Simon says ... - prog tag

Free prog (as in beer)

Thu, 24 May 2007 23:20:00 GMT

Those who always thought "Progressive rock? WTF?" can try out some for free at Galileo Records. This small label has some unknown prog acts signed to it and apparently has problems with illegal downloads. So to fight piracy they put a compilation online which can be downloaded for free. This may serve as a good overview of what prog can do today - but mustn't be seen as typical for the "genre" because there is no "typical" in prog. Which perhaps you can see a bit in this compilation.

Anyway, enjoy listening!

Dream Theater in Bonn

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:20:00 GMT

Finally: in June I will experience Dream Theater live on their "Chaos in Motion" world tour. On the 16th they will enter the stage in Bonn right after Riverside (wow!), other concerts will get a warm-up from Symphony X.
Sure there will be a Porcupine Tree concert in Cologne on 20 June which I would like to see as well; but my priorities are set and I don't have the money for two concerts in such a short time. Anyone got Genesis tickets for free? ;)

The end of the first chapter for Stream of Passion ...

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:55:00 GMT

... as Lori Linstruth phrased it.
Going in line with a bad time for the band (unfortunately she deleted her exhaustive post about the happenings when they tried to enter the UK) and a bad time for the individual members, Lori, Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Alejandro Millán Montoya parted ways with the band. The rest of the guys announced to continue though (yay!) and Arjen is concentrating on a new Ayreon album, so there's also some good news here. :)

Some short reviews

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:47:00 GMT

My "reviews" won't be actual reviews really. There's enough comprehensive analyses, for example on the "Baby-Blue Pages" (German site) - they can do it much better than me, I'm not well-versed in the production of music.
What I'm more interested in: what's behind the music, what stories are waiting for me there. Because if you engage yourself with prog then you should also keep up with the bands and the musicians and all the involvements and personalities, otherwise you'll miss a lot, especially information about the concept behind the music.
Other than that I'll only tell you what effect the music has on me, what feelings it triggers in me. If you'll feel the same I can never know, therefore ratings wouldn't fit I don't think.

Today I'll be looking at Frost*'s Milliontown, Vitalij Kuprij, Sylvan and Spock's Beard.

[…]