This site means the world to me.  I discovered it in 2004 while I was in my first year of college, and by reading reviews and using the streaming function, I was introduced to many of my favorite artists, many of which I became my friends' favorite artists as well. Off the top of my head, some of the artists that were delivered to me via progarchives are: Magma, Can, Ruins, The Residents, Henry Cow, Dün, Behold! The Arctopus. 

It's a weird thing to consider:  What would my life be like if I was introduced to Magma ten years later?  *shudder*...

The internet was very different back then, and we didn't have instant access to nearly any song we wanted via youtube or spotify.   The playlists that progarchives had set up for each artist almost became albums unto themselves.  Some of the playlists are still memorized in my head in the same way an album's track listing would be.   Of course I regularly used them to listen to the classic artists I wanted to hear when I was away from my CD collection (Genesis, Yes, Jethro, Zappa, Beefheart, Floyd, etc)

This time spent exploring music on progarchives shaped my life for the better.  So to any of you contributors reading this, a big thank you!  Lots of admiration your way.  Your hard work has a deep impact.

As this is the "Welcome Artists" section, I should probably get on with it.

Bowchicawowow Tape Company is my "fake" record label.  It exists as a seemingly necessary device to foster the many musical projects I've been involved with over the years.  The label consists of many bands which are all really different combinations of the same dozen or so musicians, creating more material than is realistic for our real-life bands to take on.  And so, I am sitting on a pile of music that would like to be heard, and hopefully through whatever Bowchicawowow becomes, that will happen.

Here's three samples of the sounds we're making:

One albums still in the works at the studio, from Black Fax Bulletin. Here's one of the songs as a work-in-progress:  https://soundcloud.com/user-559211456/black-hat-white-hat-early/s-GjqxDAybhY2" rel="nofollow - https://soundcloud.com/user-559211456/black-hat-white-hat-early/s-GjqxDAybhY2

From a band called Thurpt is the next album to come out (once I find somebody who wants to host/debut it): http://https://soundcloud.com/user-559211456/the-quest-1" rel="nofollow - https://soundcloud.com/user-559211456/the-quest-1" rel="nofollow - https://soundcloud.com/user-559211456/the-quest-1

And our first record to go out was 'The Luncheon' from Sylvia's Taco Salad: http://https://bowchicawowow.bandcamp.com/album/the-luncheon" rel="nofollow -
https://bowchicawowow.bandcamp.com/album/the-luncheon" rel="nofollow - https://bowchicawowow.bandcamp.com/album/the-luncheon

Thanks for reading and listening!

That's a great story!! Thanks for sharing your journey with PA...........

Really?

This is a place where "the Greats" have titles like Karn Evil 9, Return of the Giant Hogweed and 21st Century Schizoid Man. 

Their song titles are just fine.