One Man Prog Rock Band?

What would you think if you saw a prog rock musician mostly influenced by the sounds from the 70s playing any sort of keyboards, organs, synths, pianos and singing live accompanied by recorded or synthesized bass and drums that can somewhat be modified live?
What if he didn't sound like the typical Michel Jarre electronic music, but more realistic rock?

Would it be weird, interesting, fun, would you like it? Would you enjoy the concert, assuming it was well played and interesting musically? Or would you feel deprived by the visual lack of other musicians on stage?

So, I assume you  would pay for a band instead?

It's not Prog, but I saw a concert from this guy and it was really nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO73jW5SNCc

Edited by Meltdowner - March 31 2015 at 15:40

Looking back at the comments made in this thread I kinda feel bad for the OP. 

Thanks for the various responses and suggestions, I really appreciate your opinions. Interesting videos and music clips.

I am asking your opinion because I am artistically thorn.
As a guitarist, I have been on both sides - band and solo performing and each has its advantages and disadvantages. But with a jazz or classical guitar it is quite normal to play solo and it sounds good.

The music I am writing though is a concept album (prog make sense), but because it is a story about a possible future in which machines and robots are involved, also a machine and keyboard based music make sense. I also grew up listening to 70's prog and I do have a sort of veneration for that energetic, intelligent and experimental approach.

I love the electronic soloists like Jarre but as a musician I don't enjoy using 80's style sequencing and arpeggiation, as I prefer real arrangements like in classical music, prog rock, jazz where instruments are actually played. And this is what fires my belly, so the parts I am arranging could all be actually played by real people.

I agree with you about the difficulty in finding musicians interested in prog and experimentation. I live in New Orleans a city full of musicians, but the majority of them plays swing and brass band music which doesn't fit in my project. It is crazy if I think Sun Ra who was from here!
Once the final recording is done, I will have to make a decision on how to perform it.


Edited by Daniele Spadavecchia - March 31 2015 at 23:43

One-man bands are exclusive to Prog. Prog (and electronic) was made for them . They are legion. There is a multiverse of them.


One of the earliest (on bought vinyl) for me was Micheal Quatro Jam Band  with "Paintings" lp.

Just read about this one-woman prog metal (band)......the clips are very nice.

I saw Robert Fripp at the University of Toronto many many years ago doing his "Frippertronics" tour. Part concert, part lecture. It was just him, his guitar, some effects pedals and a couple of reel to reel tape machines in loop mode. Basically playing by and with him self. Every now and then I pull out the tape I recorded (now transferred to CD) and relive the night. There was some cool stuff performed.

Catcher10 wrote: Just read about this one-woman prog metal (band)......the clips are very nice. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=101889 http://olitunes.com/press-kit/   I wonder though if she were to go on tour there would actually be a band playing behind her...I assume Mike Oldfield played Tubular Bells with a band on stage.....