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Quinino 
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Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654 |
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 Posted: November 25 2017 at 09:35 |
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Too late, he's already on the way now...
(but the guy is lately a lot slower then he used to, TBH I'm beginning to think of a replacement) |
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Logan
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Posted: November 25 2017 at 09:27 |
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The task seems less casual than I thought it would be and a whole lot more daunting, to be honest. My doctor's advice after my stroke is to avoid stress, which includes potential visits from Dirty Harry.
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Quinino
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Posted: November 25 2017 at 09:23 |
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You too !!!
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 25 2017 at 08:53 |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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Quinino
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Posted: November 25 2017 at 08:45 |
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Hey, crew, are you leaving me ? Thought we had an honest commitment here...please report back or I'll send Dirty Harry after your scalps
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Quinino
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Posted: November 22 2017 at 04:41 |
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Not "teach", just share the knowledge...I'll PM you so you can keep it safe and locked, ready to use (anybody else ???)  |
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aapatsos
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Posted: November 21 2017 at 16:29 |
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^ Please teach us how :-) I always wanted to do that
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Quinino
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Posted: November 21 2017 at 09:32 |
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Ian & Luca (I realize Greg may be on hold for a while)
Guys, we look forward to have your feedback on last comments - any tips before we declare take-off ? I'll add another one: I usually include hiperlinks to related artists, e.g. band members individual pages, took this from my mentor Eugene and it is hiper convenient (think of newcomers exploring a genre !) |
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lazland
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Posted: November 21 2017 at 00:06 |
I'm afraid that I spend so much time away from home with work these days, it would be difficult to justify a weekend of prog the other end of Wales...... |
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Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org
Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
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aapatsos
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 12:23 |
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Comments by Ken, Steve and Jose noted and agreed
Btw where were you Steve during the weekend? HRH was a blast :-) Edited by aapatsos - November 20 2017 at 12:23 |
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Quinino
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 10:05 |
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^ I can see no problem with your approach, just the opposite - we are supposed to take pleasure from our activities here, right? - as long as we agree to sign and date (this way making it clear to others it was already taken care of)
And maybe also posting here our progresses so we can all feel "the pulse"  |
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lazland
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 09:54 |
I think that is a good idea. Given that I am not a member of any team these days, I would like a wee bit of a steer as to what to look at. I know what my favourite bands are, and they tend to cut across Neo, Symph, and Crossover. I am quite happy to look at the top bands I have reviewed, as I am familiar with most of them, but am happy to be guided. |
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Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org
Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
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Quinino
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 09:33 |
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^ & ^^ Ken, you stole the words from my mouth, man - excellent suggestions, I subscribe them all !
Another tip to your consideration, guys - I like to headline the Bio with a synoptic ID, examples below "Formed in Knapstad, Norway in 1971 - Disbanded in 1978 - Reunited briefly several times for Live concerts" "Miles Dewey Davis III - May 26, 1926 (Alton, Illinois, US) - September 28, 1991" What do you think ? |
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kenethlevine
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 07:26 |
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maybe we could have several verbs
revised by - meaning we may have changed some of the original information updated by - meaning we brought it up to the present expanded by - meaning it was a one or two liner and we bolstered it of course, if we are doing some bombination of the above we could do say, revised and expanded by |
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kenethlevine
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Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 8975 |
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 07:22 |
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I just want to be clear on what I should be doing
1) look at bios of top bands in prog folk (using top 100 albums list to start) and make any updates to the bio to bring them up to date. So if the bio was last written when the latest album was XXX and it says so, I should smooth that out and either say what the latest album is, or, maybe better, remove such references that would immediately be out of date and update their history to the present, adding in my name and date, without nullifying what was done before. 2) look at bios of prog folk bands that are very scant and try to beef them up. I am going to check in with my team so they know this is going on Thanks Ken
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Quinino
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Posted: November 20 2017 at 03:30 |
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^ Well, no doubt about that - we should keep a reference to the existing sigs, of course, but I suppose the footnote may vary according to each particular situation (totally new Bio, extensive re-edit, light update,...).
On another matter - I believe we could get rid of the superfluous discog listing some folks include at the end of the biog (unless it's a selected recomendations list) |
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aapatsos
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Posted: November 19 2017 at 17:47 |
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I think one easy way to start would be to pick the bands we most like in our subs (e.g. I can do some PM bands that in dire need of update).
One thing to watch out for is keeping references to existing bios where there is a sig i.e. we don't want to discredit people who have already put some work to write the existing bio. On the other hand, we don't want to be repeating information so suspect that the edit should be complementary in those cases. Thoughts on this? |
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Quinino
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Posted: November 19 2017 at 15:50 |
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Folks, we'd better get to work - Our "team" at the moment:
Ian (Nogbad) Steve (Lazland) Thanos (aapatsos) Greg (Logan) Luca (Octopus) Ken (keneth) Jose (Quinino) - I guess that if we keep the habit of posting our progresses here, there's a chance more volunteers will come up and reinforce our posse along the way. - My suggestion is that each of us dedicates himself to one sub-genre, starting from the top 100s list. - We could try to harmonize the way to edit the text - one tip to start with: I believe the Bio should always be signed AND dated so anyone reading it can immediately check its actuality. Please share your thoughts... |
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: November 15 2017 at 14:48 |
Oh, OK didn't know that. It's the way Keishiro set up my discography so I thought they were all like that. I'll wait to hear back from him  Thanks! |
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Quinino
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Posted: November 15 2017 at 14:28 |
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^ Dennis, what you're asking is most unusual - frequently we link the bandcamp (or any other webpage/store) when convenient, NOT the individual albums, I'm afraid.
I guess you'll have to contact again Keishiro (in a few days, when he comes back) and see if he agrees . |
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