April 2012 Blog Posts (26)

The 2nd Gravity Tree album Ultimate Backward, and our web-only single Building are now available on Google Play.

http://bit.ly/googlegt



...So in case there wasn't any experimental prog rock up there before, there is now ;-)

Also,…

Since March 2011 we are working on our second album, Vol 2, no…

I recently contributed some guitar to Jay Tausig & Ed Unitsky's "Trip Around the Sun" project "Aries". Check out the video Ed put together for the track "Aries Fire Horse"... http://youtu.be/gmEC-fPpdBA

That's me... fire horse! A textbook Sagittarius. I'll be contributing more to the project later on in the year as I enjoy Jay's work and found it refreshing to get out to of my own head for a bit. I've known Jay for going on…

The tenth episode of the Threshold Bookcast focuses on Jake Harvey, the popular leader of the New Light Party.

At the start of the chapter, the rookie politician is enjoying a stargazing break on the observation deck of the space station his team and him are visiting.…

     WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH THE " WORLD'S GREATEST PROG ROCK, ALBUM ART COVER ARTIST, & VIDEO PRODUCER, " ED UNITSKY, A VERY GLORIOUS & WONDERFUL 50th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, & MAY HE CELEBRATE 50 MORE!!!…

Album Cover by:  Ed Unitsky

     New Album: " ARIES:  THE FIRE WITHIN, " the third of 12 music digital releases (April, 2012) from the " TRIP AROUND THE SUN, " 2012, project by our SPACE ROCK…

Richard Ramsay, the Federal Chancellor of Ovel, is once again the central character of the weekly instalment of The Threshold Series.

At the beginning of the chapter, the veteran Conservative is temporarily escaping the pressures…

The last song from "Devolution".

Wow.. it's been over two years since I've been here! I can only keep up with so many things, so come see me on Facebook or something. Check out my recently blog for more info....

http://billberends.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-already.html

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Expect something different... Don't worry it's still Prog.

     Ladies and Gentlemen, 

     The Flower Kings won't let you go - they're back and they are greedy, looking for revenge and all the bad things you'd expect from a band named The Flower Kings. This time with…

     Here's a few reasons why you should PRE-ORDER HFMC's " POWERPLAY, " before the release date of APRIL 23, 2012:

     As explained by HASSE FROBERG, " ' POWERPLAY, ' is more WILD & CRAZY, than ' FUTURE PAST, ' still, the…

This week's episode of the Threshold Bookcast revolves around members of a religious community living in a high-perched monastery located in the highest mountain range on Ovel.

As the narrative begins, two of the cenobites, a novice and his experienced teacher, are climbing up…

PROGNATION – presented by Noel Mallia and Maurice Cachia on All Rock (www.allrockmalta.com)

PROGNATION airs on Monday 18:00 – 20:00, with repeats Saturdays from 22:00 – 24:00.

ProgNation is a show about the story of the first era of Progressive Rock from 1966 to…

 From:  http://www.seaoftranquility.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=203

"Len Rice - various tracks. I stumbled across Len's music on his ReverbNation site & have to say that I was rather captivated by the expansive & delicately crafted music he has created. Progressive rock…

 #10. No rapping.

  #9. Rarely a "hot chick" singer.

  #8. No Auto-Tune for rare "hot chick" singer.

  #7. No accompanying videos exploiting rare "hot chick" singer. 

  #6. Disoriented by lack of verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus/chorus format.

  #5. Confused by instrumental passages; require constant lyrics to explain song.

  #4. Too complicated...make brain huuurt!!!!

  #3. Bass drum not loudest thing in mix.

  #2. Frustrated trying to dance to…

I received the following comment from a Power of Prog member:

"Hi Len, Nice work there, maybe add some vocals?.

But...please don't give your work away for free. You have Reverbnation, so make up a CD for people to buy, it's free and you set the price. This hurts all bands that try to make a living. just put up excerpts for listeners, that will spread…

The seventh chapter of The Threshold Series focuses on the Parker-Evanses, a young Neo Apollonian couple, on a weekend visit to Triton Aeolus from their hometown of Neo Delphi.

While Frank Evans is being interviewed, his wife, Celia Parker, enjoys a moment of tranquillity with her…

Hi, we are very happy to meet you.

CORVUS STONE started almost accidentally but very soon we understood we have a chemistry to create new pieces of music. Our single has been released digitally via Melodic Revolution Records and we are happy to tell there'll be a full length album as well.

We'll find a way to make a physical version of that album as well.

We are Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Colin Tench (guitar) and…