Progressive rock.
It's hard to explain. I'm not a muso or anything like that (something Urban has called me more than a few times), I just love it, I do appreciate musicians with chops, though if thats all I cared about I would be a metalhead.
I love prog for several reasons. One is that its so diverse, it's a melting pot of nearly every genre. And I love how bands like Yes and Ozric Tentacles can dabble in different styles in the confines of just one song, and then add structure to it and actually make it fit. And I love how bands like Gentle Giant use so many instruments for unconventional methods. Producing something completely new.
I'm attracted to music thats unusual and dosen't sound like it came from this planet. Stuff that has an ethereal quality to it. Music that can take any kind of sound imaginable and make something with it.
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