This week I dug deep into ancient musical history. I experienced the
debut album by Symphonic Slam (circa 1976) all over again. It was
ahead of its time.
At least to my ears, it beats much of what you hear on radio today.

What a great album. Timo Laine led the group on guitar, David Stone on
keys, John Lowery on drums. The songs were like candy for the ears.
Versatile, and at times mesmerizing...and at times, tongue in cheek...
but the group ended far too soon.

I have since discovered that Timo Laine is actually making music
again!
Remember the Synth-Guitar? Hackett & Howe employed it well in GTR.

Imagine what synth-triggering guitars using today's technology could
sound like on a new Prog recording. What would a modern-day Symphonic
Slam sound like?

A friend of mine once played piano samples via his guitar, and it
sounded cool until he bent the notes (difficult to do on a real
piano:).

On Apr 18, 9:12 pm, Keyboardz gmail.com> wrote:

So this band didn't use bass guitar?

I'm in Oakville and work in Mississauga. No prog acts to see on my
list for the rest of April, or in May, but June is quite dense,
though: two Genesis tributes, one (actually Canada's only) ELP
tribute, Fish, Bryan Beller w/ Dethklok.

In article
<0f465f25-2548-4ee5-b377-a1ec711c3beb@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
progea hotmail.com> wrote:

What's the name of the Canadian band that does the ELP tribute?

Tony

On Apr 19, 9:33 am, progea hotmail.com> wrote:

On Apr 19, 10:56 am, Tony Elka shadowlane.com> wrote:

They just changed it to First Impression but they used to be named
Seven Virgins and a Mule http://www.sevenvirgins.ca . They play in
North Bay, ON next Saturday. I got my Hammond L-112 from the keyboard
player, one year ago. He and the drummer are also involved in a Doors
tribute.

On Apr 19, 2:50 pm, Keyboardz gmail.com> wrote:

In article
<25e2f865-7e1a-4d99-9cfc-4944ba629967@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
progea hotmail.com> wrote:

Keyboardz gmail.com> wrote:

That depends on whether the music is any good.

Apparently you're unaware of the musical riches bestowed on this little
community over the past dozen years (or longer). I don't suppose we'll
see you at the Rites of Spring Festival or NEARfest? Are you familiar
with those? Do you know the bands that by now are a new set of "usual
suspects" for us: echolyn (and related), the Flower Kings, Spock's
Beard, Porcupine Tree, Anekdoten? Lots of others besides those, many
worth checking out.

If you're talking about mainstream commercial success, I'd say the
success of The Mars Volta (and to a lesser extent Radiohead) is the
closest you'll find today. And, of course, there's the continuing
success of Dream Theater.

On Apr 20, 12:47 pm, Tony Elka shadowlane.com> wrote: