YTSEJAM Digest 868 Today's Topics: 1) Similarities by "George Bast (CS)" 2) Re: hey man, by email_address_removed (Jeff Forte) 3) Re: #1(2) YTSEJAM digest 864 by Andrew Keegan 4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 867 by email_address_removed (Marc Respass) 5) DT Fan Club by "mmetzger" 6) Yanni by email_address_removed (Bracken Odiorne) 7) JP and AL by email_address_removed 8) 3 things... by email_address_removed (Trey Allen) 9) Marrillion (YTSEJAM) (fwd) by nguyen john t 10) Sieze the Day (YTSEJAM POST) (fwd) by nguyen john t 11) Hey TO guy! by Dan Tshin 12) "Anti Christian" DT by Dan Tshin 13) DT-Show in Ludwigsburg yesterday! by Tobias Maier 14) Ludwigsburgshow, meeting in Saarbruecken by email_address_removed.de 15) Prelude and Aftermath by email_address_removed.tx.us (Robert Kasper) 16) Quantum Leap??? by "DAVE \"The New #2\" PETERSON" 17) Fave DT moments by email_address_removed.ca (LAU JONATHAN) 18) YTSEJAM digest 865 by "Steven Johnson, P" 19) Bass Players by Jeremy Peter Lakatos 20) midi... by Mats Rydstr\vm 21) Re: Zach and Mike Portnoy by NuGgeTMaN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 13:10:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "George Bast (CS)" To: email_address_removed Subject: Similarities Message-ID: Hello YtseJammers, I recently came across a site on the web that most of you will find interesting. It's called the Similarities Engine. You enter 5 of your favorite albums into their system and within hours you receive via e-mail a list of bands/albums that there is a high probability of you liking. It's pretty cool. The URL is : http://www.webcom.com/~se If this has been posted before, I'm sorry for the redundancy. Anyways, I got a list from the engine not too long ago, and one of the high-weight bands on there to try was Gamma Ray. Someone just posted that these guys have a new album out, but it seems that here in Florida these guys are just unknown. I can't find any of their albums! Are they a relatively new group? How many albums do they have out? Any info would be appreciated. I'm always trying to find new music to get into. BTW, the Awake-I&W discussions on here recently have been great! It's very tough for me to call, but I have to say that I enjoy Awake more by the narrowest of margins. To me it is such a deep album with some of the finest melodies I've ever heard! Until later all! George Bast email_address_removed email_address_removed NEW JERSEY DEVILS - 1995 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS! I can now lead a normal life! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 13:33:16 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Jeff Forte) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: hey man, Message-ID: >Don't rag on Yanni!!! He has some pretty cool stuff, VERY similar >to DT stuff. Check out is Live at the Acropolis video, its an awesome >place to hold a concert. Also, keep an eye out for the bass guitar solo >in that video! WOW!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 14:04:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Keegan To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: #1(2) YTSEJAM digest 864 Message-ID: On Sun, 25 Jun 1995 email_address_removed wrote: > My suggestion for the album title's gotta be "Seize the Day", since they say > that in ACOS and it just sounds cool: Dream Theater- Seize the Day > That would be a good title. I noticed at the YtseCon that Mike has CARPE DIEM tattooed across hos left inner arm. The letters are really big and it extends across most of his arm in black letters. Is this new? Andy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 17:01:15 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Marc Respass) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 867 Message-ID: >>Don't rag on Yanni!!! He has some pretty cool stuff, VERY similar >to DT stuff. Check out is Live at the Acropolis video, its an awesome >place to hold a concert. Also, keep an eye out for the bass guitar solo >in that video! WOW!!!!< No. I am raggin' on Yanni! Yeah, the bass solo was great. Kenny G has a great bass player too. Am I running out the buy a Kenny g album. No. Jeez. I don't think ol' Yanni is similar to DT at all. Yanni's New Age. DT is prog-metal. I think the Kenny G comparison is much better. Both have a great lite show. Goodness. Yanni similar to DT. right. ---------------- Marc Respass email_address_removed http://www.iii.net/users/mer/Welcome.html ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jun 1995 13:44:43 -0500 From: "mmetzger" To: "YTSEJAM" Subject: DT Fan Club Message-ID: WRT the Dream Theater Fan Club: It has now been almost 24 months since I sent in my first (he-he-he) set of dues. I did receive the introductory offering from the club in the January 95 timeframe, I believe. However, that is all that I have received to date. What gives ?? If anyone has received other material, please let me know. Maybe my address got lost. Also, if anyone on the YTSEJAM is connected to the band, what is their take on this ?? Back where I grew up, this is called "getting snookered". Where I live now, it is called "getting fucked". (Note how the selective use of the word conveys extreme emotion :-) Mark Metzger email_address_removed "Tower of ivory, house of gold ..... " Dream Theater ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 17:26:28 -0600 (MDT) From: email_address_removed (Bracken Odiorne) To: email_address_removed Subject: Yanni Message-ID: Hey all, I know I promised that this post would be all about DT, but since the Yanni thread has begun, I can't resist. If you like Live At the Acropolis because of the "bigger" sound (as opposed to In My Time) you'll love Kitaro's albums. He's great. Kitaro's music is almost all like the stuff Yanni is doing on LATA. I would suggest picking up Kojiki or Dream (Dream has two songs that feature vocals by Jon Anderson of Yes fame). Those are by far Kitaro's best two albums (even though he has about fifteen albums or so. If you want to dive deeply into his music, pick up Ten Years. It's a retrospective of his (you guessed it) first ten years of recording. I love this guy! Sayonara, Bracken "...Without music, life would be an error." Nietzsche -Twilight of the Idols- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 18:28:21 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: JP and AL Message-ID: Hi all, Well, I saw the comparison that Jason Hartman made about JP and Alex Lifeson and had to reply. Jason, although John plays better in a technical way, Alex is great as well. I think that it was unfair to compare LTL to Stick It Out - I mean c'mon, that's like saying that By-Tor is heavier than Wait For Sleep. This isn't meant to be a flame and I DON'T want to start a JP vs AL thread, but I needed to say something. You also have to remember that Rush doesn't worry about the technical aspect as much as the songwriting aspect. Anyway, on an unrelated note, could someone e-mail me a set-list from a German gig? I noticed someone said TTT was played and so I'm thinking that the set-list is at least slightly different. Thanx in advance. Scott Hansen execpc.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 23:57:20 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Trey Allen) To: email_address_removed Subject: 3 things... Message-ID: 1) Where can I get an Echolyn CD. Are they out in stores? I haven't seen them. 2) What the heck does IHMO (or IMHO or whatever) stand for? 3) A guy said that Peart is the best drummer ever. He said that Portnoy's stuff couldn't even come close to comparing to Neil's. I have to disagree. Rush has never done anyhting for me. I don't get 1/100 of the thrill and rush (no pun intended) that I get when I listen to DT. I must admit that I have only heard the CD with YYZ on it and then Presto. They were just okay as opposed to unbelivable. I feel this about Peart also. If I am wrong, please let me know what albums are good. Trey Allen email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 23:38:32 -0500 (CDT) From: nguyen john t To: email_address_removed Subject: Marrillion (YTSEJAM) (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 22:34:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Dietr Miller To: "John T. Nguyen" Subject: Marrillion (YTSEJAM) I forgot to mention the Who's Tommy, and Quadraphina (sp?) as two of the best concept albums. The best thing Dt has done (that no one has mention) is come out to "A Little Green Bag" -- from Resevior Dogs -- Mike must be the Tarintnio fan. Last thing, What is the first Marrillion album I should buy? Later Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Andrew Miller || _ ^ _ WE ARE THE STRONG -- -- email_address_removed || ( /V\ ) THE YOUTH -- -- University of Delaware || M UNITED -- -- V-Mail (302) 831-4000 ext. 87397 || | -- -- ********************************* || | -- -- * "We can learn from the past, but those days are gone" * M.Portnoy-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 23:39:29 -0500 (CDT) From: nguyen john t To: email_address_removed Subject: Sieze the Day (YTSEJAM POST) (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 17:09:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Dietr Miller To: "John T. Nguyen" Subject: Sieze the Day (YTSEJAM POST) For the title of the E.P. i would vote for CARPE DIEM. Same thought but a cooler title. I think it was Jenniebear who mentioned the JOHN NGUYEN thing, to speak on behalf of my friend I don't think that was him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Andrew Miller || _ ^ _ WE ARE THE STRONG -- -- email_address_removed || ( /V\ ) THE YOUTH -- -- University of Delaware || M UNITED -- -- V-Mail (302) 831-4000 ext. 87397 || | -- -- ********************************* || | -- -- * "We can learn from the past, but those days are gone" * M.Portnoy-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:21:43 -0700 From: Dan Tshin To: "'email_address_removed'" , Subject: Hey TO guy! Message-ID: >First, to the guy in high school, you're not alone, I'm still in high >school (though, I live in Canada, I'm not sure how the system works >down there... I'm 16, so I guess I'd be a junior?) as well. I play >keys/piano. I dropped out of piano a few years ago because I got sick >of playing the conservatory music. I was going to take up guitar, >until I discovered Dream Theater. Their use of keyboards blew me away, >I never figured I'd come across a rock band that I'd LIKE that uses >keyboards as well as DT do. Of most of the bands I'd previously seen >use keyboards, most of their keyboard stuff was horrible. Hey!! what High School? I just finished in Mississauga, Erindale = Secondary School, to be exact. About RCM stuff, hmmm, I felt the same = way: sick, but I finished up to Grade 10. I'm glad it's over, but I now = want to do more. DT stuff really kicked me! They write very tastefully.. >Lastly, if anyone has ANY keyboard transcriptions or MIDI files, or >whatever, of any DT stuff, please e-mail me! I'd LOVE to get a copy of >some more of their keyboard stuff. In particular, stuff from TTT, or >off WDADU. I've found MIDI files for Lie and the keyboard part of >UAGM, but I had to convert the tabs for guitar versions of the keys >on Another Day, and the little solo on PMU over to sheet music because >I wanted to try playing them so badly. Ditto! I also play guitar, and have some of the transcriptions for the = songs. Can you please email me the MIDI files that you have! I'd love to = have them. Have you had the chance to figure out Eve (from = subconscious... That's IF you have it!...?) I'm also into Metallica, King's X, Queensryche, Rush, Savatage, and many Yeah!! KX and QR and Rush, esp! BTW: are you going to the QR show at the new Molson Amphitheater July = 27?? I'm looking for people to go with me. c-ya! Sorry, but MS Exchange (which comes in Win 95) doesn't do .sig's. ALso sorry for the length! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 01:46:07 -0700 From: Dan Tshin To: "'ytsejam@arastar.com'" Subject: "Anti Christian" DT Message-ID: Wow! Well, I'm a born again Christian believer to begin with. I don't = consider myself "religious" in the sense that religion is a = "institutionalized system of rel. beliefs, attitudes, and practices". I = am firmly rooted in my beliefs, attitudes, but I don't agree with some = of what's going on today. I am the chair of my youth group, etc and do = things around the church, too. I can relate to what McCullough is going through. My parents think that = Rock music and most other pop music is evil (you've all heard it... = DEVIL music!) I disagree. Music is a medium, not the message. They are = somewhat close minded about it, but in the last little while, they've = been more open minded. (Thx Billy Graham for Michael W. Smith and DC = Talk!) Some of my friends, and my youth group counsellors have come to a = concensus that close minded people (including Christians) make it hard = for other people to live and enjoy their lives. I believe born again Christians should be open minded, sensitive, and = caring to what's around them. Paul in 1 Corinthians 10: 27 says, "... = eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience." = He is talking about meat offered to idols. Some people though, "Hey, = Meat is meat..." while newer Christians thought that it was sinful since = they were just liberated from idolatry. Whether it be music, or meat... = the bible doesn't say which side it stands on. There are many "grey" = areas like these -- because individuals are unique and have different = tastes and preferences (for example the number of denominations we = have). In verse 23: "Everything is permissible - but not everything is = beneficial... [nor] constructive". If I were to play DT in church = (imagine lots of elderly Chinese and parents... can you say STRICT!!!!) = there would be a lot of questions about my life and my role in church = (as a youth group chairperson). I'm causing them to stumble because of = my disrespect. Same with some Fanatic fundamentalists. They cause non = believers to stumble because of their lack of acceptance and at the sme = time repulse them. I believe born again Christians are here to show kindness, open mindness = and to guide others to the Saviour. Clearly the impressions the world = has of Christianity are not so (ie Crusades, Inquisition, Jim Baker...) = I agree that there is a lot of hypocrisy in the church. Where are the = kind acts? Etc. After reading an interview between Doug Pinnick of King's X and someone = else, I came to question what I believed in, what I stood for and what = I'm here for. I don't want to be "spiritual" and turn people away from = God and Jesus. In "Dogman", you may have noticed darker, more = "depressive" stuff, compare to say, "Faith, Hope, Love". The uplifting = harmonies are replaced by "grungier" stuff. These guys had to cope with = the hypocrisy, the anger, and self righteousness around them. I find that DT has challenged me in my Christian walk, as have KX and = some other bands. They have intrigued me with their intelligent and = amazing music. I just love the lyrics! Talk about cerebral stimulation!= I just hope more people don't focus on the negative "publicity" = Christianity has had. "Where is the love, where is the hope, the peace." = Not in Christianity, nor people, but in Jesus, himself. See what he did = to "nobody's", and what he did for us. I just hope more people could be = like him. Dan Tshin. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 13:32:55 +0200 (MESZ) From: Tobias Maier To: email_address_removed Subject: DT-Show in Ludwigsburg yesterday! Message-ID: >>>>> DT is touring!!!!!! >>>>> The tour is definitly NOT cancelled!!!!! Yesterday my gilfriend and I were at the Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg to see DT live on their summertour. The Rockfabrik is a very small club in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart. The opener was Threshhold from England. They played stuff from their two CD's. They did a very good job. After 45 minutes Threshhold and 20 minutes interruption DT began their show. They started with "Under a glas moon". After playing a lot of songs from the Awake-album they played the 20 minutes song "A change of season" (LaBrie said the release of the A change of season-EP will be in september this year). At the end they did a unplugged version of "Wait for sleep" and the last song was "Learning 2 live". They didn't play "Metropolis". The sound was better then at the Ludwigsburg-concert in february this year but very loud. The DT-concert was about two hours. O.K. guys, have a lot of fun on the DT-summertour!! bye bye Tobias email_address_removed.de Fachhochschule fuer Technik Esslingen Fachbereich Maschinenbau/Fahrzeugtechnik "music is the best" FZ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 14:06:33 +0200 (MESZ) From: email_address_removed.de To: email_address_removed (ytsejam) Subject: Ludwigsburgshow, meeting in Saarbruecken Message-ID: Hello, the tour isn't cancelled!!!!!! I saw the Dream Team yesterday in Ludwigsburg (the also played their first gig in Germany in Ludwigsburg, and I was there..). The Show was amazing, the setlist the same as in Lichtenfels. A few words about the support-Band Threshold. Check them out, they are really worth it. The were often compared to D.T., but that doesn't fit at all. They are straighter than D.T. and they use two guitars. After all: they are a Melodic- Metal-Band with some progressive moments, and they rock.... Good news for all (some) ytsejammers comming to the show in Saarbruecken. I had the opportunity to talk to Mike in Ludwigsburg, and we spoke about the convention in the USA. I told him, that we want to do a meeting in Saarbruecken, and he wants to meet us too. He told me, that he will give some After-Show-Passes to me, so that we can meet the band and talk to them after the show (that's why they are called after-show-passes!!). I don't know how many passes that will be, but I hope it will happen. (Mike, you rule!!!) So where will be the meeting point for us? Outside the hall, or in the left bar? Hope to see you all !!!! Till "Since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and all sinners go to hell. If everyone goes to hell, then you will meet all your friends there. Heaven must be populated with some rather strange creatures if all they lived for was to go to a place where they can stum harps for eternity." ---- Anton Szandor LaVey --- The Satanic Bible---- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Freedom belongs only to those without video screens for eyes and mouth ---- ---------------------- Queensryche - Screaming In Digital ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sometimes words can't say wahat the heart feels. But music can express what - ---------------------------- our language cannot. ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Till 'Tillroy' Wagner Elisabethenstr. 42f; D-63225 Langen; Germany ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 14:25:07 -0500 From: email_address_removed.tx.us (Robert Kasper) To: email_address_removed Subject: Prelude and Aftermath Message-ID: Unto Ytsejammers everywhere, greetings! Hail Eris. May I begin by saying that there is far too much discussion going on about a Maiden cover by DT. "Not gonna do it..., NOT gonna do it..., wouldn't be prudent - at this juncture!" It's never, EVER, gonna happen people. I'll be happy if their next album is at least on the par with WDADU. Without Kevin's writing to work with, it just leaves Petrucci to work up the killer songs - the ones that make you hit 'track reverse' and listen to again. And, much though I idolize and canonize Petrucci, he can't support the weight of the band alone. Mike P. shows some promise with 'The Mirror', but Myung's writing is flaky, inconsistent, and completely without any coherence or structure! Sherinian can cover the Moore keys parts, but can he compose similar parts? Can he write a song that - with music taken away - reads like a poem? Moore and Petrucci write all the best, most moving tunes and with Moore gone I fear that DT is facing a molehill turned into a mountain. Is this why they a regurgitating ACoS? Flame me if you will, but remember my words... DT is facing the most difficult trial of their careers. Hypothetical situation: Kevin never joined Dream Theater at all. Let's see... we lose PMU, Surrounded, Wait for Sleep, 6:00, Lie, and SDV - just to name the tunes on the last two albums which he wrote. Okay, okay, LaBrie co-wrote CIaW, but who wants to bet that Petrucci wrote the verses and LaBrie wrote the chorus? Quite frankly, the chorus WIMPS OUT on that song. It rocks! IT JAMS! Until LaBrie cheeses out with "Caught in a web, removed from the world, hanging on by a thread,..." the song turns to SHIT in the chorus. This post may seem overly negative towards the band which I deem "The Greatest Metal Band Ever." I'm a pessimist, granted, and I think the guys are gonna be breaking a sweat when they get in the studio to record DT #4. It ain't gonna happen. Get Kevin back, guys! Flame, flame - come take me on outta this town... In the Truth of my Confusion, - Robert Kasper, O.P. Ewige blumenkraft, et ewige schlagenkraft! T /----------------------------------------------------------\ K o | "I wanted to find an Innocent Mind, | | but only found myself waiting. | t | I laid on the floor, you walked thru the door, | A h | and now I feel myself fading." | e | | | - Blanket, 1994/1995 by Kevin Moore | L p | | r |"It was just another day | e | It was just another fight | L t | It was words strung into sentences | t | It was doomed to not be right | i | There's something wrong with me | I e | There's something wrong with you | s | And there is nothing left of us | t | And there is one thing I can't do | S | Lying on your bed, examining my head | o | This is the part of me that hates" | n | | T e | - This Was My Life, 1992 by Dave Mustaine | \----------------------------------------------------------/ I I tego arcana Dei ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 08:09:58 -0600 (CST) From: "DAVE \"The New #2\" PETERSON" To: email_address_removed Subject: Quantum Leap??? Message-ID: >> >Dave wrote: >> >In response to a question on YTSEJAM #1: >> > >> >I think the singer's name is James LaBrie, but I could be wrong. Anyone else >> >out there wanna back me up on this? >> >> Aviad wrote: >> >> Well Dave - I can't tell you much but I can tell you this: >> NOTHING'S CLOSED YET. >> The guys are deliberating - nothing's still permenant and the vocalist >> (this labrie fellow) is not a sure thing - they're gonna have to go >> through a lot in order to get along and stuff - but we'll keep each >> other posted. >> >> Ain't the 'jam a great thing? We know everything before anybody else. >> >> >> BTW: I heard Dream Theater are preparing for a third album. I can't wait.? >> >> >> See ya all and keep up the nose for news attidute! > >Is this some kind of joke? Am I stuck in a real life >episode of Quantum Leap maybye? What the hell? > >Zach No joke, man!!! This news is for REAL!!! Amazing as it may seem, they're trashing Charlie and picking up this new guy I guess. I mean, what was wrong with Chuck? When I saw them live, he was fine! Well, except for the part where he tripped on the cord. Twice. And when he left the stage because "nature called". I mean, he SANG fine and all, but are these stage problems enough to dump the guy? Well, I guess DT's wiser than I. We shall see! Aviad: You mean Dream Theater has a SECOND album out??? And a third one's on the way??? Joy, joy joy!!! My CD player will be jammin'! (Soon as I save up and get that $5 bill I've been hoping for...) Bye guys! .-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=. | ______ "Hmmmmmmm..." ____ ______ - David Peterson - | | /\_____\ /\ \ /\ /\___\ /\_____\ email_address_removed | | / /___ / / \/ / / / /\ /_/__ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| | / /\__/\ / / / / / / / / /\____\ "The most beautiful thing that | | /_/___/ //_/___ / / /_/___/ / /_/____ this world has to offer is a | | \_____\/ \_____\ \/ \_____\/ \______\ woman's smiling face" - Me | `-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=' ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 09:10:31 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed.ca (LAU JONATHAN) To: email_address_removed Subject: Fave DT moments Message-ID: > Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 02:18:25 -0400 > From: email_address_removed > To: email_address_removed > Subject: Re: #2(2) YTSEJAM digest 866 > Message-ID: > > And my favorite moments:(I haven't listed them all..) > > 1. Section right after "the pain inside coming outside.."-6:00 > 2. melody right before the chorus in CIAW > 3. Innocence Faded outro- have I mentioned this before? > 4. Silent Man section in Erotomania > 5. I'm getting lazy so I'll stop now > > Enjoy, > Deebor Okay. And MY favorite DT moments on Images and Words are: - entire instrumental part of TTT. - the instrumental part of Metropolis (it's a little too long and somewhat repetitive but I love it) - Intro of UaGM - Intro of LtL - LtL : the part beginning ~7:52 Favorite DT moments on Awake: - guitar solo on 6:00 - middle part of the intrumental on CiaW - Outro of IF - Erotomania (all of it) - Voices : - the piano in the background during "Love, just don't stare, He used to say....etc..." - the part beginning at "I'm kneeling on the floor..." - the part beginning at "...Cassandra fleeting..." - the part when Mirror goes into Lie OTHER THINGS... --------------- Cygnus -- I hope that Cygnus will get done first before DT:UNP. That's my vote! Misplaced Childhood -- Someone mentioned how they hated Marillion's FUGAZI album. Well, please give Misplaced Childhood a chance. You won't be disappointed. Yes, Topographic Oceans -- Glad to hear that there are fans of this album on the ytsejam. I love the album. My opinion is that "Close to the Edge", "Topographic Oceans", and "Relayer" was Yes at their very best. IMO that is... ELP -- Okay I have ELP's "Brain Surgery" album. That's the only ELP that I have and I really like it. Can someone suggest the next one I should get? ------------------------------ Date: 26 Jun 1995 08:39:08 GMT From: "Steven Johnson, P" To: email_address_removed Subject: YTSEJAM digest 865 Message-ID: *** Reply to note of 06/24/95 03:06 I don't get this.....sometimes people will post replies to a post that onyl showed up earlier in the same issue of Ytsejam. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? How fast of a post writer do you need to be? BTW, I am in the middle of a custody battle for my I&W disc. A friend of mine who's a major Rush fan had never heard of DT so I did a "borrow" swap with Exit Stage Left. This might have been a huge mistake!!! LATER- Steve --------------------------------------------------------------- "Can't be king of the world if you're a slave to the grind." - Skid Row ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:42:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeremy Peter Lakatos To: email_address_removed Subject: Bass Players Message-ID: How can ANYONE compile a list of great Bassists and forget Victor Wooten? This man, or god, or Evil Dark Thing From the Other Side Trying to Break Through and Show Mankind Just What Dark Secrets Hide In the Foundations of Musical Reality and Stuff--whew--is completely amazing. He is fast, and complex, and musical, and has been seen to play multiple bass lines and multiple basses at one time. Check out "Blues for Gordon" on THREE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and listen very closely, count the players you hear, remember that there are three people in the band (save guest piano and sax) and SCREAM IN TERROR--he he, sorry. Really, he is quite good, and I hear his long awaited solo album, A SHOW OF HANDS (sinister meaning (or just minister)?), has finally found a label and will be out in fall. He also can be found of the four Flecktones album and Bela Fleck's newest, TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET. Also really cool is Michael Manring ("a deeply disturbed young man"), who can easily be a band to himself. -- jeremy (email_address_removed) Through Nature's inflexible grace, I'm learning to die. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 18:09:11 +0200 (MET DST) From: Mats Rydstr\vm To: Ytsejam Subject: midi... Message-ID: Hi! Sorry, I know this is off-topic but I don't know where to look! I've borrowed some gear from friends, a Roland MPU-401 midi-interface, a Roland CM-32L module (yes, old, crappy ;-)) and a keyboard, and now I'm looking for a good, easy-to-use shareware sequencer-program. I have looked at the sites that I usually search for programs, and also looked for appropriate newsgroups but found none. Could someone please guide me towards a good, useful sequencer program for a PC (386 4mb RAM) w/ or w/o Windows. Maybe you could send it over to me or tell me where to look for it. There must be someone out there with this type of gear! I'm also in need of drivers for the MPU-401 interface. With the card came two 5.25" disks, but I don't know anybody with both size drives so I can't get the files on the disks! Are they available somewhere on the net? Sorry to waste Ytse-width with this, but I honestly didn't know where to look and since you're such a friendly bunch I figured maybe I could get some help... Thanks! /Mats ________________________________________________________________________ / Mats Rydstrom - email_address_removed.se - http://www.nada.kth.se/~d94-mry / /-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ / "We can hope for the future, though there may not be one" - ACOS / /_______________________________________________________________________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:28:32 -0400 (EDT) From: NuGgeTMaN To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Zach and Mike Portnoy Message-ID: Hehe I remember this!!!! "Hey Mike Portnoy Is On The YTSE!!!!" hehe the best part was how just a couple of dayZ earlier someone had talked with Mike about our group...and he said he and the rest of the guyZ were Totally computer illiterate...hehe And then Mike P. 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