Are you in your own Prog band?
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Topic: Are you in your own Prog band?
Posted By: PinkPangolin
Subject: Are you in your own Prog band?
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 05:59
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Maybe such info is secret - oh well, I've yet to have an post removed for inappropriate content.... If I do I'll be promoted to 4 stars? Do any of you play in your own Prog - or even any other genre - band? Are any of you famous Proggers out there in this forum? (I know you probably want to hide your identity, but I don't want you too... Yee-hah rocknroll - tell us what you do all you mad geeks that no-one understands!! |
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Posted By: Marwin
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 07:03
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I play in 2 prog bands: Toxic Mind and Porcelain. With Toxic Mind we just released our first album which will soon be available for online purchase through an online store as soon as we fill in some paper work, or then you could just email us and we can send you a record. http://www.myspace.com/toxicmindfin%20 - http://www.myspace.com/toxicmindfin - http://www.myspace.com/toxicmindfin http://%20www.myspace.com/porcelainprogg - http://%20www.myspace.com/porcelainprog - http://%20www.myspace.com/porcelainprog - http://www.myspace.com/porcelainprog ------------- http://myspace.com/toxicmindfin http://myspace.com/porcelainprog |
Posted By: aprusso
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 08:23
| I have played guitar and I was the main composer in a prog band ("Ice") in Venice, Italy, in the period 1985-1990. We started with covers (Firth of Fifth, Grendel, Shine on, Afterglow, Does it really happen to you - we also wanted to play Watcher of the skies but it was impossble to keep the rhythm) and a few own compositions, eventually we had a good repertoire of own material, with a flute and a violin payer. The style was in between Genesis and Caravan. We had a singer dressed like a monk. the crowds were not enthusiat, though. Moreover the seven of us could not reharse all in the same moment but in a very few occasions. Since then, I haven't touched my guitar anymore. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 09:17
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I was in a progressive rock band in my teens, but it was hard to get the six of us to practice consistently, and after high school, we all dispersed throughout the county. Now, however, I write and record my own symphonic rock music in my home studio. My first album should be available in December (if there are no further delays). It is entitled Still the Waters. I played in a country band during college, but don't let that scare you from checking out my album when the samples are available.  |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 09:27
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i've been writing, privately performing and recording short, strange avant-prog songs on my own for a while, but I'm not happy enough with any of them to share just yet. it'll be a one person project unless I find a better singer, and the band name is Liminique.
the only music I've made which is available online is a set of chiptunes I put up on last.fm, the link is in my signature. not necessarily *ideal* for prog rock fans ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 10:47
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it is no big secret that BaldFriede and I are a duo called "Bald Angels". I play keyboards and sing some harmony vocals, Friede sings lead vocals and plays drums and percussion. we often have guest musicians, most notably my sister Bea (USAGirl) on flute
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: October 18 2008 at 10:57
Whoah!! Congrats, Robert
 ..did you record it all alone?? What style?? let me know when it's out..your neighbor from Orlando wants to be one of your customers ( with many more i hope for you) |
Epignosis wrote:Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 10:22
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My band isn't really prog, more like proto-post-rock, shoegaze, and a little 90s math rock.
One of the guitarists recently left so we're continuing as a 3-piece with a more raw sound. I don't know if our sound would be too pleasing to the average prog fan, but I have fun playing it, so i guess that's what counts.
samples of course can be found at www.myspace.com/altaic - www.myspace.com/altaic ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 13:34
| I have to say I've had a lot going on, but nothing serious never since it's hard to get a whoel band together. Now we had something I wanted to call prog, but the bandmates went into metal, so I quit. Now I play jazz with some groups, jam about. If I were to form a band, it wouldn't be prog. I just like listening to it, not really playing it. Perhaps something canterbury scene like if it should happen, but still. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 16:30
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Well, they call me sometimes The Fish, my major influence is John Entwistle, just a great player with such a tone.
I have played in a band called Yes, don't know if you know it. The one with the double album, Tales From Topographic Oceans where I do a very stunning piece on Nous Sommes Du Soleil... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 23 2008 at 14:52
Thanks. It's been a long time coming!  Yes, I am the sole musician on the album. As much as I like to think I imitate Yes or Genesis or Kansas (my big three), I can't escape the fact that I do have something of my own sound. There is a lot of acoustic guitar, but I employ layers of mellotron and organ also. The electric guitar solos all have context (I hope!) and are not shredding for the sake of shredding. There are five songs- four are around ten minutes (give or take a few) and the final song is the "epic." Got to have one of those, right? Anyway, I would love to have you as a customer- I need those! |
Posted By: TDW
Date Posted: November 15 2008 at 06:31
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well, does a project count as well? Because if that goes as well, I am the main song, concept and lyric writer for the TDW project and I do the vocals, keyboards, some guitars and programming for that. I have released my last album in July of this year actually, so if any one is interested, you know where to find me now. Next to that I am the main vocalist and guitar player in a doom/post rock band called Panta Rhei and I do some occasional work together with an old friend of mine in a death / grind metal project called Schteenpuisth. (To those who are wondering/worrying about my mental health with a bandname like that, that last project is pure fun and is not intended to be based on seriousness at all! )------------- http://www.tdwmusic.com"> 
...Scoring emotions by the day... |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: November 15 2008 at 06:47
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^Yo, are you the guy in the band recently added to the database? |
Posted By: TDW
Date Posted: November 15 2008 at 09:00
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Yes I am actually News travels fast so it seems I have to admit that one of the reasons for checking the forum out was that I was able to add all the discography info and such if I was a forum member and therefore taking away some of the work that others had to do instead. why?------------- http://www.tdwmusic.com">
...Scoring emotions by the day... |
Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: November 16 2008 at 08:27
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Thanks for all your replies guys, though I'm a bit surprised that there are so few - are there really not many musicians out there? Am intending to check out some of your links, but I'm stuggling for time at the moment Interesting thought about playing music from a different genre and not trying to play Prog - then you can relax more when you listen to it - you're not trying to think how to play it! Keep sending in the replies - interesting stuff! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 16:24
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I´m starting a band right now, but we still need a singer... and I want a violin player or a keyboard player too. Right now we are a drummer, two bassplayers (although one will eventually go he says), a percussionist, a sax player and me, the guitarist. We have just got together two weeks ago and have mostly jammed in a very frantic/funky/Mars Volta way, but I do have a lot of compositions ready to be worked with the rest. I´m pretty excited about this band... I also used to be in a math/eclectic trio with one of the bassplayers (the one who wants to quit) called Secuencia Fibonacci. ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 18:39
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This earlier thread may provide some more answers for you Ed.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=50914 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=50914 ------------- What? |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 20:50
Well, you asked about who is in a prog band, and not "who are musicians", so of course, you would have got less replies. I'm a musician, and I imagine it's fairly well known at PA I'm a guitarist. I'm currently not in a band at all (and haven't been for over a month and it was more just rock/metal cover songs, nothing in the prog realm). I can play 'prog' songs on guitar, like some prog metal stuff, but I'm not sure if that counts as being a prog musician as such, especially when you consider when I play those songs, I see it as playing a metal song and don't really approach it from the 'prog' angle if that makes sense. If the fact I can play prog metal on guitar makes me a prog musician to you, then I have no problems with that, but it's up to you really |
Posted By: BigHairyMonster
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 01:56
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I guess you could say that I am in a prog band...or not. It depends on your interpretation of prog! My group is called Big Hairy Monster, and we pretty much do what we feel like doing. You can check out a couple of songs and videos at www.myspace.com/bhmrocks To get a good idea of a running order so far, first turn off the auto play on the music player. Then play the videos in succession (1,2,3). Then play Figure Eight / View in music player...followed by Monkeyshines. This will give a decent representation of the first 15 minutes or so of our album. We also have some drunken improv jams and crappy demo versions of other songs from our upcoming album (called VIEW) at www.bighairymonster.com ------------- Big Hairy Monster's debut CD "View" coming soon! www.bighairymonster.com |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 06:47
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Am I in a prog band? I wish. I was in a metal band a while back, and I hated it. I liked it at first, but our guitarist tried to turn us into Slipknot, so we kicked him out, and once the band I was in became a trio, we could not think of anything, so we all quit. I need to promote myself more, because I know no one who likes and plays prog at the same time.
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Would you like some Bailey's? |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 07:55
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Yes, No Judgment. We're recording in December. When we do, you should check us out. ------------- 
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Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 17:34
Cheers Dean - had a look at that too, although couldn't vote, I do play guitar but not Prog (unless you count folk solos!), as I say I just want to relax and listen and not be distracted by trying to play it in my head. |
Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 17:35
Dude ! |
Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: November 23 2008 at 04:42
I've started to try and listen through some of all your links. Toxic Mind is very good, but the link to Porcelain didn't seem to work. Listening to Altiac right now..... |
Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: November 23 2008 at 04:54
Whoops - Altaic - very nice spacey laid back stuff.... I'll try some of the others folks when I get some more time again.... |
Posted By: Guy-McPerson
Date Posted: November 25 2008 at 12:08
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New forum member here though been a longtime browser of the main site. I play sax and occasionally guitar for a goofy prog group in Texas. A lot of people say it sounds like Zappa or Mr. Bungle, and although I wouldn't make that audacious comparison myself, it is very nice to hear that. http://www.myspace.com/pygmaeus1 - www.myspace.com/pygmaeus1 If anyone is interested in hearing it. |
Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 02:22
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Sorry I'm just seeing this thread now -- I'm in a band that is listed right here on PA, Shadow Circus...We're currently in rehearsals and about to record our second CD in January...
------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 12:55
Yep, a prog on a folky side. http://myspace.com/kwadratnodnoll - (link) ------------- |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 13:22
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My friend and I are starting up an experimental type band, but I'm hoping to lean it towards the progressive side. I was previously in his metal band, and since I played keyboards he kicked me out cause he didn't like it. I tried making his music more progressive sounding, but he thinks inside the box too much. ------------- 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 13:46
| Click on my member profile and then my homepage to hear my semi-proggy nujazz/live electronica band. The first tune is an updated tribute to early Pink Floyd. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 13:55
| I have a Cover band, well like all bands start. I hope one day we write some GOOD songs, though I doubt it. We play mainly covers of Deep Purple, Floyd, Led, Pescado Rabioso, and other classics. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: December 25 2008 at 19:34
| I currently am searching for guys to play and write with, but for now unfortunately all I'm doing is writing stuff on my own, with a little help from my friend and bass player whenever he can spare the time. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: January 03 2009 at 14:48
I play a 6-string bass guitar as a hobby. 
Here's an improvisational project where I'm participating: http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=99412&displ_lang=en - http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=99412&displ_lang=en
This is a trio we have with my friends: http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=35256&displ_lang=en - http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=35256&displ_lang=en
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 03 2009 at 15:00
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yes... a experimental Italian-American symphonic avant group called Spare Tire. hopefully to have an album out this year.. maybe next. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: January 05 2009 at 17:25
| Me and by guitar playing friend are discussing if we should start a band at the moment. So techniacally I'm not in a progband, but I might be soon. |
Posted By: missiongonewrong
Date Posted: January 27 2009 at 18:43
Tryin to fire one up but with only 1 years experience on guitar and a tiny group of like wise experienced musician's its hard starting
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