Is Rush music more appealing and accessible than other classic prog rock bands as King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, ELP, Camel and if so, why? What makes them more appealing to the wider public?
I would say that they have a bigger following than those prog bands and they sold more records during their prog phase. Many people don't have to be progheads to be big Rush fans.
What do you think?
I also noticed there is a big overplap between Rush and Van Halen fans. Isn't it surprising to you?
I listen to prog in all shapes and sizes, but I wanted to see opinions and recommendations of favorite prog albums/artists that have a "groovy" sound to them but still maintain a complex chord progression or instrumentation, and most importantly to me, a kick ass rhythm section. I love the drums and bass going at it as the perfect duo to "grooviness" like The Link - Gojira, Habitual Levitations - Intronaut, Recordings - Porcupine Tree, Altered State - Tesseract, 10,000 Days - Tool (there's seems to be a lot of hardcore Lateralus and Ænima fans amongst the fellow Tool fandom. Don't judge me. It's a masterpiece), Guiding Lights - Skyharbor, Thirteenth Step - APC, Language - The Contortionist (the Rediscovered versions were kick ass!), Februus - Uneven Structure, and so on
What was the moment, your opinion, that prog rock peaked, musically, culturally or otherwise?
If you're into prog, send me a song! I'm trying to find new bands to listen to. I already have enough classic prog music from the 70s, and I know all the big wig prog bands, so I'm only looking for prog music within the last like 30 years from lesser-known artists. I listen to around 40 different prog bands and have recently tried getting into a bunch of other bands, so I might have already listened to the band you suggest, but send it anyway :)
I usually write with music because it really triggers my imagination, so I was looking for good rock songs that will help me with writing a dystopian story. Since my Youtube is on autoplay, it brought me into this live performance by Crown Lands. I’m not really into this kind of music genre but somehow I really enjoyed it. It also helped me with my work because it kind of matched the vibe of what I was writing.
Though I noticed that not a lot of people talk about it since it’s pretty underrated.
Gentle Giant is my favorite band. Weathers has this funky style of drumming that I think blends the genres of funk and progressive. Any band like them with a clean sound is what I'm looking for.
Other examples of the sound I'm trying to find are Alan Parsons and Supertramp (but Gentle Giant perfectly encapsulates the sound).
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What songs do you think that would make a dope ass beat in a hip-hop context? My pick is the drum track for the second part of The Cinema Show by Genesis, that would be on fire if sampled by Kendrick Lamar or some other talented hip-hopper
They don't play long tunes with a bunch of time changes and the like but, I swear, their stuff is so intricate and complex, within three and a half minute tunes, that, to me, they are as advanced as, say, Dream Theater.
I feel like they are in this box called hard rock, and within that box is an endless variety and reinterpretation of those hard rock rock tropes.
It's like a cartoon I remember from when I was a kid. From the outside there appears to be a tiny little tent in the middle of the desert. When the character enters the tent, she discovers that the interior is actually a gigantic palace.
You read that right.
I was just scrolling through the "metal" section of Apple Music and happened to see Danny Elfman listed. Started playing it out of curiosity and am getting some SERIOUS Devin Townsend vibes. The first song is so similar in fact, that I cannot imagine Devin was not an inspiration here.
Anyway, just thought it was cool such a respected composer and musician put something like this out. I will be honest that I am not super familiar with his work aside from Oingo Boingo hits and his film scores, so I am not sure if this "normal" for his personal output. Give it a listen if you can! The album is called "Big Mess".
I’m a big fan of 70s Progressive Rock bands like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant and Rush and I am also a fan of a lot of Metal so I assumed I would dig Prog Metal. But it’s probably one of my least listened to Metal subgenres overall. The only Prog Metal band that I really love that’s considered an essential here is Death and I’m also a fan of a lot of Tech Death and Mathcore stuff. I think a lot of Opeth, Tool, Mastodon is pretty good but I kinda feel like their music is sorta overrated and there’s a lot of Death Metal, Alternative Metal and Sludge Metal bands I’d rather listen too then them. I also like Porcupine Tree but they sound more like a Prog Rock band with heavy elements.It doesn’t help that all my friends who were into Prog Metal listened to a lot of Djent or Djenty stuff which I never really liked but listened to a lot of it either chilling with friends or trying to get into it but I still find it pretty boring. I’ve also tried to get into Dream Theater, Gojira, Haken and BTBAM and I didn’t like any of theses bands either. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions about getting more into Prog Metal?
Going through my music collection I realized almost all of it is in English. So I want to expand it with some music in different languages, but I am not sure where to look. Hence the question to all of you here.
Of the few songs I do have Alcest - Autre Temps is probably my favourite.
For me it's the one in [Thick as a Brick II](https://open.spotify.com/track/4ObPmra5m7WJ5DMGmdgLRY?si=lcrCjybDR3ixP2QXdWSUTw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A6n that start at 14:05.hnItEUWhwV0nk2XLmsX0) that starts at 14:05
What's your favourite?
Basically what the title says. I am brand new to producing, so hopefully a DAW that is easier to learn for beginners. A lot of the DAW ads I see use three chord hip hip or pop songs in their examples, not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just wondering how it translates and which ones allow for more flow of creativity to a larger diversity of genres. Also something professional standard, I want to make music for a living and release this. I'm also currently a student so most big DAW's have discounts for that, so price shouldn't be too much of a worry. Ableton Suite is currently at the top of my list, because I think the live feature to use at gigs is interesting, but I don't know enough about anything to make the best judgment. The live feature is awesome but secondary, the most important thing is getting a more complex/experimental/beautiful mix balanced with as good a workflow as possible. Any recommendations are appreciated!
Tired of Mariah Carey and wham
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Haven't posted in a few weeks in wake of the holidays, but have compiled a bunch more titles onto the spreadsheet. Lots of good stuff in here!
There are two tabs on the spreadsheet - the first are individually priced records and the second is "4 for $25." If you're interested in a title on the "4 for $25" tab, they are $5 each.
Feel free to shoot me an offer on anything you're interested in.
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Grading is record/sleeve. I like to grade conservatively and always happy to send pics of anything you want to see. I use the Goldmine standard.
I know this is a psychedelic rock group But can someone suggest good trippy prog rock songs like Starless - King Crimson and Lady Fantasy - Camel Anything other than Pink Floyd
I'm an 80's child and I'm sure I'm not the only one that can say this:
When I follow my journey through loving and listening to prog-rock and prog-metal I can really pin point it to Metallica's ...And Justice for All album. The title track and, very specifically, To Live is to Die are amazing intros to that style of music. Sure - its not technically progressive metal - but listen to it through the ears of someone who was absolutely OBSSESSED with metal and thrash metal and you can just hear that bridge to some of the bigger prog bands that came after.
A lot of my friends were already into prog rock and were introduced through bands like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, and Rush but I never really followed it since I didn't grow up in that era. I'm thankful for this album though.
Just a few people seem to catch that when you say you're a prog rock fan, you mean the 70s prog rock, which is WILDLY different from the prog metal bands that have been a thing since the 90s. I even like some prog metal bands such as Opeth, SW, Agalloch and others (not DT or Symp X tho), but Im also annoyed that they 'stole' the term and now everyone just thinks of them when they hear 'prog'.
Does the Prog rock genre as a whole draw more inspiration from jazz or classical music? What other strong influences do you feel are also present?
I already know about horizont, but are there any others?
Hey fellow Tony Banks fans…there’s a poll on the British Prog Rock Twitter account for best keyboardist ever. It’s down to four finalists.
Tony needs some love! Some pretty stiff competition…
https://twitter.com/britishprog/status/1478709823667589122?s=21
The video, as I recall it, two guys; the singer and the lead guitarist are walking down a road that is littered with random objects/garbage, possibly along side in the field as well. I believe I recall a crib/bassinet, fridge or deep freezer? And I think an upside down vehicle with the wheel spinning
You could consider it a one hit wonder possibly because I knew I liked the song but never heard from the band again.
As for the music itself, I don't remember if the guitar was acoustic or clean electric, I don't recall any distortion/overdrive in it. Think RHCPs otherside or Blind Melons no rain
I've got nothing for lyrics.
Currently using the AKG K712 Pro with a Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen. I can upgrade the Focusrite if needed.
Budget is about $600, $400 to upgrade the Focusrite if needed.
Mainly play FPS games, Original Prog Rock (like King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Yes, etc), Blues (SRV, Clapton, Hendrix, Bonamassa, etc), and any orchestral music mostly focused on slow string movements.
I make Blues and Orchestral music as well.
Probably forgetting something.
Flaring as Open Back, Closed Back is fine as well.
Edit: Forgot last thing, store preference. 1st priority is Sweetwater, but Best Buy and Newegg are also an option.
So I've been listening to prog music for a few weeks and like bands such as Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Caravan and Gentle Giant plus many others. I was curious to see what y'all's favorite prog rock bands are, so feel free to put y'all's favs.
Looking for recommendation. No prog metal please, just 70s styled prog.
Here are two to get you started
King Crimson - In the Court of Kris Kringle
Yes - Close to the Elf
The tide is high, treble clefs they rise
He sails through staves on Appolo's wave
On a sea of music, he hears with his eyes
The minotaur a slave to his labyrinthian maze
Holy shit is that bad. Let's see what you got.
I just listened to a song called Human Sadness by The Voidz. I have to say, this song was absolutely damn masterpiece. I don't know almost nothing about indie rock, but this song was prog without being the prog I know.
What's the definition of prog anyway? For me it's long progressing music that captures the atmosphere with a lot of experimentation. But wouldn't it applies to indie music also? if the songs were longer. This song was exactly that.
Indie rock might be more prog than actual prog rock/metal in in terms of experimentation, but prog rock/metal has a difficulity. This leads me to think, what makes prog a prog more? Difficulity or experimentation?
I really want to get deeper into progressive rock, some of my favourite bands are yes, ELP, rush, genesis, dream theater and opeth. But I want to know more albums. So what are the Prog albums I HAVE to listen to?
I've listened to a few Opeth songs and I do recognise their talent as a band, but I'm just not into the prog metal stuff. Which are their least metal-ish and most traditional prog rock -ish albums? I don't mind heavy prog rock, but prog metal just isn't my jam.
