when will progressive rock music/art rock become recognised as musical contributions?
how come bands like dream theatre and spocks beard or even YES and rush not get grammies not even any popular music critic awards???
I believe these kinds of bands, together with other artists like Steve Vai and Eric Johnson, are not so popular in the mainstream because they are a little more virtuosic, improvisational, and experimental (instead of playing what they think will sell) with their musical expression than most rock music fans are used to. Though they have a Rock sound and look to them, their approach to writing songs and performing is more like that of Jazz musicians (real Jazz, not "Smooth Jazz") so the average rock music fan can’t really understand or appreciate it. That is why most of their fans are other musicians, because they understand the level of technical difficulty that goes into executing the things these artists do.
December 1st, 2009 at 4:46 am
Because they’re pieces of sht and rock is the worst music genre….
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December 1st, 2009 at 5:15 am
becoz they wanna stay unpopular/unrecognize, thats why dream theater always never show up on MTV, they only exist on the radio. also MTV already have too much reality tv shows and plenty of urban music to play already.
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December 1st, 2009 at 5:34 am
I’ve always been a very big fan of Rush and Yes.To put it bluntly prog/rock has always been "the thinking man’s rock".
Most people seem to like music that they don’t really have to listen to.To answer your question, I hope it’s soon because I’m personally getting tired of very forgetable music winning awards!
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:11 am
I believe these kinds of bands, together with other artists like Steve Vai and Eric Johnson, are not so popular in the mainstream because they are a little more virtuosic, improvisational, and experimental (instead of playing what they think will sell) with their musical expression than most rock music fans are used to. Though they have a Rock sound and look to them, their approach to writing songs and performing is more like that of Jazz musicians (real Jazz, not "Smooth Jazz") so the average rock music fan can’t really understand or appreciate it. That is why most of their fans are other musicians, because they understand the level of technical difficulty that goes into executing the things these artists do.
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