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Poll Question: What subgenre do you consider yourself the most well-versed in?
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Although my taste in prog runs the gamut of most of the styles listed here, I must say that Canterbury is probably closest to a specialty as I own most records by most of the bands classified as that on this site.

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symphonic prog.
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless Compromises
Shatter the illusion
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I'm not a specialist in anything, but it would probably be either symphonic or psychedelic.
My recent purchases:
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Classic symphonic, jazz-rock/fusion and some prog metal.
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Wow, Symphonic nudges ahead! I thought for sure Prog Metal would be the winner! Where's Progtologist? 
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Not much of a specialist but :

Prog Metal

Jazz Rock

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RIO avant garde!
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If I have a specialty at all, it is Krautrock. I always had a soft spot for it. The weirder the Krautrock is the better. I've been a weirdo all my life. When I was 16 I wanted a tame bat as a pet , but sadly (and sanely ) my parents were against it.


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Let's just say I punched in the Folk prog, but I would not call it a specialty of mine

I prefer saying that I have a good notion of most styles but excell in none

I will say that I am definitely weaker in Progmetal and neo-prog, mostly because those two genres are not my cup of tea
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Originally posted by AtLossForWords AtLossForWords wrote:

Prog Metal, hopefully I'll have a little message that says so beneath my avatar to acknowledge that sometime soon.

Bribeing Cyggie and Jody now are we.
Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Let's just say I punched in the Folk prog, but I would not call it a specialty of mine

I prefer saying that I have a good notion of most styles but excell in none

I will say that I am definitely weaker in Progmetal and neo-prog, mostly because those two genres are not my cup of tea


Neither are they mine, Sean. Neo Prog is usually just plain boring, and Prog Metal just seems so - well, how shall I describe it? There is a movie with Tony Curtis ("The Great Race"), which ends with a big pie-throwing fight. It is all very messy, but somehow the flying cakes don't touch him at all, and he stays perfectly clean, while all the others become covered in pie. Prog Metal is like Tony Curtis in that scene - just too clean. It is loud, yes, but I miss the dirt. Maybe it is the production for most of these albums, but this cleanliness makes Prog Metal somewhat ridiculous. Also there is too little music in the medium dynamic range - they are either quiet (I will grant them that; Prog Metal is not all about banging) or loud. But what is in between is usually very underrepresented.


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Prog Metal!!! \m/ \m/

But yeah I'm into all of it.

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Symphonic, I guess...but then I started coming to PA to find out more about other genres which I am doing...money and time allowing!
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Know a bit about almost everything, but Heavy Metal is my strongest point.
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I like a bit of everything as long as it's not too strange!


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Evidently,Electronic Rock ...
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I choose psychodelic/ space rock, but I like all of subgeneries
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Italina prog...
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I chose RIO/Avant-Prog, but I'm not sure if it's really my "specialty"... I know a lot more about it than the average proghead though, and it's my favourite subgenre!  I think most of my knowledge lies in the symphonic bands... but they are simply in the majority and I think most progheads know a lot about symphonic prog, so I wouldn't call it my "specialty".
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