Progger or non-progger?

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 David_D wrote:

I certainly understand your present problem, and can say that I in my very young days often bought music if I liked the cover, and often with good result.

A few years ago, I got the self-titled album by Helium Horse Fly because of the cover:

The striking nature of the cover art suggests music that is quite bleak, and bleak it is. It's about what the artwork is saying rather than how visually appealing it is. I tend to avoid albums with artwork that says "metal music" or "folky symphonic prog", even if the artwork itself is quite impressive.

 David_D wrote:

In the last quite a lot of years, I've searched for new-to-me-music by means of lists with high rated albums - but that presumed searching by specific genres.

I've gotten quite a few albums because they are highly rated or mentioned quite a lot on PA. For example, at the time I discovered Änglagård - Hybris, it was the 12th album in the all-time top 100 list. They were the highest rated artist that I'd never heard of, and I felt the need to rectify that. And I got Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere because it made it to very high in the top 100 list shortly after its release.

 David_D wrote:

So, all I can say is that there are many different possibilities for finding new music, and one must think about it and find own way which gives good result.

I've found music by a wide variety of means. For example, I found Kingston Wall - III Tri-Logy because I was looking for a particular version of the song "The Real Thing", and came across Kingston Wall's track of the same name, which was not what I was looking for, but a find nevertheless.

 David_D wrote:

Anyway, good luck with it, and I must say, I'm impressed with the very good quality of your writing. 

Thank you. 

 David_D wrote:

By the way, if that could have your interest as a possible help, I could send you the list of my collection which is written in Word (about 450 albums). I can at least say that it's to high degree a list of old and newer classics and high rated albums from many countries and covering many different genres, Prog being though the main one. If so, send me a private message.

Thanks for the offer, but no.

One reason I'm searching Bandcamp is that if I find something I like, I know a high-quality copy is available to be purchased, whereas if I find music elsewhere, there is no guarantee that it will be available to me. Over the past few years, I've been finding it increasingly difficult to get the music I want. Bandcamp is great for music that is there, but a lot of albums are not on Bandcamp, and even artists that are on Bandcamp do not necessarily have all their albums there.

Also, finding music to listen to is easy. There really is an abundance of music on the internet. The hard part is selecting the very small amount of music to listen to from all the other music that is to be dismissed without trial. What is the basis for the selection?

Poll Question: What is your answer if using my definition?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
a progger	45	[60.81%]
a non-progger	7	[9.46%]
I can't really say	22	[29.73%]
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