Prog-rocker .... here!!!! (and sonar x2 user as well).

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The Watch - http://www.thewatchmusic.net/

Bye to all,
Giorgio

bitflipper


Peter, you were right in your OP: you are indeed in good company on that podcast. I enjoyed the whole thing, and also grabbed the previous episode while I was there.


"Landscape Burning" is a great production, a superb mix and a tasty tune. Love it, herbally-enhanced or not. If those drums are real, they are extraordinarily well-recorded; if programmed, they are exceptionally well-programmed. Either way, good job! 

Is that you on lead vox? Sure got a cool classic 70's vibe going on there. The female vocalist is superb, too. The vocal mix is just about perfect in every regard. For that matter, I like the whole mix; it's dynamic, nothing's overly effected or compressed, everything has its own spectral turf, the panorama is wide and deep, every voice and instrument can be clearly heard, even in the busy parts. Kudos to the mixer.

Thanks bitflipper, I appreciate the comments very much.  I must admit I feel good about the mixing I did on this album.  At the end I needed a sanity check, especially on the drums, and I asked a friend, who's worked several years in studios in L.A., to come over to my studio and help ensure that it was "master-ready".  That helped me wrap up things in a timely manner as well as bounce ideas of someone else at the final hurdle, because the rest of the solo album I relied on my own judgment for composing, recording, mixing, and that was liberating enough.

I did spend hours listening to the mixes I made in a variety of places:  the car, the stereo setup, iPod, headphones, you name it;  always making sure everything could be heard the way I wanted it.  I'm glad it came out that way in your head too ;-)

Steve H.


Hey Peter, I finally got to listen to your stuff and I have to say well done! Nice mixes and good material and did hear some Steve Hackett influence on the electrics? Way to go!

Thanks Steve H.   And what might the H. stand for, hehe.


I definitely like Steve Hackett's stuff, and he seems to be making a comeback after a couple of suspect albums a decade or so ago, but I'm also very much into Mike Oldfield as well as Gilmour/Howe.   I never set out to sound or play like anyone though, but I'm sure the influences creep in.  I enjoy the comparison but the best compliment I got was from a well-known bassist in the local genre that said I had a very unique voice.   But Hackett is good for me too ;-)

also prog fan here, especially in the world of prog-metal and prog black metal....can i mention some classic UK acts of the moment such as Frost*, It Bites, Haken, Threshold, Arena, Magenta, Touchstone, Squackett, Kompendium, The Reasoning...fave prog albums last year were Anathema, Overhead, Neal Morse and Beardfish...and in the BM realm acts like Enslaved, Peste Noire, Kaelter etc

Hello, we are not a tribute band (we have our own music) but we play Genesis music often in our shows as well (anyway our style is quite similar.... people says).

I don't think that we are planning to come in California ... sorry (we usually come to USA/Canada every year, but usually on the east side...)...

Anyway ... who knows...
Thanks and regards,

Giorgio

VariousArtist
 
I have a couple of live videos up on youtube too that feature my band here in Southern California that, to be honest, are really more proggy than my own music (which tends to stray into jazz and folk).  


Here are a couple of live songs with my band Gekko Projekt in a club in Los Angeles:


Particle Dance (live in L.A. 2012)
Martian Sunrise (live in L.A. 2012)

Good stuff!

I just call it GREAT!
 
I am a prog-minded keyboard player, and I truly appreciate the above work.
 
Bob Bone
 

Great stuff fella.

This is where you should have posted it though.... http://forum.cakewalk.com/Songs-f27.aspx