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    Posted: January 08 2012 at 22:47
Hello everyone, nice to meet you all! 

First, I'll apologize for doing something, and then immediately do that thing. I realize most of the regulars here must hate when someone registers and posts once or only a few times promoting their own band, so I give my sincere apology for doing so, but I hope you understand that it is very difficult for a one person band with no label to do any promotion, so this is me doing my best to get my music heard. 

I'm based in the US and I have been making music for about 5 years now, and for much of that time I have been making it virtually with Mixcraft, an FL studio like program. It's definitely prog music, but I think you'll find it's unlike any other prog you've heard.

I would sincerely appreciate it if you could take the time to listen to my newest album I just released today, and give your opinions, comments, and criticisms on this thread. 

If you only have the time to listen to one song, please try the title track, "Synesthesia". 


Thanks for your time, and let me know what you think of the album! 




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2012 at 11:14
There's some fine stuff on these albums, but I guess the problem is that it all sounds 'synthesised', whilst not qualifying for Prog Electronic due to the extensive use of drums in the recordings. I don't know if either of the two collabs who do the pre-evals have listened to your stuff - there's certainly plenty of it - and whether they feel it might be possible to pass it to the Crossover team for a listen (that's where we have Mike Oldfileld, who sort of did an early version of this kind of thing, but using real instruments). A lot of your stuff is very fast and furious - but very melodic too...as you say, prog like we've never heard before. Difficult one as regards fitting it into the site, but excellent music to be proud of nevertheless. Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2012 at 18:49
Thank you for the feedback! Is there any way to contact the collabs? I've really wanted a set genre for this music, and I've never really known what to call it, besides something like Virtual Prog Metal.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2012 at 20:18
Contacting the collabs is easy enough. They are harmonium.ro & Andy Webb. Just follow either of these two links, and then the 'send private message' link that you'll find on the profile page that opens up. You probably won't need to though - they do pop into this 'unsigned' forum on a fairly regular basis because a lot of artists who have albums for sale on bandcamp (but are unsigned) don't realise that as long as they do have an official release, even if it is a 'self-release', then they still qualify to be evaluated for inclusion in the database as long as their music is deemed suitable for PA by the collabs who do these 'pre-evaluations', as we call them.

In your case the problem will be that your music doesn't really fit any of the sub genres that have been accepted as the ones to use for classifying the bands & artists that are added the site. It certainly isn't Prog Metal. 'Toughies' like this inevitably get dumped outside the Crossover team's front door, but they don't always get added to the site, even if they are more or less accepted by everyone as being 'prog', and can sometimes float about in 'no man's land' or bounce back and forth between the various teams' charts for years. Hopefully Alex or Andy will see this thread, listen to your stuff, and give a more informed opinion regarding the suitability of your project for inclusion on the site than I ever could. The most recent album I would certainly have no hesitation in adding to Crossover Prog, from my own point of view. The others though are a bit more difficult to assign.
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