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Music Appreciation

NeoTrajan

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7. I'm not sure about your conclusion

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:46 PM

Yesterday

After hearing Freedom from the new album, I heard a move AWAY from the blues-rock formula, to an experiment in progressive rock: The 'center eight', in a remote key, becomes a transition to two differing solos, followed by a coda sequence that includes a segment in asymmetrical meter (in 7/8)

It was quite different from his previous composition recipe, and I thought it a breakthrough for him .... He was on the cusp of a great change before he passed, I believe

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