Musicians on Prog Archives ?
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Topic: Musicians on Prog Archives ?
Posted By: skarabrae
Subject: Musicians on Prog Archives ?
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 21:09
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I've done a search and did not find an answer to my questions.
Who here is a prog musician? What do you play? Who are your influences as a musician? I am a keyboard player, and play some bass as well. My primary influences are Jethro Tull (after This Was), Gabriel and Genesis (w/ Gabriel and Hackett), and early Kansas. There must be a ton of musicians here ... ------------- We who explore, willfully depart absolute reality for a time. |
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 21:23
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Looked under assorted and miscellanoues topics ... there's a whole load of stuff under Music and Musicians Exhcange ... I posted a mini-album I recorded in 2001 last week ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 22:02
I play keyboards, but I can't find people to form a prog band with.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 22:08
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I play trombone in a jazz band as well as in a ska band, and
guitar/keyboards in a power metal band. None of them are prog bands,
but the music we write for the power metal band is really
prog-influenced, and even the ska band has the occasional riff in 7/4
for good measure.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/"> 
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Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 22:22
| I'm hoping to get a bass money for my birthday/christmas (same day), and start a band early next year. |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 02:07
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If you live in the Providence area, I'm looking for a band too. I wouldn't call myself a prog musician...I'm not good enough at all. I play guitar and viola (lunaticviolist ------------- My recent purchases: 
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Syntharachnid wrote:Posted By: beat
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 03:57
| I'm not a musician but I'm trying to play bass for a few years. Before that I was playing guitar. I don't have a group and don't have time to make music with a group.. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 12:28
We play Dire Straits covers so we are prog .. !
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 12:31
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Hello Erik, didn't know you were so a "prog" musician!! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 17:08
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And when we don't play prog but just blues or psychedelia we play The Doors .. ..!
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Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 17:15
| Lowly Bible Belt-trapped Chris Squire and Trevor Dunn-inspired bassist in a joke of an intermediate high school jazz band. |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 18:40
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I play guitar, clarinet, sax, harmonica, and very poor mandolin, but I don't have a band right now. I might be able to start one soon, I'll have to see. ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red"> 
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Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 18:41
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I'm actually looking to get a flute for Christmas. All this prog flute has gotten to my head, and every time I hear a flute I find it instantly intriguing and I love the sound. See if my dad is willing to buy one, though, as they can be quite expensive... ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red">
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Posted By: Toby
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 18:57
| I play guitar (how rare! lol) but there really is a shortage of prog lovers around here. I would love to be able to find others who enjoy the finer points of music (ie prog - of course) and form a group. |
Posted By: supper'sready72
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 19:32
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Do vocalists in prog bands get to post? I was in a band but just recently had to move across the country w/ my family. Sucks being 17.... Anyway, we used to cover a little Rush but that was about as progressive as we could get without a keyboard player
------------- "Can't you feel our souls ignite? Shedding ever-changing colors,in the darkness of the fading night..." -Genesis |
Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 19:42
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I play trombone and I'm starting to sing a bit. I'm trying to form a band, but I really haven't had time to get around to it yet. I'm taking a music theory course that my high school is offering to learn how to write music (although I have quickly learned that I hate Counterpoint). ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofbizzare/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Shaman
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 19:48
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Some years ago I played in many rock bands. We played mainly original music with some covers (Led Zeppelin, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes, Faith No More, Radiohead, Hendrix and others....) I even played in one band some Sex Pistols & Ramones covers. The lead singer was into punk and it was a good opportunity to make some money. The good part is that you only require 10 minutes to learn to play the whole song, only 3 or 4 chords.
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Posted By: Winterfamily
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 19:58
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I'm a keyboard player just like you, Skarabrae... I played in a band
for the most of my high school/ college years. We tried to make
something similar to Can mixed with Os Mutantes, and we succeeded: we
sounded just like that two bands put inside a mixer at full speed.
Without the blood'n guts, i mean. To cut a long story short, let us say
"we sucked". But i have to confess i couldn't be called a "prog musician" for two reasons: first, my main influence has always been Brian Eno. I've spent the last ten years trying to play something as loud and noisy as his moog solo in "Editions of you" with my old and trusty korg ms20. I'm still trying... The second reason is i'm really such a bad player... I've never been musically trained, and work mostly by intuition, so i'll never be able to play a Wakeman- like solo. To be honest, i've had my best times as a musician manipullating analog synths, sequencers or (my favorite) a small radio plugged to an amp and a lot of effect pedals. MW broadcasts can give you a lot of nice surprises if you know how to turn the knob properly. Ah! And that nice toy melodica a girl friend gave me years ago... ------------- "If I only had time..." |
Posted By: Xymphony
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 20:06
I am a vocalist in a heavy - power metal band. I have recently left my other prog-metal band because of personal problems. 
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Posted By: Morandar
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 20:37
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As some of you may know, I am a prog (wannabe? Oh, let me be good with
myself this time :D) musician. I play keyboards in two bands, Elisena
(more metal and structured band, www.elisena.net, not yet fully on line
but soon we'll add our demo mp3s) and Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata
(www.ogd-project.org, the trio with which we are preparating the
12-hours jam session). From a prog rock point of view, OGD are more interesting: fully improvised jam sessions, done with a very progressive afflato. The site is quite convoluted, but simply clicking in the centre you'll gain our mp3s :D We're not selling anything, we just do those jams for passion. To fully answer your question: my main influences are undoubtfully Jordan Rudess and Jon Lord, with some spices trown in by Keith Jarrett and Ozric Tentacles and Italian Progressive by the compositional point of view. ------------- Dangerous to be closely minded by a closed mind. http://www.ogd-project.it - Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata - the ultimate attempt at you will to listen. |
Posted By: skarabrae
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 20:52
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I'm not a virtuoso player like Emerson, Wakeman, Livgren,
ect., even though I listen to them, along with Banks, David Palmer, ect. Never took piano lessons ... I've just been playing for years. I'd say I'm a prog musician because I play originals that are not pop or straight rock. My songs are conceptual, and I rarely follow typical song structure. I favor programming sounds, textures, odd chord structure, and orchastration, over complex playing. If I had to mention someone I play like ... probably Wright, Barbieri, Jarre and Fast, would come to mind. Cool to hear other players on here.  ------------- We who explore, willfully depart absolute reality for a time. |
Posted By: Morandar
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 21:02
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I'd like to hear something. Is that possible?
------------- Dangerous to be closely minded by a closed mind. http://www.ogd-project.it - Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata - the ultimate attempt at you will to listen. |
Posted By: Mnemosyne
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 22:12
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I'm a classically trained Cello player, but a play many other instruments and i sing. As for my musical activity, i have three projects: One is a prog-power metal band called Golgotha, i'm doing vocals/bass there. Another one is my solo project called Mnemosyne. i play all instruments. It's an avant-garde/space-rock/post-rock/metal project influenced by The Residents, Sigur Ros, Frank Zappa, Mr. Bungle... The other one is a post-rock project called Monserrat... i play bass/cello/theremin/guitars/vocals.
As you can see, i'm a big lover of all Prog...
------------- I'm a Man-Owl-Fish. Creator-Observer-Muse. |
Posted By: flying teapot
Date Posted: November 08 2005 at 16:39
| I use to be in a short lived psychadelic-jam band in the 70's in Spain called GNOMO, have jammed with others here in the US in the 80's, still play the drums along with my Prog CD's and Albums, but thats about it....no Prog in Vegas. |
Posted By: polumbric
Date Posted: November 09 2005 at 12:45
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I play keyboards, compose and arrange in a prog rock band in Canada. check some of our songs: http://www.halfpastfour.com - www.halfpastfour.com |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 14:07
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Instruments: Drums, Percussion( does that differ from drums?) and (rudimentary) keyboards. Neal Peart is my main influence and his drumming is gold to me. The way he meshes with Lifeson and Lee is stunning. I'm also a songwriter...since '95. ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 21:52
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I play drums, percussions, and piano/keyboard. I want to learn bass. Influences- Bill Bruford, Gentle Giant (as a whole), Phil Collins, and Zappa (with his zany, complex, insane percussions). I have been in a few unoffical bands, all of which went absolutely noplace. I prefer to play prog, but i also enjoy to play swing and classical (not classical piano mind you). I have written a few songs all of which are horrible and haven't been used...yet (i hope). O i can also sing...horribly. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 00:48
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i threw together an instrumental version of Captain Beefheart's "Moonlight on Vermont" in 4 hours, playing all instruments. unfortunately, the drums are synthesized on a MIDI keyboard because I don't have a drumset or know anyone who drums, it's all slightly out of sync because of my poor mixing, and worst of all the program I used to record it is Windows Movie Maker. I recorded a "video" of me playing each instrument (basically me sitting in a chair with headphones listening and referencing from the original track) and used it's AMAZING two-track capacity, then fused the two tracks and made a third, fused those, then a fourth, and fused that. Other than all these technological limitations, it's quite good if I say so myself, accurately reproduced with some personal touches with the bass and rhythm guitar, while the lead remains accurate. oh, and I brought in my friend who "plays" sax (he's REALLY bad) and got him to solo Beefheart-style over the second half of the track (the part where you'd usually hear "old time religion"). This Christmas I'm getting some real recording software and equipment, and once I get that and figure out how I'll post it here....or somewhere...how do you post stuff here anyway? |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 16:30
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Who here is a prog musician?
Me. What do you play? I play in a band which exists since 2 years. Once it was punk but we've changed our style into prog (really, that's not a joke and it's not that kind of "prog" like "Muse"). Well let me describe the style of our band: Crazy melodies in odd time signatures who often change, a lot of distortion, not very hard, more a mix of Stoner- or Noise-Rock and classic progressive rock. Unfortunatly we can't find a keyboarder. Our band has 5 members: 1 Lead-Singer, 2 guitar-players, 1 bass-player, 1 drummer Who are your influences as a musician? I'm extremly influenced by Gentle Giant. |
Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 19:44
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I play guitar and I use the keyboards to compose.
My band is called Post Mortem. We're from Argentina.
http://www.purevolume.com/postmortemproject - www.purevolume.com/postmortemproject
This year We'll record our first studio album.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 19:51
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I play rhythm guitar for a band called Unorthodox, even though me and a friend of mine who plays bass are trying to branch out and do some bass and drums jams on our own time. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 19:53
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http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4061 - Unorthodox?
------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 20:38
I'm a self-trained guitarist willing to learn more.. also it's said I can sing like David Clayton-Thomas without the vibrato ------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 20:41
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I play guitar as my primary instrument, and I have a teacher. I first played the violin, but I gave up on that after 5 years. I also play piano, and I just took up the cello. I want to get a ukulele next.
Oh, my main influences on guitar are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, John McLaughlin, and Al Di Meola. Maybe some EitS influence, too. ------------- 
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Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 20:53
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oh also forgot my influences: Al Di Meola, Allan Holdsworth, George Benson, Frank Gambale, Robben Ford (jazz and blues).. Oscar Herrero, Juan Serrano, Paco De Lucia & Juan Martin (flamenco)... though I'm mainly in a blues style I'm trying to practice on more complex harmonies and different scales (harmonic minor, diminished, etc)... also have some Hackett influence
Also just learning some flute and sax though at the time being I suck (more than I do on guitar  )------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: sonic_mat
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 12:47
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Well, I'm an extreme Hackett SOLO fan. I also like, Genesis, King crimson, Rush, Yes, GTR, Mike Oldfield, alot of others. I play electric guitar, acoustic and classical guitar. I also have a vid on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwnjVik6fIc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwnjVik6fIc ------------- _/\_M*A*T*H*E*W_/\_ Hardware.... Epiphone Les paul custom Takimine classical guitar Yamaha Acoustic 30 watt Marshall with effects Andre Dardeau Flute |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 12:54
I play bass guitar as my main instrument and I am learning to play piano, which I take lessons. My main bass player influences are Geddy Lee, John Wetton, Stanley Clarke, and a few others but if you were to visit my  I also want to form a band but can't find a prog influenced drummer in London. or guitarist for that matter. Oh my music myspace: http://www.myspace.com/benonhisbass - http://www.myspace.com/benonhisbass enter if you dare and don't say I didn't warn you. Also add me to your friends, I seem to be lacking in them at this moment |
Posted By: Fight Club
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 13:13
Well I play bass and used to have sort of a band, but that was before I was into prog. We played some goofy Primus type sounding stuff. Now I don't have a band and just write music myself (you can check out the song I'm working on now in the thread titled "My Composition") I'm looking for people to play with that are talented and like the same music I do and the style of music I write. It's hard to find people like that here though, especially keyboard players  Some of my material is also here: www.myspace.com/populationoverride------------- 
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Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:20
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I mostly play keyboards/synths. Some drums, bass, and guitar as well, along with terrible vocals now and then.
I'm not sure if I'm prog. I tend to play noise and improvisation mostly... ------------- http://www.ericmushroomwilson.co.uk - My website Signatures are for people who can think of anything to put in their signatures. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:21
Sounds like me, but I play bass, am learning piano, dabble in guitar, can play a simple beat on drums. And I play improvisation/noise as well  |
Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:29
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W00t. Go improvisation/noise! ------------- http://www.ericmushroomwilson.co.uk - My website Signatures are for people who can think of anything to put in their signatures. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:34
| Where in the UK do you live? |
Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:36
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Newcastle. ------------- http://www.ericmushroomwilson.co.uk - My website Signatures are for people who can think of anything to put in their signatures. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:39
| that's a little far away from where I am (London) |
Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 17:43
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That's a shame. :( ------------- http://www.ericmushroomwilson.co.uk - My website Signatures are for people who can think of anything to put in their signatures. |
Posted By: MarkOne
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 07:56
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Hello
I'm a keyboard player and prog-esque songwriter. I'm quite heavilly influenced by Yes, ELP etc (though I don't profess that kind of virtuosity)
If anyone is in the slightest bit interested, you can hear some of my stuff at myspace
( http://www.myspace.com/markonemusic - http://www.myspace.com/markonemusic )
or a wider selection at soundclick
( http://www.soundclick.com/markgreen - http://www.soundclick.com/markgreen )
I would (humbly) suggest you try Don't give up on Love or Fantasy Bridge as the most proggy stuff there, or maybe Parallel Processing.
Cheers
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 09:50
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I was bored. I just grabbed my brothers guitar and my bass and tried to make something of it. It is noise. Heres a link if you want to listen: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1QU2PVU4 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1QU2PVU4 and me messing around on guitar: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4TIQPW6A - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4TIQPW6A |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: March 07 2007 at 19:32
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I play keyboards and a bit of guitar. I'm really not skilled at all, but I know how to work with my limits and record some decent stuff, including prog songs and epics. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=144302325 The first 3 are among my best songs, the 4th is just a new one, though I consider it a bit flawed which is disappointing as it carries my "alias" name. |
Posted By: Nautilus
Date Posted: March 07 2007 at 20:50
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I play Guitar Bass and keyboards myself. mostly inpired By Yes and King crimson. havent done much in the way of compositions myself got some stuff im working on at the moment, might just share it when i get a bit further along with them. |
Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 13:08
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Well done, Zitro! I like it...
Listen to my music:
http://www.purevolume.com/postmortemproject - www.purevolume.com/postmortemproject
(We're from Argentina) ------------- www.postmortemweb.com.ar |
Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 13:16
Quite interesting stuff, you guys have talent/skill! Good luck with future musical thingamajigs.  ------------- http://www.ericmushroomwilson.co.uk - My website Signatures are for people who can think of anything to put in their signatures. |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 16:58
I think your music is great!
 Keep it up!
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 18:10
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Awesome, I'm argentinian too ... Viva el Rock Progresivo latino! I feel talentless after hearing that stuff you posted. |
Posted By: Minimalist777
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 17:53
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I play piano and synth, For piano I mostly play classical stuff ( I hope to go to college and major in it.) and in the (actually not very good) school jazz band. I have a duo "Progressive Electronic" type project with another Synth player called 10 Seconds of Forever. I am influenced by JS Bach, Sun Ra, Tim Blake and Hawkwind; Though I dont have near the proficiency of Bach and Sun Ra. ------------- WWOSD? What Would OliverStoned Do? |
Posted By: endlessepic
Date Posted: March 31 2007 at 02:19
Hey I love Dire Straits...cmon dont knock that band! Listen to their 15 minute songs! |
Posted By: ViolinCyndee
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 00:31
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I can't believe I didn't post in this thread! HAHA! But.. whoever doesn't know already can probably guess my instrument.  ------------- http://cdbaby.com/cd/cyndeeleerule www.cyndeeleerule.com |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 03:41
Yes, and my band plays Simon & Garfunkel so we are prog too
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Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: April 10 2007 at 19:49
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Hey guys, I too am a "prog musician", and a young one at that. I make recordings in my room with whatever instruments I can get my hands on, which isn't too much. Please check out this link: http://www.myspace.com/dancaputo - http://www.myspace.com/dancaputo Thanks and enjoy, Dan |
Posted By: StarsongAgeless
Date Posted: April 18 2007 at 18:05
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I play piano (and by default that means keyboard most of the time, even
though I prefer acoustic piano), and guitar. I'm just learning how to
use a guitar pedal, though! I'm also trying to learn violin. I love
singing, too. My first and foremost prog influence is Yes, followed closely by Opeth, then Renaissance. I also enjoy Rush, Porcupine Tree, Jethro Tull, Glass Hammer, and lots more. But I have many other not-prog influences such as Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes... the list goes on. Here's the stuff I have up online so far: http://www.myspace.com/sonolumina http://www.myspace.com/thejamexperiment - this band is breaking up, but the music was still stuff written by me. ------------- Check out the http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=71 - Unsigned Bands section! "Like the time I ran away, and turned around and you were standing close to me." Yes' Awaken |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: April 18 2007 at 18:30
To be serious: I always wanted to play electric guitar (Jimmy Page is my hero) but in the end I switched to the Spanish/classical guitar (Yamaha Andorra Classic) and taught myself a little bit from many different styles like blues, rock, R&R, classical and even flamenco because I love flamenco and when I noticed an add in a supermarket to learn flamenco guitar, I took 10 lessons and now I play Prog Andaluz  I also owned a Roland Juno 106 synthesizer for many years so I learned a few chords. My vintage keyboard's wet dream came true when I was allowed to play on a Minimoog, a Memorymoog, a Moog Ribbon Controler, a Hammond B3 and L100 organ and ... my belove M400 Mellotron 
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Posted By: jmcdaniel_ee
Date Posted: April 30 2007 at 13:13
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I've been playing multiple instruments for over 10 years. I live in US, state of Louisiana, which is pretty dry from a prog standpoint. I play keys, guitar, bass, drums, some woodwinds, sing, etc. Because I play so much stuff, I haven't had time to really become a virtuoso at one particular instrument. I write and record stuff at home, but I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, so I've yet to make anything public (but I will hopefully by the end of the year). My stuff is kind of minimalistic--complexity by the interaction of instruments, not really one instrumental performance being high on the technical wow factor. I know tons of theory, but don't have a lot of showy flourishes or know many complete cover songs. Heavy influences are King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Radiohead, Brian Eno.
I'm also in a http://www.myspace.com/reasontobereave - Rod Stewart Extreme Metal Tribute band
(don't ask). |
Posted By: Morbix
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 06:50
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Clarinet, tenor and alto saxophone, simple duitar and bass guitar, not in a band, but there's a teacher at my school who's interested in supervising a Rock Club. ------------- Take everything in moderation, including moderation. 
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 15:25
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I play somewhere between 20-33 instruments (no I'm not joking) and at least 10 of them at a professional level. I write a lot of music in my spare time also
------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: StarsongAgeless
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 17:53
Holy crap!  I find myself outdone and outclassed!!!!!! I play lots of instruments... non-professionally. :) I'm pretty good at piano, guitar, and singing, I think... guitar being the least good of those... but 10 instruments at a professional level? How old are you? You don't have to answer if you don't want to of course, I'm just wondering how much time you've had to get to that level... ------------- Check out the http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=71 - Unsigned Bands section! "Like the time I ran away, and turned around and you were standing close to me." Yes' Awaken |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 18:03
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Drummer.
Can play Genesis and Gentle Giant almost perfectly. I also enjoy playing Avant-prog, Jazz-Fusion and prog/tech metal. I've gotten excellent responses by people I've played with too ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 18:36
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I'm a guitarist, although I do enjoy drumming quite a bit, and also a little bit of bass. I'm planning on spending some time this summer trying to gain some versatility in my playing, in regards of becoming more steady on the drums and bass, and maybe even try to do some (simple) composing! Currently playing in a band, although the other bandmembers aren't very keen on prog, they mostly enjoy hard rock etc.
------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 20:46
I'm in my very early 20's, currently at college, so I haven't had the kind of time I'd like to really get into some instruments, but I used to practice guitar 2 hours a day and I started on piano around 6 or 7 (trumpet around then too), and once you get proficient at a few, the others come much, much easier. Of course, there are tricks to nearly mastering an instrument in 3-4 months. ------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 15:47
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I've studied a few instruments in the past (piano, guitar, oboe), but my emphasis is on percussion and live electronics. I play drumset, mallets (vibes, glock, etc.), assorted hand percussion (tabla, dumbek, riq, etc.) and found objects... These are amplified and processed through the modular synth + effects in real-time. I'm not really in a prog band per se; the two groups I'm involved in have some progressive characteristics and influences, but all our stuff is 99.9% improvised. |
Posted By: randyhiatt
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 16:33
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I play prog when I have a chance to. Drums primarily but have a home studio and touch all the stuff eventually. Web project anyone? I've had good luck doing this, it's usually a timing issue (finding the time). I'm 54 so I love all the prog bands/players, grew up learning to play to these guys. Thanks to my 2 kids I have a good job and am not out there burning up all my money trying to play prog for a living (anymore) ------------- Randy |
Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 16:42
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I play the guitar and I have a band. I'm the composer... Follow the link below... ------------- www.postmortemweb.com.ar |
Posted By: puma
Date Posted: June 11 2007 at 18:05
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I am a classically-trained piano and organ player (mostly Hammond organ). My influences are pretty diverse, and I feel that they all contribute to my personal playing style. I have been playing the organ at my church for a few years now, so I have been influenced by the long, expansive organ chordal style of playing (and have played more music in B flat than I'd like to admit). I play in my college's jazz improv group (though I only did it to challenge myself), and have been influenced by the jazz styles of playing (modes, advanced 9th and 11th and 13th chords, extended improvisations). I have been classically trained on-and-off since 10 years ago, the off-period being a moment in time where I only wanted to play by myself. I feel in retrospect that was just as important as continuing the lessons. A group of my friends are very involved in the local folk community. And I don't mean folk as in whiny singer-songwriters; my friends go to contra dances and ceilidhs, folk festivals, and Morris and rapper dances. We 5 have formed a folk-style band, with myself on piano, electric piano, and Hammond organ, one member on fiddle and mandolin, another on fiddle and bouzouki, another on solely fiddle, and the last member on lead vocals (when applicable, we play a lot of instrumental folk tunes), acoustic guitar, and electric bass. I'm not going to post a link to our myspace page unless someone really asks. I'm trying to make myself the kind of person you would NEED to be in your band, because these days keyboards are just given the short end of the stick and the guitar is overglorified as the most important instrument in rock music. My greatest fear is to be just another prog keyboardist. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: June 11 2007 at 18:08
I'm asking ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: puma
Date Posted: June 11 2007 at 18:15
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3 minutes, must be a record we don't have a real name yet, we're just going under the name Four Guys and Nathaniel (a playful jab at one of the band members) http://myspace.com/4guysandnathaniel |
Posted By: purplepiper
Date Posted: June 19 2007 at 19:42
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I am the great guitarist, purplepiper. I have slain many musical foes in my 6 years of incessant practice. I consider myself a cross between al dimeola and robert fripp, with maybe some clapton thrown in for flavour. I intend to get a prog band together somehow and bring prog to greatness again!!! ha ha ha! Unfortunate that no matter how much skill you have, the public wants power chords and screaming... ------------- for those about to prog, we salute you. |