So I'm gonna throw out some bands and if you thoughts on any of them I'd like to hear them, steer me toward something. I've tried them and I just can't find the right thing I guess.
Renaissance (too much on the folk side for me)
Gentle Giant (kind of get that Mike Oldfield/jazz fusion feel from them)
Tangerine Dream (just getting into them, I like what I've heard so far, need to just give them a good run on Spotify and how much I can handle)
Camel - now these guys, I've only heard 1 song, back in high school (early 80's), had it on a mix tape recorded off the radio (KPFT in Houston) with no idea who it was, until maybe 10 years ago when I could finally google the lyrics, this tune I really like, has a kind of David Gilmour first solo album feel to it...
any others you can think of, I'll give anything a listen (point of reference, I'd go Floyd-Genesis-Rush-Yes-King Crimson in that order as far as personal preference goes, but I also love Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Zappa, just always looking for something "different")