Modern music's success

[Elric68]

Yeah, but I made the effort myself, my dad only tried helping me when making me listen to Pendragon, but he did the same with my sis' and brother, and my sister listens to Madonna, Muse, Green Day, Indochine, and my brother likes the same music as me just because I'm his big brother. And he finds prog boring. He only likes the heavy part of what I like myself.

After my dad made me discover Marillion, Hawkwind and Pendragon, I tried myself to discover some other bands, and to listen, buy, experiment, (play too) music. Because prog is a music that one experiments. And finally I am the one who helps him discover things now. I lend him CD's, and yesterday he borrowed my Subterranea (IQ) and my Visitor (Arena).

[ZoOgY-DoOgY]

That's exactly what i'm talking about The fact is you were not alone to discover. You could probably discover prog yourself alone, yes, of course, many people do it too. But it is "easier" with a father/a mother/a brother/a friend. Easier with a community, easier with a beer...

[Elric68]

Yup, I agree on this. The experimentation has to be done alone first, but someone has to introduce you to the prog world before, to advise you, to tell you what are the gems and what are the boring albums, and then you can experiment by yourself.