Who enjoys Progressive music more !?

ExittheLemming wrote: Most of the guys I know who choose to listen to only the heinously weird, atonal, free-form, balloon animal strangling extremes of modern jazz have never gone near a musical instrument in their lives. Why this should be so has always remained a mystery to me. So No, you don't have to be a musician to appreciate progressive music.

Well, I'm a musician and I like both opera and heinously weird, atonal, free-form, balloon animal strangling extremes of modern jazz, so I don't know what that says about me.

Snow Dog wrote: Nathaniel607 wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Easy Money wrote: If you read the first post, by "flat people" he is trying to say people who don't get high.. That's what I think too. Really? I thought it was a typo and he was trying to type "fat people". Well who knows, but he continues... trackstoni wrote:    , the flat people , or the guys using any substances ! ...so he is probably doing opposites and contrasting and suchlike.

That makes more sense than it being short for the flatulent people (e.g. fart rock types).

I loved prog before I knew anything of music, and many of the people I know who like prog (ok, they are not that many...) don't know music either, so surely you don't need to be a musician to fully enjoy prog, but having said that, after I studied music (I didn't reach far, just 2 years) I found that I could appreciate many subtle aspects which otherwise went unnoticed.

thellama73 wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: Most of the guys I know who choose to listen to only the heinously weird, atonal, free-form, balloon animal strangling extremes of modern jazz have never gone near a musical instrument in their lives. Why this should be so has always remained a mystery to me. So No, you don't have to be a musician to appreciate progressive music. Well, I'm a musician and I like both opera and heinously weird, atonal, free-form, balloon animal strangling extremes of modern jazz, so I don't know what that says about me.

People who HEAR their music.

everybody it's for everyone if they can understand music is not just a way for having fun

The question is hard to understand without complete understanding of the intended context of "more". Is it the percentage of people that are prog fans or the quantitative measurement of individual appreciation. When considering who enjoys the music, my experience is that all of those I know that enjoy prog are some sort of scholar with artistic outlet. Some are musicians, but others are painters, movie directors, photographers, web designers etc. They are all intelligent. Then again, I don't surround myself with grade-school dropouts, so my sample pool is somewhat narrow from that context.

As for as level of enjoyment, I clearly appreciate it more and on more levels than anybody else.
Seriously, how do you measure that?  There might be someone out there who has no artistic ability, no scholarly pursuits and no job who literally achieves orgasm through listening to prog. I think he/she (more likely he) has us all beat. Rock on progarast!

I am not a professional musician but I like to play.  The people best lured into prog are those that like music but have become tired of most of the stuff that is put out just for the sake of commercial success.  This has been true since whenever you care to pinpoint the beginning of progressive rock.  

People who like music

trackstoni wrote: hey Snowdog , can we have a break in here !! i have nothing against you , but don't ask questions , use your experience & common sence to answer ours . Thank you for the << S >> letter on who enjoy..s , and try to be flexible with other people around , we really care about this site , and we want it better . Excuse our bad english , but for your info i speak 9 languages fluently , so , how many do you speak ( errors & ommisions staff )????