« Reply #1079 on: June 12, 2025, 05:13:19 PM »
I haven't posted here for a while....
Prominent role of the Prophet 6 by my son's band "Project71" in the song "Road of the Toad": synth bass + solo lead. The whole stage for this outside performance was powered by a portable battery.... "Dad, can I take the P6 for a band video shoot?" I said yes before knowing it would be in the outside dust....
You can check out the band here on the https://project71.music (with links to all streaming platforms). I love how he is using old school instruments, to make music in an old school style (Funk Rock).
https://youtu.be/cGVGEDsCD-s
Really enjoyed that. Have just added the album to my Apple Music library to check out this week.
Thank you! Their music maybe can be described as a "blend of Jamiroquai and Pink Floyd": Funk rhythm guitar and clav keyboards, an analogue real horn section, groovy bass lines, and searing synth work. Not many new bands pick this old-school sound. They need all the help/likes/plays they can get.
Really well done and lovely to see the Prophet 6 in all its real-world glory!
The only thing I did was getting that Prophet 6 :-) The interesting thing is that of all the synth gear I have in our home (Minimoog, 303, 808, Juno 106, DX7, Tempest, Oberheim Xpander, and more), my son picked the Prophet 6 and the Nord Stage as his go-to instruments.
Seems safe to suggest the P6 is a next generation classic!
It doesn't surprise me in the least, I knew the P6 was special the first time I played it. I'm not sure it's the absolute best at ANY-thing, and no synth is the best at EVERY-thing, but the magic of the P6 is the large number of things it can do that is way up close to the top (leads/bass/pads/arp etc.) and that it's easier to gig than large synths. I think Dave did a great job at retaining the Prophet pedigree but making a synth geared for modern music (that happens to also be great at retro music).

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