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Topic: A video thank you for reviewer Mellotron Storm
Posted: September 19 2015 at 11:41

A video thank you for the ultimate reviewer Mellotron Storm (3743 reviews) for his review of the album Synemotion on Progarchives the ultimate progressive rock music website

Mellotron Storm's review of Synemotion

http://www.progarchives.com/review.asp?id=1462567#social-comments

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 12:50

HAH! Color me f**king envious John.. I NEVER.. EVER got anything like that.

man.. that might just drive me back into reviewing.. I want.. NEED a video thank you.

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 13:13

Wow! Thanks Olivia and now I wished I had rated it higher. LOL

She's too cute no? I still wished she had sung on this album as I think it would have only made it better with less of the focus on the instrumental work that was a little samey(sorry) at times.

I'm sure my face was red as I watched that.

Mick, I can do a video for you while reading one of your reviews in a sexy accent. Big smile

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 13:40

Mellotron Storm wrote:

of the focus on the instrumental work that was a little samey(sorry) at times.

I'm surprised John you didn't interpret it as a concept album, even though you mentioned it was in the review. I thought you knew.

Synemotion is actually one song of 32:21 minutes which would put it somewhere in between Brian Eno's Discreet Music (31:34) and Magma's Kohntarkosz (31:17)

but because I wanted my songs to be played on the radio I cut it into pieces. (said with a Greek accent ;)

Edited by waterinsilence - September 19 2015 at 14:06

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 13:44

micky wrote:

HAH! Color me f**king envious John.. I NEVER.. EVER got anything like that.

man.. that might just drive me back into reviewing.. I want.. NEED a video thank you.

LOL Micky...if you ever get back into reviewing, and you're interested... PM me

Edited by waterinsilence - September 19 2015 at 13:49

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 13:44

ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

aaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 13:54

Awesome

Gotten many wonderful thank you's from musicians over the years, but never one like this. Very nice.

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 14:44

waterinsilence wrote:

Mellotron Storm wrote:

of the focus on the instrumental work that was a little samey(sorry) at times.

I feel like I need to edit my review now. I didn't actually feel that the songs were samey as much as some of the drumming and riffs were. Also saying I felt "ripped off" was too strong, disappointed would be more accurate but then you obviously wanted this concept album to be instrumental for a reason.

I really do hope to hear you sing on your next album though 'cause when I say I like Anneke and Sharon's vocals I mean both are probably in my top three of female singers, I just love their tone.

Also what was the significance of the picture of you lying on the bed topless on the inside of the album cover?

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 16:16

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Also what was the significance of the picture of you lying on the bed topless on the inside of the album cover?

The album art was created by a collage artist, the inside cover is taken from Paul Delvaux painting 'La Venus Endormie' (Sleeping Venus) (1944) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paul-delvaux-994

The significance and the reason it was used was because Delvaux explained:

"that it was painted in Brussels during the German wartime occupation and while the city was being bombed. ‘The psychology of that moment was very exceptional, full of drama and anguish’, he recalled. ‘I wanted to express this anguish in the picture, contrasted with the calm of the Venus’

I hoped to express as is said in the song Synemotion, that through all the emotional states we pass through - there is a calm place within us where we can retreat

and as the final words of Synemotion express:

"It is the shock of unwelcome emotions that blows us away and damages us; leaving us permanently wounded and guaranteeing our unfortunate lifestyles.

But those who walk through life with wounds that hurt at the slightest touch and are not bothered by their ugliness, not bothered by the pain remembered and not worried of how many more scars will disfigure them, are the ones who are released, freed to feel again and experience even more.

And with the next wave, what was once a torrent of unbearable emotion, becomes a colorful, complex and more compelling palette of moods and feelings, gifting us the ability to create and combine, not only a synesthesia of the senses but also the feelings – Synemotion"

Edited by waterinsilence - September 19 2015 at 16:17

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 21:23

Mellotron Storm wrote:

Mick, I can do a video for you while reading one of your reviews in a sexy accent. Big smile

my DT review perhaps LOL

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 21:30

waterinsilence wrote:

micky wrote:

HAH! Color me f**king envious John.. I NEVER.. EVER got anything like that.

man.. that might just drive me back into reviewing.. I want.. NEED a video thank you.

LOL Micky...if you ever get back into reviewing, and you're interested... PM me

Hah I sort of got out because I sucked and never got a video thanks.. and was eventually eclipsed by my wife as a reviewer. Thus forever earning the moniker 'oh.. you are Raff's husband' at prog festivals and shows. LOL

really cool of you to thank John though like that. Some serious style points and even a few McClappies. Clap

Reviewing is not an easy task.. nor particularly rewarding at times. Great of you to show the thanks that way.

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Posted: September 19 2015 at 21:56

Excellent! Great to see the artist recognize the effort of a good reviewer.

Also saw this album mentioned on this website that I check out once in a while...

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 07:40

alrighty darlin'... I had a night to think about it. This is PA's ... where good deeds are never left unpunished. I'm game. I'll get back into the game. I do need an outlet on this site other than trolling.

I'll do you a review.. can't promise it will be good, or positive, but I can promise it will be fair and honest. LOL

PM sent

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 16:29

micky wrote:

^ Clap

where good deeds are never left unpunished. I'm game. I'll get back into the game. I do need an outlet on this

I'll do you a review.. can't promise it will be good, or positive, but I can promise it will be fair and honest. LOL

PM sent

and I will thank you with a video...can't promise it will be good, or positive, but I can promise it will be fair and honest. LOL

PM sent

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 16:49

Uh-oh, the name Pandora comes to mind Clown

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 17:20

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Uh-oh, the name Pandora comes to mind Clown

(smile)...Atavachron...(who travels in time's past)

When Pandora opened the box she released every imaginable evil into the world, but she closed the lid in time and 'Hope' was left inside, hope was not lost, but neither was it available

Maybe it is time, to let 'Hope' out

Edited by waterinsilence - September 20 2015 at 17:33

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 17:38

waterinsilence wrote:

micky wrote:

^ Clap

PM sent

and I will thank you with a video...can't promise it will be good, or positive, but I can promise it will be fair and honest. LOL

PM sent

polite ..thoughtful.. and cheeky. I may have trouble NOT liking the album even if I don't LOL

Looking forward to listening to it. Smile

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 17:41

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Uh-oh, the name Pandora comes to mind Clown

you know me too well David...but.... after I review this one.

I unleash upon PA's my long threatened and promised review that WILL be considered the greatest review ever to be unleashed upon PA's.

you all know which album is to be... first I have to buy a new copy of it... LOL

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Posted: September 20 2015 at 18:01

Great job interacting with the reviewers here, Olivia. It makes me happy knowing that some our opinions do indeed reach the artists and actually create some form of credibility sometimes. Wink

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Posted: September 21 2015 at 06:54

aglasshouse wrote:

Great job interacting with the reviewers here, Olivia. It makes me happy knowing that some our opinions do indeed reach the artists and actually create some form of credibility sometimes. Wink

aglasshouse :), I believe the reviews on Progarchives are very important to artists. You are the dedicated progressive rock listeners, who would know more about this genre of music but everyone here?... who come together in the forums to discuss for years.

I suppose and from my experience an artist may feel intimidated to say thank you

First, because it may seem like self-promotion
Second, musicians express more in music than words and are a super sensitive bunch that even one word can shatter LOL

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