Do you have experience in a prog band?

I've played guitar for 8 years now. I was in two prog-related bands. Bandana Moses is the one I remember best. On the myspace page it says prog/experimental, but it wasn't really. Our one song "Polybius" had a 7/8 break and some interesting chords and we wrote a 9 minute post-rockish song once. Neither are on the page unfortunately. We broke up about 3 years ago. Billy, our drummer, was the most talented member of our band. Our singer the least. We covered Tool's "46 and 2" at a show once. Billy could play every part flawlessly, including the (i believe 7/8) drum solo. I could never coordinate the guitar part well enough behind those crazy drums, but pulled it off for the show fortunately.

The band I play in has prog elements - we usually play long drawn out pieces which could be divided into different sounding sections; styles varying from jazz to classical, folk to rock; and our recent instrumentation has included theremin, violin, sound effects, glockenspiel, accordion, etc. 
Next year marks our 20th anniversary.

harmonium.ro wrote: TODDLER wrote: I've been playing guitar for about 34 years. I started learning blues at an early age. Muddy Waters, Mike Bloomfield and early Fleetwood Mac stuff. At 16 I learned and performed with a Santana cover band. At 17 I ventured into the world of John McLaughlin, working with the Birds of Fire album day and night. This brought  me right into the music of Miles Davis. When I was in my early 20's, I started working on Pat Metheny and Happy the Man. I then spent 12 hours a day studying classical guitar and 3 hours a day on electric. Eventually I was able to divide the two equally. I worked with the Charlie Byrd style which is jazz pieces played on nylon. 26 years of road experience helped me progress as a player and my father was my teacher. He played jazz guitar in the 30's and 40's and classical too. I composed most of the time when I traveled the road. Composition started to click with me over the years not just from hearing and  learning new styles all the time but, watching great guitar players on the road. I released a couple of cd's that sold in Hungary for the most part. Everytime I had a break from a gig, I would run to a field with a guitar and compose. I never thought of the music biz being a plus and felt strongly that music itself or the practice of an instrument should be seperate from it.    Where can we hear your music?

You could probably sample it at CD Baby if it's still there? It's titled Lighthouse Summer and it's real low-fi due to reasons which were beyond my control. I was hoping to distribute it and have a chance meeting with a film student or a starving film director who might find an interest in my music. It might also be listed on ZNR Records. I believe there are reviews for the cd on that site. I managed to gain the interest of one critic named Nick Tate who reviewed the record in Progression magazine in 2004. "The Arrival Of Nightmares" was a collection of pieces I did for various horror film scores. Film scores by film students that never materialized. It is very much on the darkside for I have cronic insomnia and most of the pieces were written and derived from personal nightmares. China has more of a jazz feel with ethnic influence. I don't really play this style of guitar or music today. Now I seem to be interested in playing along with Wes Montgomery "Smokin at the Half Note".  

TODDLER wrote: I've been playing guitar for about 34 years. I started learning blues at an early age. Muddy Waters, Mike Bloomfield and early Fleetwood Mac stuff. At 16 I learned and performed with a Santana cover band. At 17 I ventured into the world of John McLaughlin, working with the Birds of Fire album day and night. This brought  me right into the music of Miles Davis. When I was in my early 20's, I started working on Pat Metheny and Happy the Man. I then spent 12 hours a day studying classical guitar and 3 hours a day on electric. Eventually I was able to divide the two equally. I worked with the Charlie Byrd style which is jazz pieces played on nylon. 26 years of road experience helped me progress as a player and my father was my teacher. He played jazz guitar in the 30's and 40's and classical too. I composed most of the time when I traveled the road. Composition started to click with me over the years not just from hearing and  learning new styles all the time but, watching great guitar players on the road. I released a couple of cd's that sold in Hungary for the most part. Everytime I had a break from a gig, I would run to a field with a guitar and compose. I never thought of the music biz being a plus and felt strongly that music itself or the practice of an instrument should be seperate from it.

Where can we hear your music?

I've played tyhe drums, on and off since I was about 17 or so. I've never played all out prog, but I've played with some indie bands, and ametal band. A friend and I once had a kind of Hawkwind style project on the go, which was fun, but didn't come to much.

I've been playing guitar for about 34 years. I started learning blues at an early age. Muddy Waters, Mike Bloomfield and early Fleetwood Mac stuff. At 16 I learned and performed with a Santana cover band. At 17 I ventured into the world of John McLaughlin, working with the Birds of Fire album day and night. This brought  me right into the music of Miles Davis. When I was in my early 20's, I started working on Pat Metheny and Happy the Man. I then spent 12 hours a day studying classical guitar and 3 hours a day on electric. Eventually I was able to divide the two equally. I worked with the Charlie Byrd style which is jazz pieces played on nylon. 26 years of road experience helped me progress as a player and my father was my teacher. He played jazz guitar in the 30's and 40's and classical too. I composed most of the time when I traveled the road. Composition started to click with me over the years not just from hearing and  learning new styles all the time but, watching great guitar players on the road. I released a couple of cd's that sold in Hungary for the most part. Everytime I had a break from a gig, I would run to a field with a guitar and compose. I never thought of the music biz being a plus and felt strongly that music itself or the practice of an instrument should be seperate from it.   

clarke2001 wrote: Which one? A guitar for 18 yrs, bass for 11 years, keyboards for 9 years. I'm a virtuoso of mediocrity, and quite proud of it.

Clarke,
I proudly join you in the ranks of the mediocre!

You can not vote in this poll ... because you have no experience in a prog band 

 i ve been playing drums for 25+ played in various bands over many years  doing hard rock, funk, jazz  and and did a cover of spirit of the radio, then came the leap into a prog band  for 2 years developing the music then recording and playing gigs and then the breakup came.     i   am looking for  a prog band and maybe a tribute band for next year. the best thing to do is get with some musicians and see what happens. i learnt hell of a lot by playing in a prog band even after all  these years.   whew.   

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: I had to leave the drums to study in the university full time.   Used to play in a semi pro band, we did mainly covers of semi Prog bands like STYX.   Iván