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    Posted: December 19 2005 at 18:48

 

      My ideal (prog) band would have the following instruments

                      Acoustic & Electric Guitars

                       Multiple Keyboards

                       Bass / Stick 

                       Various Percussion  (maybe 2 guys, a la Bruford & Muir of KC)

                       Flute & Violin  (a la Mauro Pagani of PFM)

       For live shows, maybe an extra guitarist and keyboard player, though lead vocalist could play something when he's not singing.  Speaking of vocalists, it would be great to have a male AND female lead singer!

       Now pick yours!

 

                                                                                                                                                              

 

                                                                                                 

                      

                      

 
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Multiple Keyboards such as...

Hammond B/C3 organ

Minimoog Model D mono synth

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 poly synth

Mellotron with Strings, Choirs

ARP Pro Soloist for the cheesy fake strings

Grand Piano

Fender or Wurlitzer Electric Piano
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Off the top of my head:

Electric Manolin (like Nash The Slash)

Stick/double bass

Keys

Percussion

 
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Guitar
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Drums
Keyboards
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Originally posted by A'swepe A'swepe wrote:

Multiple Keyboards such as...

Hammond B/C3 organ

Minimoog Model D mono synth

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 poly synth

Mellotron with Strings, Choirs

ARP Pro Soloist for the cheesy fake strings

Grand Piano

Fender or Wurlitzer Electric Piano

Add a church organ, harpsichord, and clavinet and that would be a wet dream.
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Originally posted by soundsweird soundsweird wrote:

 

      My ideal (prog) band would have the following instruments

                      Acoustic & Electric Guitars

                       Multiple Keyboards

                       Bass / Stick 

                       Various Percussion  (maybe 2 guys, a la Bruford & Muir of KC)

                       Flute & Violin  (a la Mauro Pagani of PFM)

       For live shows, maybe an extra guitarist and keyboard player, though lead vocalist could play something when he's not singing.  Speaking of vocalists, it would be great to have a male AND female lead singer!

       Now pick yours!

 

                                                                                                                                                               



All of the above, plus horns - there's just not enough horns in prog.  And the violin out front, not buried in the mix somewhere.

For vocals, maybe Tarja from Nightwish, plus a male singer who can actually sing - Fish, or Labrie, maybe Steve Walsh before his vocal chords were shot.
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Rhodes Piano

Hammond Organ/Farfisa Organ

A Modern synthesizer

THE MOOG

Fretless Bass

Electric Guitar

Drums

Saxophone
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My ideal or dream set up would consist of:

Various Keyboards/Synthesizers (Analog synths like MiniMoog or Moog Voyager or ARP 2600, Rhodes, Hammond B3, Steinway Grand, Foot-pumped Harmonium, and a KORG Triton Extreme 88 or KORG OASYS 88) 

Acoustic and Electric Guitars, sitar, various lutes

Electric/acoustic Violin

Double Reed and single reed woodwinds

Brass section

Flute (concert flute, bansuri or quena)

Bass (Fretted, Fretless, upright)

Touch-style guitars (Warr Guitar or Mobius Megatar)

Drums and various percussion

 

Well, I guess that covers all musical colors I could conceptualize.
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I think Gentle Giant is the example to follow one this one. 
Spock's Beard has a desent way of doing things to, I like them becaue Okumato and Morse compliment each other on keyboards nicely as does Morse and Morse on guitars.  I like how both these bands have multiple singers while everyone plays instruments also.
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Hmm...

Keyboards, Synths

Acoustic, Electric, Steel, Pedal Steel and Bass Guitars

Oboe, Cor Angelis

Drums, Assorted Percussion (like Jamie Muir)
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The perfect prog band?

2 Percussionists
1 Guitarist, switching between electric and acoustic 6 & 12 strings and a pedal steel
1 Bassist
1 Stickist/Warr Guitarist
1 Female Keyboardist/Singer.  Moog, Hammond, all the classic keys and synths.
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Points: 1823 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2005 at 09:35
The standard guitars, drums and keyboard plus a flute and violin.

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How about:

 

Chapman Stick

Bass

Saxophone

Percussion, Drums and Electronics (samplers, sequencers etc. lots of weird noises!)

...and maybe trombone

 

That would be a pretty interesting lineup methinks.

Dunno if it would be an ideal band though.



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I've been thinking of something like this:

2 guitarists (both lead and rhythm, playing acoustic & electric)
bassist
drummer/percussionist
keyboardist
pianist
a small symphony orchestra (about 6-8 members)

Would be really nice.
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Acoustic guitar

Electric guitar

Cello

Sticks/ Warr guitar

Piano

Mellotron and Moog

Flute

Drumms

...and maybe a marimba? jejeje

 
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Originally posted by A Guy A Guy wrote:

How about:

 

Chapman Stick

Bass

Saxophone

Percussion, Drums and Electronics (samplers, sequencers etc. lots of weird noises!)

...and maybe trombone

 

That would be a pretty interesting lineup methinks.

Dunno if it would be an ideal band though.

Interesting line-up....Chapman stick and bass, huh!?
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I think this would be interesting, and possibly unlistenable:

Mellotron
Metal trash can lids
Taurus bass pedals
Vocoder
Vako Orchestron
Functioning toilet
Carl Palmer's drumset
Hammock (no not a Hammond)
1972 Ford Pinto
Broom (wooden handle)
Metal shelving unit
Forklift
Paper shopping bags
Paper towel cardboard tubes
Barberry-Red Leaf Japanese (a bush)
Slinkies
An assortment of squeaky dog toys
Tuba
Glockenspiel
Samples of Jean Stapleton's voice (or even get her to perform)
A box of Milkbone dog biscuits
A box of Cheddar Triscuits
A bag of Bic pens
Theremin
Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
A map of Winnipeg
Triangles
Queen-sized mattress
Bike with training wheels
Shopping cart
Air conditioner
French horn
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Points: 3047 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2005 at 17:55
  • Drums and Percussion
  • Violin, Cello
  • Flute, Saxophone
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Piano, Organ, Mellotron
  • Bass Guitar
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