I wrote a progressive rock song, based on three formerly Pokémon-inspired songs I wrote in a row in 2004. It’s mostly inspired by Yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXLc7N6oNw https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Together/dp/B08WXCWKL9
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I would bet anything that the so-called “motorik” beat in krautrock was actually invented by some Motown or soul drummer, because it sounds so darn familiar to me. It even reminds me of some beats that Ringo did.
FYI for those searching for the motorik beat in MIDI form: I’m pretty sure Toontrack’s “Seventies Prog” MIDI pack has it.
Try “Theme 4” in the 4/4 section.
This album brought me to tears. It’s about an alien creature who’s completely alone in the universe, and the tragedy that caused it.
Hope you brought some tissues.
This band is really cool. It’s that bluesy hard rock/early heavy metal sound of the ‘70s, yet with unusual time signatures like progressive rock.
I actually found these guys by accident, when I was trying to find something else.
I’m finding that early Pink Floyd is very relaxing music to listen to while drawing.
I imagine jumping from Kiss’ first album to Music from The Elder isn’t recommended, but I wanted to do it
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Finally, I find a copy of this song online- now I can share it!
Flo and Eddie do an absolutely brilliant Beatles pastiche, about… Gumby. Trust me, it’s way better than it sounds. While you’re at it, go get yourself a copy of this CD.
My mom hates this band, but only because the lead singer is kinda squeaky. She has this weird bias against singers who aren’t fully resonant, ‘cause she’s a really gifted soprano herself. She also doesn’t like the nonsensical lyrics. (She also doesn’t like Yes for pretty much the same reasons.)
But then, why, I ask myself, does she also like Tom Kenny and “I Am The Walrus”?
I like it because some parts remind me of James Bond themes.
“Dark Lady” by The Mandrake Memorial
Who here likes the RMI Rocksichord? It’s a bizarre electronic keyboard instrument from 1967- not quite an electric harpsichord, not quite an electric piano, not quite a synthesizer.
I know I’m loving it- it’s not quite like anything I’ve heard before.
If you register on their website, you can get a free sample library from Soniccouture: http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/p58-rmi-rocksichord/
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Here's the follow-up single for A Teenage Opera, "Sam".
Here's an all-time favorite of mine. "Grocer Jack" from the unfinished 1967 concept album A Teenage Opera. The story goes that a producer named Mark Wirtz at Abbey Road Studios (the same place where The Beatles recorded) wanted to record a series of complex orchestral pop songs that told short stories in a cinematic manner. To do this, he arranged a lush, dense musical extravaganza with a full orchestra, pipe organ, choir, and even the voices of little kids, which took months to complete. This was put out as a single, which did well, but the follow-up "Sam" didn't sell as well, and the whole production was getting too expensive, so EMI canned the project. Mark Wirtz says he's finished it in recent years, but it hasn't surfaced yet.