Archive for the “The Progects” category
Horned Prog: Set 5: Pop Rocks & Other Unsavoury Snacks
by nielskunze on March 12, 2019
This one has been a Snickelfrizz favourite ever since it was first posted a few months ago. It’s poppy; it’s catchy. But first, it’s classy. In keeping with the piano intro tradition, this time I excerpted a true classic, Keith (…)
Horned Prog: Set 4: Proven in the Groovin’
by nielskunze on March 12, 2019
At this point I need to mention the Germans. Germany during the seventies was a hotbed of progressive music. And it seems as though every other band had a sax player– if not a full-blown horn section (pun intended). Although (…)
Horned Prog: Set 3: Zappa’d
by nielskunze on March 11, 2019
Though Frank’s was known to be lumpy, this gravy is groovy. Even though there are no Zappa songs played by Zappa anywhere in these mixes, I cannot listen to this Set without thinking of Frank… often. Also of note, “King (…)
Horned Prog: Set 2: “Sometimes the Horns Are Implied,” said the Prog
by nielskunze on March 11, 2019
Defining a new genre is always risky business. “Push the limits early,” is my best strategy. It looks like the Horned Prog progect will come in upwards of thirty hours in total. That’s a big progect! And even at that (…)
Horned Prog: Set 1: Breakfast in Prague
by nielskunze on March 11, 2019
The Horned Prog progect began with the purchase of the 1969 album Chicago Transit Authority. I had heard too many times how essential this album was to any rock music– or even prog rock– collection. Upon listening to the album (…)
Progged Down & Getting Uppity: Eclecticism 101
by nielskunze on March 19, 2015
“Progged Down” is a sub-genre of The Progects. This is my catchall category where pretty much anything goes in the general realm of prog music. Here I can mix vintage with more contemporary prog. I can draw from established sub-genres (…)