YTSEJAM Digest 1397 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Peter Collins producing? by "Damon M. Fibraio" 2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1396 by email_address_removed (Scott Cook) 3) chroma key by Stephen Bajzek 4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1396 by email_address_removed (Scott Cook) 5) Re: Mike's postcard by "Damon M. Fibraio" 6) Mail Item Format Warning by "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 04/02/96 - 08:21:04" 7) Re: As much as I hate to say this... by "Damon M. Fibraio" 8) Megatron Misc. Miasma by Gilbert Jack Thetgyi 9) Re: Wasteland, Damon, Chomping, Spelling by "Damon M. Fibraio" 10) Re: Iowa Moocows by email_address_removed.au 11) Re: Howard Stern by email_address_removed (Scott Cook) 12) Re: chompers by email_address_removed.au 13) Re: email stuff by "Damon M. Fibraio" 14) Re: Producers, I&W, and Firehouse... by "Damon M. Fibraio" 15) Re: Howard Stern by "Damon M. Fibraio" 16) IMPORTANT! Please look by Michael Bahr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 2:09:07 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Peter Collins producing? Message-ID: Here's a thought. What about long time producer Terry Brown producing a DT album? What do you all think? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:12:11 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Scott Cook) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1396 Message-ID: >>First I'd like to address the music reading thing - no, you're not a musician if you can't read music or don't know any theory. Then you are one who plays a musical instrument. If you're content with that, so be it.<< This world's in a lot of trouble because there are a lot of people making some great music out there that couldn't read a note if there life depended on it. But I guess we're not too high on ourselves, are we. I don't know how the air up there is, but down here it smells like shit. Scott Cook How does Snead O'Connor part her hair? She squats. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 02:11:01 -0500 (EST) From: Stephen Bajzek To: email_address_removed Subject: chroma key Message-ID: Got my tape the other day. I'll get the negative out of the way right away: Watercolor? Huh? I don't get it. On the Page and Chroma Key, on the other hand, kick some serious butt. Zonder is brilliant as usual, and I'm really glad Kevin decided to quicken the pace and let himself loose a bit. I like his previous demos immensely, but these songs are more exciting, and not lacking any of the depth of his others. My only complaint is that there are only two songs (watercolor? huh?) Anyway, I hope Kevin and Mark work together more in the future, and that we'll see more of chroma key than these two (okay, three) songs. I think the people who didn't like the earlier demos should give these a try...they're more progressive and not quite as depressing. Also the sound quality is much better, probably because it's coming straight from the source. -Max Anton Max Keyboards, Aepithex MadMax+@cmu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:14:46 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Scott Cook) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1396 Message-ID: >>You people don't know how I grew up. You don't know my bank account balance. Did you ever hear of student loans, grants, and work study? They help the lower middle class like me get a fucking education. Comprenden? << Hey! Get off the cross, we need the wood. Scott Cook ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 2:19:27 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Mike's postcard Message-ID: for us poor slobs without www access, can somebody post the card here? Just the text and a description would be nice. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 02:19:46 EST From: "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 04/02/96 - 08:21:04" To: email_address_removed Subject: Mail Item Format Warning Message-ID: The mail item that you sent at 07:19:40 GMT on 02 Apr 1996 has been delivered. However, it has been necessary to convert this item into a format that is acceptable to the recipient, FITIPMOL at IBMMAIL. Information beyond column 79 in the mail item will have been wrapped. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 2:23:46 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: As much as I hate to say this... Message-ID: Could somebody fill me in here? I don't hgave good enough web access. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 02:29:52 -0500 (EST) From: Gilbert Jack Thetgyi To: email_address_removed Subject: Megatron Misc. Miasma Message-ID: Woo hoo! I got my boxed, unopened G2 Jazz and Optimus Prime today! Uh...whoops...wrong Internet group. Anyway, on with the miasma... >Okay, screw Letterman. DT should do an ER soundtrack. Okay, screw ER. DT should do a NYPD Blue soundtrack. It's in their backyard (even though the show is filmed in CA), and I can see Dennis Franz's character: "Dammit you punk, you listen to ME! Balls and chunk are where it's at!" Also, in order to get more female 'Jammers, towards the end of the show one could see Portnoy's gluteus maximus. > I heard a very rough recording of several upcoming songs on the >next DT album. Iwas with Kenny Myung and he had a tape John had made >for him. Mind you it was not produced and the exact album form was >not set yet, but it was cool. Man, some people. They're lucky enough to get engaged AND hear advance recordings of DT. Gandalf, you're the man! >Like when you're on a rollercoaster and you're trying to harmonize with >the person screaming behind you, then they change the pitch... So that's how Mariah Carey sings so gosh darn high. Yeah, I know, she's not a prog artist, but she covered a Journey song, and another band covered a part of a Journey song for a certain medley... >Subject: Various vicariances... Huh? Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. >Who? Asdf? they rock. Their guitarist Jkl; is pretty good, and their drummer >Qwerty is almost as good as Mike P. The new album by Dvorak is excellent, it's on the Code of Hammurabi label. >Just so you know, I sent a letter to the Nirvana list and said to stop >sending us their stupid things. DreamNDay, please keep correspondence with other mailing lists civilized. The last thing the 'Jam needs is to be spammed with "How Smells Like Teen Spirit changed my life"-type messages. If you are sending an e-mail about our list, you are representing each and everyone of us. >The only bands that are gonna be in Paris that week are Sting, The >Cranberries (I think) and Green day. Go see Sting for me. Kenny Kirkland is back on keyboards, and Vinnie Colaiuta rocks! Plus, he's added backup singers and a horn section. While you're in France, represent us well. You are our Ytsejambassador, make us proud! >Hi there! I just got off the phone with Derek Sherinian and he wants to >send a really important message to the Japanese ytsejammers. Another guy is in contact with DT. Oh well, at least I met Vernon Reid (my all-time biggest influence) once. >BTW, if anybody as that transformers soundtrack, would you consider sending >it my way? Don't bother. It's still in the stores under the "Soundtracks" section. And if the store misspells the word "soundtracks", please don't remove the cardboard marker. >...It's a hilarious song and its also to the Jewish tune, Havanageela (I >know its misspelled but I'm not Jewish so I really have no clue) I never noticed this! Anyway, Scott Ian is Jewish, so that explains it. Another trend-setting fact: Scott's real name is Scott Rosenfeld, Ian is his middle name. All these newer bands with weird pseudonyms...sheesh. >If Peter Collins can manage to sound Portnoy's snare like the snare on >Empire I guess no one will complain anymore : ) Why be content with old sounds? Let Mr. Collins (if he becomes the producer) find Mike the snare sound to end all snare sounds! BTW, I like the piccolo snare, that's the Helmet fan in me talking. >I'd luv to hear JM slap in a few places I'd also love to hear JM kick, punch, and SONIC BOOM! in a few places, too. >From: "Damon M. Fibraio" > >The one's who help to set the sun about the death of Spock? I fail to >see the connection. "See" the connection? Was a pun intended, DJ DMF? > Richie > (fan of "drum talk") Jack (fan of "Elephant Talk") >By the way, here are some news I collected by speaking with John and >Mike at one of their clincs. ..I also met Adrian Legg at a clinic... >So Phil Collins has decided to leave Genesis. Perhaps the survivors will be >able to get back to making good music in the old Genesis tradition. How >about Fish as the new vocalist? I saw on a recent clip on TV that Tony Banks said the next album will be "darker". As for Fish, I'm not aware of Abe Vigoda's singing abilities. He does make the occasional appearance on Conan O'Brien though. >"How come you don't ever write anything? At Least Neil Peart writes the >lyrics!" Neil Peart is the exception, not the rule. >I can't play very well with an Ibanez. That's why I love my Whammy >pedal. "No Whammies! No Whammies! Big bucks! Big bucks! And...stop!" "$5000 and a spin...you've got 4 spins left Joe Don, pass them or press your luck?" "I'm going for it! I've got to get ALL the JP Ibanez guitars!" >> 7. LEARN MANY INSTRUMENTS (IF POSSIBLE.) > >Do not do this!! Maybe some piano if you don't play a chordal (guitar) >instrument, otherwise, it can seriously distract you from your primary >instrument. The only reason to learn piano is to get some harmony going >that you can't get if you play a melodic instrument. But too much time >spent learning other instruments leads you to mediocre-at-many >excellent-at-none. If you play bass - play bass. You aren't going to get a >gig by sayin Learning new instruments doesn't detract from your abilities, it enhances them. I try to incorporate phrasing horn players would use when I play the guitar. Music is holistic (IMO), the more areas you cover, the more tools you have to use. >> copyright and licensing information, etc. > >That's _business_ of music. Has nothing to do with being a musician. Being >a musician who makes money from his music maybe. Getting paid, perhaps. Yeah, but those who desire to make music a full-time occupation have to eat and pay bills, y'know. >I know everyone on the Jam would want to see more videos, but the >thing is this: there's nowhere to see them. What do you all think???? I recently discovered MuchMusic while on spring break. One of the first videos I saw was "Promise" from Victor. I was shocked. There's more to broadcasting than MTV, however huge that enterprise may be. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. >I was listening to FNM's Angel Dust, and something dawned on me... wasn't >their singer the first one to cut his hair short, thus beginning the trend >of everybody in the rock world shaving their heads off? Or was their >somebody b4 him?? I think you need to clarify between "shaving one's head", and "cutting one's hair off". Peter Garrett (the lead singer from Midnight Oil), has a shaved head. Mike Patton has short hair, Billy Gould's is even shorter. As far as the trend of everybody in the rock world cutting their hair off, what about The Who or the Rolling Stones? >BTW...I don't have anything against shaved heads, just that after seeing >Billy Corgan w/ one (doesn't he look awful) I cringe at the thought of Satch >doing it... Since when does one's hair length determine one's musical abilities? (I know you're not implying that). To quote the Sprite commercial, "Image is nothing". >That sounds good, but the key is F# (listen to the rhythm tracks). I think >you got it a fret too low. Not if he uses an alternate tuning. >but Purdell and Baron turned AWAKE into what IMHO is the BEST sounding >rock/metal album I have ever heard. Exactly, your humble opinion. Let DT decide what sounds THEY like, and then we can analyze it up the wazoo. >As much as I would love Trevor Horn produce the album, I am afraid he >would lean to the more poppy side. One name comes to mind, SEAL. Not >that I don't like Seal but, there is a definate difference in the music. Don't judge a producer's potential with one album. We can only predict what they may or may not do. As long as DT doesn't use Dave Jerden, I'll be happy. >IMHO, he hits the note in IF with ease, and my girlfriend who studies >voice, says that he doesn't even get into his falsetto, meaning that the >note is still his SPEAKING voice. Oh no! The falsetto thread is not dead! Sig files are on standby... >1. Create sound waves with an object (as designated by the laws of >language and naming) called an "instrument." "Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, Ravage, eject...operation: warfare" "Get ready to rock, get ready to tumble, you're gonna roll, cuz here comes Rumble!" Piledrivers shake the earth in unison with Derek's TIE Fighter/bull being violated/train noise. >I'd quote the Art Manual, but unfortunately there is no Art Manual. The Art Manual is always sold out at the university bookstore. Even used ones are astronomically high. >Aha. So I'd better throw away this here pick, since the first strung >instruments were played with the bare fingers. Don't throw away your picks, recycle them, or better yet, take them to the Dr. Dre show in exchange for a concert ticket. >While we are bashing David Prater, I discovered he produced Firehouse. I always though Labrie sounded like the Firehouse guy at times. Not that this is a bad thing, those damn Firehouse videos were on heavy rotation not too long ago. One more thing, please don't confuse Firehouse with Firehose (No one has yet). Two totally different bands. >I am interested to know how old you are, because it seems that the >"contest" you seem to be having with yourself to see how many times you >can post is extremely immature. Uh oh. The generation gap is finally starting to kick in. Masters Laussade and Zero are on the front lines...Ytsejambassador Brian is flying in from France...the "men" are ready to retaliate. Mutual assured destruction is imminent. What happens next? Find out in Marvel Comics! >MojoMan has spoken. Nuff' said. Finally, stop "picking on" Debbie. She provided her _opinion_, not fact, so take it for what you will. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Respect those opinions, however much you disagree with them. I'd like to end on a lighter note, B-flat, so Ytsejambassador Brian, if you only remember one thing in France: please don't put any antifreeze in the wine! Off to McDonald's to get more Transformers Happy Meals, G. Jack Thetgyi P.S. I hate fire drills in my dorm at 2:00AM, AFTER April Fool's...stupid kids. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G. Jack Thetgyi email_address_removed "Any movie with wakka-cha-wakka in it is okay by me." -Tom Servo, Mystery Science Theater 3000 #512: "Mitchell" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 2:32:04 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Wasteland, Damon, Chomping, Spelling Message-ID: Vai? More letters than Fibraio. Now he can't count. Bafu, you have lost your mind. :) I am kidding, I always kid, I will always kid until the kid kills me. So, as I always say, deal with it, you fucking idiot. Bafu, don't worry. I repsect you as a fellow comedy genius. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 17:29:43 +0000 From: email_address_removed.au To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Iowa Moocows Message-ID: > I live about 30 min's from the nearest farm here in Iowa, I think I'll > take a boom box along with a mix tape of some DT, and play it for the > local bovine, to see what the reaction will be. > > Wagers anyone? >. >Will I: > > a) get no response at all? > b) witness a miracle at the heard headbang to the rippin classical solo > in Erotomania? > c) Have the Head-Cow explain what music is? > d) Have the Head-Cow show me how to spell my name using the circle of fiths? > e) Nothing until I get home and see that I have a Digital Post Card from > above said, Head-Cow? > or g) Get flammed for forgetting the letter "f"? Definitely (c) Brett ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:35:48 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Scott Cook) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Howard Stern Message-ID: >>Somebody wrote about Howard using The Mirror on his show and thought it would be a good idea to ask him for help. Well, a friend of mine heard him go thru the entire Awake album and rip it apart! I don't think you'll get much help from him.<< I'd have to agree. Howard does not like DT. He's not the one who puts those song breaks in. If you fx or call Howard telling him about how cool these guys are, he'll spend a half hour slamming them. Scott Cook ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 17:37:31 +0000 From: email_address_removed.au To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: chompers Message-ID: ->Damn brilliant post. I myself prefer the "chomper" technique. The first ->part involves moving the pick to your mouth, biting down with your teeth ->(if you don't have teeth already, they're kind of expensive so you might ->want to stop reading now), and holding the pick there while you slap and ->tap. The second part involves moving your hand up to your mouth, grabbing ->the pick, releasing with the teeth, and contining to speed-pick whatever ->you were previously doing. This also works with guitar, which is where I ->originally started doing it. (BTW, it works in live situations, too!) > > >There is only one reason why I don't like using this incredibly complex >technique... actually there's two: 1) the pick get's all mucky w/ saliva and >ends up slipping from my hand. 2) I always end up taking the pick at a >weird angle, and goof a round awhile until I finally accomodate right >between my fingers... Agree (1) but you needed to add (3) leaping around on stage with picks in ya mouth can be hazardous, I almost choked one down about 2 years ago. A friend of mine has a miny pick rack on his bass and loads it with about 8 picks. You just chuck em away when you need to switch and grab one when ya need one, and reload the rack every couple of songs. Brett ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 2:39:44 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: email stuff Message-ID: He still wants a picture? What do I have to do, a pencil sketch? Draw with crayons? I know. I'll mold it out of clay. Then, I can make the nose the appropriate length. Steve, would you accept a clay sculpture instead of a picture? I might be able to handle that. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 2:59:36 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Producers, I&W, and Firehouse... Message-ID: MOJOMAN. do you like firehouse? It's o.k. to admit it. I will admit that I like journey,a and 80s Genesis and Yes, and boston and Hewey Louis and the News. so, if you like Firehouse and are defending the honorable name, that's o.k. yeah, right. ::) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 3:00:43 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Howard Stern Message-ID: howard Stern ripped Awake apart? What did he say? Basically. It's almost enough to make me ... hate ... him. But not completely. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:49:18 -0700 (MST) From: Michael Bahr To: email_address_removed Subject: IMPORTANT! Please look Message-ID: Hi! This is actually important only to a few people, so I'll try and add some news that everyone might care about, just after it. If your name is one of these, PLEASE e-mail me ASAP. Your Antiquities CD is on the way... or I should say it WOULD BE on the way, if I hadn't accidentally saved your addresses to /dev/null. I need to get 'em again so I can send. The durn packet's already sealed and everything, and the front label is sort of lonely for some ink. :) Jeff Chew - James Phillips - John Arch - Skadz - Paul Cashman - John Kotzian - Wilco Barg - Patricia McLoughlin Tymoteusz Altman - Trey Allen I _had_ all your addresses saved before, but when my drive took a shit on me last week, they went right along with it. This time I'm putting them on paper. :) I have the first... get this... 180 CDs packed as of this very first night of shipping. The first dozen or so packs are already sent. I will be putting the rest into the already-overcrowded mail system with all possible speed, as the week goes on. This is Antiquities by the way. Oh yes, the second shipment (#501-1000) of WDATU should be here next Wednesday. Looks like they finally got their damned ass in gear over at the printshop. OK, I've received numerous requests from people asking if they can, as dealers, purchase quantities of my CDs for resale. Now, I'm a believer in capitalism. However I don't want to neglect the people who put me in the position I'm in, so whatever I decide, it will be something that will not take CDs away from Jammers who want them. Everything I do and create gets offered here first before anyone else gets a shot at it. With that said, I am thinking of setting up some case assortments (a la standardized shipping channels) and making them available at a discount to dealers, due to the money saved on packaging and postage (not due to the quantity bought.) It costs me the same to manufacture the Cds whether you buy one or twenty. BUT It costs me less to send a box with 20 discs in it than it costs me to send 20 packets with 1 CD apiece in them. If you'd like to arrange for a case of Mike Bahr CDs at a dealer discount, please e-mail me and we'll work it out. At this time, I can provide case assortments with WDATU, Antiquities, and possibly some Cygnus, without depriving any Jammers of the ability to priority-order CDs. :) That case assortment will change as new CDs come out... at the rate Antiquities is selling, it will likely be replaced in the case assortment by Scenes From A Memory, though an assortment might sneak through with both, right around the time that Scenes is finished. As always, I'm willing to listen to any ideas people have, especially if they're better than mine. :) By the way, now that Antiquities is shipping, the following people can expect to get large shipments as requested to distribute in their home countries: - Stephane Auzilleau (probably be sent next week) - Timo Haanpaa (new AQ and WDATU shipments due out tomorrow) - Kris Claerhout (WDATU shipment due out next week) This list is small but I'm willing to get other people involved. If you'd like to get my CDs distributed in your home country, please e-mail me at any time. Take care everyone!! MTFBWY! Mike Bahr, email_address_removed/email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 1397 **************************