Its not that at all, I listened and made my evaluation, which was this is awsome stuff, far beyond A-typical rock or metal and I love it. I did say no one would remember these bands after we're dead. Elvis is even slowly fading but I suppose he'll at least always own a page in the history of R&R and they will never even mention the prog artists. But theres the statis quo thing again. Which brings me back to "classical", you are somebody if you develope a taste for classical and I think that has helped keep it alive as well as the fact that those guys were writing history when they made their discoveries.
So, in good sportsmanship I listened to our local classical station all day, I have always done this from time to time but its been about a year. I made a very interesting discovery. As awe inspiring as the origional concept of that form of composition is, it too becomes very predictable and rehashed. Much of it had a very cloned feel which becomes, in your face obvious after the first hour and nearly unforgivable after 4 hours. This is an art form that existed for centuries. Perhaps they too are placed too high on a pedestal. I also found many places where I could turn the instruments in my head and hear the guitars riffing out, and the keyboard player laying down harmonized melodic chord progressions and the guitarist wailing away indulging in scales. Yet there was no drummer and walking bass lines would only pop in and out. Much of it did seem to be basic major scales and harmonys with few mode changes but more cresendos and sweeping moods, very expressive. I believe modern guitarists eat up the scales and modes far superior as they should be because we are an advancing sort by nature. Im not talking shreding either because the classics were the origional shredders. I mean there is a more advanced way of using intervals, accentals and mode changes today.
SO as I came home and before I sat typing I decided to pop in my old When Dream and Day Unite tape and I gotta say ....... WOW ! I havent played this thing in at least 4 years and if these guys arent doing classical level song construction with all the harmonies, theory, bells and whistles ....... with only 3 instruments and a vocalist I need to be commited. Plus its just got a better groove, classical be abit grooveless but perhaps easier on the ear, not many ladies like prog metal but plenty go to the opera and symphony every year.
I never said they were writing modern classical music only that the music by the masters I mentioned operated on the same level. Im no ones fan boi as Ive seen mentioned here I've been a avid abuser of progressive music since '72 and very musically openminded ... to a limit
Damn ........ Ive got to get this thing on CD and play it more often.
So, in good sportsmanship I listened to our local classical station all day, I have always done this from time to time but its been about a year. I made a very interesting discovery. As awe inspiring as the origional concept of that form of composition is, it too becomes very predictable and rehashed. Much of it had a very cloned feel which becomes, in your face obvious after the first hour and nearly unforgivable after 4 hours. This is an art form that existed for centuries. Perhaps they too are placed too high on a pedestal. I also found many places where I could turn the instruments in my head and hear the guitars riffing out, and the keyboard player laying down harmonized melodic chord progressions and the guitarist wailing away indulging in scales. Yet there was no drummer and walking bass lines would only pop in and out. Much of it did seem to be basic major scales and harmonys with few mode changes but more cresendos and sweeping moods, very expressive. I believe modern guitarists eat up the scales and modes far superior as they should be because we are an advancing sort by nature. Im not talking shreding either because the classics were the origional shredders. I mean there is a more advanced way of using intervals, accentals and mode changes today.
SO as I came home and before I sat typing I decided to pop in my old When Dream and Day Unite tape and I gotta say ....... WOW ! I havent played this thing in at least 4 years and if these guys arent doing classical level song construction with all the harmonies, theory, bells and whistles ....... with only 3 instruments and a vocalist I need to be commited. Plus its just got a better groove, classical be abit grooveless but perhaps easier on the ear, not many ladies like prog metal but plenty go to the opera and symphony every year.
I never said they were writing modern classical music only that the music by the masters I mentioned operated on the same level. Im no ones fan boi as Ive seen mentioned here I've been a avid abuser of progressive music since '72 and very musically openminded ... to a limit
Damn ........ Ive got to get this thing on CD and play it more often.
(<-- not laughing at you, but rather WITH the other regulars here who know the kind of BS this forum is full of)
