If The Stoic Wisdom of Neil Peart interests you, then you may be interested in Stoic Week 2015…
Video: https://vimeo.com/144107689
Author: Time Lord
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Return of the Giant Phil Collins
He’s baaaaack…
The musician also said he’s planning a new solo album and a tour. His last studio album was 2010′s collection of Motown covers, “Going Back.” Before that, he briefly reformed with Genesis in 2007 and released a solo album, “Testify,” in 2002.
He warned Genesis fans not to get their hopes up, though. Collins wants to see how the solo tour goes first.
New concept album from Dream Theater?
And so the speculation begins…
Little information has been forthcoming about a new album from the band, but we are aware that a release had been pencilled in for 2016. In a recent interview with Prog magazine, guitarist John Petrucci told band biographer Rich Wilson “There’s been no shortage of ideas. Without going into detail, this is a huge undertaking, what we’re doing. We’ve been working really hard and probably longer on this than other albums in the past. But you’ll see why”.
This has given rise to suggestions that the new album might be a hefty concept piece in the mould of Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory or Octavarium. If so, then do the two different factions on view on the website might give a clue as to the nature of the concept?
Singer-songwriter Hesiod wrote the prototypes for today’s prog epics
The ancient Greek poet Hesiod sang incredible songs — his original compositions — that were as long as the lengthiest prog epics are today.
Here’s a chance to buy his epic tales from Greek mythology at an epic 73% discount (just in time for Christmas or the Saturnalia):
Rush is Flying By Night with orange vinyl (and the coolest album cover)
Limited Edition – 500 Copies on Orange Vinyl
This is the historic record of Rush taking their first steps towards rock superstardom.
Fresh from their first US Tour and with Neil Peart having just joined the band, the new look Rush decamped to New York and set up their gear in the famous Electric Ladyland studios.
On 5th December 1974, before a tiny studio audience, Rush, as we have come to know them , made their first ever US live radio broadcast. Neil was yet to record with the band, but some of the material which would appear on Fly By Night was already being routined in the live arena. Featuring the earliest studio versions of Anthem, Best I Can and Fly By Night, this powerful record is essential listening for every Rush fan.TRACK LIST
Side A
1. Finding My Way
2. Best I Can
3. In The Mood
4. Anthem
5. Fly By NightSide B
1. Here Again
2. Working Man
Weather Report — “Birdland” from The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981
Weather Report — The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981 — is due Nov. 20 on Legacy Recordings.
I’m pretty excited about this. My favorite Weather Report album of all time is the underrated Night Passage.
I still get a chill when I hear the cheering on the live cut on Night Passage because it reminds me of the time when I first heard it and realized, “Holy crap! This is LIVE!”
Here’s “Birdland” from 1978:
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The Real Opening Chord to “A Hard Day’s Night” (Randy Bachman’s Guitarology)
What is the first chord of “A Hard Day’s Night”?
F chord on a 12-string with a G on top and a G on the bottom and a C next to that G.
Then a D on the bass.
Then on rhythm guitar a Dsus4 (i.e., D with a G note).
Mind. Officially. Blown.
Stryper — “After Forever” — Black Sabbath cover from Stryper’s Fallen (2015) — Metal Mondays on Progarchy
Here’s a little more fun for you for today’s “Metal Monday“…
Stryper — “After Forever”
a Black Sabbath cover from Stryper’s awesome new album: Fallen
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