Write some blurbs at AwesomeProg!
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Forum Name: Get The Word Out
Forum Description: Promote your Prog shop, website, concert, book or CD...
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132035
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Topic: Write some blurbs at AwesomeProg!
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Subject: Write some blurbs at AwesomeProg!
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 01:07
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We recently introduced blurbs at AwesomeProg - maybe you'd like to write some for your favorite releases of 2023? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blurb" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blurb Perosnally, I'd rather write ten short blurbs for ten different releases than one lengthy review for one release. But you do you! I think it's a great way to promote releases, and the artists need all the promotion they can get. Let me know what you think about the feature. It's not in competition with PA, since PA does not allow blurbs (at this time). So, feel free to blurb away at https://awesomeprog.com" rel="nofollow - https://awesomeprog.com !  Here's an example of how the blurbs are displayed: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/63866" rel="nofollow - https://awesomeprog.com/releases/63866 ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 02:46
^ Heavy neo prog rock/pop? Really? That makes this site’s sub-genre policy look manageable ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 02:52
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What are you objecting to? If it's the "pop", that comes from RYM, where the release is tagged as "Progressive Pop", among other things. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 04:05
Probably because " Heavy neo prog rock/pop" doesn't make much sense.
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MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 04:18
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How so? I don't see the contradiction. It's neo prog rock, it's quite heavy at times, and it has pop leanings. Where's the problem? And after all, nobody assigned this as a consistent label, it's just a summary of all the assigned tags. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 05:11
what's a pop leaning in a heavy neo-prog sound? The fact that it's catchy? Then Slayer's Season in the Abyss is a pop album.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:06
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^ Ask the RYM users - I assigned neither "Neo" nor "Pop" to the album. I think that for both tags there is not enough influence on the release to warrant the inclusion in the label, so I assigned appropriate levels. Now the tags badge says "Melodic Neo Prog Rock/Metal", which is a good fit IMHO. Two other users assigned the Neo tag, so I'm not able to overrule them - which is a good thing, as genre labels are community driven at AP. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:16
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^ BUT I'm thinking about introducing specific prog genres again, including Neo-Prog, and retiring the "modern" and "neo" tags, since they carry little value and/or can be misleading depending on the genre they get attached to. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:28
I agree. No other music genre causes as much confusion as the Neo Prog tag (at least with me anyhow), but when an album is labelled as Heavy Neo Prog Rock/Pop, that takes Confusion to a whole new level.  |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:29
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I think we're just in a land of confusion ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:35
That would have been my second choice of song, after ELO.
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:37
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I don’t “object” to anything. I couldn’t give a fig or a fart what you do with your website. Such tagging, or anal retentiveness as some quacks no doubt call it, amuses me. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 06:39
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^Or Led Zeppelin's 'Dazed and Confused'? Either way, there is a point where all the subgenre talk becomes pointless, also, I like writing long reviews, but I can see how blurbs are useful, whatever floats your boat I guess. ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 07:00
Well, likewise. f**k off. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 07:03
Well, don't ever go to RYM then. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 07:43
You really are a bit of a charmer, aren't you? I bet you have all the ladies falling over themselves to receive your attentions. Oh well, I won't denigrate myself by stooping to that level. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 07:52
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^ Too late. I stooped down to your level just briefly. The world will survive
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 08:34
Hi, BALL OF CONFUSION. Though it is likely that many here would not even bother listening to it! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 09:22
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^ It's a really great Pop song, along with Jesus He Knows Me. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 09:33
Ah, yes, https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=131977" rel="nofollow - this was you too , wasn't it?  Anyway, I think that people confuse those tags with genre labels, which is not what they are, of course. It is what you also find at the bottom of bandcamp album pages: tags. These can coincide with genre indications, but can also go any which way the user wants it to go. It is an Internet thing: useful indexation with tag words that might facilitate the retrieval of search results corresponding to what one is looking for. This has not much to do with cataloguing rules, and thus not with genre labels either, or not necessarily, but I don't think that this is the aim of these tags, especially since it it user generated. It is an interesting feature and I can see the usefulness of it. "Heavy neo prog rock/pop" does give me - at least some vague - indications of what I can expect... Oh, and the blurb thing seems to me a nice feature (it will add some keywords to the site...good for the search engines). I won't contribute, but I might read those every once in a while.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 10:38
^ yes, it was me who said that we SHOULD be polite here. But sometimes I just can’t help myself - if excrement is flung at me, I fling it right back  Anyways, thanks for the feedback! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 10:56
I could write some blurbs, but do you accept those with less than a B rating? Most of the reviews and blurbs on your site are A or B. Over-rated imo.  And I'm not a wordsmith like your current reviewers. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 10:58
But neo-prog refers to a specific subgenre and sound.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 11:04
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^ yes, that’s why it might make sense to have “neo-prog” as a genre tag. Which btw is a bad fit for Subsignal imho. They don’t really fit in that niche. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 11:07
It is a genre tag. Subsignal is not neo-prog, I agree and said it several times. People either don't know the band or don't care about the correct genre tag for the band.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 11:10
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You’re welcome to blurb anything, it doesn’t need to be positive - but it should be your honest opinion. There is no filter that only picks favorable ratings. I think that people generally tend to put in the effort to write or even rate/tag something preferably for stuff they like, that’s why favorable feedback will usually be overrepresented. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 11:11
Maybe, I still struggle to navigate AP.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 09 2023 at 11:14
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^ Yes, it’s still too complicated. Working on that … ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: November 13 2023 at 17:32
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The website does not load for me. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 14 2023 at 05:42
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^ Please check again - I've been making frequent updates the last couple of days, but things should be stable now. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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