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Have any of you listened to The Mars Volta? Flippin' rock my balls off! It almost feels like Plant and Page all over again, but with a different kind of in-your-face attitide. I love it. Amazing! --Josh >>And yes! The anti chop movement has been devastating to music. > > Yeah, which is why I'm glad there's still an underground prog movement. > Some of the good old bands (Crimson, Yes, Rush, Moody Blues) are still > around and we have newer ones like Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, The >Mars > Volta, Dream Theater, Riverside, Ozric Tentacles, Anglagarde, Glass > Hammer... the list goes on. However, you'll never hear them on the >radio. > XM did have a channel dedicated to prog, but I think it got canned. > > but, you can listen over the net at http://www.progrockradio.com/ > > Enjoy! > Tony > > p.s. Yes, Richard, I've heard some Happy The Man. Not much, but I have. > :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Sales > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: Hiromi > > > Did any of you ever hear the prog band Happy The Man? We shared bills >in > the good old days (G.O.D.S) and I thought, and still think, they were > some of the best and most creative of the prog genre. Especially in > their first incarnation with Mike Beck on drums/creative percussion. > > And yes! The anti chop movement has been devastating to music. The > sanctification of The Garage has been cataclysmic. But some nights, when > I''m off, I'm really grateful for it! > > But recording guitar for my daughter I really saw the impact of this. > She didn't want ANY string bends (I snuck in a few), any left hand > tremolo (when she wasn't looking), anything that really stood out. So > ALL of my parts are incredibly simple - which is what I usually like > anyhow, but I mean REALLY SIMPLE. I learned to put all the soul I could > muster into whole notes! While doing it I thought I would be really > embarrassed - and threatened to not put my name on the CD - but the > final product actually fits together well and the guitar comes off as > organic and doesn't step on ANY toes (to say the least). But this is how > a lot of younger (especially college age) folks want to hear music... or > at least NEW music. They'll listen to the Zep's note blizzards all day > long and somehow that slips under the radar. But generally, guitar chops > are seen as showing off. > > It's a strange new world! Our job is getting easier. > > richard sales > glassWing farm and studio > vancouver island, b.c. > 800.545.6846 > 250.752.4816 > www.glassWing.com > www.richardsales.com > www.hayleysales.com > www.blueberryfieldsfarm.com > On 21-Jun-06, at 8:23 AM, Christophe wrote: > > > I think the whole prog-bashing trend started as sour grapes on the > part of kids who just didn't have the chops to play it. As I recall, > at the same time that prog was declared a dinosaur by these young > turks virtuosity in general was poo-pooed just as much. > > Not that there wasn't an awful lot of excess (and I spell excess > E-L-P) rampant at the time! > > Regards from Boston, > Chris > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Tony K" <bigtony@softhome.net> > > RE: HiromiI'll be seeing Emerson on Sunday evening. I'm not >counting > on silver > suit or knives in the B3. Apparently he does travel with a large > modular > though... > > I'm a prog-head and proud of it! I have all of the ELP albums up to > but not > including "Love Bleah" oh, I mean "Beach" > > I sometimes think it's just fashionable to trash prog, but I would > rather listen > to it than most of what's coming out these days. It is interesting > to note that > there is a very active and very good modern prog scene going on. > > as said before. YMMV. > > Tony > > >