Losing interest in prog

Finnforest wrote: ^ I'm sure with you on that point Dean.  It always amuses me when some people get this somewhat cocky attitude that they've reached the final plateau of Jazz and now look back with muted scorn at the peons who still listen to prog rock.  Jazz generally bores me, although I enjoy rock influenced by jazz.  But  I'll take another romp through punk, alt-rock, or start into a classical music phase before I embrace jazz.

Snow Dog wrote:

Any more and I'm going to have to go into a jazz bank and take out a jazz loan.

Jazz and Classical are an alternative to prog. I can still indulge in the music of Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, and Patricia Dallio finding a great interest of "music feel" development within their darker compositions in the modern age. Evident here that it is not my imagination. but the ship to 10XL Yuggoth. There are many great prog bands today that seem to survive the difficulties in crafting their own career and I respect that aspect to the prog world. It's the formula that gets you. If you're a musician that has played Univers Zero pieces since the 80's , you will be sick of it. It is very composed and demands personal practice of scales sometimes prior to mastering the piece. It's interesting to the musician for the development of he/she's own voice. There are good points , but I will investigate more music of Paganini first. A musician/composer who has been written up to have had some contact with the devil. Which he probably did not and was actually somewhat of an oddball musician that wore black. It's the formula that will get you. Prog formulas that you play for decades and I believe this has an affect on music fanatics who are not musicians. Sometimes you have to escape prog and travel somewhere else. Then it's just all about enjoying the music. Eloy's Ocean and Pulsar's Halloween were interesting prog albums and I still appreciate the work that went into them. Farfest in October should be a worthwhile experience. Probably an event that will never be repeated. Prog is still interesting to me.    

Edited by TODDLER - January 27 2012 at 18:10

There is just a universe of music: good music I like to listen to, stuff I'm exposed to whether I like it or not, stuff I'm not interested in.   Prog is a major subset of what I like but I really don't care that much about where the boundaries are drawn.

presdoug wrote: I am 49, and started listening to music at 9, and started with prog in my early 20s.            Luckily, i would say that i am not jaded really about it all-though my experience has always been that of an appreciator of music,  and have had no involvement with the music industry beyond simply that         I guess socially i am not really part of "the In Crowd" but i don't blame prog for that.         The fact is that music means a lot more to me than a lot of people i know!           And my saving grace i think is that my involvement with music has always been totally on my own terms-even when i hear music, i am usually by myself, and i prefer it that way.            I can say with a straight face that i have never allowed myself to be dictated to by fashion or trends in music, and maybe that is part of the reason why i am not really at odds with anything in the musical sphere                And i still get excited by it all! Just as much or even more than i used to.

Edited by TODDLER - January 25 2012 at 18:15

oh yeah, and this
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A progger used to feel like the exile from the house of the dead. 

You've outsmarted them all once again, Brian.