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For the vinyl junkies and audiophiles there is nothing like music spinning on a turntable. The sound is bigger & better and the artwork, well see for yourself.

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Were having a problem getting gigs overseas and other towns because we are not known there. We can help one another, lets exchange opening slots.See More

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Hello everybody, I hope you're doing fine and that you have well started that new year.Here is a little survey : Which one of my 8 songs do you like the most? (and which one do you like the less?)Non 2007Air 2008Tomorrow Never Came 2008Iferno's Stairs 2009The Rise Of Vanquished Warriors 2010The Endless Chase 2010Restless Spirits Of Yesteryear 2010The Echo Of Maddening Sanity 2010To refresh your mind I suggest you listen one more time to them all here or on my myspace page. Please listen to the…See More

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"hi, thanks for the add, rock on and all the best for 2011"

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"Hi everybody, here is my ReverbNation page . Given that I can't upload long songs on that web site, you'll find them all on my MySpace page, here http://www.myspace.com/sachabaptista . I wish you all the best for…"

Dec 27, 2010

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I am the following; a: Fan of Music, Band, Musician, Music Educator, Other

Style of Prog: Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Krautrock, Progressive Jazz/Fusion

Biography: Hi, my name is Sacha Baptista.

I was born in Switzerland in 1988. I started playing the guitar in 2003 and I have been creating my own music since 2004.

About me :

At first my music was based on hard rock / heavy metal influences and the more I learnt how music worked the more I turned myself to jazz, blues and Indian music (Anoushka Shankar). I have to admit that I didn't enjoy the first jazz concert I saw, but the interest came very quickly, at first with Jeff Beck and then with Pat Metheny.

After that Jazz period I discovered prog rock through Mike Oldfield and Genesis. I really loved their long instrumental pieces built around lots of different moods, and feelings. It was natural for me to turn myself to that kind of music. What I liked the most about it was that, closing my eyes, I could see the story it was telling, and most importantly, with no lyrics.

After spending a few years listening to Jeff Beck, Pat Metheny, Genesis and Mike Oldfield, then I discovered the band that was going to be my influence : King Crimson ! King Crimson... What a band... I can't spend a day without listening to them. What I love the most is their ability to create such strange songs and their very interesting music technic.

To conclude, I would say that what interests me in music is research and the capacity of telling a story only with sounds. Therefore I also have an interest in creating soundtrack music as I really appreciate Dany Elfman's work in Tim Burton movies.

About my music:

The first song I have ever recorded was Non. For that one, I had a completely different creative approach as it was actually an exercise. The guitar teacher I had at that time asked me to compose a song and when it was finished, I would record it as an exercise in his home-studio. I liked it and I decided it would be the very first song on my MySpace.

At that time, I was still into heavy metal bands like Tesla, Dokken, Queensryche, etc.

That aside, I have always appreciated classical and acoustic music too, which you can hear in Air, my second song. Then, mixing of classical and "prog" I wrote Tomorrow Never Came, which is very different from the first two. I had a complete different approach and my interests went elsewhere. More prog than classical after that, I wrote Inferno's Stairs.

Afterward I began my sound engineering studies which got me into ProTools and allowed me to create a home-studio. I started working a lot on that software and really like it as it is very easy to use. Then I was able to record my songs by myself so I started looking for something else. I started creating longer songs with more technical parts, more instruments and more mood. To put it simply, let's say it got more progressive and more experimental. From then I composed and recorded The Rise Of Vanquished Warriors, The Endless Chase, Restless Spirits Of Yesteryear and The Echo Of Maddening Sanity.

You have to remember that I am not in a band, I work solo. Almost all the songs are composed, played, recorded and mixed by myself. All the information about that is on the "Members" area of the page
http://www.myspace.com/sachabaptista

Also, you can join my Facebook page here :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sacha-Baptista/90459043477?ref=ts

My ReverbNation profile :

www.reverbnation.com/baptistasacha

My PowerOfProg profile :

http://powerofprog.com/profile/SachaBaptista

My YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/sachabaptista

I guess I have said it all.

Have a listen to my music, I really hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Influences or Favorite Bands: 80's hard - heavy rock, jazz, blues, Progressive, Experimental, Instrumental, Ethnic Music,
Genesis, Steve Hackett, Badlands, Steve Vai, Mike Oldfiend, King Crimson, Jeff Beck ...

You can find me here.: www.myspace.com/sachabaptista

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Little survey

Posted on January 12, 2011 at 4:39am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Hello everybody, I hope you're doing fine and that you have well started that new year.

Here is a little survey : Which one of my 8 songs do you like the most? (and which one do you like the less?)

Non 2007

Air 2008

Tomorrow Never Came 2008

Iferno's Stairs 2009

The Rise Of Vanquished Warriors 2010

The Endless Chase 2010

Restless Spirits Of Yesteryear 2010

The Echo Of Maddening Sanity 2010

To refresh your mind I suggest you listen one more… Continue

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At 8:36am on December 2, 2010, Melodic Revolution Records said…: Hello Sacha
Welcome to Power of Prog. Browse the site as there is much to do, see and listen to here and many new friends to make.
Cheers Nick

At 4:31pm on November 23, 2010, Gandalf's Project said…: Hello and welcome to Power of Prog! :) I hope you will enjoy your stay here.

Cheers!
Marco