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For me rock should be about passion and Prog never is. Very hard to play but dull as ditchwater ( or Dorchester on predictive text!) to listen to is how I'd define it.
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“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I think of it as music that has consicously tried to shift away from and avoid any blues / rock 'n' roll reference ... so I, IV, V prgressions are a big no no.
Verse chorus structure is loosened massively so I, vi minor, IV, V progressions are not much in evidence either.
You'll probably have keyboard players with at least three stacked organs / synths / electric pianos etc ... more is better.
Add in a tendency to draw on fairy tale / myth / fable / fantasy adventure concepts in lyrics and sleeve art (although politics - sometimes allegorical - can creep in).
Then plenty of solos.
In the interests of balance I like quite a bit of Rush and have started listening to Magnum again recently. I guess they are both on the periphery of Prog at least.
I was just watching the Whistle Test live version of Forgotten Sons yesterday, absolutely fantastic. Script is also very emotive but not emo by any stretch.
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Feckin magazines.... *grumble grumble*
Fuckin' love Spinal Tap.
this is normally the last song in our live set [the DC Band].. I love playing this one.. it's utterly beautiful...
I don't think prog needs to have special rules [time sigs, performance, song length etc]. in fact, I think that prog has no rules at all, or rather, avoids ignores rules, conventions and what is fashionable.
rather than a specific 'sound' or 'style' I personally think of prog as being a compositional approach..
essentially, just do what you think is right without consideration for what is accepted as "normal"
so go where the music takes you, from the minimalist, the weird, fragile and wonderful, to the angsty, the massive, the insane and the pompous symphonic
prog = just go for it and do not give a sht what people think