog wrote: The links to download don't seem to work.

Oops, I keep forgetting ProgArchives needs an http:// in front of everything regardless of URL tags. Thanks, fixed it! :)

Oh, wow, so much honour ... okay, he deserves it ... now is Mike already informed about this??

Ok I get it. A load of bands promoting themselves by using Portnoy's name in the title. And a few quotes about how great an influence he is in the booklet. Otherwise no connection whatsoever.

Edited by Snow Dog - December 26 2010 at 05:09

Snow Dog wrote: Sorry I posted my comment above before I saw this But I can't see how it can be a tribute otherwise..

As I said, I think the idea that a tribute has to be a bunch of cover songs is pretty random. I think it's actually more of a tribute when people present something that shows the importance of the original artist's work for those paying tribute in a musical way rather than just copy something that has been done before. I actually think the best tributes are  completely original compositions written explicitely for that purpose.

If Mike's influence is always apparent in all of these contributions is another question and one that you should probably ask the guy who produced the whole thing.


Edited by Kyo - December 26 2010 at 05:17

Snow Dog wrote: But the majority of people who buy for example a Rush tribute album....want Rush songs imo.

Well, the people on Mike's own forum are loving it, so I'd say the lack of cover songs is not as big a deal as you're making it out to be.

Also, notice how people buying a tribute is completely backwards? A tribute is supposed something that is given, not something that you charge money for.

Kyo wrote: How does this thread belong in "Prog Tribute Bands and Prog Radio"?

Honor Thy Drummer: A Tribute to Mike Portnoy

Okay - how about "Music inspired by..." because it isn't a Tribute (with a capital "T") either.

Guess I just feel that the distinction between that and "Recommendations" is discrimination against the artists who are willing to participate in the forum, because we all know that hardly anyone reads these "Get the word out" forums anyway. If you want to get some discussion going about something you're involved in, it won't happen here. If you want it to make the front page, you have to post it in "Press Releases and News" (where my press release post got deleted - just brilliant!), where obviously there won't be a lot of discussion of anything, either. The whole forum structure is so obviously designed against any sensible participation by music creators and the moderation is just making things even less pleasant by enforcing these counterproductive subdivisions.

But yeah, if you want to move it, it makes a lot more sense to put it here than to have it in "Tribute bands & radio", which after all is a forum meant to be about live performances of covers and live broadcasts - none of which have anything to do at all with this compilation project.


Edited by Kyo - December 26 2010 at 12:30

Dean wrote: With two possible exceptions ("unsigned" and "prog tribute bands") every section in the main Progressive Music Lounges (including "Prog News, Press Releases") is related to bands and artists listed the Progressive Archves.   Everybody wants their latest project or latest release on the front page, but unless you are an artist listed in the archives it isn't going to happen. If you don't agree with that, then I'm sure you will find other websites and forums were you can promote yourself.

Well, my band is listed. But this is not a release by my band per se, just one that we contributed a track to (that's obviously the nature of a compilation). Now what? Does the whole thing need to meet some quota of PA-featured bands to be considered newsworthy? Can I look this stuff up somewhere?
 

I see Bad Salad in the track listing