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mathman0806 
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 Posted: December 31 2023 at 09:49 |
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My votes for AOTM 2023: February
1. [AP Prog] eMolecule - The Architect [Spotify] {ap:53563}
2. Zopp - Dominion [Bandcamp] [Spotify] {ap:54131}
3. [AP] Ulaan Passerine - Dawn [Bandcamp] {ap:67908}
4. [AP] Death Valley Girls - Islands in the Sky [Bandcamp] {ap:65426}
5. [AP Non-Prog] Algiers - Shook [Bandcamp] [Spotify] {ap:67914}
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: December 31 2023 at 14:33 |
Yeah sorry, I had a bug in there that at one time might have given you the impression that it worked like that. I'll look into it - it's definitely possible to carry over votes between the monthly and yearly polls. Going forward I can see it work the opposite way - you vote for the releases of the current or previous month, and towards the end of the year you already have those votes available for the end-year yearly poll.
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Logan
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Posted: December 31 2023 at 16:02 |
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Oh, I would love to be able to follow it every month for 2024 starting with January. That would help expose me to new releases throughout the year. It would also save me playing catch up towards the end of the year. That's a great site feature.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: December 31 2023 at 16:50 |
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^ yes, exactly. I want to listen to more great albums right when they are released, not months later. These polls, together with the release calendar and the queue feature could be great tools to achieve that "release awareness" collaboratively. If enough people participate, most great new releases will be added to the database (because they are on someone's list), and they will be seen by others.
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Snicolette
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Posted: December 31 2023 at 17:21 |
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Love this idea, as well, month by month would be easier to keep the releases together, rather than once at the end of the year (although my favourites of the entire year are easy to figure out, what month they were released in would require a deeper research).
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 01 2024 at 02:43 |
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^ The AP database contains the release date for all recent releases, so that is nothing you need to remember
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 03 2024 at 15:56 |
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Happy new year (again) ... this is just to let you know that the release poll for January 2024 is now available:
New polls will automatically be available as a new month begins, just as new yearly polls will be available with each new year. That does not mean that you have to post a list for the new month already now, you can of course do that, but you can also ignore it for a while - or you can go to the selection page and be inspired of the releases listed there, or select some releases you like as soon as you listen to them. You decide!
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Snicolette
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Posted: January 03 2024 at 16:17 |
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Wow! So many releases already! And I'm sure I'll be digging up some that aren't in PA, if you are going to be allowing non-Prog as well.
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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Logan
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Posted: January 03 2024 at 18:18 |
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I wish that we were not temporally locked out and the futurearchive.org's wayforward machine was available for us to look into (and even time-stream) 2025 releases.
I'm looking forward to The Smile's Wall of Eyes (to be released January 26) Anyway, I still have plenty for 2023 to listen to, re-listen to, and consider for my AOTY list. |
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richardh
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Posted: January 03 2024 at 21:10 |
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Big Big Train have an album coming out Feb or March. New vocalist (from PFM) will feature for the first time Alberto Bravin. His 'CV' in his own words
My name is Alberto Bravin and I’m from Italy, from Trieste, that’s a small town on the northeast border of Italy, near Slovenia. I have played the piano since I was three years old. And then I started studying singing in the Conservatory, here in Trieste. And then I earned a diploma in modern singing in London, so I used to live in London for a couple of years, so I know the British guys and a little bit of the culture. I’m also a recording engineer, both a live and studio recording engineer. I had quite a known studio here in Trieste for a lot of years, and then I moved to Milan because I joined Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM). Before that I had a band called Synesthesia. We made two albums that were produced by Franz Di Cioccio, the drummer and the main guy in PFM, so that’s the connection. When the original guitar player of PFM, Franco Mussida, left the band they called Marco Sfogli to replace, but they also needed someone who can sing and play a little bit of guitar, little bit of keyboards, a little bit of everything, and my name came up. And they just called me and said, “well, we are of course trying several people, but do you wanna try?” I went to Milan, we rehearsed once and that was the first PFM rehearsal that they did in seven years. So I played with PFM for seven years and it was beautiful. It was great, a great experience, really rock ‘n’ roll experience. We travelled the world, we made two albums and we did a lot of tours. https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2022/08/28/alberto-bravin-big-big-train/ Pictured here with band leader Greg Spawton on his left and new guitarist Dave Foster the other side (the other guys above!). Exciting times ahead!
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 04 2024 at 00:55 |
Sure! You can add any release to your list. Depending on pa/non-pa and prog status, they will end up in the proper combined chart, and in your list they will also be flagged appropriately.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 01:59 |
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I've just improved the UI a little bit. There's now two separate modes of selection:
- Look up release: Perfect for when you already have a list of releases and you just need to find and add them - Browse releases: Choose this if you don't already have a fixed list of releases - or maybe even just take a look in order to see which releases you could listen to next! The list of releases now also shows the genre as well as the release date (if it is in the future). If you browse with the filter set to only show PA releases, the list will show the PA genre. If all releases are displayed, the AP genre will be shown instead. P.S.: Going forward this monthly poll page will, little by little, become a more interactive version of the release calendar, allowing you to keep track of new releases and which of them are your favorites, all in one place.
Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 07 2024 at 03:05 |
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Cristi
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 05:30 |
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^ the whole thing is not working for me. It's either me doing something wrong or just me being ignorant on using that "tool".
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:17 |
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^ You're giving me very little info to work with. What exactly is not working?
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Cristi
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:19 |
Looking up a release, I got nothing Browsing albums, I got nothing, not even finding Riverside's last album. I give up... Don't worry about it.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:27 |
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^ Are you in the 2024 poll? That would explain it.
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Cristi
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:28 |
I clicked on the links you provided.  2023 - and I can't work it. edit: Selecting Riverside worked. Now do I have to do the same for 20 something albums?
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:33 |
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Yes, I provided the link for January 2024 (the current month). On the page just below the page title you can select all available months and years.
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Cristi
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:35 |
I am in the wrong thread, I had difficulty with the 2023 albums list. Ignore my posts here.  I'll see if i find the time for the annual list. |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 07 2024 at 07:35 |
Sure, if you have that many albums. It's easier for AP users who have rated their favorite releases throughout the year, then you can narrow down the list to those and you merely need to click the select buttons. But for those that haven't or have no AP account, there's no way around having to look up the releases.
Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 07 2024 at 07:36 |
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