Can't Have Prog Without Keyboards: A Discussion (genre, artists, Banjo)

ProggyMan · 10-07-2007, 08:51 PM

No, I just reply to everything. Can't have prog without keyboards.

**sleepy jack** · 10-07-2007, 08:52 PM

Yeah you're right about keyboards because following a genre cliche is so progressive.

ProggyMan · 10-07-2007, 08:57 PM

That's like saying you shouldn't use an acoustic guitar in folk because it's cliche. Some things are cliche for a reason.

**sleepy jack** · 10-07-2007, 08:58 PM

Ever heard of Pete Seeger?

ProggyMan · 10-07-2007, 09:08 PM

Ever heard of all the thousand's of other folk artists...

**sleepy jack** · 10-07-2007, 09:11 PM

Plenty use banjos and ukuleles. In addition to that, folk isn't about being different or progressive. Prog is, hence the name. You're comparing apples to oranges here.

~~N*S*G~~ · 10-07-2007, 09:13 PM

How can this thread possibly be derailed?

**sleepy jack** · 10-07-2007, 09:14 PM

I'll split it into a separate thread srry.

**boo boo** · 10-07-2007, 09:20 PM

Many prog bands use keyboards, but they don't all use keyboards in the same way. Its pretty dumb to call it a cliched genre because of heavy emphasis on a certain instrument. Thats like calling rock cliched for the heavy use of guitar, or folk because of the use of acoustics, or jazz for the use of brass instruments.

The reason prog bands commonly use keyboards is because prog bands like tone variety, and a good synthesizer and a good sampler offer a lot more tone variety than a guitar. Any techno fan will tell you that.

ProggyMan · 10-07-2007, 10:13 PM

Exactly. Listen to Spirit Of The Radio for keyboardy goodness.

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sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,561	Yeah you're right about keyboards because following a genre cliche is so progressive. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

10-07-2007, 08:57 PM
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,799	That's like saying you shouldn't use an acoustic guitar in folk because it's cliche. Some things are cliche for a reason. __________________ Shut the fuck up and recognize what you holding ain't really broken. -Ian Bavitz If Noah had the benefit of hindsight on his ship he coulda' snatched two unicorns and left behind the mother fuckin' pigs. -Ian Bavitz I <3: Crowquill is cool. Sorta. I hate the Fall Of Troy. And Joy Division. And West Side Story.

10-07-2007, 08:58 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,561	Ever heard of Pete Seeger? __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

10-07-2007, 09:08 PM
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,799	Ever heard of all the thousand's of other folk artists... __________________ Shut the fuck up and recognize what you holding ain't really broken. -Ian Bavitz If Noah had the benefit of hindsight on his ship he coulda' snatched two unicorns and left behind the mother fuckin' pigs. -Ian Bavitz I <3: Crowquill is cool. Sorta. I hate the Fall Of Troy. And Joy Division. And West Side Story.

10-07-2007, 09:11 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,561	Plenty use banjos and ukuleles. In addition to that, folk isn't about being different or progressive. Prog is, hence the name. You're comparing apples to oranges here. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

10-07-2007, 09:13 PM
~~NSG~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 155	How can this thread possibly be derailed?

10-07-2007, 09:14 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,561	I'll split it into a separate thread srry. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

10-07-2007, 09:20 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 7,105	Many prog bands use keyboards, but they don't all use keyboards in the same way. Its pretty dumb to call it a cliched genre because of heavy emphasis on a certain instrument. Thats like calling rock cliched for the heavy use of guitar, or folk because of the use of acoustics, or jazz for the use of brass instruments. The reason prog bands commonly use keyboards is because prog bands like tone variety, and a good synthesizer and a good sampler offer a lot more tone variety than a guitar. Any techno fan will tell you that. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

10-07-2007, 10:13 PM
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,799	Exactly. Listen to Spirit Of The Radio for keyboardy goodness. __________________ Shut the fuck up and recognize what you holding ain't really broken. -Ian Bavitz If Noah had the benefit of hindsight on his ship he coulda' snatched two unicorns and left behind the mother fuckin' pigs. -Ian Bavitz I <3: Crowquill is cool. Sorta. I hate the Fall Of Troy. And Joy Division. And West Side Story.