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What is prog?
Well, my 2 cents (and no fair asking for change). I cut my teeth on early 70's prog, so that's my starting point. But anything that is challenging musically and I like might just turn up on AM someday. The further it is stylistically from classic 70's prog, the more is has to move me to be considered. Things I look for include complex meters/polyrhythms/syncopation; epic tracks; melodic flow and good arrangements; virtuosity; complex subject matter for lyrics; interesting instrumentation; etc. And there are two "impossible to define" factors: anti-popularity (the more likely you are to hear it on classic rock radio, the less likely you are to hear it on AM), and simply whether or not I like it.
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