SEEKING
Vocalist, Lead Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion.ABOUT
Want to put together a progressive rock project? I use that term progressive loosely since it's not really a style of music but more of a destination. Something edgy and for the times we live in that incorporates multiple styles from the past and maybe adds in something brand new also. I'm looking to collaborate with other artists who are feeling a similar pull to dredge up all the amazing music from those 1st three decades after the birth of rock and roll and take it to the next level. While fantasy has come to dominate popular music today, I think a good dose of reality mixed in would make it so much better. Too much influence from virtual reality (computers) has cut us off from what music should be about: providing us a vehicle to better connect with the actual world we're experiencing or could experience. Computers are soulless and tasteless machines but they make one hell of a creative tool when you use them properly. My focus is on composition and recording with this project and not as a live act that entertains.
- Screen name:
- Michael Thomas
- Member since:
- Jul 06 2021
- Active within 1 month
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 40
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Most available:
- Mornings
Influences
Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Bowie, Moody Blues, Steely Dan, Porcupine Tree. I also like most metal but I envision it only when it's an element of a larger composition - in other words more than exclusively just a pyrotechnic show.
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
- Bass Guitar:
- Expert
- Lead Guitar:
- Advanced
- Electronic Music:
- Advanced
- Keyboard:
- Moderate
- Vocalist:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Guitars, amps, extensive recording studio gear in the box. I play an Ibanez bass (my favorite live performance instrument is bass guitar). I compose most on an Ibanez nylon guitar or with keyboard at the computer. I don't have any top shelf electric guitars but I would like to.
MUSIC
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It's Too Late - Demo
It's Too Late - Demo Year: 2021 Genre: Progressive
This is about the last turn of life. Demo with chords, arrangement and scratch vocal. Needs a lead vocalist, some real drums and other bits from collaborators. [LYRICS] Thick shaggy moss Upon a stone that rolled Now an eroded pebble that you hold When you were young you were the acrobat But down the road You are no longer that Its too late To go round this minefield It's too late To seal what has not been sealed It's too late For wisdom that's not revealed It's too late Hey hey hey hey hey But it's not too late To change your point of view The sprout of life Is just a memory The journey home Became a destiny Recounting all that was Or was not done The old at heart Will face the setting sun Its too late To go round this minefield It's too late To seal what has not been sealed It's too late For wisdom that's not revealed It's too late Hey hey hey hey hey But it's not too late to change the point of view But it's not too late to change the point of view now Insipid light Reveals the crust of age What once held promise Now becomes a cage On the horizon Lies a beckoning light That must be reached Before the final night Its too late To go round this minefield It's too late To seal what has not been sealed It's too late For wisdom that's not revealed It's too late For cards that have been concealed It's too late To plow and reap in that old field It's too late To take what was offered But it's not too late To change the path from you
