Hi Everyone !

I was hoping to create a poll for favorite Prog Bands/Artists, but first I need band  names to put in the poll !

Please submit a band or a list of bands to be considered.

Also please read the previous posts to avoid duplicate bands if you can - it would also be a great help if you continue to NUMBER the list so I can get an idea for how many bands we have!

I'll start with the ones I know of (which sad to say aren't  that  many!):

1.  Yes
2.  Genesis
3.  Rush
4.  King Crimson
5.  BrandX
6.  Gentle Giant
7.  Marillion
8.  Maha Vishnu Orchestra
9.  Emerson Lake & Palmer
10.  Focus
11.  Glass Hammer
12.  Phil Keaggy
13.  John MacLaughlin
14.  Dream Theatre
15.  Galleon
16.  Liquid Tension Experiment
17.  The Beatles (later stuff)
18.  Led Zeppelin
19.  Clannad (some stuff like J. Tull)
20.  Jethro Tull
21.  Starcastle
22.  Riverside
23.  Ayreon
24.  Blackfield
25.  Transatlantic
26.  Echolyn
27.  The Watch
28.  Camel
29.  The Tangent
30.  Kaipa
31.  Id Guiness
32.  Planet X

No Zappa?

I agree!


Zappa has to be included in this!

you forgot Pink Floyd!

I think that "prog band" is very general. I think there is a lot of bands you could put on this list. Not to say it is very hard to categorized what is prog and what is not...

Also need to add
Harmonium Ange , Tool, T2 ,Eloy



:)

From the playlist here (extracted from my log):
group list ordered by number of songs played
Of course Radiohead should not be on it at all, and Earth and Fire should be up, but that are merely my opinions.

Tux wrote on 17^th Oct, 2008 at 12:36pm:

From the playlist here (extracted from my log): group list ordered by number of songs played Of course Radiohead should not be on it at all, and Earth and Fire should be up, but that are merely my opinions.

Thanks for the list Tux. Gives me a better insight to the SA library.

Q--what time span does this list cover?

Thanks,  JT   :)

Tux wrote on 17^th Oct, 2008 at 12:36pm:

From the playlist here (extracted from my log): group list ordered by number of songs played Of course Radiohead should not be on it at all, and Earth and Fire should be up, but that are merely my opinions.

Interesting list, Tux. Thanks. 8-)

JestersTear wrote on 18^th Oct, 2008 at 1:19am:

Tux wrote on 17th Oct, 2008 at 12:36pm: From the playlist here (extracted from my log): group list ordered by number of songs played Of course Radiohead should not be on it at all, and Earth and Fire should be up, but that are merely my opinions. Thanks for the list Tux. Gives me a better insight to the SA library. Q--what time span does this list cover? Thanks,  JT   :)

This list is a personal list compiled by Tux, JT.

Whilst interesting, it isn't an accurate representation of the S.A. database, I'm afaid. Taking a cursory look, there are a number of artists mentioned that aren't on the S.A. database and there are a number that are on the database and not quoted on the list.

ProgMaster wrote on 18^th Oct, 2008 at 5:17pm:

This list is a personal list compiled by Tux, JT. Whilst interesting, it isn't an accurate representation of the S.A. database, I'm afaid. Taking a cursory look, there are a number of artists mentioned that aren't on the S.A. database and there are a number that are on the database and not quoted on the list.

That is strange. It's obvious that my list is by far complete, but I can't see how entries enter the list that are not played on SA, unless the player has done something weird.

The log is created simply by storing the entries that beep-media-player shows in the status while playing the audio-stream. That means that if entries come in the log that are not on SA, the player was playing another stream. That seldom happens, as I have not programmed an alternate stream. I just mute a few groups.

BTW, the list was extracted from a log from 2008-02-05 12:11:43 onwards, and it is missing quite a few entries, as I have lost connection many times, and in the beginning, the script was not able to auto-reconnect when the internet was back.

Don't get me wrong, Tux - your list is an interesting read. Only there are numerous artists mentioned that aren't on the S.A. database ...


Kate Bush
Dublin City Ramblers
Tommy O'Sullivan
Paul Mc Grattan
luke kelly
O'Connor, Sinead
Afro Celt Sound System


To name but a few ...

Anyway, I read it as more of your personal opinion as to what's being played more than anything else, which makes it a good read. 8-)

Those must have been from LiveIreland. I can imagine beep burping, as that is one of the other files available.

This list by no means expresses my personal opinion per-se. It is just a log of what passed by. There are, as you know by now, a few bands on this list I would never play. Never. It just happens that what SA plays quite nicely matches most of my taste. As noone will be able to always please averyone, I think I am just happy to have found SA.

Don't let the list influence you.

BTW I would not object to Kate Bush on the play list </grin>

Tux wrote on 18^th Oct, 2008 at 5:52pm:

That is strange. It's obvious that my list is by far complete, but I can't see how entries enter the list that are not played on SA, unless the player has done something weird.

Tux, I believe the answer lies in that some selections on your list may have come fron one of my past sessions - of which many tracks are not regularly featured on SA (but may be soon..wink wink ;))

-Hm [smiley=DJ.gif]

Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




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Heracleum Mantegazziani wrote on 18^th Oct, 2008 at 11:34pm:

Tux, I believe the answer lies in that some selections on your list may have come fron one of my past sessions - of which many tracks are not regularly featured on SA (but may be soon..wink wink ;))

Hah! Good explanation. But how do we poor^Wenriched listeners know the difference?
As said, my list just shows what the player reports being pleyed.