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Kashmir75 
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 Posted: February 05 2010 at 19:52 |
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Daniel Gildenlow. He has an amazing range, his growls aren't the best but they do the job (he can scream though) he can also rap quite well, especially since I don't think english is his first language, and he writes most of the music for PoS (hes heavily influence by mike Patton though so its expected) and did I mention his incredible range?  Not many vocalists can pull the highs and lows he pulls (often one after the other)
Steven Wilson is also fairly versatile. I think both these musicians are sort of their band, as the bands simply wouldn't exsist without them (although Gavin Harrison is an incredibly important part of PTree now I think, Steven still IS PTree)
Wish I could think of more but everyone else I know has been mentioned... Townsend definately, Akerfeldt, Peter Hammil, GG, even prince though he isn't prog |
Yeah, I can see the similarities between Gildenlow and Patton. It's interesting that Faith No More cracked the mainstream, when they were probably as left field as PoS are.
Steve Wilson writes much of the music for PT, and he is essentially the band. Although you are right about Harrison. I think one of the major influences in their newer sound is because of Harrison joining the band.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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peart_lee_lifeson
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Posted: February 05 2010 at 23:44 |
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I am in agreement with Synchestra. Daniel Gildenlow has an incredible range and has proven that he can write and perform many different styles of music. He has some of my favorite screams from any vocalist and also some low growls that definitely get the job done. His clean voice has to be his best quality though. There are so many incredible vocal moments in Pain of Salvation's music. Oh, and by the way, he is a pretty good guitar player, and could probably handle any instrument you throw at him.
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 09:55 |
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as for me I admire and perceive sorts of really versatile talents in
Daniel Gildenlow, Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt, Neal Morse, Devin
Townsend, Trevor Rabin, Adrian Belew, Francis Dunnery, John Mitchell,
Patrik Lundstrom, Arjen Lucassen, Ken Hensley, Jeff Lynne, Kerry
Livrgen, Steve Hackett, Geddy Lee...
- usually singers and/or great multiinstrumentalists, driving forces and persons with wide musical inspiration
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micky
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 10:09 |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Versatile.......Steve Hackett.
He has released albums and/or songs.
1.- Prog
2.- Pop
3.- Rock
4.- Jazz
5.- Blues
6.- Classical
7.- Acoustic Guitar
8.- Avant Garde
9.- Spanish Guitar
10.- Folk
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and we hope to finally get a chance to meet you to see him play NearFest. 
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lucas
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 10:25 |
Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke
John Lydon of Public Image Ltd
Mike Patton of Mr Bungle
Steve Morse
Tony Hymas of Lonely bears
David Torn
Miles Davis
Carley Coma of Candiria (can slam and do the hardcore "screams")
Pat Metheny
Bill Laswell
Czeslaw Niemen
Terry Bozzio
John Zorn
Gavin Castleton
Björk (in all her musical career : punk, jazz, post-rock, electronic pop...)
H of Marillion
Jan Garbarek
Eddie Harris
Joni Mitchell
The Pentangle (the band)
Franco Battiato
Rupert Hine
Mark hollis of Talk Talk
Robert Smith of The Cure
Mike Scott of The Waterboys
Freddie Mercury of Queen
Tim Buckley
Mark O'Connor
Steve Lukather of Toto
Serge Gainsbourg
Frank Zappa
Fishbone (the band)
Quincy Jones
The Shadows(the band)
Edited by lucas - February 06 2010 at 11:06
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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akiko
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 11:21 |
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Beside the obvious already mentioned, a little known musician came to mind. I don't know his name, but it's the guy that plays guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, violin, flute and sings bgvs on Neal Morse's Testimony Live DVD. What's his name?
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lucas
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 11:42 |
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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fuxi
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Posted: February 08 2010 at 04:48 |
Am I wrong, or have some people simply started listing their favourite musicians, provided these express themselves on more than one instrument and/or produce their own albums etc.? 
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 08 2010 at 07:18 |
Not me 
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: February 09 2010 at 00:46 |
JROCHA wrote:
Mike Oldfield comes to mind first!
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Same here.
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Posted: February 09 2010 at 04:41 |
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Didier Malherbe plays loads of wind instruments, some of them self-designed, like the zeff.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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lucas
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 09:46 |
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true, and collaborated with another phenomenal french artist, Pierre Bensusan.
Another versatile musician ; John Lydon (Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd). PIL albums are so diverse from each other that one can wonder if it's the same band that plays each time.
Edited by lucas - February 10 2010 at 09:47
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 10:07 |
I saw you mentioned Battiato in your list, Lucas  . Both Micky and I are huge fans of his, and believe his so-called 'pop' albums of the Eighties are way better than a lot of the pap that passes as progressive rock these days. He's an incredibly gifted musician and composer, and I love his singing style as well. I was so lucky as to see him live in the early Eighties - I was a bit skeptical when I enter the theatre, but I left a convert. Definitely an artist that should get much more exposure at the international level.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 10:24 |
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Not prog, but I'm going to have to say Stevie Wonder. Although in HMV you'll see him under the Soul section, he covers rock, jazz, classical, soul, funk, fusion and an array of others. The main reason I'm listening to him though is because he plays all the instruments on all his albums prior to Songs In The Key Of Life. And exceptionally as well.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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lucas
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 10:36 |
Raff wrote:
I saw you mentioned Battiato in your list, Lucas. Both Micky and I are huge fans of his, and believe his so-called 'pop' albums of the Eighties are way better than a lot of the pap that passes as progressive rock these days. He's an incredibly gifted musician and composer, and I love his singing style as well. I was so lucky as to see him live in the early Eighties - I was a bit skeptical when I enter the theatre, but I left a convert. Definitely an artist that should get much more exposure at the international level. |
Yes, I suppose he is as big in Italy as Serge Gainsbourg is in France, and as much eclectic. I like the album 'fleurs' but I need to give further his earlier career.
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Sloth
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 11:20 |
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Not sure he's been mentioned but how about Devin Graves (Deadsoul Tribe)
-Guitars
-Bass
-Flute (ala Jethro Tull)
-Vocals
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BUH!!! It's what the Buffalo say!
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 11:42 |
Uh...no mention of Phil Collins?
One of the best prog dummers ever who later switched permanantly to lead vocals.. Pretty versatile IMHO...
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micky
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 12:05 |
lucas wrote:
Raff wrote:
I saw you mentioned Battiato in your list, Lucas. Both Micky and I are huge fans of his, and believe his so-called 'pop' albums of the Eighties are way better than a lot of the pap that passes as progressive rock these days. He's an incredibly gifted musician and composer, and I love his singing style as well. I was so lucky as to see him live in the early Eighties - I was a bit skeptical when I enter the theatre, but I left a convert. Definitely an artist that should get much more exposure at the international level. |
Yes, I suppose he is as big in Italy as Serge Gainsbourg is in France, and as much eclectic. I like the album 'fleurs' but I need to give further his earlier career. |
you are in for a treat... let's just say my success rate for conversions... is close to 100%. In all seriousness... he has been the one artist here I have made real effort to expose people to... and to be honest... I can't think of one person that did not see what I did in his albums. Now I'm talking his early to mid 70's albums... his late 70's albums are strictly for fanboys of his... or the very weird Or perhaps they are one and the same. Once you listen to Sulle Corde di Aries.. you'll be hooked. That has the Micky-Funny Money back guarantee on that. It's that incredible of an album... even hardasses like Phillippe really got into it. He was my crowning jewel... and even Hugues, who generally detests Italian prog... really dug it.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 14:12 |
fuxi wrote:
Am I wrong, or have some people simply started listing their favourite musicians, provided these express themselves on more than one instrument and/or produce their own albums etc.? |
I believe soime people mixed the concept versatile with multi instrumentalist.
Being able to play several instruments and even produce the albums has no relation with versatility, versatile is a musician or band that is able to play in different styles, genres and moods without any problem.
Mike Oldfield s a very talented mulrti instrumentalist and composer, but his music has such an obvious signature, that you recognize the author before knowing it, that's exactly the opposite to versatile.
Iván
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topofsm
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 00:36 |
^Actually, Ivan, if you saw my OP, I was actually talking about versatility in terms of instrumentation, but the thread's shifted to playing different styles of music. Not that there's anything wrong with that, there's just several ways you can look at it. In terms of technique, style, dynamics, etc.
Of course, yeah, it seems that anybody who sings and plays both guitar and bass can qualify as 'versatile' in this thread.
Edited by topofsm - February 11 2010 at 00:36
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