The Grand Experiment is the best album I've heard in many years (probably since 2010). I haven't felt so overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of music probably since I discovered Rush, Dredg or The Flower Kings. I've been playing it non-stop since I bought it (the fact that my wife also likes it helps a lot, of course
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I went to the very first Morsefest night but didn't stay for the concert, which I'm probably going to regret for the rest of my life
I'd like to go to this year's event but I will probably move to another country during the summer. At least I went to the first night of the Grand Experiment Tour.
That's what he did on the new album. While the Neal blueprint is definitely still there, there is a lot of stuff on there that is kind of new and different for him.
Agreed. As much as I love Neal, I felt that he wasn't going in the right direction with Lifeline and specially Momentum. I didn't have issues with him repeating the formula, it was just that the result of the formula wasn't as good as before and that he needed to make changes and try to push forward. He has definitely made the right changes.
Does anybody know how he's doing in terms of reaching a bigger audience? I'm not talking about a massive breakthrough but just gaining more recognition and support from the prog rock world. The album had good reviews so I thought that would help but the tour seemed to be of small-scale, even for him.
I have to say it was very nice to see he has very dedicated fans. There were people at Morsefest that traveled from England and Mexico to Nashville just to see him. I chatted with other fans and heard stories about people driving 10 hours in the snow to attend the concert. That's always nice to hear, he's such a nice, dedicated and talented guy that I think he deserves that kind of unconditional support.