Neal Morse

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As a young musician, Neal’s dream was like many others—to find success in the pop music world. But after years of struggling in the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene, he realized that this dream would not materialize. Eschewing conventional wisdom, Morse took a courageous step: He about-faced and devoted himself to progressive rock, the music truly in his heart. The obscure and fiercely competitive genre held little chance of commercial success.

Undaunted, he formed the quirkily-named Spock’s Beard with his brother, Alan. They recorded The Light with what money they could scrape together. Against all odds, it was a breakout success, sending shockwaves through the small genre’s community.

Over the next 10 years, Spock’s Beard released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and 2 DVDs, ascending to the top of the prog world. Neal also released 6 CDs and 3 DVDs with Transatlantic, the heralded prog supergroup comprised of the genre’s best musicians.

The proverbial wayward son, Neal had finally found the success he sought. On the outside he seemed to have it all. On the inside, however, something was missing.

Morse came to realize that for him, embracing the Christian faith was the fulfillment of his spiritual quest. His walk was at once gradual and sudden—and as with so many, completely unexpected. As he continued, his path increasingly revealed more of what his heart had sought all along.

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Jonzo67 wrote:
Monday morning

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the same folk that say "Neal Morse gets so preacy with his Christian lyrics" are fans of prog/metal bands that run over the same tired dark/miserable lyrical themes again and again? Just an observation :/

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Rayver06 wrote:
8 days ago

one, question mark, sola scriptura are masterpieces ... great musicians, a lot of inspiration... I love his music. I recommand the 3 albums I've quoted, to those who likes bands like spock's bead, the Flower Kings ... but also to those who just like progressive music.

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White_Paws wrote:
November 2009

''So Many Roads (Live In Europe)'' is fantastic, a must have for everyone. And Neal sings even better.

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White_Paws wrote:
November 2009

"Hands down, nobody in the industry does prog better than Neal Morse." - True.

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LuKchoG wrote:
November 2009

"Hands down, nobody in the industry does prog better than Neal Morse." TheProgFiles.com

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martindtfan wrote:
November 2009

author of confusion :)

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LuKchoG wrote:
November 2009

anyone have the new Neal Morse's live album? links please!

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OmgItsBeto wrote:
November 2009

Such a true genius, also a great person.

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nealmorsefans wrote:
October 2009

NEAL IS A GREAT MAN,AND HIS MUSIC is great too.aha!look my name ,i love him so much!!

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AndLou wrote:
October 2009

why is insane clown posse on neal morse's myspace friends list ??? I mean ... WTF ?^^

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edneoson wrote:
October 2009

Sola Scriptura is so great [387382194789127498214698742]

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sandowner1 wrote:
October 2009

Neal Morse rocks!!!

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nora210 wrote:
October 2009

a genius o.o

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rafi2600 wrote:
September 2009

quite good but i'm tired of Christian lyrics and musical themes :-/ New Transatlantic stuff coming soon !

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michielkodde wrote:
September 2009

Neal must be one of my all time favourite artists alive ;)

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windsurfer-sp wrote:
September 2009

Quite an inspiring little biography he has. Will defiantly check out his back catalog, loved Lifeline. The music has a great energy and passion to it the whole way through.

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LiquidEternity wrote:
August 2009

And now thanks to Neal's wonderful mind, the new Transatlantic album will be focused on a 77 minute epic. Oh, take THAT, Steven Wilson!

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dtismajesty wrote:
August 2009

I dont see how its so much worse for Neal to write about what he loves and believes than for PF to write about aliens, PT to write about rapists, and DT writing about counts from Tuscany

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anesthetize7 wrote:
August 2009

Wow, finally saw him live 2 times this week! Author of Confusion, Leviathan and The Door were just amazing!

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The_Night_Head wrote:
August 2009

There are no words to describe how in love I am with Sola Scriptura. It is the fucking epitome of sheer unadulterated ineffable prog awesomeness.

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