“There was a lot of pain. My love for music was beginning to die”: He’d learned to let his brother be lead guitarist, and that many musicians lose hope. Then he changed his life, wrote a 15-minute prog epic and got signed

Neal Morse.

Former Spock’s Beard frontman turned successful solo artist Neal Morse has been part of the prog world since the 90s. He’s enjoyed myriad creative outlets including Flying Colors and Transatlantic, as well as his Morsefest weekender. His NMB just released concept album L.I.F.T. – but as he tells Prog, there was a time when he lost all hope and found himself in a world of pain.

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