Prog rock/metal has been my favorite genre for the past few years. I love the complexity and the technicality that the bands in this genre showcase. Sometimes they are so talented and show so much that I think it is really unfair that pop is the popular music and these guys don't receive so much air time. Anyway, views apart, I got hooked onto this English band called 'Haken' recently. Their recent album is called 'The Mountain' and its absolutely bonkers. Whether you like prog or not, listen to the following song called 'Cockroach King' and experience the breadth of genres in just one song. The REALLY prog part starts at 2:41.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_e4YX73Ww4
The album has many brilliant songs. One of them is called 'Somebody'. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv-cCGfndqc
It has some really cool vocals starting at 4:53. And yeah, most prog/metal songs are 'long' when compared to general pop/rock genres. These days I consider 8 minutes as a song average run time!
This song has a dual called 'Nobody' which was released as a bonus track in the album. This was sort of an acoustic/mellower version of 'Somebody' and did not have any percussion track in it. I jumped on it for my next project. Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKBMfiOHZvg
Here is my take:
Intro (0:00 to 0:13), Part 1 (0:14 to 0:43), Part 2 (0:44 to 1:44), Part 3 (1:45 to 2:11), Bridge (2:12 to 2:25), Part 4 (2:26 to 2:59), Part 5 (3:00 to 3:56), Part 6 (3:57 to 4:24) and Outro (4:25 to end).
Intro ==> No beats
Part 1, Part 4 ==> Beat 1
Part 2, Part 5 ==> Beat set 2
Part 3, Part 6 ==> Beat 3
Bridge ==> No Beats
Outro ==> No Beats
I improvised 'Beat 1' and it does not appear in 'Somebody'. 'Beat set 2' is similar to the one in 'Somebody' except I incorporated some amount of build up. 'Beat 3' is what I actually learned from 'Somebody'. I would have never guessed or been able to play that beat naturally, quite unique.
So now I think you can never guess what I am listening to at a given point. I have posted a couple of ARR songs, an industrial metal, an EDM song and now a little bit of prog. I am going try to make these diverse posts so if somebody is reading this, they have a chance to experiment and branch off their usual music. There is so.much.out.there.
I am thinking for the next post I'll record a video of me playing the thing. I wonder how the sound quality will be though..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_e4YX73Ww4
The album has many brilliant songs. One of them is called 'Somebody'. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv-cCGfndqc
It has some really cool vocals starting at 4:53. And yeah, most prog/metal songs are 'long' when compared to general pop/rock genres. These days I consider 8 minutes as a song average run time!
This song has a dual called 'Nobody' which was released as a bonus track in the album. This was sort of an acoustic/mellower version of 'Somebody' and did not have any percussion track in it. I jumped on it for my next project. Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKBMfiOHZvg
Here is my take:
Intro (0:00 to 0:13), Part 1 (0:14 to 0:43), Part 2 (0:44 to 1:44), Part 3 (1:45 to 2:11), Bridge (2:12 to 2:25), Part 4 (2:26 to 2:59), Part 5 (3:00 to 3:56), Part 6 (3:57 to 4:24) and Outro (4:25 to end).
Intro ==> No beats
Part 1, Part 4 ==> Beat 1
Part 2, Part 5 ==> Beat set 2
Part 3, Part 6 ==> Beat 3
Bridge ==> No Beats
Outro ==> No Beats
I improvised 'Beat 1' and it does not appear in 'Somebody'. 'Beat set 2' is similar to the one in 'Somebody' except I incorporated some amount of build up. 'Beat 3' is what I actually learned from 'Somebody'. I would have never guessed or been able to play that beat naturally, quite unique.
So now I think you can never guess what I am listening to at a given point. I have posted a couple of ARR songs, an industrial metal, an EDM song and now a little bit of prog. I am going try to make these diverse posts so if somebody is reading this, they have a chance to experiment and branch off their usual music. There is so.much.out.there.
I am thinking for the next post I'll record a video of me playing the thing. I wonder how the sound quality will be though..
