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Originally Posted by Tributary Records
I have listened to tons of new stuff actually. We have a label, so we get bombarded with demos and links to soundcloud, bandcamp, itunes etc. I would say for every 100 things I listen to, maybe one sounds like it was a recording of a group of musicians playing music. The rest sounds like digital sound collaging. So that stuff is better to be released by someone who is into that kind of thing. It's just too lifeless and sterile sounding for our tastes.
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Well, it seems your label is attracting the really amateurish stuff.
This might give you some bias, but there has been so, so much great prog released after the seventies.
Sure, have your opinion, but as I said, it seems very narrow minded and clueless.
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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman
Oops/. I've misread that. Alright, let me change that. If you believe music is subjective, doesn't he have the right to believe modern prog isn't as good? Personally, I'm a little in the middle. Although I like Modern Prog, I think the majority of great prog comes from the early stages. Dream Theater is still one of my favorites. I though their 2000's works were great. I'm looking forward to the new one. But my other favorite prog bands are classic bands like Kansas and Pink Floyd. What genres do you not like? I could disagree.
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Everybody has a right to think whatever he wants about music. But this 'modern prog' we are talking about here isn't one monolithic genre. We are talking about thousands and thousands of bands and albums being released in the incredibly long span of over thirty years.
Prog has been and is amazingly varied, more varied than ever actually. If a self-professed prog fan is unable to find lots and lots of stuff he likes in this variety, the fault lies with him, not with the music.
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