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I was listening to Wings for Marie pt. 2 yesterday, and the common riffs and melodies that come back into the song after 3 minutes just struck me as something a jam band might do. Am I crazy or is there something there that links these bands more securely than their fans might suggest. |
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Metal may have been an evolution coming out of Rock, but only from a loud, angry, or abrasive aspect. I don't think Blues has much of a relationship with modern metal as does Jazz or Classical, no? |
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Ultimately based on my own definitions of both Prog and Jam music, I'd say no, they're not the same beasts at all. While the outsider listening in through the walls might not be able to tell the difference, a focused listener should be able to recognize the distinctions. As most of the others have mentioned it boils down to intent. The prog band intends to lead the listener on an aural trip, it's a guaranteed journey, it will happen at this show, and it will happen again at the next one. The jam band may well lead the listener on an aural trip, but it's a unique occurrence, it just happens and if you happen to be in the crowd that night when it was truly magical then great, but it's not going to happen again at the next show. |
I know there are going to be many exceptions to this, but I feel that progressive rock is generally composed. Someone sat down and thought it should go like this and this and then there's a different theme here .. Think ELP's Tarkus, anything from Gentle Giant, Yes, National Health and so on. When there is improvisation, it's often because room for improvisation was written into the song.
Jamming is a different approach to music, although of course it is an approach that prog bands as well as all other bands might use to come up with interesting stuff to put into their compositions. edit : Ehf, most music is composed. I mean more elaborately composed than the average tune you might hear on the radio, like a Frank Zappa song might be (ex. "Montana"). I believe Dave Stewart from National Health would require his band mates to play his (ambitious) compositions exactly as he wrote them down to the smallest detail. |
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