What would you like to have discussed about Prog?

What subjects, topics, genres, bands, musicians or anything else relating to Prog music that would you like to have discussed? In other words, what's on your mind?

To what extent can composition occur after the performance, rather than before?

Music must evolve and adapt to the current environment of public consumption.  The underground will be the domain of creativity.  

How would the classic composers of the 19th century respond to the interpretations of their music by progessive artists. I heard the interview clip from Aaron Copland about Fanfare knowing that he had lived through the transformation of modern music. How shocked would Liszt, Wagner, Bartok or Mussorgsky be at hearing their compositions in the manner of ELP, Par Lindh or even ELO?

Will the old bands continue as tribute bands after all the original members have passed?

Anoraknok wrote: I think I have an answer, JD. If we'd attach the dynamo generators to their coffins, it'd provide the electricity to the entire state.

So what you're saying is..."Roll Over Beethoven". Got it!

JD wrote: How would the classic composers of the 19th century respond to the interpretations of their music by progessive artists. I heard the interview clip from Aaron Copland about Fanfare knowing that he had lived through the transformation of modern music. How shocked would Liszt, Wagner, Bartok or Mussorgsky be at hearing their compositions in the manner of ELP, Par Lindh or even ELO?

Edited by Argonaught - October 04 2014 at 19:20

HolyMoly wrote: Anoraknok wrote: Well I'd be happy if there was more about modern underground scene and less about 'who's balls are bigger, Rush or King Crimson's' or 'who moves fingers faster, Petrucci or Lifeson'. I mean those all are legends and  we know it, but its getting old. Too old. Agree, but to be fair, topics about the modern underground do come up pretty often. Problem is, they don't survive long because they have a smaller audience. The "what are you listening to?" thread is nice because you come across a lot of random albums there, and sometimes I ask about them and end up making a discovery I would not have made otherwise. But a whole thread for such a band would not survive long.

When I discover a good new band who aren't particularly famous on an international level, I also usually start a new thread about them but I haven't really had time to go exploring for new artists in a while nor had time to digest obscure new music. For the most part I'm actually somewhat satisfied with those threads, though I sometimes wish they'd go to more than 1 page of replies more often. I do wonder if there might be a generation gap going on with the older posters, though, since the more interesting modern progressive music projects are usually those that aren't just 1970s throwbacks.

There are actually a few interesting more obscure artists I've wanted to start threads about, but have either been too busy or too lazy to do so. What do you say that I start one tonight?

I'll have a thread about Aluk Todolo online in the Bands/Artists/Genres forum later today, then, but I first need to write a lengthy opening post explaining why I find their signature style so interesting... which will take some time. They're probably the band on PA I've been listening to the most over the course of this autumn season, and I find them deserving of not just a bigger audience than they enjoy themselves but so many other music projects from a similar background.

In the meantime, you might want to peruse the reviews of RateYourMusic user HorseMouth. Despite being only 19 years old, he seems to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of 1960s/1970s avantgarde/experimental music and not just prog/psych rock but also free jazz and early electronic music.

JD wrote:   Point of fact: Bartok was born in 1881, so that put's him in the 19th century.