Do you have experience in a prog band?

I had to leave the drums to study in the university full time.

How come I can't vote in this poll?

8+ years experience on instrument when I was with a prog-related band.

yeah i really have no idea why the poll isnt working   

missiongonewrong wrote: yeah i really have no idea why the poll isnt working

It's because your thread has been moved to Music & Musicians Exchange, and in there, there's no availability of creating polls.

Which one? A guitar for 18 yrs, bass for 11 years, keyboards for 9 years. I'm a virtuoso of mediocrity, and quite proud of it.

Been playing piano for 9 years now, and I've played with too many bands, some of them progressive. One of my most vivid memories is of when I played Sheep - Pink Floyd with a progressive influenced band, and the third time we played it live I got so bored of the song that I went off on a mad solo of my own at the beginning Great fun for me, but you can imagine the other bandmates' feelings at that moment

I played in a prog-leaning heavy rock band for about 3 years. Probably the high point of that band was playing "Villa Strangiato." I gave up trying to reproduce Lifeson's solos note-for-note but I followed his themes. But that was a lesson in learning to feel odd time signatures, especially for our drummer at the time who didn't read a lick of music. Another fun one was Faith No More's "Zombie Eaters" which went over not suprisingly very poorly.

When I graduated high school in east Los Angeles I moved with my guitars + EchoPlex and joined a band in Bath,England.

With help from the drummer in the band..
Soon meeting Peter Gabriel at 19 years old,and got to hang at his music room at his cottage on Solsbury Hill.(Getting a ride from a farmer on a tractor up the hill.)
Peter was very kind with hospitality,thoughts;and friendly to this Californian guitarist as a youth.

Not long after,I joined a signed/touring Swiss progressive rock band named
FLAME DREAM,that recorded 5 albums on Vertigo,Phonogram;and 1 on Phillips.
http://www.progressiveworld.net/flamedream2.html
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=769

Steve Hackett's producer,good friend England's John Acock,(Dick Cadbury,John Hackett,Rick Wakeman,Nick Magnus,Ian Mosley/Marillion,Adrian Legg), produced most of our albums;and recorded mostly at Yes/Moody Blues keyboardist Patrick Moraz's studios in Geneva,Switzerland.

(Check Switzerland's FLAME DREAM If you like Mellotrons,Moog Taurus bass pedals,Gentle Giant,early Genesis,Van Der Graff Generator,Tony Banks,Peter Gabriel;and awesome real European progressive rock.)
http://www.rire-sous-cape.ch/counting-out-time/flame-dream/flame-dream-index.htm

Cheers,Tschüß


Edited by Guitsy - February 07 2009 at 15:17

Well since you asked, yes I played keys in a gigging band of some form or another from '89 through '94 with the highlight being ESP in '93 and '94.



ESP was a irreverent mixture of styles that caused most people's brains to explode.  We did parodies, Imagine 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' mixed with 'Too Legit to Quit' .  We did country, rock, rockabilly, jazz fusion, full out prog even Lounge when necessary. 

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Thanks, now I've gone on a nostalgia kick.  Either way, I've been playing keyboards for the better part of 25 years now.  Anyone looking for a keyboard player in Pittsburgh?