Instrumental Prog is so fucking boring. Other than maybe Animals for Leaders and Plini, it's all bullshit wankery.
Oh really? I had 12 GB worth of music once upon a time too. Now I have 168 GB. It's Shit on Brady Day.
I have 30 GB of music on my phone. However, I have rougly 160 GBs worth of music on my laptop. #ShitOnBrady
You guys are rubbish And I'm sorrrrryyyy. I used to only have like 2GB of music, so the fact that I quadrupled the amount of music I have was surprising, okay?!
I don't really consider them in the same vein. When I refer to "Instrumental Prog," I mean more contemporary bands like CHON, Scale the Summit and Intervals. Their music merely exists as a means to show how well they can play their instruments, rather than trying to construct something meaningful. Of course they are tons of fantastic contemporary Prog bands, but when your music is nothing but mindless soloing, it gets boring fast. When soloing is used as a crutch, rather than a tool, there's a problem.
Don't overanalyze it too much. Sometimes people just forget to respond. Or don't know how to respond.