Sam Mullins Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 What are your favorite examples? Here are some of mine: From my favorite record of last year: [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrEHphZbcE From one of my favorite hard rock albums: [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBqZHPTCV58 and this whole album by the Decemberists: [video:youtube] Yamaha CK88, Arturia Keylab 61 MkII, Moog Sub 37, Yamaha U1 Upright, Casio CT-S500, Mac Logic/Mainstage, iPad Camelot, Spacestation V.3, QSC K10.2, JBL EON One Compact www.stickmanor.com There's a thin white line between fear and fury - Stickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marczellm Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Toto's done it a few times (Better World, Falling In Between, Great Expectations) but I didn't like those. Instead, let me recommend their foray into jazz rock fusion: [video:youtube] Life is subtractive.Genres: Jazz, funk, pop, Christian worship, BebHop Wishlist: 80s-ish (synth)pop, symph pop, prog rock, fusion, musical theatre Gear: NS2 + JUNO-G. KingKORG. SP6 at church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Esperanaza is a jazz musician, so I consider her fantastic album more fusion than prog. I always thought of prog as rock guys with hints of jazz, and fusion as jazz guys who add some rock (ie, distorted guitars, and a little more A-A-B-A song structure), but I get your point. As for prog, who does it better than these guys? [video:youtube] "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckW Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I always thought of prog as rock + classical. Fusion as rock + jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucktronix Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 [video:youtube]4yTkrdsg4Qo Kronos 88 Platinum, Yamaha YC88, Subsequent 37, Korg CX3, Hydrasynth 49-key, Nord Electro 5D 73, QSC K8.2, Lester K Me & The Boyz Chris Beard Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Mullins Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Esperanaza is a jazz musician, so I consider her fantastic album more fusion than prog. I always thought of prog as rock guys with hints of jazz, and fusion as jazz guys who add some rock (ie, distorted guitars, and a little more A-A-B-A song structure), but I get your point. Yeah, I agree that most of that album is more about fusion...but that song and a couple others seem to have a little more proggy edges. A friend of mine asked me what that album was like and I said "It's like Joni Mitchell, Donald Fagen and Return to Forever formed a band." (Of course that would probably be a disaster in real life.) Yamaha CK88, Arturia Keylab 61 MkII, Moog Sub 37, Yamaha U1 Upright, Casio CT-S500, Mac Logic/Mainstage, iPad Camelot, Spacestation V.3, QSC K10.2, JBL EON One Compact www.stickmanor.com There's a thin white line between fear and fury - Stickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthizen2 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I have found that, when non-prog bands venture into "prog" territory, it often happens in pairs. Sort of like, "hey, let's try this kind of thing one more time, then move on to other stuff or return to our roots". Two examples poke right out at me... http://glenstegner.com/stuff/beatles.jpg http://glenstegner.com/stuff/rush.jpg Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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