"Every Home Is Wired":
2 -- The Progressive Rock Subculture and the Net
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Where we are coming from
And where we go
We only know
We go with sound
-- Yes, "On the Silent Wings of Freedom"
The Progressive Rock Subculture
For a closer analysis of how the Internet can be utilised by musical subcultures -- especially those that are underprivileged in a marketplace currently still dominated by the interests of major music and media corporations, and that are thus forced into tactical approaches for the maintenance of their subculture and the making and distribution of their music --, it will be useful to focus on one particular genre-based subculture, instead of conducting a discussion in more general terms. The genre and subculture chosen here, then, is that of Progressive Rock: as will become evident from this section, Progressive Rock is not only a subculture especially at odds with the traditional structures of the music industry (and thus much in need of the new tactical opportunities opened up by the Internet), but, due to a particular demographic and ideological fit between typical Progressive Rock fans and Internet users, it can also be found to be very much at the forefront of music communities' constructive usage of the Net. In order to arrive at these conclusions, however, it is necessary to give an overview of the Progressive Rock subculture and its fan community. Bit 1

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