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Xtreme Measures: Xtreme Measures

Read "Xtreme Measures" reviewed by Tom MacMillan


What is it about prog rock that puts people off?

One thing is certain: many artists who identify with the “progressive" pretenses of Dream Theater and Yes are concerned about the technicality and complexity of their music. Toward this end, they employ advanced musical theory to make their songs more difficult to play, more “virtuosic." This is a very pompous means by which to create art, but it can be quite engaging to the right listener.

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New CD Review: Simplexity - Extreme Measures

New CD Review: Simplexity - Extreme Measures

Source: SoCal Creative Music

Simplexity - Extreme MeasuresTrack Listing:Astral Travel 5:17 The Organization Of Chao 9:59Gone To Croatoan 3:25 Disco Extract 5:36Planet Mongo 5:51 Stendec Transmissions 7:22Twilight 8:00 Underwater 5:44 Simplexity refers to itself as “hyper-dimensional electronic jazz", so you know you are in for something new. The band is the brainchild of producer, noted computer musician and bassist John von Seggern and he assembled quite a band indeed. The project includes some of the top musicians in Los Angeles like ...

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