ELP,Tomita & Prog Music

[Synthmanic at aol.com]

 If anybody here is interested in this genre of music, there is a magazine 
that caters to it. It's called Progression and here is their web address:
http://progressionmagazine.com/
 If it weren't for the radio station K-SHE 95 in St. Louis, I never would 
have been turned on to this kind of music. This was back in the '70s when the 
DJs had more to do with what was played on the airwaves. Nowadays, the 
station is programmed by out of town bean countin' dreckheads. At least there 
is a program on Sunday mornings (8-12) that plays some of the good older 
stuff. They have a website too: 
www.kshe95.com  
 As far as Tomita goes, I was always impressed with some of the sounds he 
came up with for his music. Like the bass bell on "The Sunken Cathedral" from 
the Snowflakes disc. That and the other bell sounds from the disc are really 
great. does anyone know if he used the Bode ring modulator for them? Seems to 
me he also used outboard effects to get some many of his sounds. I wonder how 
many people nowadays can appreciate the effort he took to record his albums? 
I never get tired of listening to them.

Dave