One of the things I pride myself on is treating people equally (bad, no just kidding
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I have good friendly relationships with many musicians....but mostly from a friends standpoint. I don't like to gawk over people or treat musicians as deities. It makes them uncomfortable. So I'm not sure how much they listen, because we talk about other things. The one conversation I had with Roger Dean was about menstrual cycles, and I've chatted with Matt Parmenter about Barry Manilow. So no help there.
I've found that musicians are busy, especially in prog, becuase they all have full-time jobs (prog ain't paying the bills). So it's hard to get them to listen much to Aural Moon, as jtm noted.
But there are many who I've played and are very appreciative of the exposure. If we can help out in a small way it makes my day. My favorite was Johan Hedman of Violent Silence, who said that by featuring the band on the show, gave him a reason to stick it out a little longer. That was priceless. This business is tough on people, so much competition for the time and dollar.
All that said, here's a list of musicians and bands that I know have heard Aural Moon, either by being in shout, posting, emailing or telling me....
Carl Groves (Salem Hill)
Rik Biagi, Steve Kasitkas (Little Atlas)
Johan Hedman (Violent Silence)
Cliff Phelps (Chaos Code)
Paul Sears (Muffins)
Echolyn
Iluvatar
Frogg Cafe
Rare Blend
Percy Jones
John Goodsall
The Bearded guys!
John Palumbo (Crack the Sky)
Anton Roolaart
Combination Head
Tom Galgano (Izz)
I'll stop here. But yes, Vermillion, we get some good pub...let's hope we can continue.