Of course I’m not the only person who thinks experimenting with time signatures is musically interesting. The wonderful world of the internet contains this guitar lessons blog post which contains several examples by the band Symphony X.
This is a great post, as it shows you time signatures that are relatively unusual being played by a band who really THINK about their music. I take the bloggers point about the guitarist’s so-so lead parts, though not every solo he has played has been a waste of time. Yes, it’s a post about guitar playing, but the explanations and links should be enough to illustrate the ideas.
Even if Prog Metal isn’t your usual cup of tea, there are some interesting ideas here that you might want to steal for your own songwriting.
And I wouldn’t want to talk about prog in any way without mentioning King Crimson, the very talented Robert Fripp and the gentlemen from Dream Theater:
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