Do you have experience in a prog band?
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Topic: Do you have experience in a prog band?
Posted By: missiongonewrong
Subject: Do you have experience in a prog band?
Date Posted: January 27 2009 at 18:10
Just wondering for personal reasons...
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 27 2009 at 18:24
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I had to leave the drums to study in the university full time.
Used to play in a semi pro band, we did mainly covers of semi Prog bands like STYX.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: hawkcwg
Date Posted: January 27 2009 at 21:57
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I playing in one now Myrid Reflektion.
myspace.com/myridreflektion ------------- 
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 04:43
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How come I can't vote in this poll?
Others have had the same thing on other polls in the past, but as far as I've noticed, this is the first time it's happened to me.
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 07:26
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dude, same here, that's because it requires you to have experience in the prog band. Read the poll question: "If so how many years have you been playing your instrument?" But, how does it know that I don't have experience in a prog band? And how about a prog vocalist who doesn't play instruments? |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 11:08
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8+ years experience on instrument when I was with a prog-related band. 8 years experience on other instrument but for classical and some jazz, no prog rock.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 11:19
| I don't have experience in anything. |
Posted By: missiongonewrong
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 13:40
yeah i really have no idea why the poll isnt working  
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 13:45
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Like Ivan, I play in a cover band, which covers easy Prog(Prog-Related too) tunes: Pink Floyd classics, Deep Purple, Pescado Rabioso, Led Zeppelin, Spinetta.. But these are my first 3 months, so I can't vote. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 13:46
It's because your thread has been moved to Music & Musicians Exchange, and in there, there's no availability of creating polls. |
missiongonewrong wrote:Posted By: hawkcwg
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 14:14
Well that was a D**k move. -------------
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 14:21
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.
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Posted By: missiongonewrong
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 14:22
Ugh... Its like the twillight zone of polls
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 14:24
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
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Posted By: missiongonewrong
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 14:27
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oh man sounds like a blast! I can imagine their faces! |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 13:08
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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.
Best non-prog song to play ever is "War Pigs." I loved playing that song. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 15:19
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I was in a metal band a while back (a combination of Metallica, Zeppelin, and Iron Maiden sound, with song structures like Yes). It was kind of prog, and we only made one album with a bunch of stray songs. I'm just writing music and recording it solo. It's not professional at all. Keyboard drums, and a cheap piano sound. But at least in a new band, I can show them my demos. I was in a (kind of) prog band, but can't say I am now. ------------- 
Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: DaleHauskins
Date Posted: February 07 2009 at 15:06
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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://shop.wiventertainment.de/index.php?a=55&lang=eng - 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
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 07 2009 at 18:21
That's pretty semi cool.
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: February 07 2009 at 20:48
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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. Warning, this one could be considered offensive to some: 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? ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: mark kraken
Date Posted: November 21 2009 at 17:04
| i ve been playing drums for 25+ played in various bands over many years doing hard rock, funk, jazz and and did a cover of spirit of the radio, then came the leap into a prog band for 2 years developing the music then recording and playing gigs and then the breakup came. i am looking for a prog band and maybe a tribute band for next year. the best thing to do is get with some musicians and see what happens. i learnt hell of a lot by playing in a prog band even after all these years. whew. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 21 2009 at 17:22
You're awesome! Did you invent hair-prog or what? Anyway, I liked it, especially the first sample.  |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: November 21 2009 at 17:22
You can not vote in this poll ... because you have no experience in a prog band  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: November 21 2009 at 19:49
Thank you very much, though I don' t know if I invented hair prog, have you seen the cover for Love Beach, now there was some hair. The sad thing is that my hair seems to have migrated over the years from my head to my nose, I swear I'm using the shears every other day now . . .  It sucks getting old, and yeah, I really miss my hair. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: November 22 2009 at 10:10
Clarke, I proudly join you in the ranks of the mediocre! ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 22 2009 at 10:46
Yeah, evidently, neither do I... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: November 23 2009 at 11:14
| I've been playing guitar for about 34 years. I started learning blues at an early age. Muddy Waters, Mike Bloomfield and early Fleetwood Mac stuff. At 16 I learned and performed with a Santana cover band. At 17 I ventured into the world of John McLaughlin, working with the Birds of Fire album day and night. This brought me right into the music of Miles Davis. When I was in my early 20's, I started working on Pat Metheny and Happy the Man. I then spent 12 hours a day studying classical guitar and 3 hours a day on electric. Eventually I was able to divide the two equally. I worked with the Charlie Byrd style which is jazz pieces played on nylon. 26 years of road experience helped me progress as a player and my father was my teacher. He played jazz guitar in the 30's and 40's and classical too. I composed most of the time when I traveled the road. Composition started to click with me over the years not just from hearing and learning new styles all the time but, watching great guitar players on the road. I released a couple of cd's that sold in Hungary for the most part. Everytime I had a break from a gig, I would run to a field with a guitar and compose. I never thought of the music biz being a plus and felt strongly that music itself or the practice of an instrument should be seperate from it. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 23 2009 at 11:33
I agree with harmonium, you sounded very good indeed! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 23 2009 at 11:36
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I've played tyhe drums, on and off since I was about 17 or so. I've never played all out prog, but I've played with some indie bands, and ametal band. A friend and I once had a kind of Hawkwind style project on the go, which was fun, but didn't come to much. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: November 23 2009 at 13:02
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Well ... I'm kind of the only member of my band, so I don't know whether I qualify. Have been playing the guitar for about 20 years though ...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 23 2009 at 16:40
Where can we hear your music? |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: November 23 2009 at 19:55
Thank you as well Blacksword. Durnint, now I want to get the keyboard out, dust it off a little and see what I can still pull off . . . maybe after I write my book. Thank you for the compliments guys. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: December 11 2009 at 12:32
You could probably sample it at CD Baby if it's still there? It's titled Lighthouse Summer and it's real low-fi due to reasons which were beyond my control. I was hoping to distribute it and have a chance meeting with a film student or a starving film director who might find an interest in my music. It might also be listed on ZNR Records. I believe there are reviews for the cd on that site. I managed to gain the interest of one critic named Nick Tate who reviewed the record in Progression magazine in 2004. "The Arrival Of Nightmares" was a collection of pieces I did for various horror film scores. Film scores by film students that never materialized. It is very much on the darkside for I have cronic insomnia and most of the pieces were written and derived from personal nightmares.  China has more of a jazz feel with ethnic influence. I don't really play this style of guitar or music today. Now I seem to be interested in playing along with Wes Montgomery "Smokin at the Half Note".
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 11 2009 at 12:36
| Yeah it's still on CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fiocchi - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fiocchi |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: December 11 2009 at 16:16
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The band I play in has prog elements - we usually play long drawn out pieces which could be divided into different sounding sections; styles varying from jazz to classical, folk to rock; and our recent instrumentation has included theremin, violin, sound effects, glockenspiel, accordion, etc. Next year marks our 20th anniversary. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: December 11 2009 at 16:59
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Posted By: comus
Date Posted: December 23 2009 at 10:16
| I've played guitar for 8 years now. I was in two prog-related bands. http://www.myspace.com/deathandvinegar - Bandana Moses is the one I remember best. On the myspace page it says prog/experimental, but it wasn't really. Our one song "Polybius" had a 7/8 break and some interesting chords and we wrote a 9 minute post-rockish song once. Neither are on the page unfortunately. We broke up about 3 years ago. Billy, our drummer, was the most talented member of our band. Our singer the least. We covered Tool's "46 and 2" at a show once. Billy could play every part flawlessly, including the (i believe 7/8) drum solo. I could never coordinate the guitar part well enough behind those crazy drums, but pulled it off for the show fortunately. |