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chamberry 
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Joined: October 24 2005
Location: Puerto Rico
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 Posted: May 21 2006 at 00:00 |
 The Lost Chord wrote:
im a solo act and my stuff is very reminiscent of Harmoniums 5 seasons...and i hadnt heard them untiul a few weeks ago, been playing music for years. |
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imoeng
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Joined: February 03 2006
Location: Indonesia
Status: Offline
Points: 2450
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Posted: May 21 2006 at 01:36 |
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Dream Theater
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Malaria
Status: Offline
Points: 89372
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Posted: May 21 2006 at 03:31 |
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I'd make an "Art Rock" band called "Fan de Cruyff Impersonator", mainly doing badly sung football chants, mainly about Johan Cruyff. One of the many avenues would also be a Jordi Cruyff spin-off, being very anti-Jordi and very dark and gothic, but not having any "Art Rock" tendencies whatsoever. The main band (above), would produce pastiche Rush sing-a-longs, with appalling backing tracks and cheesy neo-prog keyboards and a stylophone (circuited back-to-front and occasionally not working). Guitar solos would be Libertines/Babyshambles-esque, with added distortion.
All-in-all, it'd be an amazing band, with an eclectique mix of non-prog blandness.
But seriously...
It'd be a cross between:
VdGG
Peter Hammill
Gnidrolog
Taal
KC
Caravan/Soft Machine/Hatfield and the North/Robert Wyatt/Gong
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
The Allman Brothers Band/Gov't Mule/Derek Trucks Band/Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
So basically, an unlistenable cacophonos mess!
Edited by Geck0 - May 21 2006 at 11:32
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Prog-jester
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Joined: June 05 2005
Location: Love Beach
Status: Offline
Points: 5883
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Posted: May 21 2006 at 10:28 |
I'm a musician myself.I made a one-man band record few months ago -NEO PROG,poorly produced and recorded,but it's great!!!(ask EUGENE,he experienced it!!!  ) .Hoping to put it in Web to let you share my excitement  .I'd love to play:
1.A mix between TOOL,MARS VOLTA,ANEKDOTEN and OPETH - I have 5 songs ready and I'm impatiently waiting for another ocassion to record them!!!
2.A GENESIS clone band - 3 songs are ready;the "band" named LAMIA! 
3.Neo-prog in its classical meaning(IQ/early MARILLION-like)
4.Neo/Sympho prog (or New Symphonic)
5.Dark "Scandinavian-like" complex sympho-prog - got an album READY!!! 5 epics ,49 minutes!!! All I need is to record this stuff!!!ProGducers,where art thou?????????? 
HELP ME SOMEONE!!! I want the world to hear me!!!
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Badabec
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Joined: November 14 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 1313
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 16:13 |
As a songwriter my influences are Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Wobbler and a bit Yes and a bit Genesis...
However my band would sound like...
A mixture of the bands I mentioned above! 
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Proghat
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Joined: March 04 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 101
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 16:43 |
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Well, first of all I'd have to get better to realize my musical ideas,
but it'd sound like a mix of these bands probably:
-Porcupine Tree (The catchiness, the vocals, the relaxedness, the riffiness lol)
-Rush (The classic feel and light use of synth sounds and chord-heavy guitar)
-Opeth (The soft vocals, acoustic bits)
-Dream Theater (The epic quality to some of the tracks)
-Pain of Salvation (The vocals and wierd structures)
-Ayreon (The variety)
-Camel (The laid-back nature and beautiful harmonies)
-ELP (The classic sound and craziness)
-Nobuo Uematsu (The great orchestral themes, etc.)
-Pink Floyd (Spaciness, relaxedness, catchiness, sweeping guitar)
-Caravan (catchiness)
-Transatlantic (classic prog sound, long songs)
-Genesis (The poetic nature and great harmonies)
Others:
Spock's Beard, Angra, Yes, King Crimson, OSI, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Gentles Giant
It would be some sort of Art Rock/Symphonic Prog/Space Rock/Psychadelic
amalgamation with some Prog Metal influences. So, something like
this....
Vocals = Camel/Pink Floyd/Porcupine Tree/Opeth (the lighter side) style
Guitar/Bass = All of the things I listed
Drums = Dream Theater/Rush/Porcupine Tree/Camel/ELP/Pink Floyd/Transatlantic/Spock's Beard
I dunno.
Edited by Proghat - August 26 2006 at 20:53
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MattiR
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Joined: March 02 2006
Location: Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 1200
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 17:20 |
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I think of Krautrock --> psychodelic, electronic atmosphere. A lot of music experiments. Sound of my band? I don't care. I have no money, I have no time. Small studio. Or gloomy bunker somewhere in Germany. I don't care.
Ingredients:
20% - Can
20% - Ash Ra Tempel
20% - Amon Duul II
10% - Popol Vuh
10% - Faust
10% - Agitation Free
10% - others...
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heyitsthatguy
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Joined: April 17 2006
Location: Washington Hgts
Status: Offline
Points: 10094
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 17:25 |
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Mine would be a mix of Dream Theater style riffery, arranged in a Mr. Bungle manner of weirdness (and songwritingwise) and shift back and forth between psychedelica, prog metal, and avant garde
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chessman
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Joined: December 01 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 974
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 17:37 |
If I was competent enough to play all the instruments myself, I suppose I would play Bass like Chris Squire, Guitar like Steven Wilson, Drums like Phil Collins, Keyboards like Tony Banks, and I would sing like Geddy Lee (though Gabriel is my favourite, but I don't want to put too many Genesis members in it, which is why I didn't include Hackett!!)
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cuncuna
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Joined: March 29 2005
Location: Chile
Status: Offline
Points: 4318
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 20:17 |
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That band would be just me with several devices, not musical instruments. Me and a computer. The sound... as weird and diverse as possible, as long as I feel good about it. Probably between very crude procesed folk music and abstraction.
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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Cygnus X-2
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Joined: December 24 2004
Location: Bucketheadland
Status: Offline
Points: 21342
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 20:25 |
My main influences musically are: Steve Hackett, Rush, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Marillion, metal like Dream Theater, Opeth, and Metallica, Genesis, and Pink Floyd. Essentially it would be an album of many different styles crammed together into a tight feel and it would be uber cool.
Edited by Cygnus X-2 - August 26 2006 at 20:26
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Australian
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Joined: June 13 2006
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 3278
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 21:17 |
Yes + Kansas + Camel + Jethro Tull + The Beatles + Pink Floyd + Supertramp + ELP = My Band
So i'd need Guitarists (me), vocalists (not me), Flute, Bass, Viloin, Drums, Keyboards
Edited by Australian - August 26 2006 at 21:20
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stonebeard
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Joined: May 27 2005
Location: NE Indiana
Status: Offline
Points: 28057
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 21:22 |
Porcupine Tree (soundscapes, solo guitar)
Frank Zappa (solo guitar)
Taal (riff guitar)
Pendragon (solo guitar, riff guitar, soundscapes)
The Mars Volta (soundscapes, solo guitar)
Klaus Schulze (soundscapes)
.....All combined into one. Me likey the soundscapes.  |
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YYZed
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Joined: April 03 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 282
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 21:45 |
It would sound like garbage. A drunken wombat could beat me in a drumb battle, my keyboard skills are limited to the synth lines from YYZ, and my bass skills are average at best. As far as guitar, well, I'd be better of with a keytar (see keyboard skills). 
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Status: Offline
Points: 34550
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 21:49 |
SOAD drumming with single string guitar riffs, horrible attempts at soloing and singing that will break glass (because will be smashing their heads into things because its too painful)
Thats my musical skill
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willy
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 19 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 167
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Posted: August 26 2006 at 21:53 |
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If I had to choose bands.... I'd say genesis and pink floyd. Crossing David Gilmours sound with Steve Hacketts would be so awesome my that head would explode.
I would rather cross musicians to get the sound I wanted though, for example I would cross Bill Brufod and Ginger baker to get my ideal drummer, Geddy Lee and Mike Rutherford to get my ideal bassist, Tony Banks and Rick Wakeman for keyboards, etc, etc...
Edited by willy - August 26 2006 at 22:11
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