YTSEJAM Digest 1240 Today's Topics: 1) Ytsenews update by email_address_removed (Ken Bibb) 2) tape tree update by Brian Cox 3) The Mirror on Live In Tokyo by "matt" 4) jamie phillips/UAGM tabs by E. Waldron 5) Tapes of December Shows by email_address_removed (Michael Bradley) 6) Dream on by email_address_removed.cy (theodore kyriacou) 7) DT Doom2 Level update by Dave 8) A couple of things.. by Joseph Dunn 9) Holiday show tapes by Marc-Christopher Lombardi 10) Making sense by email_address_removed 11) DT thoughts from Gandalf by email_address_removed (MR JOHN CAHILLJR) 12) poppies by email_address_removed (Mike Olekshy) 13) Re: Derek Sherinian Interview by email_address_removed.ac.at (Guenter Obiltschnig) 14) New TORI AMOS by email_address_removed (Siegfried Hanisch) 15) Re: ACOS Live - The "Outro" (Revisited) by Jamie Burks 16) ignorance does not negate enjoyment by Matthew Sirois ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 23:19:55 +0800 From: email_address_removed (Ken Bibb) To: ytsejam Subject: Ytsenews update Message-ID: Since I've received a number of requests for information today, I suspect that the move has been discussed in IRC or something :) Yes, ytsejam@arastar.com is moving. No, there are no instructions and no firm move date schedule. The move will probably take place the first week of February with a daily announcement starting a week before the move will occur. On the date of the move, everyone will be unsubscribed and will have to resubscribe to whichever list they want to join (there will be two). The new ytsejam list (which will be at Anarchy-X) will be an unmoderated list. I will probably not be actively involved with the running of this list. A new list, email_address_removed will also start at that point. It will be a heavily moderated, progressive metal digest that will concentrate on Dream Theater and related bands. There will probably be one or two digests a week on this list. -- Ken Bibb "If the boundary breaks I'm no longer alone email_address_removed Don't discourage me email_address_removed Bring out the stars/On the first day" David Sylvian--"The First Day" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 12:03:57 -0600 (CST) From: Brian Cox To: email_address_removed Subject: tape tree update Message-ID: hey all. sorry i havent gotten the tree structure done yet, i went home this weekend for my birthday. i should have it done and posted and mailed out to everyone by thursday. it will be on my web page under the /music/tapes path, the url i listed before was wrong, i forgot the ~ at the beginning. the correct url is: http://www.metronet.com/~lerxst/ or do this: http://www.metronet.com/~lerxst/music/tapes/tape.html that should get you directly there, or you can just go to the home page and find it from there. it wont be there til tonight or tomorrow or sometime. [This was posted last Tuesday, so the links should be up.--kbibb] later... [sig trimmed] <><><><><><><><><> Brian V. Cox (email_address_removed) <><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><>DAT Taper/Trader - Email me for list<><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><> http://www.metronet.com/lerxst <><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 14:13:50 -0500 (EST) From: "matt" To: email_address_removed Subject: The Mirror on Live In Tokyo Message-ID: Did John Petrucci have his 7-string on the Music in Progress tour? I was wondering because I know he uses a 7-string in The Mirror on the Awake album. I was just wondering how he did The Mirror intro live. Thanx. "DAYBREAK AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE, IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES I CAN'T BREATH." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 12:17:57 -0600 From: E. Waldron To: email_address_removed Subject: jamie phillips/UAGM tabs Message-ID: *Has anyone on the jam heard of or from Jamie Phillips who lives at 146 Elm Ave, Glen Cove, NY 11542? I sent this person $$$ for tabs to Under A Glass Moon over a month and a half ago and haven't heard anything back since 12/15...i haven't been able to make contact by email either. * if anyone has any info it would be greatly appreciated. * also if anyone else would be willing to make me a copy of the tabs please contact me privately email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:43:49 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Michael Bradley) To: email_address_removed Subject: Tapes of December Shows Message-ID: Hey Guys! I've been trying to find out how to get my hands on bootlegs of the Malibu, Birch Hill and *second* El 'N Gee Show. If someone on the tree could e-mail me personally, that would be great. Let me know, okay? ALSO...wouldn't it be cool to see Derek tour with a Hammond organ? Oh yeah! Later! -Mike Bradley ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 22:34:55 +0300 From: email_address_removed.cy (theodore kyriacou) To: email_address_removed Subject: Dream on Message-ID: Greetings oh musically faithful jammers! At last, more dream theater fans! Since I live in Cyprus we are a rare species (actually only one exists!) so if there are any more cypriot or greek jammers contact me. I am a guitarist myself but being constantly bombarded with Mooretian keyboard solos I decided to take the keyboard out of the dust and practise again.Does anyone Know WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND SOME DREAM THEATER KEYBOARD TRANSCRIPTIONS?(or a site with any other transcriptions for keyboards?) Progressive metallers out there,check out MEKONG DELTA,from Germany.They are really excellent. Does anyone Know if(or when)DT will be touring Europe?Are they coming to Greece or anywhere nearby?I am dying to see them. Enough for today,I'll go get high on "Surrounded"! BB THEO "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OOOOOOOOO IIIIIIIII" Pavarotti in "Falstaff" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OOOOOOOO IIIIIIII" Pavarotti in bed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 17:23:33 -0500 From: Dave To: email_address_removed Subject: DT Doom2 Level update Message-ID: Brief (and last) Dream Theater Doom2 level update: The sounds are working now, the graphics are in, everything is working out. I should have this completed and emailed out (to everyone that requested it) by this Monday!!!!!!!!! :^) Dave (email_address_removed) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 14:47:47 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Dunn To: Ytse Jam Subject: A couple of things.. Message-ID: ...OK ...someone wrote in the last jam that the 'beat' played in Ytse Jam by Mike P is similar to the intro 'beat' in UAGM..no..the only way it is similar is that there is a succsession of two groups of sixteenth notes between the bass drum and snare drum...just a common combination..not the same 'beat'.... Another thing..for all of you waiting in fact in the state of drool for WDADU...hmm do you really want it..I can only say it might me worth the sentmental value..it sounds like a very young group..not extremely mature in songwriting with a lousy singer..I am not saying that the music is no good ...it just isn't to a certain level of mature playing..there are plenty of dig me licks by each member of the band..Dominici doesn't sound terrible through the whole album..just enough to make you want to kill him for ruining it! I'd say...find a friend who has the album, buy a really good quality high bias tape..and dub it..If you are a freak like me..buy it..you get to see DT all glammed up inside..!! plus you have a CD..hmmm This is just a short addendum...Rush didn't sell out or lessen their muscality in their recent albums..they are playing what they like..they write good songs..period.. If they aren't as long..so what? They sound good..very good musicians are playing them...they pull it off.. Another thing..ACOS is not a piece of godly art..I think it kicks ass but..it does tend to dwell on ideas for a long period of time..take a listen to the beginning..it is basically the same riff over and over for about five minutes...their arranging isn't that obscure..it is more complicated than your avg. band but so much that it defies all classification..a lot of their songs hold the charictaristics as your avg. Pearl Jam song..enter with an idea..change it slightly..verse..back to idea..verse..back to idea but this time only keys play it and bass reharmonize on backgrounds..guitar solo!..back to idea..verse ..end it..It sounds great ...they are an incredibly band..if you take any theory or arranging you'll recognize form more..Their form for the most part is simple just enhanced with more complicated rhythm figures and fills..incredible though..well, see ya later Jammers! Joey PS DT is my favorite band!! They rock! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 19:58:33 -0800 (PST) From: Marc-Christopher Lombardi To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Holiday show tapes Message-ID: Hi, I was wondering if anyone has or knows of anyone who may have a tape of any of the holiday shows. The one that I saw at the El-N-Gee, while cut short, was phenomenal. I would like to get my hands on a tape or bootleg if any exist. Marc Lombardi "email_address_removed" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:24:24 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Making sense Message-ID: I just wanted to write to say that Damon's letter about progressive fans was cool! Mojoman also rules! I forget who it was that said to wait on the Letterman thing, but I agree. They have nothing to promote now, or at least nothing marketable to the average alternative ingesting moron. If an appearance on Letterman brought them mainstream success, that could mean progressive would become "trendy." Imagine all of these bands finally realizing that they have to get trained to survive as a musician. What a concept. Maybe I could actually turn on something other than jazz on the radio. Mike Washkevich ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:37:54 EST From: email_address_removed (MR JOHN CAHILLJR) To: email_address_removed Subject: DT thoughts from Gandalf Message-ID: Why is everyone questioning the format of the live version of ACOS. However DT wants to play it they will. The first time I heard that song was back in late 89 at Sundance on Long Island. C.D. was no longer singing for them and they did it as an instrumental. Actually the whole show was done that way. I happen to like the original version that many of you have heard on TDoE. Oh yeah to those out there reciting the lyrics to The Sherrif of Huddersfield, Rod Smallwood was their manager for a couple of weeks around the time of IaW's release. Hence the reason they opened for Iron Maiden at the Ritz in Manhattan. P.S. I happen to be a close personal friend of the Mojoman. Rest assured all you Rush fans he is as ignorant and stubborn about everything else also. Yours in haste, Gandalf ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 03:07:08 From: email_address_removed (Mike Olekshy) To: email_address_removed Subject: poppies Message-ID: Hello jammers Damon, I really think you should go back and listen closely to the guitar parts on Balance. Yes, the songs are very "poppy" EVH but his guitar playing, particularily on "Amsterdam" and even "Can't Stop Lovin' You" are not exactly "pop simplicity". I feel they are as unique and interesting as JP's parts on ACOS. Buck, I've got to agree with Mark on the ACOS outro debate. On CD, sure it's a full circle cool kinda thing, but live, I just wanna see the boys reef fucking havoc on that Bsus chord followed by my screaming in ecstasy "YOU FUCKING RUUUUUULE!!!!!!!!!!". If you can't respect the emotion involved in experiencing that with your favorite band, then you can take your "masters degree in music" and shove it where the sun don't shine. Later, MMO --- Systems Origin ---------------------------------------------------- Logical Solutions. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (403)-299-9900. 36 Lines. Your T1 Link providing Graphical as well as Terminal Internet access. 40 GIG BBS System. All lines 14.4K+up. WWW/LYNX/FTP/TELNET/IRC/PPP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:59:52 +0100 From: email_address_removed.ac.at (Guenter Obiltschnig) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Derek Sherinian Interview Message-ID: email_address_removed (Michael Bradley) wrote: > Derek with the new Korg Prophecy. [snip] It would really be cool to hear Derek playing some solos on the Prophecy on the next album. I've heard some demos of this synth and it really kicks ass... Guenter ("ytse-obi") Guenter Obiltschnig Computer Science Student University of Linz, Austria email_address_removed.ac.at email_address_removed.ac.at ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 12:52:19 CET From: email_address_removed (Siegfried Hanisch) To: email_address_removed Subject: New TORI AMOS Message-ID: Just got Tori's new CD "Boys for Pele" yesterday. My first impressions are that it is a similar step like between Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink. The songs have a lot of potential to grow on me, although I definitely could not handle them at the first listening. What do you think? Siggi [.sig-less] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:02:19 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Burks To: YtseJam List Subject: Re: ACOS Live - The "Outro" (Revisited) Message-ID: Buck, aka "Mr. Serious" wrote >Mark Metzger (email_address_removed) wrote: > >>ACOS, at least live, really needs a loud climax and one feels a bit >>guilty about going crazy when the song (sans outro) ends [deleted--kbibb] > >Pardon my shitty, condescending attitude, but the above is a perfect [deleted--kbibb] [flame on] Ok, you're pardoned, but, IMO, this was a rather "sophomoric" way to open your post. [flame off] I believe that the point Mark was making is that, from a "performance" point of view, a stronger, heavier ending is more appropriate for ACOS. Don't get me wrong, I love the acoustic outro, but I just don't see it working that well in a live performance, and this is what Mark was getting at. I fully agree with ditching the acoustic outro in favor of a heavier, more powerful ending, and have 6 years of live performances to back up that opinion. >Getting back to my initial statement, it is my belief that most people >here on the Jam are true metalheads at heart and nothig more. Why else >would they hold such intolerance for the subtlety and variations found in >certain DT compositions? [snip] First of all, I don't believe that most people on the Jam are metalheads at heart. At least not in the sense that you are implying. Rather, IMO, they are DT fans at heart. Secondly, IMO, most, if not all, don't hold intolerance for subtlety and variations in certain DT compositions. Rather, this is one of the key elements of their appreciation and support of DT and their music. I take it that it is definitely one of your reasons for listening to DT, and one of mine as well. >[snip] I *don't* mean to turn this into a "rag on James" session, [snip] Don't even get me started. Everyone's entitled their opinion, and I happen to enjoy James' vocal work quite a bit. 'Nuff said. --------------------------------------------------- "....the voice of reason against the howling mob" "Nobodys Hero" - Rush email_address_removed Jamie Burks --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 11:59:56 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Sirois To: email_address_removed Subject: ignorance does not negate enjoyment Message-ID: In response to this dribble: > it is my belief that most people here on the Jam are true metalheads at > heart and nothig more. [deleted--kbibb] Freedom Rock ["Is that Freedom > Rock? Well turn it up, man!"]). [deleted--kbibb] > /Buck, aka "Mr. Serious", who's masters degree in music is the backing for > his strong musical opinions. I'm sorry, Mr. Serious, but I really can't pardon you shitty, condescending attitude. Your comments here seem very foolish to me. As I understand it, you seem to think that because you have a masters in music, you opinions are better than mine where music is concerned. I have to ask you, do I love Dream Theater any less just because I don't have such a degree? Am I any less in awe and appreciation of the beauty of their music simply because I don't command a knowledge of the theory behind it? I think not. I argue that one need not understand music to enjoy it. There seems to me to be a very large number of people that are more taken with the technical ability of DT than the actual music and soul or it. At least true metal heads and those guys in the freedom rock commecial get excited about the music. While perhaps uneducated, they at least know how enjoy it with their hearts - not their degrees. You, sir, must be a blast at DT show. Perhaps you sit there calmly, degree in hand, disturbed by LaBrie's "poor diction and tone control" while disgusted by the people around you who are actually captured by the spirit of the music? I scoff at your egotistical snob attitude. You musical education makes you no greater a fan than I, in your case it seems to have blinded you from the true heart of the music. Try deflating that ego of yours and listen to DT with your heart, not you masters degree. long live the revolution. -Matt honest question: do any of the members of dt have actual degrees in music? i know they went to berklee, but JP left after a year. what about the others? and how about miles davis, george winston, and joe satriani? do they have degrees? i'm suddenly very curious. ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 1240 **************************