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Stann
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Topic: Progressive Ears forum Posted: September 05 2015 at 17:47 |
Any love?
Any here that post there regularly as well?
Any accolades? Any bitches? Any differences?
It is said the posters there are generally older than at PA.
Edited by Stann - September 05 2015 at 17:49
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lazland
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Posted: September 05 2015 at 17:49 |
A lot of us post on both sites.
I like it, but PA is my first love.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 02:22 |
lazland wrote:
A lot of us post on both sites.
I like it, but PA is my first love. |
I'd say a few of us post there... and maybe less the other way Though I started here, for years I prefered it there (I only continued here for the database building), but I like both There used to be a fair bit of antagonism between the sites (well mostly one way), but this is a thing of the past
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O666
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 04:29 |
lazland wrote:
A lot of us post on both sites.
I like it, but PA is my first love. |
Just like me.
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Stann
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 07:38 |
Sean, I do not suppose you want to get into it, but still I try:
what did that past antagonism mainly center upon?
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By the way, what has recently happened to all these Camel "Snow Goose" VS "Beatles "Rain"-type posts here? In my opinion they were TRUELY inane forum-killers and 'm glad to see them go. Or have they been moved to a special cubby (that would be a good idea).
I am not certain , but I seem to recal that a month or so back at Prog Ears forum, the moderators decided to put a temporary bann on posts along this line (or was it "best of" posts, which are equally space-wasting). That was a very wise and much-needed decision.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 07:50 |
I'm on both a lot and they certainly have a different vibe, I'm probably on PE more
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Ian
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 12:56 |
Never posted on prog Ears though I have checked it out. I spend most of my free time here. How exactly is the 'vibe' different there..?
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin
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presdoug
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 13:00 |
I had some rather bad experiences on PE, some of my music opinions didn't go down too well (and everyone is entitled to their opinions) and I was uncomfortable with continuing there so I left.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 13:12 |
I started on PE, but the site became less friendly
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 14:07 |
I just spent about 30 minutes checking it out (I did register btw), ....and I have to say that I like the thread topics and layout better here.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin
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Stann
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 14:46 |
Dr. Wu: for one the depth of knowledge is deep at prog Ears. Since it tends to be older posters (compared to PA, that is) , they have lived through it and as they say, the roots.....
All music forums have become diluted over the years -I firmly believe the most informative posts were at the beginning years of the web. THAT is when the real heads came onto what was then a clear slate. With a totally open field as it was back then, posters were more serious and less-thinking that they might be saying some info that was previously repeated to death. Nowadays everything HAS been repeated to death (over the web) so the serious people and real collectors tend to shy away. This is a theory, but in my experience of true "heads" flocking away from the fora, this has been proven.
Sure, the initial web had examples of disfunctional music fora - for prog, maybe those two usenet .alt forums- but there definitely were better posters back then. Even the best fora have degenerated. Look what has happened ,say, to Soulstrut or Waxidermy. Seems people move on; when the main spokes give in, the wheel distorts.
Anyways Prog Ears is still going strong enough.
For instance, you want to keep right on the emerging Italian prog sceen, you won't have it better than following The H's posts. This guy really lives that world.
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 15:02 |
I tried PE for about a year but found elements of the "old guard" there very exclusionary and, though often very knowledgable, quite imperious and even mean-spirited and intolerant of "outsiders." So I left.
I did enjoy following the then-ongoing thread regarding Nektar's remastered re-releases in which all former band members, producers and managers were participating in a rather heated feud. When I left I believe the thread was on its 55th page. Roye was particularly upset. At the quality of the versions released without his participation or approval--something about the awful compression the music had undergone.
Anyway, I feel that PE has some brilliant and incredibly knowledgable members (many insiders in the old and new music industry) but they are much more narrow in their scope of topics--and of course, far more narrow in their focus on album and group reviews. Just got tired of always feeling as if members were treating me and my inferior knowledge with impatience, intolerance, and sarcasm.
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Stann
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 15:08 |
Hey! You are a fusion fan (as am I).
Top thread - just in, on Air Pocket.
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Stann
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 15:16 |
BrufordFreak wrote:
impatience, intolerance, and sarcasm.
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You have the same here, albiet a small handfull. THESE, for my money, are the most interesting and devoted posters. They actually POST beyond the mundane , "Yes, that is a great band and I like it too." Posters that have the Fire is what makes a forum interesting. And informative. You seem to be saying that one has to develope a second skin to post at Prog Ears - I totally disagree with you there: it is a rather tame forum. Very friendly. No worries.
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moodyxadi
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 16:05 |
Prog ears forums are less diverse but far better in valuable informantion. And thank God with far less prog metal than PA.
But PA database is invencible (almost).
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Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante.
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 16:21 |
It's the enemy.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 16:23 |
I've never been there but just checked out the site. It's seems quite minimalist for allegedly being progressive. I registered anyway, as it gives one a place to indulge in interminable Yes v. Genesis debates and ad hominem hyperbole while PA is experiencing administrative downtime.
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twosteves
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 16:37 |
lazland wrote:
A lot of us post on both sites.
I like it, but PA is my first love. |
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Dean
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 17:12 |
If Prog Ears is a Svetonio free zone I may just jump ships.
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What?
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 17:13 |
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