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Forum Name: Welcome newbies!
Forum Description: Introduce yourself and tell us what prog music you listen to
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=83757
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Topic: Hello!
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Subject: Hello!
Date Posted: December 25 2011 at 18:41
| Hi everyone and Merry Christmas! My name is Jacob; I've been visiting this site for months now and have loved it but haven't got around to joining until now. Some of my favorite prog bands are Rush, Yes, Maudlin of the Well, At Sea (not on this site), Iona, Genesis, Magma, and Dream Theater (I discovered most of these bands on this site). I also listen to blues, classic rock and some jazz and classical music. I'm glad to have a site like this where I can converse with like-minded people and discover new bands and musical styles. |
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 25 2011 at 18:54
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Welcome aboard shipmate, hope you enjoy yourself and stick around. You might to tell us a bit more about At Sea (as I've never heard of them)
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: December 25 2011 at 19:12
| At Sea is a one-man project by teen prodigy Curran Mcquade, a composer and multi-instrumentalist. His first two albums aren't prog (they're more indie-rock type stuff) but in my opinion, his latest two albums, "Reflections on Teun Hocks" and "Distortion" fall under the category of progressive rock (eclectic prog, maybe). The latter album includes a 20 minute song called "Alone" which I think is absolutely brilliant (it's very repetitive, though). All of his albums are available for free download on bandcamp. I plan to officially suggest him soon and when I do I'll post some links. If you search "At Sea Curran Mcquade" on google, though, you should come up with his bandcamp page where you can stream and download his music. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 00:23
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Welcome! Any fan of
Rush, Yes, Maudlin of the Well, Genesis, Magma, and Dream Theater is a friend of mine!
My top ten prog bands are 1 Rush 2 Dream Theater 3 Van der Graaf Generator 4 Yes 5 King Crimson 6 Genesis 7 Porcupine Tree 8 ELP 9 Hawkwind 10 Pink Floyd and hundreds of others worth a listen ------------- 
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 12:03
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Welcome Jacob! ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 12:40
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 13:26
I know and enjoy most of those bands, though I still need to check out VdGG and Hawkwind. If Peter Hammil is as good a singer as he's been reported to be, I think I'll really enjoy VdGG.
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AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 13:46
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Ello Jacob! Welcome to Prog Archives, i hope you continue to post here! Pertaining to Hammill, he is indeed a great singer - but his voice is very dramatic and polarizing to the masses. You either love it, or hate it. I'd start with Van der Graaf Generator's He to He Who Am The Only One.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 14:23
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I just listened to Undercover Man from Godbluff; great stuff! The chords and textures of the music remind me of Genesis, plus I find Hammil somewhat similar to Gabriel in how he uses his voice (more emotionally than theatrically oriented, though). I'll have to listen to some more! Thanks for all the replies/welcomes, btw. |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 14:38
Godbluff is a great place to start for VdGG! ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 16:59
Yes! listen to VDGGs Godbluff and here try this on for size - just a little thing thrown together of no significance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNAO7uDH0M8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNAO7uDH0M8
Love it !
And just for the sake of it heres the rest of Pawn Hearts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Earfbot_uI&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Earfbot_uI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5y0GZPtJRM&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5y0GZPtJRM&feature=related
even the bonus tracks are here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWcJ7WeAK78" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWcJ7WeAK78
While I am on a roll! please check out these VDGG classics Killer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpTkImmOtiE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpTkImmOtiE
After the Flood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEeQqJN1eHQ&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEeQqJN1eHQ&feature=related
Darkness 11/11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN1DynIppsE&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN1DynIppsE&feature=related
Pioneers Over C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9rM3YZo21g&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9rM3YZo21g&feature=related
and finally.........  my own made up slide show clips I loaded of VDGGs new album on my channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDQL_XWwbY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDQL_XWwbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI-iygvrWvY&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI-iygvrWvY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmcNtGW_a5Y&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmcNtGW_a5Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzXHPAKGR0I&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzXHPAKGR0I&feature=related
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 17:38
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Welcome Jacob! Another Rush lover is always a good thing........hope you find more interesting music here. -------------   
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Posted By: shilpaesco
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 23:38
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thanks for the share....
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:18
| I listened to some of the VdGG songs and loved them. I'll check out more when youtube starts working better, the buffering was taking forever. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 08:28
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^^^ Oh mine was quite fast but I understand this can be a problem with youtube. -------------
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