[atlantaprog] Re: Gotta vent...

Allen,

I for one appreciate hearing about such things (and Eyedrum is a good venue), 
but as it turned out I was already committed to attending another show last 
night.  From your description, it seems Mr. Rich would have been more enjoyable 
 though.  I will check out his cds and website as penance.  ;-)

Brian

Allen Welty-Green <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I must say... I'm always 
frustrated when I tell you all about a great 
event coming up, and NONE OF YOU shows up!

Robert Rich did an incredible show last night. Beautiful music, 
fllutes, lap steel, and walls of synthesizer. Masterful use of looping 
and sequencing - constantly evolving, never once degenerating into just 
another loopy soundscape. Eighty minutes non-stop and it seemed brief. 
AMAZING continuous computer-video collage projected above him.

And Diane Obscura was simply stunning. Light-years beyond her Aphelion 
days. Deep sonorous cello with clear, ethereal soprano vocals. 
Accompanied by two violinists (one of whom was Paul Mercer of dp3), a 
tambuora, and a sampler doing soft ambient backgrounds.

I can't remember ever seeing any of you at one of these Eyedrum events 
(well a couple of you have ventured in to an open improv once in a 
while). I don't know why I bother telling you.

People always bemoan the lack of a "prog scene" in Atlanta - well by 
golly it's right under your noses and you don't bother taking advantage 
of it. No, Rich wasn't exactly "prog",  but was certainly appealing. 
But many acts have come through that could easily be called prog. 
Including a number of YOUNG bands - no, they don't sound like early 
Genesis or Yes, but so what? Dirty Projectors, Aleuchtistas, Friendly 
Bears, etc.

And people bemoan the lack of venues - well that, too, is right under 
your noses. We don't do things that are too mainstream (so ironically, 
those of you who are minimizing your prog influences in favor of a more 
"commercial" sound are less likely to get booked than those of you 
still lean to the progressive end of the spectrum.

Not meaning to jump on you too harshly - I didn't really "get" Eyedrum 
'til about this time last year, and no doubt I missed a lot of things 
that were really cool - but I've been doing my best to spread the word, 
and YOU ALL DON'T SEEM TO BE LISTENING!

You do have a chance to redeem yourselves - Faun Fables is coming later 
this month - details to come...

A




                        
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