Biographies Needing Attention

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   Thanos,

Wow, great to have you (the posse is growing, 4 already on board)

Your comment is spot-on, exactly my thoughts too.

Do you think we should "advertise"/link this thread in the sub-genres rooms in order to get more visibility and hopefully enlarge our troops ?

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Quinino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654	Post Options Post Reply Quote Quinino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2017 at 07:58
	Thanos, Wow, great to have you (the posse is growing, 4 already on board) Your comment is spot-on, exactly my thoughts too. Do you think we should "advertise"/link this thread in the sub-genres rooms in order to get more visibility and hopefully enlarge our troops ?

aapatsos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 11 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 9226	Post Options Post Reply Quote aapatsos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2017 at 06:29
	Happy to chip in, we completed this in the HP team recently so there should not more than a handful that need updating (if any). It has proved more difficult with Prog metal which has been hit and miss. I think we can start from the ones that are in urgent need of update and concern more well-known bands. If you can co-ordinate this and we spread this out to more people I think we can see some more progress.

Quinino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654	Post Options Post Reply Quote Quinino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2017 at 05:07
	Steve, I knew you would, thanks mate ! Stay tuned (...when we get our posse together, then we'll talk specifics...)

Quinino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654	Post Options Post Reply Quote Quinino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2017 at 03:52
	David, Of course it depends from one case to another, to be rigorous certain bands would require a total rewrite while other will benefit just from a more light editing and/or updating. I think we shouldn't let be overwhelmed by the (eventually) huge amount of work required, if we start thinking in terms of numbers it's easy to get discouraged and give up right away If we could coordinate a joint effort I'm certain it will positively reinforce the individual commitement and make the task a more pleasant one (the main personal goal, as I see it) and productive (the final collective result). Let me know your POV

lazland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13721	Post Options Post Reply Quote lazland Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2017 at 02:49
	There are loads of them which require updating. I would be happy to help in the limited time I have available.
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	Jose if you could clarify what you mean by a revision of bios and what the numbers look like-- are we talking hundreds, thousands? Would these be complete rewrites or just changes, edits, etc.?
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Quinino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654	Post Options Post Reply Quote Quinino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 10 2017 at 12:03
	Great Ian, hope we''ll not remain a band of two... let's wait for more answers and then we'll start the discussion on how to coordinate efforts

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	Happy to get involved from the RIO side
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Quinino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 26 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 3654	Post Options Post Reply Quote Quinino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 10 2017 at 08:43
	Lately I've been considering launching a global revision of Bios, since I consider a significant part is outdated/badly edited/incomplete - but that would surely require a substantial task force not a single-man effort. What is your opinion and would you be willing to join forces and participate ?

DDPascalDD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 06 2015 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 856	Post Options Post Reply Quote DDPascalDD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 02 2017 at 01:37
	Thanks!
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	Done

DDPascalDD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 06 2015 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 856	Post Options Post Reply Quote DDPascalDD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 30 2017 at 03:32
	Rather unhandy I can't update my own biography So could someone please update this page's bio to this: Pascal van den DOOL is a solo crossover prog artist (born 29th february, 2000 in Papendrecht, The Netherlands). Start Playing piano and composing started at an early age and he continued with this a lot in his life. In 2014, he began composing orchestral pieces and piano compilations and publishing them on Youtube. These orchestral pieces were largely inspired by trailer music which has always been an influence. First albums After a little while he composed his first orchestral album, called 'Nature'. In less than a year a new album came out: 'The Transition'. It had a more realistic orchestral sound and functioned as a bridge between orchestral music and band-oriented music. These albums were never officially released. Prog period Pascal discovered prog, which would be a big love from that point. Inspired mainly by Pink Floyd, he made the album Space (July 2015) just 3 months after The Transition. Still the use of orchestra was prominent. Next, he wanted to develop his own style more and thus mixed a lot of piano and orchestra in his sound. The result was a concept album: City Between Two Seas (January 2016). From this point, this album and the Space were available for sale and he gained more international fans. With his next album The Sent Alien (October 2016) he amplified his style; more thought out layers with lots of piano and orchestra and a bit more experimental, the album touches avant-garde briefly for the first time as well as adapting classical composition. The next album, Fedus (June 2017), focusses more on piano solo and other keyboard layers. In this nearly fully instrumental album the aim is to find a balance of seemingly almost contradictional musical aspects: peaceful - tensional, impressionistic - modernist, emotion - complexity, etc. The album again takes a new direction, namely much more jazz and modernist music, but it remains Pascal van den DOOL's own style.
	New album! "A Moment of Thought"

aapatsos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 11 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 9226	Post Options Post Reply Quote aapatsos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 13 2017 at 14:53
	Different Light had a total revamp, musicians missing, an EP needed adding etc. all sorted now

rdtprog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Mtl, QC Status: Offline Points: 5305	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdtprog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 06 2016 at 04:37
	Hemina updates done, new picture will be done by the Admin.
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	Hemina - Bio "Sydney four piece progressive metal act Hemina are preparing for the release of their third album, Venus, on November 11 Venus is an 80 minute concept album detailing and examining domestic violence, relationships, and individuality in the 21st century with a narrative arc to accompany and elaborate on their previous conceptual output. Hemina combine hard hitting syncopated grooves and lush synth backwashes with multi-part vocal harmonies and blistering, memorable leads to create soundcapes full of emotion. The bands first two albums Synthetic (2011) and Nebulae (2014) were met with critical acclaim traversing two different sides of the band's sonic spectrum from the complex and dark, to the concise and uplifting. Venus sees that spectrum expand, offering flavours of what fans have come to expect in the past as well as a new palette and range of expression never before heard from the group. From their ambitious "proggy" beginnings that shaped their first release, they developed a more alternative and concise sound for album number two and have now found their sonic feet and what they feel is the definitive Hemina direction and lineup. Venus has been the most collaborative experience so far, with all members contributing to the songwriting process. So although many of the flavours and sounds will be familiar to those who know them, they are most certainly are treading new ground and this is the most adventurous they have been. Venus is Hemina at their heaviest and most energetic without ignoring the tender and delicate side that keeps the music in balance. With a powerful modern production and mix crafted between Skene and McMahon at Ploughman Studios with audiophile mastering from Ermin Hamidovic at Systematic Productions (Periphery, Devin Townsend, Plini) - this is the band at their best. Hemina have played along side such international acts as Uriah Heep, Kamelot and Apocalyptica and opened for Queensryche earlier this month on the Sydney leg of their tour. They have shared the stage with Aussie legends, Caligula’s Horse, Chaos Divine, Voyager, James Norbert Ivanyi, Divine Ascension, Breaking Orbit among many others and simply live for playing live."


DDPascalDD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 06 2015 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 856	Post Options Post Reply Quote DDPascalDD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 04 2016 at 14:14
	Thanks!
	New album! "A Moment of Thought"

aapatsos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 11 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 9226	Post Options Post Reply Quote aapatsos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 04 2016 at 13:45
	^ done

DDPascalDD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 06 2015 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 856	Post Options Post Reply Quote DDPascalDD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 04 2016 at 12:47
	Can someone edit this page's bio please (due to a new album's release)? Pascal van den DOOL is a solo crossover prog artist (born 29th february, 2000 in Papendrecht, The Netherlands). Start Playing piano and composing started at an early age and he continued with this a lot in his life. In 2014, he began composing orchestral pieces and piano compilations and publishing them on Youtube. These orchestral pieces were largely inspired by trailer music which has always been an influence. First albums After a little while he composed his first orchestral album, called 'Nature'. In less than a year a new album came out: 'The Transition'. It had a more realistic orchestral sound and functioned as a bridge between orchestral music and band-oriented music. These albums were never officially released. Prog period Pascal discovered prog, which would be a big love from that point. Inspired mainly by Pink Floyd, he made the album Space (July 2015) just 3 months after The Transition. Still the use of orchestra was prominent. Next, he wanted to develop his own style more and thus mixed a lot of piano and orchestra in his sound. The result was a concept album: City Between Two Seas (January 2016). From this point, this album and the Space were available for sale and he gained more international fans. With his next album The Sent Alien (October 2016) he amplified his style; more thought out layers with lots of piano and orchestra and a bit more experimental, the album touches avant-garde briefly for the first time as well as adapting classical composition.
	New album! "A Moment of Thought"

The Bearded Bard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 24 2012 Location: Behind the Sun Status: Offline Points: 12859	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Bearded Bard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 06 2015 at 15:12
	Thanks, I didn't catch that. Changed back to the original sentence.


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	Just check the sentence unfinished. We agree with the original: "Their instrumentation is as varied as the styles they incorporate into their music". In the page the sentence is vague.
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