Discussions about the nature of music, its metaphysical and scientific implications, and its effect on the human soul and mind, are some of the most important conversations that take place on this site.  If we're interested in a progressive approach to making music, we should also be interested in a progressive way of discussing, studying, and listening to music.  Unfortunately, some of these discussions are confined to the "general music discussions" section of the forum, and thus do not recieve the attention they deserve.  I can specifically point out the "music as emotional catharsis" thread that, despite being an interesting, stimulating, and important discussion about the effect of music on our emotions, only has 2 pages after being open for several months.  I think that a move to the progressive music lounge would enliven these discussions, bring them on the radar of more people on this site, and foster more discussion on these important topics.  Though threads like these don't deal with prog specifically, they definitely include prog and pertain to prog especially because of progressive rock's unique status as a genre with one foot in the art world, one in the entertainment world, which creates paradoxes and conflicts of opinion that lend themselves to a theoretical discussion about music.

^ quarrellers  >>> quaverers >>> quackery >>> quasi-intellectuals