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See Erotomania by DT for a load of different times sigs, including alternating 10/8 and 11/8 to keep you on your toes.

This happened to float past on the music player this morning - Surrounded by Dream Theater. After the first verse or two, the instrumental kicks in, 9/8

This sounds like it should be recurring comic strip in Viz

Oooh, controversial. Do you prefer the Tokyo Tapes version, with neither intro nor keys solo in the middle? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVw7KgmD3Gs about 12mins in) That intro for time sig fans: ||: 4/4 12/8 2/4 4/4 13/8 :|| 4/4 ||: 13/8 :|| x4 ||: 15/8 :|| x4 ||: 4/4 13/8 :|| x3 4/4 12/8 2/4 4/4 12/8 2/4 4/4 13/8 4/4 12/8 2/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4

Had a listen to Relayer today just cos. Awesome

Those Tod songs with Jon Anderson are amazing. Look for State Of Independence, Heart Of The Sunrise, Owner of a Lonely Heart, and Roundabout as well

Try playing along to the original of Dance On A Volcano if it's speeding up you're after. (Also there's some 11/8 in the coda, to stay on topic)

Also Discipline, read all about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(instrumental)

Incidentally Tool and others like King Crimson etc are big on polymetry as well as odd time sigs: for example one guitar playing in 7/8 and the other in 5/8. A good example of this (with these exact time sigs) is B'Boom/Thrak by Crimson, written in their Double Trio persion (mid 90s). One trio plays in 5/8 while the other in 7/8. 7m17s onwards:

The instrumental of Robbery, Assault and Battery by Genesis is 13/8, but they group it differently throughout, eg 6&7, 4&9 etc, starts at 2m37s

And the main bit of Awaken starting at 2m20s

Yes are mad for an 11. Here's the Gates Of Delirium with the 11/4 instrumental starting at 13m30s

Ed's column in pre-merge BP was an absolute delight. Looking forward to this.

How about the train? You'll easily make the 11.30pm train from Paddington. The King Crimson shows I saw at the Palladium in November finished about 10.30pm, if that's any help.

I saw in the news earlier that as it's so close to Chinese New Year that they're going to be merged into a single event, Chinese Burns night. I wasn't going to bother with it but someone twisted my arm

Genesis tribute bands - four of them over a 10-12 year period. Some of the audience members can be a bit special. Mind you same goes for some of the band members

Look she can do it with a strap on as well

While this exists I am totally cool with keytars. Especially 1m27s onwards.

I tried to adapt this for my band's logo, failed (I am terrible with graphics). We are a 70s/80s jazz-rock band, yes keyboard player has a keytar. It always goes down a storm!

Agreed, well said bilbo and spectoremg. I'm not sure there were many other bands tuning a 12-string to dDgGaDeGbbee for a single song. Here's a good bit of bumph about it https://www.guitarplayer.com/technique/decoding-the-12-string-tapestry-of-early-genesis

That's pretty much what got me into the band ... that Slipperman section around 13 minutes in, wow

Some of his bass lines were rather "written by a guitarist" if you see what I mean. But that made them quirky and go places they otherwise wouldn't have done. Agreed that his bass-playing went downhill when he took over guitar duties from Steve Hackett. Anyway, still got my Shergold from when I used to do Genesis tribs, Moog Taurus just out of shot under right foot.

Is it the world's heaviest book? Buy now and save yourself £30! That's a new set of strings in the bag right there.

I too am a massively smug £18.59 early adopter. Might not be here in time for someone to buy it off me to give back as a Christmas present. Luckily I've got a birthday in mid-January

Then? L Now, XL