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The Prog & Fusion Album Club
The Prog & Fusion Album Club (PFAC) is an initiative sort of birthed by the discussions in this thread :
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ut-how-do.htmlPFAC is a loosely organized "club" for listening to and discussing prog and fusion albums. Why those two genres? A lot of the prog I listen to is a bit jazzy and some of the jazz-rock and fusion I listen to is a bit proggy. In my real life experience, people who like prog tend to like fusion and vice versa and the styles often mix, so why not bring the two together in an albums club as well? How it's done The general idea is to give a prog or fusion album as homework for each week. Then, every monday, a discussion thread is created for the album which was last week's homework assignment. Which album is the homework assignment is voted for in a 4 days poll which is constructed every thursday. Those who want to participate should suggest albums they would like considered for homework assignment and then that suggestion is included in the upcoming thursday poll. In order to get people to vote for your suggested album, you should include a little information about it and perhaps some album art to pique people's interest! Don't worry about committing yourself. You can join once, then never do it again or join every other week or whenever you want. You can vote, suggest and not discuss, anything goes. Next Week's Homework Assignment Poll
Discussion Threads for previous homework :
This week's (from March 28th, 2011) homework assignment : Quote:
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Although noone else have yet to respond, my suggestion for first homework assignment album will be ..
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vFStmePm1x...ticWarrior.jpg This is a fusion album and arguably the most popular in the Return to Forever discography, the band led by keyboardist Chick Corea who previously played with Miles Davis. The line-up here is incredible, Chick Corea on keyboards, Al Di Meola on guitar, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny White on drums. Unlike a lot of the improv-flavoured fusion out there, this album is incredibly composed with complex arrangements played with amazing skill. The production is also damn near-perfect! Supposedly, after recording it, they figured this was as good as they could get and so this was the last RTF album with that line-up, similar to why Bill Bruford left Yes after Close to the Edge. I obviously know this one, but I'd like to get to know it even better. You should as well! :) |
Is this strictly Prog Rock or does Prog Folk count?
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Prog folk should count as well I think :) I know I'm not gonna be a genre nazi. It's just rough one or two-word descriptions after all!
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Great! Prog-Folk is amongst my favourite genres i'll have my choice put up in due course ;)
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I know there are a couple or even few more out there who I believe would like to get in on this and I know there's a whole lot who should, so .. Come on guys! :D
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I am so in.
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PUSH IT :p
also, as I only have very limited Internet usage (3gb), I will (probably) do all my "homework" at the end of the month (I.e. When I download all the albums so I run out if internet only a few hours before my new cycle). |
As it is now, I think I'd mostly end up pushing it all on my own .. and then it'll only last a very few weeks before noone bothers with it, me included.
Sorry if I seem like a cynic. If more people get interested at some point, I'm all over this. :) |
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