Mike wrote:
 Are your Symphonic Prog Schools that much different? From what I've seen they're even much more narrow than what we're currently trying to do in the definitions of the three new PM categories ... |
But we managed to create them inside the frames of Symphonic Prog without altering the structure of the site.
It's even more radical, because we created 10 schools (some have been eliminated and others will soon be presented) but we preferred to keep our changes inside the sub-genre.
But, that's our option.
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Sure. But why should musicians feel limited by these categorisations? I mean, if Yes are categorized as Symphonic, it doesn't imply that they're only that and nothing else.
I think this is very important to keep in mind when looking at any categorisation ... it's only a rule of thumb, a suggestion of how to group a number of artists or albums. It's like saying that "x has something in common with y", not "x is the same as y".
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Incredibly I agree with you Mike, the artists shouldn't feelñ limited by categorization, because at the end they make the music and if they change, then the categorization will also change.
Genesis and Yes were catalogued as Prog and Symphonic, but they also made POP, so it didn't limiited them, Phil Collins even insulted the fans in the concerts 1 or 2 times saying he didn't care what the old fans thought.
The band Sympozion from Israel waas added to Symphonic because they were rejected by Fyusion, but their promoter sent me a mail asking to be moved to Fusion, we added the MP3 (with their written permission) and they were moved
But also agree with Stionebeard they feel limited in some cases, I bet that if you ask 10 Symphonic musicians what do they play, 11 will say Symphonic, but if you ask 10 Neo Prog musicians what do they play:
- 5 Will say Symphonic
- 1 Will say he/she/they don't believe in categories
- 1 will say he/she/they ignore what Neo Prog is
- 1 will say Progressive Rock simply
- 2 At the most will admit they play Neo Prog.
That's because many people see Neo Prog as a "B" class sub-genre, something that must be left in the past.
Iván
BTW: Please somebody kill the narrator, he's giving me aheadache.
Hey Micky, can't use my rivers of blue ink because Mike is using it.
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - November 03 2007 at 22:14
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Are you stubborn about the genre changes?
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I agree, but millions don't see it that way 
