garethsprogblogApr 25, 20165 minThe Fender RhodesThe desire for the authentic sounds of the 70s harboured by some modern prog bands has led to a quiet revolution in digital samples. The...
garethsprogblogJul 12, 20147 minThe instruments of Prog: the Mellotron and the mini-MoogI’ve been lucky enough to play around on a Mellotron but I didn’t have the foresight to buy the Beast. The instrument was in a music shop...
garethsprogblogJan 19, 20147 minThe Lord of the RingsTowards the end of the golden era of progressive rock, the denigration of the genre took a number of different forms. One of these was...
garethsprogblogDec 23, 20134 minLet me bring you prog at Christmas (prog and the Christmas single)The annual dash for number one at Christmas refers to singles and thus excludes the vast majority of prog. In recent years it’s been the...
garethsprogblogJun 29, 20134 minVitalBarrow Civic Hall (subsequently Forum 28, now the Forum) was a concert hall with decent acoustics and the venue for my earliest gig...