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Tony R ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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Latest addition Symph Prog from Switzerland!
"Welcome" are a three piece, Bernie Krauer/Keyboards, Vocals Tommy Stebel/Percussion, Guitar, Vocals Francis Jost/Bass, Vocals who are obviously in love with Yes. However the keyboard-driven compositions rattle along and make you wonder why Yes have released so much drivel over the last 25 years! Fans of the Hammond Organ will love this. Edited by Tony R - November 04 2006 at 17:01 |
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decypher ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 06 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 157 |
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It´s nice to see Black Jesters "Mirror song" there, it´s such a good song, always has been my fave by them, it´s really an exceptional song if you´re into prog metal - brilliant guitar work, fantastic harmony solos, nice details in the rhythm play.... it´s a good album anyway, more diverse than the usual neoclassical progmetal.
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MikeEnRegalia ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 21587 |
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The problem can't be fixed - the font which the player uses cannot be altered, and it simply cannot display non-ascii characters. The only way would be to contact the author of the flash-plugin and ask him to replace the font.
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andu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 27 2006 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 3089 |
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this may be because of the file's tags. myself i use an excelent player called foobar, which helps me by getting full album tags from freedb and updating, and also for manually editing the tags.
but also, it may not be a problem with the tags. Edited by andu - November 03 2006 at 06:41 |
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Tony R ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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Updated
note some tracks with non-English characters dont display properly on the player. For example Marco Antonio Araujo's name displays as "Aramarco Ant" for some reason. Here his take on Gymnopedie #3 currently on the player in "track 2" position. http://www.progarchives.com/ Edited by Tony R - November 01 2006 at 17:31 |
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Easy Livin ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
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The MP3 downloads were indeed withdrawn for copyright reasons.
Please remember that attempting to Rip the audio from the streaming falls under the heading of "illegal activity" and as such should not be discussed here.
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Firepuck ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 28 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 657 |
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progadder, when we had the ability to easily download the MP3's I was fortunate enough to have downloaded hundreds of them. I too do not have the time to sit in front of my PC and listen to streaming music.
It use to be quick and easy to download lots of music by saving the song to my hard drive. I didn't have to listen to the song to save it. Of course, this was done in a fraction of the time it would take to record the song as it played.
Perhaps there are those out there who can offer alternate solutions.
Before everyone comes back and says to buy the CD's let me say that my musical purchases prior to coming to this site were non-existent in the previous 10 years (I have a collection of 1000 plus prog LP's collected in the 70's and early 80's and several hundred cassettes taped from friends collections so I had enough music to listen to - OR SO I THOUGHT!!!).
Since coming to this site I am now regularily purchasing new CD's but I have a very small budget for this (married with children). I would listen to the music I downloaded from this site along with reading the reviews to best determine where to spend my money.
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Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks."
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Arsillus ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7374 |
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I think it had something to do with copyright junk. But whatever keeps the site safe, I'm with it.
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progadder ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: November 05 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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![]() Whilst I am sure that this new facility will be welcomed by others, am I the only one who mourns the demise of the time when we could download the MP3 samples?
I don't have time to sit at my PC and listen to the streaming MP3s.
I used to download and listen at my leisure on my MP3 player.
I can tell you that I discovered and went on to buy the CDs of a good number of new bands this way.
Why was this facility changed?
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There's an angel standing in the sun ...
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chopper ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20032 |
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The streaming is a good idea but the contents of the page you get when you first arrive on the site is not so good.
We have a tacky "hit this and win an Xbox/iPod" type ad at the top, a block of Google ads down the right and only a small paragraph about the site visible above the MP3 download (which is now an incorrect term) box. It looks better when you can see some album covers in the reviews.
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Joren ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 07 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 6667 |
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If it's possible to have both options, that would be great. But I'm not sure if it is possible. If not, I would prefer to see the most recent tracks displayed. |
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robertplantowns ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 27 2005 Status: Offline Points: 333 |
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I agree with the sentiment that the latest streaming mp3s should be moved by resizing it and putting it on the right. Also, there should be an option of putting it on a random setting that would introduce lots of people to music that's been around for a while, and a "featured" setting that would allow people to listen to the newest streaming additions.
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Aspiring hope ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 03 2006 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 198 |
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Great addendum to this site's already laudative qualities. It's an useful innovation, as one would arrange himself to meet new material and bands without having to waste that much time in search for updates. I, myself, have noted about three or four interesting bands, when I first took a listen at the new feature. In my opinion, its position is just irrelevant - not much impact caused on the new members, unless people are just as frivolous as to take that into account, rather than hearing the songs themselves and probe the site's content -, save for reducing the reviews' area, even though one has the option of reading more than what's initially displayed. In such case, Firepuck's thought could answer to that issue, as well. As for the suggestion of placing in previously existent mp3 streams, I'm not so sure on how significant that'd be, since anyone can just look for what's already there themselves, even with genre-derived tracks, and just for building a rating system of popularity based on the listenings, it doesn't seem that important to take up more space.
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Firepuck ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 28 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 657 |
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I like the idea, I like the positioning.
Personally I would make it take up less vertical space on the page, maybe by only showing 5 songs instead of the 10 we currently see. But as a member I have no problem navagating the site.
And I like the idea of keeping the songs as the newest additions, again as a member I know where to find the rest of them.
I PARTICULARILY LIKE THE 'NEW VISITORS GUIDE'. To me this is a great resource for 'newbies' to the site. It would have been a great help when I first starting visiting a couple of years ago.
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Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks."
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Australian ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: June 13 2006 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 3278 |
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Hooray, thanks Tony for adding the Church sample. |
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Easy Livin ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
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M@x,
The general view appears to be that the new facility is a valuable addition, but that the positioning of it is wrong.
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Schizoid Man ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 03 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 251 |
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Great!
imho:
1. Positioning is fine. I'd rather hear the groups music than someone else's opinion of it.
2. Track rotation is the way to go. After a group/artist has a song listed they drop to the end of the list keeping it relatively fresh.
3. I'd remove "Downloads" since we can't really d/l the music.
4. I'm assuming the whole PA library is available? Established major artists (Taal) as well as newcomer's?
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Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.
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VanderGraafKommandöh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
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Now hang on, Astrid Proll - Torso is not average. ![]() |
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M@X ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Co-founder, Admin & Webmaster Joined: January 29 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4051 |
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Guys,
thanks for your comments, as a reminder the home page is dedicated to provide a quick snap shot of the new stuff available @ www.progarchives.com . - Latest forum topcis - latest reviews - latest album added So now we have the latest MP3 added. More mp3 free stream can be listen through band and album pages. And in the sub-genre zone too. What do you think ? Max Edited by M@X - October 30 2006 at 21:40 |
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Prog On !
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BePinkTheater ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 01 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1381 |
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NICE
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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