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I just spent the last four hours auditioning patches on both a vintage Roland D-50 and the Xpand2 soft synth. The first was a joint present from my lady love and me, the second came in the master keyboard we got from our mother in law.

Conclusion - digital synths have come extremely far in the past 30-odd years. Will put both together into a song soon.
 
Terminal Velocity

John Petrucci (with the wonderful rhythm section of Dave Larue on bass and Mike Portnoy on drums.)
 
Blind_Justice said:
Sooooo, Portnoy has made peace with his involuntary exit from Dream Theater?
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Well Portnoy and Petrucci's families are and have stayed close all these years, the daughters are best friends. I believe they have buried the hatchet. They posted a photo together from their Christmas get together over a year ago. Portnoy and Jordan Rudess performed Instrumedley together at the last prog nation cruise.
Portnoy, Petrucci, Rudess and Tony Levin have announced a new Liquid Tension Experiment album is being released soon.
At this point I think if any animosity remains it's between Labrie and Portnoy.
 
litfan10 said:
Terminal Velocity

John Petrucci (with the wonderful rhythm section of Dave Larue on bass and Mike Portnoy on drums.)
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Blind_Justice said:
Sooooo, Portnoy has made peace with his involuntary exit from Dream Theater?
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litfan10 said:
Well Portnoy and Petrucci's families are and have stayed close all these years, the daughters are best friends. I believe they have buried the hatchet. They posted a photo together from their Christmas get together over a year ago. Portnoy and Jordan Rudess performed Instrumedley together at the last prog nation cruise.
Portnoy, Petrucci, Rudess and Tony Levin have announced a new Liquid Tension Experiment album is being released soon.
At this point I think if any animosity remains it's between Labrie and Portnoy.
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Yah - as far as I know, it was altogether voluntary.

He quit in a huff.

A short time later he (effectively) said "Psych - I was just kidding - I'm coming back now" ... but the rest of the band said "No - you aren't!" :D

Pity - I liked Portnoy's influence in the band, and I'm pretty neutral about Minneman. Marco is a heck of a nice guy, and a good drummer - but I question his musical abilities. His recent My Sister album was pretty poor, IMHO.

What's the new Petrucci album like? I love his playing in Dream Theater, but I wasn't much of a fan of the thing he and Rudess put together several years ago.
 
Lesa Listvy : Unheard Of

Meh-

There's a reason for the title, IMO, and it will now remain "unheard of" in my house LOL
 
Marko Hietala : Pyre Of The Black Heart

Not bad. Think Jethro Tull without the flute
 
Haulover said:
Yah - as far as I know, it was altogether voluntary.

He quit in a huff.

A short time later he (effectively) said "Psych - I was just kidding - I'm coming back now" ... but the rest of the band said "No - you aren't!" :D

Pity - I liked Portnoy's influence in the band, and I'm pretty neutral about Minneman. Marco is a heck of a nice guy, and a good drummer - but I question his musical abilities. His recent My Sister album was pretty poor, IMHO.

What's the new Petrucci album like? I love his playing in Dream Theater, but I wasn't much of a fan of the thing he and Rudess put together several years ago.
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Absolutely, Portnoy was having more fun with A7X and was DT burned out just when DT wanted out on the road again. Portnoy seriously misjudged when he hit the band with the ultimatum 'a hiatus or I quit.'. He never expected them to say 'there's the door, see ya.'

Honestly, I think he has done much, much better stuff since leaving DT.

I like Petrucci's new album, it's not just a speed contest nor a pure show of flawless technique. He's got some really nice melodies going and Larue and Portnoy compliment the music well.

Mangini has speed and technique but I find that is all he is plus having the ability to hit his kit hard. Bonham did that but so much better. I don't feel the music - all theory no soul.

I like Minnemann when someone else is in control. When it's just him he adds and does too much, diluting things. Love him in Steven Wilson, Sea Within and Mute Gods. Solo and with Mcstine, not so much. Aristocrats are good but much more show off musical masturbation than songs.

All IMHO.
 
Coil | Toad The Wet Sprocket
Dreamboat Annie | Heart
Skynyrd's First - The Complete Muscle Shoals album | Lynyrd Skynyrd
 
Stronger Than Me - Amy Winehouse (before she turned into an emaciated, over-tatted junkie)
What a voice, what a waste
 
Blind_Justice said:
Are these the Japanese black metal maniacs? If yes, then I agree.
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Yep - that's them.

I'm actually spinning it again right now - 4:45pm and it's the first time today I've been out of business meetings! :eek: Now I have to spend many hours tonight doing the work I should have been doing while I was stuck in meetings :( But I'll be spinning albums as I work.

litfan10 said:
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I like Petrucci's new album, it's not just a speed contest nor a pure show of flawless technique. He's got some really nice melodies going and Larue and Portnoy compliment the music well.
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I'll give it a try - thanks!

litfan10 said:
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All IMHO.
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i like your "O"s so far.

Let's see if the Petrucci changes my "O" about your "O"s :D
Kidding
 
Solitude Aeturnus - Hour of Despair (live)

Found it while compiling my writing playlist for tonight. Solitude Aeturnus are one of my all-time fave bands, especially thanks to their stellar debut album "Into the Depths of Sorrow", so finding a bootleg-y live album on amazon music was a nice surprise. Too bad there probably won't be any new music. Band has split up, the singer had a great run with Candlemass before they kicked him out and now there's a gaping void in the metal scene where one of the best doom metal acts once was.

edit: Fixed record's title. Forget my head next.
 
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : Grand Opening And Closing


Damn, I wish these guys had stayed together.

And I wish I'd seen them live when they were around.

The band members' spin-off projects don't hold a candle to SGM - and I've seen one of them live.
 
Weird, creepy ballroom music...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toH7J0cXR0&t=574s

...which seems to get progressively weirder and creepier the longer you listen to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0vavtAf3bU

....until it gets to the point where it is actually disturbing and really, really F*%^*d up sounding.

Not really recommended unless you like old-style ballroom music that gets really strange and disturbing sounding over the course of three records. And REALLY not recommended listening to the following three...
 
Frozen Soul - Crypt Of Ice

American-style death metal with an interesting fixation on "ice" and "cold" to the point of excess. Very old-school, reminds me of the good old Morrissound days, although the mix is much crisper and with more echo. Lots of rolling double bass and chugs for days. Nothing progressive about that, but there's beauty in regression on occasion.

Encased in Ice: https://youtu.be/mtzpegCztV0
 
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