Prog related and proto prog categories

Well, it has been asked whether we really need a million reviews of Close To The Edge or In The Court Of The Crimson King, yet, we still see these come through on a regular basis. Maybe, under reviews, it could be split into up & coming. I kind of wonder whether the site's mechanisms could divide reviews by 1- albums reviewed over x amount of times , see my examples above, 2 - currently listed albums reviewed less than X amount of times, & 3 - up & coming, i.e. newly listed, or no albums reviewed.
Or I may be asking for the impossible

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34917&PID=2401183#2401183

Looks like we have the basis of a plan....

It's great, Eric

Hmmm, the guy on guitars,vocals and synths is really cool.....

Melomaniac wrote: Tony R wrote: [QUOTE=Chus]Like this one  http://www.myspace.com/camino16[/QUOTE]   Nice, which actually points out a flaw in my logic - many of these bands havent got an album out yet, so how can we best promote them?   Would it be possible to create an 'Up and coming prog artists of any genre' on the site ?   I would gladly collaborate with anyone who wishes to do that, seriously !

Tony R wrote: Well maybe I believe that instead of worrying which bands fit the prog-related description, we should be actively researching new prog to add to the site. I answer over 20 submission requests every week and most of these bands have myspace sites. These bands need a postion here far more than The Police, so why not use your knowledge about Prog to this end?   I am not picking on you per-se, honestly but it seems to me that too many members focus on promoting well-known bands that they like for inclusion as prog-related, rather than the job at hand. This is a Prog site after all...

Well maybe I believe that instead of worrying which bands fit the prog-related description, we should be actively researching new prog to add to the site. I answer over 20 submission requests every week and most of these bands have myspace sites. These bands need a postion here far more than The Police, so why not use your knowledge about Prog to this end?

Tony R wrote: Melomaniac wrote: "Even though the music by these artists is sometimes unrelated it had things in common with prog music in that it was very structured and even adventurous, sometimes hard or heavy, sometimes mellow, strong melodies, good hooks are an integral part of most of the material. Sometimes these artists pioneered other rock genres. Though most of these artist can't really be considered progressive themselves, their relation to progressive music is not to be underestimated."   A quote from the prog related description.   Thanks Tony !  You've just given me more than enough ammo for The Police to be included in Prog Related !!!   As Zappa just said it was Bob that made the post not I....   I am flabbergasted that anyone would expend effort getting The Police added to a Prog Rock site....seriously there are lots of real Prog bands out there who need your support. Try searching "Myspace" for bands with the tag "prog" and see if anything worthwhile comes up. All these bands have music posted on their Myspace, so why not go and discover something worthwhile and worth championing...

Edited by Melomaniac - February 28 2007 at 15:45

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