Forum: Rock & Metal
01-22-2011, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,276
This looks a good thread to me - and there's...
This looks a good thread to me - and there's plenty of stuff here you might want to get your teeth into, pity it took me so long to notice this!
Meanwhile, I gotta check out some of the names on...
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Forum: Prog & Psychedelic Rock
01-05-2011, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,918
Really?
How - to both?
I find the irony...
Really?
How - to both?
I find the irony is that Proggers are notorious for arguing about the music - I've been a member of ProgArchives.com for almost 7 years now, and in that time, nothing has...
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Forum: Prog & Psychedelic Rock
01-05-2011, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,918
You're welcome. I enjoy picking apart lengthy...
You're welcome. I enjoy picking apart lengthy discursions, especially about Progressive Rock, and particularly when they paint an inaccurate picture of a genre, which gives the impression that the...
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Forum: Prog & Psychedelic Rock
01-03-2011, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,918
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Forum: Talk Instruments
12-23-2010, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 207
Views: 29,486
A computer is as much a musical instrument as...
A computer is as much a musical instrument as anything else.
Except in many ways it's better than other instruments - it can be anything you want it to be, except naturally acoustic - so it's not...
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Forum: Talk Instruments
12-22-2010, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,596
It's true that you can't think and improvise...
It's true that you can't think and improvise simultaneously.
But the greatest composers of all time - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven et al - were all superlative improvisors. Sadly, most of Bach's music...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
12-22-2010, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 171
Views: 152,261
It's a fair point in many ways, but the best...
It's a fair point in many ways, but the best comeback to this sort of argument is that Progressive Rock is Progressive - so if it was like the music of Genesis, then it could arguably not be called...
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Forum: Stereo & Production Equipment
12-22-2010, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,456
Sony ACID Xpress is quite fully featured for a...
Sony ACID Xpress is quite fully featured for a FREEBIE that doesn't require a crack or anything nasty like that.
10 tracks should be more than enough for anyone getting started - and it's an easy...
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Forum: Talk Instruments
11-19-2009, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 35,014
Depends on the "Metal".
If you want a...
Depends on the "Metal".
If you want a "proper" NWoBHM "Smokin' Valves" type metal sound, you NEED a Marshall JCM 800. Nothing else will do. JCM 900s sell for less money for a good reason.
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Forum: Prog & Psychedelic Rock
11-15-2009, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 198
Views: 56,593
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Forum: Prog & Psychedelic Rock
11-09-2009, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 15,217
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Forum: Rock & Metal
11-09-2009, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 1,192
Views: 155,564
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Forum: Talk Instruments
11-03-2009, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,530
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Forum: Talk Instruments
11-02-2009, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,530
What?
That makes no sense.
You're...
What?
That makes no sense.
You're saying that all you need to do is spend an hour learning every chord there is, then you can play, with practice.
With all due respect, THAT is bollocks.
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Forum: Hardcore & Emo
11-02-2009, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,680
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Forum: Talk Instruments
11-02-2009, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,530
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Forum: Hardcore & Emo
10-31-2009, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,680
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Forum: Talk Instruments
10-30-2009, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,530
True - mainly.
If you're in a band, then...
True - mainly.
If you're in a band, then there's the element of team playing - and there's always the competitive element that keeps you trying to get better technically, improvisionally or as a...
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Forum: Hardcore & Emo
10-30-2009, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,680
I've got about 2000 LPs and 200-odd 7".
No...
I've got about 2000 LPs and 200-odd 7".
No way am I going to post them all, but I particularly like collecting first presses, because the sound quality tends to be nothing less than awesome.
My...
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Forum: Jazz & Blues
10-26-2009, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 13,637
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-26-2009, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,957
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Forum: Reggae & Ska
10-26-2009, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,911
Wierd - I was thinking of them last night as I...
Wierd - I was thinking of them last night as I lay listening to Easy-Star All Stars "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Dub Band" - I really enjoyed "Little Britain" when it came out, and Dreadzone were at...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-21-2009, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,397
Radiohead
Living proof that you can...
Radiohead
Living proof that you can completely change your musical direction to something a lot more experimental, rather than churning out the same old stuff, give away your album for free,...
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Forum: Rock N Roll, Classic Rock & 60s Rock
10-17-2009, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 31,492
Yes indeed - great album.
As a kind of...
Yes indeed - great album.
As a kind of aside, I recently found out that the members of Fanny played on the album "Stoney End" by Barbra Streisand of all people.
I tracked down a copy today, and...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-17-2009, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 12,548
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