A new member's salutations
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Forum Name: Welcome newbies!
Forum Description: Introduce yourself and tell us what prog music you listen to
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87486
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Topic: A new member's salutations
Posted By: Zargasheth
Subject: A new member's salutations
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 17:05
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Hello! I've been a member of this site for a little while, but I haven't really started scoping out the forums until now. I'm a high school student, 17 years old, in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. In addition to music, I am interested in theoretical mathematics, strategic board games, and wordplay. When it comes to music, I play the clarinet, and have started informally teaching myself a bit of guitar. I had heard the occasional bit of progressive music from a very early point in my life, but I wasn't really conscious of the genre's existence until a couple of years ago. My first exposure was to Yes and Gentle Giant, who remain two of my favorite bands. I like a wide variety of music, but I'm particularly attracted to more eclectic prog, jazz-rock fusion, and electronic music. In general, I prefer music either that is highly structured, layered and complex, or chaotic and improvisational. (Or both, although these naturally don't overlap much.) My favorite bands are King Crimson (particularly Red and Discipline), Gentle Giant (particularly Octopus and The Power and the Glory), Kraftwerk (particularly The Man-Machine and Computer World) ,and Yes (particularly Fragile and Relayer), as half mentioned above. I've been discovering a lot more music through Pandora, in particular the promising Swedish band Gösta Berlings Saga, who I think are quite excellent; also, this very website has helped expose me to new music. Gradually, I am posting more reviews to this site, but doing so involves lots of prolonged deliberation and almost never gets done. But I look forward to eventually making my overly verbose mark here. |
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 17:08
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All of the bands you've mentioned are awesome. Welcome to PA. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 18:41
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Hi Zar-- love the PacNor West, love your avatar, great to have you. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 15 2012 at 02:03
Indeed. I'm sure you'll find much of interst here.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
colorofmoney91 wrote:Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 15 2012 at 11:37
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Hi!! Nice to hear from another Kraftwerk fan I love em! Other bands you mentioned are standard and of course they are high on my list Look forward to meeting you in the forums
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Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: June 15 2012 at 13:47
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Welcome. Great to meet a teenager who has brilliant taste in music.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 19 2012 at 13:36
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Welcome! I love Gentle Giant, Yes and King Crimson too. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |