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I very much appreciate the general point you are making, and it is quite true in a broad sense. But that's not the problem with Howe's time. As I stated earlier, this problem only pops up now and...

Having now listened to the album a couple of times, my first reaction is that it is much better arranged, recorded, and produced than those early leaked versions seemed to indicate. There are a few...

I wish people would focus on the music. But let's face it, when you aspire to play rock shows in big venues, you're in the entertainment business, where appearance makes a big difference. I think...

I'll look forward to seeing what the sales numbers end up being, and whether the album makes money. Even if it costs the band money, it can still be valuable if it helps build the draw, and with...

The deluxe edition of the first Cars album includes the demos. It's surprising how much of that sound was there before RTB even entered the picture.

"This food is terrible!"

"And such small portions as well!"

The Yes arrangements in the 70s are driven by the fact that they were young, on the rise, and felt they had something to prove. They desperately wanted the music to be as good as it could possibly...

Having heard these four excerpts plus the full version of "Believe Again," I am sticking to the judgement that the album is competent, but not much more. Nothing to be embarrassed about, nothing to...

Say what you will about the new excerpt, but you have to admit Yes gives Starcastle a run for their money.

Both clips are competent at a professional level, unlike a lot of modern prog that gets discussed here, much of which sounds very amateurish. But there's nothing very new or even musically...

If so, the tracks still need to be licensed from Warner Music Group.

Publishing, publishing, publishing.

It's out today--get yours now! http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Yes/dp/B00IKVTF7K/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1401818318&sr=1-6&keywords=yes+greatest+hits

Just a little bit of music biz perspective here (and I know many others on this list already know all this). Yes makes most of its money these days by performing, as well as on publishing from the...

Dan Jonderson

It's the extensive travel that really gets you, especially if you're relatively new to it at this level.

I strongly agree with Jacob's remarks here. Listening to most fans react to new Yes is like listening to parents talk about about their child's recital--they want to hear the best and disregard the...

The videos are not bad--at least not as bad as some of Benoit ones that circulated for a while. "Turn of the Century" is pretty good, even if things get rhythmically fouled up in the middle section....

Won't happen. The point of writing such a book is to sell back-catalog. The stories will reinforce the past glories.

I'd love to see Hackett and Gabriel tour together, but I can't imagine Gabriel would ever go for that. I have no desire to see Banks, Rutherford, and Collins.

It's not how long it takes to record, it's how focused the musicians are on the music. In the early 70s Yes was writing all the time and each member was pretty much "living" the band and its music. ...

Another big Moog:

http://www.goldminemag.com/features/just-call-erik-norlander-the-analog-kid

In case you missed this one:


http://youtu.be/-ohHqRg7PGE

Wow, now it's clear you don't know much about classical music programming either. You're lucky to be in New York, where the audiences tend to be more sophisticated than most other places around the...

I mean what I said, so I'm not blaming you for that; I'm sorry if there was any confusion on that point. We may have different ideas ideas about what counts as medium-sized and/or professional,...

First, you probably mean to say "Sure there are." Second, I doubt you have any way of knowing the make up of the audiences across dozens of venues around the country. BTW, why don't you compare...

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There are not enough hard-core fans to fill those venues in all those cities. While $75 may seem like a lot compared to the 70s, just try to see any kind of professional show in a medium-sized...

Jon-Luc and the Rude Barons, featuring Loose Gryphons.

I think we need a thread reviewing the other Yes threads.

Nope, mechanical rights are granted at a rate set by law and do not require author's approval.

Let's hope that's all that comes out of their systems.

Following the name of the new Jon-Luc band, should discussions like this be called "dissensioning"?

As far as the new record goes, my expectations are not very high. FFH was a fun listen, but the best moment on that CD is not as interesting as the weakest one on Tormato (which is the weakest of...

While I can imagine the Jon-Luc band being great, my guess is that it won't be. I expect it'll be smooth jazz meets major pentatonic vocal melodies. All involved are capable of more, so I hope I'm...

In the studio Downes gets great sounds, but live they're only average. When Yes toured with Styx, every single patch Gowan used sounded better than any patch Downes used. And there's Geoff up there...

Brislin is the only keyboardist who got the Wakeman parts right (besides Rick). The rest have been uneven in that regard, though Moraz is clearly a very very gifted musician. As a keyboard player,...

These guys play music for a living. They would be foolish to plan their sets in a way that would privilege pleasing PE members. The audiences would be small indeed.

Folks, the RRHOF is a tourist attraction, nothing more.

My feelings exactly. I love the last phrase and will now use it in similar circumstances!

Energetically dismissing a band while vigorously praising a second band that holds the first band in high regard. Priceless.

I know, and Watcher is relatively easy. This is bound to be a fuster cluck.

Permissions fees are covered under the venue's annual license with BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC. For a recording, artist pays mechanical licensing.

Phish did not play Watcher well at the RRHOF show. How are they going to do the Lamb? If they go through with it, they should just hire Josh Gleason. He sounds more like Gabriel than Gabriel.

Man, you are not doing much to defeat stereotypes of prog fans.

I'm all for those who do it for the music, believe me. Those who are currently selling CDs through CD Baby or at the show do indeed have an outlet for their product. (CD Baby is fabulous.) And...

Triggering samples is much easier than that.

Good for Rick! I'll catch one of these if at all possible.

He's keeping busy alright; you've got to admire the stamina.

There has tended to be a business component to much of the music we hold up as art. Bach had various gigs, one had him writing a new cantata every week as part of his contract (not because that's...

Don't forget that a lot of independent artists live in a world sustained by the activity of the music-business professionals, even if they are not themselves full-time music people. The popularity...

Bumping this to the top because it's a nice piece of writing by a PE member.

Yep, I meant the quality of music will decline. I hope it won't, but I've been at this long enough to be confident it will. I'd love to be proven wrong, believe me. On the starving artist notion,...

I'd actually like to see Steve collaborating with other musicians more. He and Emerson should finally work together on something. Maybe something with Moraz. Add Rod Morgenstern and Jeff Berlin,...

Maybe mostlyoriginalasia.com and somewhatoriginalasia.com were already taken.

I think Sam is fine. My complaint is just that he should try to engage the style of those Howe-era songs more. That's a legitimate way to approach that music--to be creative within the stylistic...

Record companies are in big trouble. A senior record company executive recently remarked "music is as healthy as ever, but the record business is dead." Professional music-making doesn't have to be...

You're a little confused. Having lots of music available online, which is perfectly true, and being able to make a living from it are two different considerations. The argument is not that music is...

Henry is correct that musicians have personal styles and most fans can hear that right away when they confront a new track. Wetton's melodic choices (contours, expression, gesture) are present...

Marillion textures are consistently simple, the harmony is mostly relatively elementary, and the playing is generally unspectacular. I would be willing to bet that Marillion couldn't even play the...

I think so too. That first album is at least as proggy as most Marillion, and a lot more accomplished than any of it.