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PA adds a lot of bands, feels like one a day kind of thing, and I was wanting to make a suggestion ... that any new addition has to have 2 albums worth of music ... so we have a much better idea of what kind of music the band has.

I realize that we are finding, and adding a lot of stuff from 30/40 and 50 years ago that we had not seen or heard, and many of them only have one album ... and honestly, after a while it just is too much and the listening value is diminished.

I appreciate a lot of the entries and many of them only had one album, but the amount of music being added these days, feels like they are just bloating the database and not adding anything worthwhile to the music itself. 

Just a thought, no issues if some of you folks don't think it's a good idea ... although I PERSONALLY think it is important that we "grab" the newbies quickly ... but when the music changes the following album to metal or something else ... I have a hard time thinking of these folks as "progressive".

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moshkito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 17524	Post Options Post Reply Quote moshkito Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: General Thought Posted: June 04 2020 at 08:26
	Hi, PA adds a lot of bands, feels like one a day kind of thing, and I was wanting to make a suggestion ... that any new addition has to have 2 albums worth of music ... so we have a much better idea of what kind of music the band has. I realize that we are finding, and adding a lot of stuff from 30/40 and 50 years ago that we had not seen or heard, and many of them only have one album ... and honestly, after a while it just is too much and the listening value is diminished. I appreciate a lot of the entries and many of them only had one album, but the amount of music being added these days, feels like they are just bloating the database and not adding anything worthwhile to the music itself. Just a thought, no issues if some of you folks don't think it's a good idea ... although I PERSONALLY think it is important that we "grab" the newbies quickly ... but when the music changes the following album to metal or something else ... I have a hard time thinking of these folks as "progressive".
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Nogbad_The_Bad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 20850	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nogbad_The_Bad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 04 2020 at 09:27
	Well we're meant to be the ultimate prog resource so it would seem a bit against that principal if we don't add bands because they haven't released 2 albums. I'm personally more interested in limiting the number of bedroom / bandcamp artists who throw up on the web their latest noodling than an arbitrary rule that would block a bunch of great releases. Just last year you would have eliminated entries by Lost Crowns, Plastic Dogs & Le Grand Sbam. All worth bands. You'd also eliminate All Traps On Earth which would frankly be ridiculous.
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Psychedelic Paul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 40222	Post Options Post Reply Quote Psychedelic Paul Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 04 2020 at 09:48
	Many of the one-album prog bands from the classic late-60's and 1970's era happen to be my favourites.

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	I would really miss the one-album bands. There are so many good ones. It's too bad that so many of them didn't get the opportunity to make more albums. Besides, with the site advertising itself as the "ultimate resource" and has the term "archives" prominently in its name, by definition, it should strive to be comprehensive. I also wouldn't call the database "bloated," rather it's more similar to a genealogical database: it never has an end.
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Psychedelic Paul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 40222	Post Options Post Reply Quote Psychedelic Paul Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 04 2020 at 16:58
	I'm constantly amazed by just how many artists there are on ProgArchives. I never would have expected to find Miles Davis, Black Sabbath, Kate Bush or David Bowie included here, but I'm really glad they - and many other prog-related artists - are included.

Tapfret Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8581	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tapfret Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 04 2020 at 17:50
	One album bands are nowhere near as problematic as the hyperproliferative one man projects. 20 albums in a month really doesn't motivate me to even listen to one. Your last point re changing of styles. We would really benefit from album genre tags over band genre tags. Alas, I really don't see that happening. Edited by Tapfret - June 04 2020 at 17:55
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ExittheLemming Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11415	Post Options Post Reply Quote ExittheLemming Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 05 2020 at 04:51
	If RPI was shorn of all the 'one shot' band releases it would be a considerably diminished sub genre (quantitatively and qualitatively) so no, I don't support the idea. Edited by ExittheLemming - June 05 2020 at 04:52

moshkito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 17524	Post Options Post Reply Quote moshkito Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 05 2020 at 08:37
	Hi, Thanks ... I wanted to hear some thoughts on this ... but the one-a-day recipe seems a bit excessive to me (so to speak), but I agree that they have the right to the chance like everyone else. As to the one man bands ... well, electronic music for the most part is a one man band ... right? Let's not ask MO about that!
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