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Ronstein 
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I'd quite fancy adding lead guitar to some early Caravan stuff. Pye Hastings played a bit of lead guitar but has said he always preferred playing rhythm guitar, especially when his guitar of choice was a Rick electric 12-string!!
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: April 12 2021 at 04:52 |
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I have a special affection for England, mainly because they're close to home, and I have a close friend who toured Japan with them on their 2006 Kikimimi tour. In reality though, I'm more likely to be employed as a roadie, rather than a fully paid-up band member, bearing in mind my limited musical abilities - not unless they need a tambourine player.
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Hercules
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Posted: April 12 2021 at 06:03 |
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I have no worthwhile musical ability on any instrument, but I can sing very well.
I'd rather like to have performed vocals on the first 4 Camel albums (well 3 since The Snow Goose is instrumental). Touring would have been a major problem though, as I have a chronic fear of singing in public, which ended my association with my band at university.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: April 12 2021 at 07:45 |
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Since we're in fantasy worlds....  I dabbled a bit with bass, but gave up after a bit because Squire wouildn't leave Yes and Weather Report hired Jaco instrad of me 
Rather than being a band manager, I'd rather be a record engineer/producer and record label owner, signing them better bands for recording deals with better percentage deals and have them keep their rights over their music  . Surely one the word gets out, most bands would rush in to get signed and I'd have my pick and be fairly selective about which I'd choose.  Accessorily, I'd also own a couple of mid-sized venues (like the Fillmores) and have them play full concerts in the band's prime, filming and recording their sets then hand them personally (not to their managers) the films for them to exploit the way they would want ...  Aaaaaand while we're at it fantasizing away, I'd also own a few radio stations in key cities, and have the better records play out regularly. .
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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twosteves
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Posted: April 12 2021 at 07:54 |
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Keys for Genesis--from Nursery crime to W and W.
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Posted: April 12 2021 at 08:14 |
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Well I had a dream where I was on stage with Yes playing keyboards so there's my answer.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: April 12 2021 at 08:15 |
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On the subject of band managers and radio stations, if I was England's manager, I'd promote them to be given "heavy rotation" on WKRP in Cincinnati to break the American market.
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Cristi
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wait, do you think you'd do just as good of a job as Tony Banks?
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rushfan4
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Blue Oyster Cult...they need more cowbells!!! Although, like Laz, I'm more the manager, accountancy and tax guy than the music maker.
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Progosopher
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Assuming my musical skills would be up to par (98% guitar, but I dabble in banjo, mandolin, percussion, and recorders), which they are not, it would be cool to play with a jam band like Phish, or perhaps a collaboration with Jon Anderson. Maybe full-time guitars for ELP. We could have called it FLEP. lol.
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Gentle and Giant
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Gentle Giant - playing the triangle or something. But mainly to stop them trying to go more mainstream and try to put out another Octopus instead of The Missing Piece.
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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Awesoreno
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Well this would be assuming my piano, vocal, and maybe saxophone skills would be up to snuff in all relevant categories (performance, sight reading, improvisation). Much better than they are now. Maybe some day I'll be actually worthy of having been a member. I certainly have the sense of humor for it, as well as a flair for the theatrical and absurd. My music partner and I actually put together a concert of his music at our college. It was great night, turned a lot of people on to Frank. And we did the schtick and everything. Our secret word of the night was "Olé" (the slogan of our mascot, the Gaucho). I'd love to do more concerts like that. I'd send a link to the video, but it's unlisted on YouTube, and will remain that way. If any word gets out to ZFT that's it's gone public, they'll be on our A$$es legally speaking.
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Sounds like a good idea, but for me, it would be to get Van der Graaf Generator to rethink ALT... to examine the successful parts of Present CD2 in order to create an improved version of ALT. |
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AC/DC because they rock Edited by Atavachron - April 12 2021 at 14:20 |
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I used to drum, and I still have that rhythm in me. I don't want to replace any existing legend so Yes, ELP, and Rush are out of the question. I'd rather play alongside these musicians, so my choice is going to be 70's Sweden's Kaipa. This way I can play right next to my rock icons, Roine Stolt and Hans Lundin, while playing their beautiful rock music.
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This is a tough one. But it would have to be something with avant-garde elements. Maybe Can.
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twosteves
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of course I could.  (don't think anyone can do what he did during this time frame--so much great perfect tasteful playing)
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thief
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Okay so this is just PURE FANTASY trip right? I dunno about prog bands. I mean, it would surely be a helluva adventure to tour with Zappa & the Mothers, or record 10+ great albums in a row with Jethro, or push the boundaries of rock improvisation with King Crimson for 8 months and get ditched. But to be honest none of these are my "dream" scenarios. I think I'd have the best time in a later era, say, 80s-90s, being part of some metal group, i.e. Type O Negative (top pick for mixture of goth, epic, doom and fun), Slayer, Death; or maybe some huge names for ca$h flow and touring all over the globe (tallica, Megadeth, Maiden)... Okay, let's find a compromise between the two: Deep Purple! Edited by thief - April 13 2021 at 01:41 |
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Like many, I have zero musical talent, so would just have to be a tribute act for Bez from the Happy Mondays. Jumping about and playing the maracas doesn't really work in most prog though sadly. As I'd offer zero improvement to any band I'll just have to say I'd join Mostly Autumn for the desperate and unlikely possibility that my little crush on Livvy Sparnenn would lead anywhere.
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