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rogerthat 
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 Posted: December 12 2008 at 04:24 |
 Deathrabbit wrote:
Making good pop is less of a musical exercise and more of an exercise in psychology/sociology. *rofl's imagining Freud's greatest hits* Maybe he could do a duet with Weber. |
 Psychobabble, mayhaps? Good point nevertheless about psychology, not sure about sociology though. It's about giving a large audience what they want within a short span of time and limited musical parameters.
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Failcore
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Posted: December 12 2008 at 04:33 |
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I was thinking that a sociological understanding of mdern culture enables you to tweak you music to take advantage of scoial moires. I bet a lot of research is done by the record companies in order to determine what the "next big thing" is.
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rogerthat
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Posted: December 12 2008 at 06:08 |
Deathrabbit wrote:
I was thinking that a sociological understanding of mdern culture enables you to tweak you music to take advantage of scoial moires. I bet a lot of research is done by the record companies in order to determine what the "next big thing" is. |
Could be but I think it's more likely that the moment one album clicks, a hundred near-fascimiles follow so that a trend - next big thing - is established.
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mattmcl
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Joined: April 08 2008
Location: Erie, CO
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Posted: December 15 2008 at 19:20 |
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Most of the older stuff I was already familiar with. This year I really got into:
Black Mountain- they only have a couple albums out, but they're amazing.
Ozric Tentacle
Porcupine Tree
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Equality 7-2521
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Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
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Posted: December 15 2008 at 23:07 |
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: December 15 2008 at 23:19 |
I'll just come up with a short list or so: Steve Reich Can Talking Heads Charles Mingus Faust Portishead Terry Riley TV on the Radio Youssou N'Dour not much prog 
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Dim
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Joined: April 17 2007
Location: Austin TX
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Posted: December 15 2008 at 23:22 |
I've been off and on with this one all year long, but only until rescently have I really gotten into it. The concept behind it is some of the most dense, and darkest sh*t I have ever heard of. It's almost horrifying to know the concept, and read about it while listening to the music. Everything about it is so thematic, and it provokes so many emotions, and almost none of them positive. To be able to listen to the album, and actually understand the music is one thing. To listen to it, and know the story behind it is a whole new realm of "diffucult".
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mrcozdude
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Joined: July 25 2007
Location: Devon,UK.
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Posted: December 15 2008 at 23:41 |
John Cage
Nick Cave & The Bad seeds
Flight Of The Conchords
R.l Burnside
I've mostly been re-discovering albums and bands,it doesn't look like i've had a very prog year from that list  |
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peste
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Joined: November 29 2008
Location: Paris
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 00:13 |
Grobschnitt
Van der Graff Generator
Peter Hammill
Satellite
Sylvan
My Solid Ground
Neu!
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topofsm
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Joined: August 17 2008
Location: Arizona, USA
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 01:27 |
Dim wrote:
I've been off and on with this one all year long, but only until rescently have I really gotten into it. The concept behind it is some of the most dense, and darkest sh*t I have ever heard of. It's almost horrifying to know the concept, and read about it while listening to the music. Everything about it is so thematic, and it provokes so many emotions, and almost none of them positive. To be able to listen to the album, and actually understand the music is one thing. To listen to it, and know the story behind it is a whole new realm of "diffucult". |
Good choice. NIN is one of my favorite bands, and definetely my #1 non prog band. I saw that you enjoyed the Fragile too. Great stuff. I only wish they had more material like those two, though "Broken" came close when I ran across that one.
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npjnpj
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 03:20 |
My discovery was 'In a Flesh Aquarium' by Unexpect.
I startet a thread just short while back asking for recommendations, and among them there was this gem. This is my discovery for this year, just up my street. I'll be listening to this for a long time to come. Thanks to whoever suggested this.
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SgtPepper67
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Location: Argentina
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 04:28 |
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Rush, without a doubt. I had a couple of their albums in my PC for a while but never cared that much about them. In fact, the guy's voice used to annoy me. A few weeks ago I downloaded their Rush in Rio DVD and it really blew me away, now I downloaded most of their discography and I think they're amazing!!! I think they're in my top 5 prog bands, after Pink Floyd, Genesis and ELP.
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In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
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Roj
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Joined: July 02 2008
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 04:41 |
2008 was the year I found Prog Archives, so it has been a great year for new discoveries for me.
My best musical discovery for this year and the last 25 years has to be The Flower Kings. They are now in my top echelon with Floyd, Yes, ELP, UK and Genesis. It's amazing to think that had I not found PA (thanks Barney) TFK could have gone undiscovered. Phew!
Other great discoveries are Glass Hammer, Transatlantic, Dream Theater and The Tangent.
Thanks PA  . |
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TartanTantrum
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Location: Scotland
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 09:58 |
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For me it is Magenta. I know they have been around for a while but I had not heard them before. Anger was on Prog Rock Radio, and I really liked it, so I bought Seven, whcih I have been listening to all year. I bought all the rest of the albums and was not disappointed with anything. However, Seven remains my favourite.
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666 is no longer alone
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Nuke
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Location: United States
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 13:07 |
Deathrabbit wrote:
Making good pop is less of a musical exercise and more of an exercise in psychology/sociology. *rofl's imagining Freud's greatest hits* Maybe he could do a duet with Weber. |
Exactly! The thing about it though is that science hasn't really been able to determine so far what exactly will be a big hit or not. It's more intuition+luck than an actual science. I swear that the greatest pop artists have psychic powers.
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J-Man
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Location: Philadelphia,PA
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 16:35 |
Only one really worth noting except for...
NEAL MORSE (Solo, SB, and TA)
I've bought every single oneof his albums and saw him live at 3RP since the year's start. Big year for me.
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sean
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Location: United States
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 23:53 |
This year has been a major shift in my musical tastes. I had known about Van der Graaf Generator for a while but had kind of forgotten about them until late last year, and then this year I went and got obsessed with them, and they're my favourite band.
The Mars Volta is a similar case, and now they're my favourite other than VdGG
I've also discovered John Zorn's vast body of work, including his work with Naked City and PainKiller
but wait, there's more:
Giant Squid
Miasma and the Carouself of Headless Horses
Isis
The Pax Cecilia
Black Flag (oh no! punk rock! it could threaten the very existence of prog)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
The Ocean
Alice in Chains (not a discovery but a rediscovery of one of my favourites from years ago)
Incubus
Gentle Giant
Melvins
Boris
Miles Davis
Sonic Youth
probably more, but that's what comes to mind. it was
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Oxpocket
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Joined: December 16 2008
Location: New York
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Posted: December 17 2008 at 00:58 |
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Burst Lazarus Bird
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DamoXt7942
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Joined: October 15 2008
Location: Okayama, Japan
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Posted: December 17 2008 at 01:07 |
crimson87 wrote:
Well , in january is goinng to be a year since I joined PA. My greatest discoveries would not be bands but entire genres such as RPI , Krautrock or Canterbury. |
That's my thought, as every newbie should say.
I joined Progarchives as a new member about 2 months ago.
For only a few months, I could learn more and more about progressive rock from all PA members.
So please let me say,
My biggest discoveries are PA & all PA members, and that there are many kinds of genres, artists, albums and songs.
Thanks all.
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The T
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Joined: October 16 2006
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Posted: December 17 2008 at 01:23 |
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My biggest discovery this year is actually that too much music that is NOT prog is as good as prog.
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