Thinking Plague or Knifeworld. Either would be great.
Thinking Plague or Knifeworld. Either would be great.
Big Big Train would be appropriate and an excellent choice!
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
P.S. I don't think RoSFest is suffering from my lack of being there....
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
The Tangent
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
I'm going out in a limb and ask the question, if Steve Hackett is touring the east coast of the US at the time of ROSfest, is there a high probability that Hackett is the final announcement as the Sumday night headliner?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Not a good idea imo. I think Steve would make a very good Friday night headliner but that spot has already been taken. However, if he were to headline on Saturday or Sunday here is what would happen. Lots of people who aren't necessarily big prog fans(in other words mainstream prog fans who are big Genesis fans)would come out of the wood work and buy a lot of those tickets while others who are there for every band would be locked out. So you would have lots of people hanging around and only attending the Steve Hackett show while leaving lots of unnecessarily empty seats pissing off those who would want to go see all the bands but got progblocked by the hardcore Hackett fans(who only would go for him). I've seen it happen at other festivals and the only way that situation works out logistically imo is when you have them as a Friday night headliner.
I was trying to see things from a logistics standpoint.
I think BBT are safe because I don't think they are all that well known outside of prog circles. Maybe they are more than a lot of bands but I get the feeling most people who want to see them would probably be interested in the whole festival. Admittedly there is some grey area. A band like Riverside could probably go either way. Also, I think some of the older bands would fall into that "better for a Friday night" category which is why I think the Strawbs are a good fit. I remember talking to some older scruffy guy a long time ago when RF was at the Keswick and he had no interest in most of the festival and never heard any of the bands except for Starcastle and Ambrosia so he just bought a ticket for the Friday night show. Imo, the biggest factor for a Friday night band would be how many people would want to see them who wouldn't have much interest in the rest of the festival. Obviously there are fans who will want to see everything. It's one of those most fans of A are also fans of B but not all fans of B are fans of A kind of things. I think Rosfest does a very good job of putting the pieces together.
Big Big Train is NOT touring. They made it quite clear that there would be no tour. If they were to tour and it could be done, George would probably do everything but break the bank to have them headline the festival....but they are NOT touring. I don't know where people keep coming up with this stuff. They are doing the live album based on the King's Place gigs and will release videos from that on YouTube only. They already posted Victorian Brickwork from that on Youtube. Hackett tours everywhere so I don't think that will happen either. Thinking Plague and Knifeworld are highly unlikely to be booked as they are higher profile avant-garde bands that would cost a fair amount and would likely not draw the folks who traditionally attend the festival. I just don't think that RoSfest is the market for those bands.
Thinking Plague was a joke, Knifeworld would probably work given that MoeTar played recently
from Ians phone
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Bands like Lazuli, Thank You Scientist, Electric Asturias, Discipline and some others that escape me were all very enthusiastically received by the RF audience even though they don't meet the perceived perception of what a "RosFest band" is.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
George does pretty interesting booking while knowing his audience
from Ians phone
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Progday and Nearfest were very similar for a long time. I think in recent years PD has become more avant and RIO leaning but they still usually seem to have at least one symph band. Rosfest has evolved and although still mainly modern symph and heavy prog they do have the occasional left field kind of band. I think Lazuli were maybe one of the first bands they booked who were like that.
I think that this year...Bent Knee is THAT band. Didn't mean to come off as hostile at all. BBT had made it very clear on their own site for quite a while that they won't be touring for the foreseeable future. Was just echoing that.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm not an expert on those kinds of bands. I enjoyed Moetar quite a bit and I enjoyed a band called Moraine when I saw them several years ago. If a band is really good at what they do there's a good chance I'll enjoy them. The little that I have heard of Bent Knee so far actually reminds me of Moetar so I'm really not worried at all about whether I will like them or not. I actually think sometimes over thinking stuff and getting too caught up on labels can hinder ones enjoyment of the music.
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