113 How To Find Information On Progressive Music
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This article is from the Progressive Music FAQ, by Phil Kime(Philip@kime.org.uk) with numerous contributions by others.
113 How To Find Information On Progressive Music
Often you'd like to know more about a band or to read reviews before
you buy CDs. Here's a few places to look for reviews, info on bands,
and general info on prog and related musics:
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The Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock
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This is a huge project, originating from the Gibraltar mailing
list (see below) whereby reviews and discographies of thousands of
progressive, experimental and new music bands have been synthesised
and edited into a large book. It is available on the Web and is
also published periodically in hard copy form. The hard copy is
currently sold out.
The Web version can be found at its new home:
<URL:http://www.gepr.net/>
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Gibraltar
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An Internet mailing list focusing on more obscure music. Mail
to gib@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu to subscribe. Moderated by Mike
Taylor. Famous as it has existed for quite a few years. See FAQ
5. It now has Web pages at
<URL:http://www.museum.tulane.edu/pub/gibraltar/gibraltar.html>
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Magazines
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There are many, many prog related magazines and fanzines. FAQ 3 lists
any of them with brief descriptions. English language magazines
that most people recommend are Audion (published in the UK) and
I/E (published in the USA). All cover many forms of progressive,
electronic, ethnic, experimental, and fusion music. For a newsletter
that focuses mainly on progressive rock, there is Exposé. It is
published by John Szpara (wings@holonet.net) and edited by Peter
Thelen (ptlk@netcom.com). You can send them mail for more information
or mail exposure@ix.netcom.com. For subscription information see
FAQ 3. An easy way to get copies of current and back issues of these
magazines (and others) is to get them from mail order outlets. Some
listed above (in particular, Ranjit) carry magazines.
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The Main Progressive Music Site
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Adam Levin keeps the main progressive music site that anyone with
net access can get information from. You can access via anonymous ftp
(if you do not know what anonymous ftp is, ask someone at your site)
<URL:ftp://www.progrock.net/pub/music/prog/>
or via the Web
<URL:http://www.progrock.net/>
It contains an ascii version of the *GEPR*, links to all FAQ files,
reviews, interviews, contact listings, trading lists, discographies
and much more information.
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rec.music.progressive Newsgroup
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Obviously. Most new resources are announced here first.
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Social Activity
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Find people with similar interests as yours and discuss music with
them. Trade tapes with people. Attend prog listening events and
concerts. Use your ears intelligently. Read FAQ 8 for a guide to
recommended current artists.
Please take the time to read the rest of the FAQ as you may well
find it informative and it will save you posting questions that are
answered therein. The entire FAQ is available via anonymous ftp to
<URL:ftp://ftp.kime.org.uk/>
and on the Web at
<URL:http://www.kime.org.uk/PK/rmp_faqs.html>
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