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Queen By-Tor 
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 Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:04 |
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the artist has to contact M@X, but the collabs can go to the band and ask if they're interested.
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:06 |
Yeah, just wondering. Not that I'd interested in that sort of exposure, though...
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:07 |
It's good exposure if you don't ask for bad reviews of your albums to be taken down. not that I'm holding a grudge or anything 
Edited by King By-Tor - November 25 2008 at 13:07
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:11 |
 King By-Tor wrote:
It's good exposure if you don't ask for bad reviews of your albums to be taken down.
not that I'm holding a grudge or anything
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That's tacky and dishonest. I welcome criticism. I cower in the corner while I receive it, but I welcome it! 
I just wonder how many people will hold back just because I'm a regular here.
I already know my limitations as a musician (and especially as a vocalist).
I'm versatile as a musician (I play everything but drums on my recordings), but I'm not as technically proficient as many others, nor do I care to be for the sake of my music. The compositions are what I focus on, and there aren't too many "speedy" parts. I like simple, anyway.
I would say the sound of my singing voice is somewhere in the realm between Neal Morse and Andy Latimer on a good day. For better or for worse, that's the voice I have. I can carry a tune at least (I think!).
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:12 |
As clear by some of my reviews, I don't hold back anyways 
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:15 |
I can do a fair impression of Peter Gabriel.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:20 |
So can every other Neo singer
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:25 |
King By-Tor wrote:
So can every other Neo singer
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Here's something I completely don't get-
Every neo prog (or modern symphonic prog) band gets this in some form or another:
"You can hear heavy traces of Yes, Genesis, and ELP..."
I'm sorry- many of these bands sound completely different, and I don't usually hear these influences (even though they may exist).
When I think Genesis, for instance, my mind mostly conjures up layered 12-string guitar and theatrical lyrics.
When I think ELP, I think heavy bombastic keyboards.
You see what I'm saying?
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:28 |
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True. For the most part I agree with this.
you'll notice in my IQ review I went for the jugular like many
reviewers who don't like Neo. The thing is that THIS time, I could
REALLY hear Supper's Ready while I was listening to Harvest Of Souls,
down to te same bloody backing keyboards in the song as Banks used on
Foxtrot. Also, when you've heard hundreds and hundreds of albums you
start looking for something that doesn't sound like every ohter bloody
thing in the market.
That said, I like neo. Misplaced Childhood is once of my all-time favorite records.
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:31 |
King By-Tor wrote:
True. For the most part I agree with this.
you'll notice in my IQ review I went for the jugular like many
reviewers who don't like Neo. The thing is that THIS time, I could
REALLY hear Supper's Ready while I was listening to Harvest Of Souls,
down to te same bloody backing keyboards in the song as Banks used on
Foxtrot. Also, when you've heard hundreds and hundreds of albums you
start looking for something that doesn't sound like every ohter bloody
thing in the market.
That said, I like neo. Misplaced Childhood is once of my all-time favorite records.
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I have heard that about "Harvest of Souls."
None of my music is in 9/8, if that's any consolation.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:32 |
 that's not the problem, it's putting it in the same place as the genesis song for the same effect.
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:38 |
King By-Tor wrote:
that's not the problem, it's putting it in the same place as the genesis song for the same effect.
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I'll be honest- several times I've tried to "emulate" the sound or style of a given band, and you know what? I've found that I can't do it. I just can't.
I'm happy to say that (again, for better or for worse), I have my own sound, and I feel like my compositions are at least unique.
One aspect of my sound is that I don't "polish" the recording to a sqeuaky sheen, if that makes any sense. In other words, I don't always edit out little hisses or clicks. Sometimes I feel like those are just a part of the music as anything else. I guess I prefer my sound a little more "organic."
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:45 |
see, that's what I don't get. If it's easier to develop your own unique sound then why don't more bands do that?
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:58 |
What I'm recording right now sounds remarkably like Camel.  Like a missing track right off of Moonmadness.
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 13:58 |
So much for an original sounds.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 14:10 |
Dammit robert!
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 19:01 |
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 19:13 |
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 19:22 |
How long did that review take? 
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 19:23 |
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about 15 minutes. A lot less time than the 4 HOURS it took to transcribe half that interview
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