Abundance of one-man "bands" in modern prog

I wish there was a way that I could reach you just with a few points if I may. Please understand that you must examine both sides and the pros and cons of both generations. As it was stated before by a experienced musician on this thread...well, the point is that the musician was never letting go of unorthodox recording methods in total favor of digital dependency. This is interesting and very creative mixing influences of the past with new technology, but it is rare when you calculate the percentage of musicians who find past methods laughable or even moronic. Innovators existed during the analog period and they took the quantum leap with the technology. For example the first artist to create electronic sequences by merely doing basic time consuming overdubs. Wendy Carlos,, Mort Garson, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze laid foundations of recordng methods for future 80's electronic artists and beyond.

I feel that vinyl is senseless to my ear. I was spoiled by the cutting edge of Zappa's production once it was released on compact disc and sold my vinyl. I am more disturbed by this programming in the minds of digital fanatics where upon an attitude of their own expresses that digital technology completely rules and the past is senseless. This is all around me and I am not a sweety looking for sympathy but merely stating a fact which exist through some kind of corrupted mind set that closes off barriers of generations. How ignorant it is to programme your mind to think only of  technology and that creative music from the past is useless compared to what can be accomplished today. I am in and out of professional recording studios, rehearsal rooms, venues,...every week and I witness this attitude more than the occasional artist who wants to be like Mike Oldfield. Someone who wants to educate themselves to both sides and have awareness and appreciate changes in music from every decade. Digital technology combined with a person who is on 1 side of the fence is vast today and if you don't believe me then get yourself out there in the music business and see for yourself. Very sad.

What difference does it make...specifically what generation a creation in music derives from? Credit/respect should be rendered to the greats of every generation and by simply being humble..you can educate yourself in the process. But at any rate, this is the experience I have had with musicians in the business who are impatient when something doesn't happen guick enough. They assume that buttons will arrive them to their destination quicker than allowing themselves to breath and flow with the natural talent within them. It's a flippin' shame that so many musicians have to be that way. Then I cross paths with a female violinist who records progressive , understands that the open minded attitude of the people in my band and herself is rare and so I arrive to this conclusion through my exposure to the business. Technology is a wonderful tool. I love it!...but I long for the majority of musicians to go back to their old ways of thinking when every vibe in the studio made you feel free and non-restricted to the artform.

Still don't know what you mean ... but then I don't expect you to understand Richard Pryor or Sam Kenniston either ... !!!

Oldfield is very average as a guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, bassist, multi instrumentalist.  If Oldfield is as good as it gets for one man bands...

I put on YES after the Oldfield records and it was wonderful to hear the collaboration of a real band rather than one man's narcissistic mediocre meanderings.