YTSEJAM Digest 2146 Today's Topics: 1) Proto-Industry and the Big Brain by Adam Barnhart 2) Re: to Japanese Jammers by email_address_removed.or.jp (Keiji Nishihara) 3) Dokken (sorry for Non DT contents) by email_address_removed.or.jp (Keiji Nishihara) 4) Re: bands by Jon Byrne 5) Re: bands by Taco Belhai 6) Beaver Death by Adam Barnhart 7) Re: Klank by "Dale R. Newberry" 8) John P guitar... by Steve Zebrowski 9) Re: Don Caballero, anyone? (NDTC) by William T Bajzek 10) Re: Recommendations by Wayne and/or Carole Chesser 11) nappy yew hear!!!! by email_address_removed 12) irc question by email_address_removed (alexis1) 13) Megadeth? (NDTC) by Vincent LuPone 14) Re: Recommendations by email_address_removed 15) A toast by email_address_removed (Brett Lefebvre) 16) Re: Megadeth? (NDTC) by Wayne and/or Carole Chesser ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:01:57 -0800 From: Adam Barnhart To: email_address_removed Subject: Proto-Industry and the Big Brain Message-ID: Out of commission again...working at home, visiting clients, getting sick, taking vacation. Lord, what a mess of mail I got today. Twenty digests or so, to boot. Phew.... >From: Pat Daugherty > >I was impressed though by the opening act Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. >I dont know how to describe this band jazz, fusion, prog... but they were >really good. They constantly had this band member vs band member jamming >battles. Those were interesting. Anyone else know about this band? Victor Wooten is insane! The Flecktones are one of the best bands working today, to be sure. Anyhow, Wooten was bassist of the year in the BP poll a couple years back (three, I believe)...VICTOR Wooten, that is, not Future Man. Bela Fleck isn't half-bad, either. And that bluegrazz/jazz/fusion sound is really cool. Unique. If anyone's just getting into the band, I think I'd probably recommend "Three Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," though some of the older records, back when they were a four-piece, are impressive, as well. >From: email_address_removed (Ryan Rafaloff) > >Well, this Poor mans Rush bullshit apparently got a rise out of a few of you >all too. Basicly, we are dealing with an uneducated opinion from this schmuck >of a "RUSH" fan. Actually, what kind of a Rush fan would say something like >anyway. That guy probably was refering to the NMS list. So maybe this will >get back to him somehow. Consider the hatchet burried. I also haven't told >you all about what an avid KISS fan said to me once!!!.....but we'll let that >one slide. Hey Will, keep your eyes peeled for any buzz about this on the >NMS!!!! Yeah, most Rush fans (or many, at least) are sympathetic to the Dream Theater sound. Some fans, coming at it from a Classic Rock perspective, don't really much care for Dream Theater, since the band isn't that closely allied to a Classic Rock sound. Clearly the band isn't a "Poor Man's Rush," unless you're talking about the PAINFUL ticket prices on the Test For Echo Tour. Dream Theater and Rush has similar sounds, surely, but there are many places where they're different...the more aggressive edge of Dream Theater being perhaps the most obvious. But every time this comes up, someone will fire off the ridiculous notion that the two bands sound nothing alike, which ends up hurting the credibility of the "Dream Theater as a unique band" argument. Five Gratuitous CD's: ===================== 1. Rush: Test For Echo 2. Gamalon: Aerial View 3. Tribal Tech: Illicit 4. Gary Hoey: Ho Ho Hoey (Okay, so it's a little late) 5. A Swinging Big Band Christmas (Ibid) Adam D. Barnhart email_address_removed email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 04:13:04 +0900 From: email_address_removed.or.jp (Keiji Nishihara) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: to Japanese Jammers Message-ID: Hi! I'm Keiji from Kyoto,Japan. Bootlegs? Yeah! Tons of bootlegs are available in Japan. I visited music shops where we can buy boot-CD and video as well as regular CD. "Uncovered" and live in Urawa (made from WOWOW--known as pay-per-view video on this jam). But you better listen carefully before you buy CD,because there're discs made from bootleg CD. Some discs are poor quality. Well,1993 US tour boot are available. I haven't bought it so I don't know about it's sound quality. I have ad of some bootstores here,let me read them..... There's"Another Uncovered"!(1CD)(Dusserdorf? Wrong spelling? It's German city.Feb.1995---air-play source) includes 'Damage.Inc' and 'Perfect Stranger' And Osaka'92 (2CD)--1st Japan tour. There's another Osaka (1994) Awake tour.(2CD) And boot videos...There's video that made from Mike's private video! Yes! He loves bootleg. I can find boot video with his autograph on cover. On line music shop? Visit Gold http://gold-tokyo.com. You can order from here. But it's expensive. Maybe they are most expensive music store in Japan. So just check their list and order them from somewhere else. It's better choice. It seems most of DT boot are made in Japan. You know there's huge market of bootleg in Japan. I see guys from foreign countries came here just for buying CD (regular Japan only discs and boot). Boot price? 1CD for 30US$ and 2CDs for 50 maybe 60 US$,but if that title wasn't sell well,then we can get it around 5 to 10 US$. It's nice. Anyway. I hope this message will help you. A Happy new year! We have just another 19 and 3/4 hours this year. -Keiji Nishihara email_address_removed.or.jp email_address_removed.ac.jp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 04:28:03 +0900 From: email_address_removed.or.jp (Keiji Nishihara) To: email_address_removed Subject: Dokken (sorry for Non DT contents) Message-ID: At 6:00 AM 96.12.30 -0800, Wayne and/or Carole Chesser wrote: >At 09:46 PM 12/29/96 -0800, you wrote: >>As far as the slowing down of the jams....it must be because of the >>Holiday season and all. So it looks like the new DT CD will be out in >>late spring early summer and the tour will start the summer of 1997. >>Can't wait. In the mean time I have my Dokken "One Live Night" to keep >>me company and my new Steve Vai video cassette. See ya all later!!! > >Hi all, just subscribed. Very much looking forward to the new DT and wanted >to comment on the above-mentioned 'One Live Night'. I heard it about a year >and a half ago or so, maybe longer; it was before 'Dysfunctional' came out. >I immediately loved it, but could not see paying $30 for it (import to USA). >I am guessing that it has now been released domestically, because I found it >a few weeks ago for $13; a steal. It is well worth that much money. Yes! It was released from JVC-Victor for celebrating their reunion tour (March '95) in Japan. I love that album. I haven't bought 'Dysfunctional' album yet, bacause I have 'Dokken' album (original version of 'Dysfunctional'),so I don't have enough money to pay just for another mixing and 2 extra tracks. Well,acording to JVC,they release new album (yet untitled) next year. Well,does anybody have Dokken's 'Complete Beast From The East' album? I'd like to know about it. It's worth buying? Thanks. -Keiji Nishihara email_address_removed.or.jp email_address_removed.ac.jp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:45:45 -0500 (EST) From: Jon Byrne To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: bands Message-ID: At 06:21 AM 12/30/96 -0800, sombody wrote: >Saw Dave Matthews Band (Finacee's favorite band) last night. >DMB had their usual great set. I saw them in Charleston a few weeks ago, and they were truly amazing. Even my oldest brother, who's more of a heavy-metal kind of guy (intoduced me to DT, BTW), really enjoyed it. >I was impressed though by the opening act Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. >I dont know how to describe this band jazz, fusion, prog They describe their music, sort of jokingly, as "blu-bop". Make out of that what you wish. >They constantly had this band member vs band member jamming >battles. Those were interesting. Anyone else know about this band? Yes, they are truly amazing. I've had a chance to see the band once, and Vic Wooten do an amazing bass clinic last spring, and both experiences were just jaw droppingly amazing! If that was your first taste, then I'd suggest getting their new 2CD live album _Live Art_. Or, if you don't want to make the 2CD investment, get either _Ufo Tofu_ or _Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_, both are fantastic. For a little more info, there is a new interview with Vic Wooten on Anil's Innerviews web page, which you can access via my web page (URL below). Happy New Year, everybody Jonathan Byrne, 1L West Virginia University College of Law email_address_removed (WormWood or DrNick on IRC) http://access.mountain.net/~rael/jdbhome2.htm ----------------------------------------------------------- "I wish you a hopeful Christmas I wish you a brave new year All anger, pain, and sadness Leave you heart and let your own be clear." -Greg Lake, "I Believe in Father Christmas" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:53:00 -0500 (EST) From: Taco Belhai To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: bands Message-ID: > I was impressed though by the opening act Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. > I dont know how to describe this band jazz, fusion, prog... but they were > really good. They constantly had this band member vs band member jamming > battles. Those were interesting. Anyone else know about this band? You lucky guy. I would really like to have seen both those bands. I have one Bela Fleck and the Flecktones CD called "Ufo Tofu." It is rather good. My brother has been showing me some of their other albums like "flight of the cosmic hippo." I have not heard it much but I liked what I heard. This group also came out with a double live album this year and I have heard some tracks off that. That's a very cool CD. They are the kind of band that does a different show every night (like DMB and Phish). My brother saw them in concert about a month ago and told me that it was the best concert he ever went to. And before seeing them he told me that DT was the best band he had ever seen in concert. Brandon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:08:09 -0800 From: Adam Barnhart To: email_address_removed Subject: Beaver Death Message-ID: >From: email_address_removed (Beauregard, Adam) > >I happen to really like Hetfield's voice - at least on the albums since And >Justice For All. Before that he tended to sing in a higher pitch, and yell >more. Granted, LaBrie could probably hold tone and pitch better, and maybe >even sing with a choir (hehe, not Hetfield), but Hetfield's voice is more >inclined to very heavy/thrash music. It has an "in-your-face" sound to it. >Kind of like Dave Mustaine's voice. They both come at you with both barrels >blazing, as does their music. DT's music, on the other hand, is so intricate >and complicated, that it requires an accurate singer to compliment it. I >don't think that Hetfield's voice would work on a lot of DT's songs. You know >what I mean? Ever singer is good at a particular style. You have to compare >apples against apples. I agree about Hetfield. Not so sure about Mustaine, who sings more nasally and tends to kind of sneer things out more than anything else. He's got attitude, but I don't really think of it as a heavy or aggressive voice, not like a Glenn Danzig or James Hetfield. Exodus has the same problem. I'd still take Mustaine over the contemporary Death vocalist sound, which just doesn't appeal to me so much in large doses...with Cynic, it's not so bad, 'cause there's some variety. >Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 14:34:29 -0700 (MST) >From: durnik >To: email_address_removed >Subject: Northfield as producer => Possible. >Message-ID: > > Since it's already been blown open on the Jam, even though we >weren't supposed to SAY anything about it (grunt, nudge, nudge), I might >as well confirm that DT were working on getting Paul Northfield to produce >the new album. He did the mixing on Rush's "Moving Pictures". Whether or >not he will indeed produce the new DT album is not known at this time. Northfield's just got such a tremendous ear -- in that way, I feel he's like Peter Collins (yeah, THAT'S a popular sentiment with Rush fans). I wouldn't mind hearing him do the new record at all, especially since he's able to get effective clarity out of sophisticated arrangements. Five Gratutitous CD's: ====================== 1. Rush: Test For Echo 2. Gamalon: Aerial View 3. Anthrax: Sound of White Noise 4. Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom/Live At San Quentin 5. Fates Warning: Chasing Time Adam D. Barnhart email_address_removed email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:28:35 +0000 From: "Dale R. Newberry" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Klank Message-ID: >I was wondering if any of you had heard of the Klank, and more >importantly, where I could find his CD....his vocals are something >special... Ooh, Klank totally kills, man. For anyone who likes heavy industrial music, Klank is for you. The CD is on Tooth & Nail Records, and can be found in a number of stores, I know (specific ones? Not real sure. I don't have the CD yet, but have heard most of it). Also, you can order it direct from the label, who has a web site at http://www.toothandnail.com. There is also another Klank site at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/9433/ . I was fortunate to meet Daren "Klank" Diolosa at the Cornerstone Fest this summer. Really cool/nice guy. I also highly recommend anything by Circle of Dust for some similat stuff (Diolosa used to do guitar for them). Hope that helps. Oh, the album is called "Still Suffering." Cheers. Dale R. Newberry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:33:24 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Zebrowski To: email_address_removed Subject: John P guitar... Message-ID: > Richard Warren wrote: > > > > I have a question concerning the green, red, yellow, blue and black guitar > > that JP uses on the Live in Tokyo video. First some background info. A guy > > that works in a local music store (Memphis, TN) claims to own this exact > > guitar. He claims that the guitar was a prize in a magazine (Guitar Player, > > Guitar World or something) giveaway. The person that won the guitar came > > into the store and sold it to the guy for $300. He says the guitar is > > autographed by all of the members in the band. He says it is a prototype > > USA custom with no serial number. Well, the contest was to win one of the "JPM100" guitar, ie one of the first line of production. As for being the actual guitar in the LiT video, I don't believe that for a second. If YOU put out a live concert video, did a lengthy tour, not to mention recorded 2 albums with a particular guitar would YOU give it away? > > My question is this. Is his story true or even possible? Maybe someone > > with connections to the band could find out. If it is true I might make him > > an offer. He may very well believe that this is what he has, but I'm afraid he's mistaken. either that or he's full of shit. :) > I dont know..but it sounds unlikely..come on 300$! SIgned!! the guitar > alone is worth more than 1000! ..well maybe the winner was a > butthole...the thing that looks doubtful is that "USA custom" .. the > guitar is an Ibanez Rg-somethign.. Guitar Shops don't give a shit about autographs. For all they know you signed it yourelf. Well, the original John Petrucci guitar was an Ibanez USA Custom with an RG body shape. It is a USA guitar, but since it was a custom job, JP chose to eliminate the single coil pickup in the middle, direct-mount the pickups to the body, and use an RG body instead of the standard USA. Basically, the guy has one of the first 1000 JPM100 guitars to come off the assembly line. If you want facts to back this up , consult the articles section on rsabbs DT web site. My info comes primarily from Guitar Shop magazine, around the time of ACoS. Take care! Steve Z ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:08:13 -0500 (EST) From: William T Bajzek To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Don Caballero, anyone? (NDTC) Message-ID: i have their first album, For Respect. they're a local band, with heavy metalish riffs in a surf-rock type of structure. some of their stuff is pretty wild, i like them a lot. i've heard that don cab 2 is even better, but i've yet to pick that up. sad note, though, don cab broke up. however, i hear that Shale, another pittsburgh band, does really similar kinda of stuff and i've been told that if you like one you'll probbaly like the other. i don't know if they have any recordings, though williambajzek|email_address_removed|http://phoebe.dws.acs.cmu.edu/~wb2a/ twobirdsonestoneonechanceisthrowndon'tmakemistakestwothievesstrungupon eknifeonecuttwodoorsoneshutonefightonewayoneroadtotakewestandandwaitfr omcooltowarmfromdusk'tildawnfromfluxtoformkneelingontheroadtograceland ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:55:35 -0600 From: Wayne and/or Carole Chesser To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Recommendations Message-ID: At 08:30 AM 12/30/96 -0800, you wrote: >Can anyone recommend any other bands that are comparable to DT? I really like >DT, but I need some new music with their style. I've heard that Fates Warning >is good, but how about other ones? I really like Fates Warning (found them before DT) and would also recommend Shadow Gallery. Their CD, Carved In Stone, is very good. -- Wayne "A different opinion is just another point of view" - Fates Warning ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 19:23:16 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: nappy yew hear!!!! Message-ID: yo punkasses, mad happy new year's. get all drunk, don't do stupid shit though, like drive under such circumstances, and try not to wake up in someone else's house, and wonder where your panties went. seriously, happy new year. we have plenty of things to look forward to this coming year. namely, the newest release of a band we all like, and a whole multitude of other things, musically, and extras-musically. peace. now for some response to the currents. dt, the poor richard's prog. the "robin hood" of progressive rock. as outrageous as it may be, i actually kinda like that description. it's not a putdown, i don't think so, anyway. it's more kinda, "cute".. the definition of prog: i almost spit my soda on my screen when i saw those defintions (syrinx was that you?). then i remembered that i have that magazine, too. great definitions. emerson's pales in comparison. another definition i'd like to contribute to the bowl: when you try dancing to it, you break your legs. well, enough of that, so like, see ya, girls. love, the ytsegoon **************************************************************** david kobayashi email_address_removed email_address_removed the new york rangers and the new york knicks: both teams contain what we call "goons" or "thugs". both teams are doing VERY WELL right now. is it a MERE COINCIDENCE that i am a diehard fan of both these teams? hmmmmm............... **************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 20:27:15 -0800 From: email_address_removed (alexis1) To: "ytsejam mailing list" Subject: irc question Message-ID: <19961231012009.AAA19908@alexis1> Hey guys! First of all, happy new year! I just wanted to ask how the hell can I connect to irc? I've tried connecting using irc.dreamt.org and port 2112, but it doesn't connect. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you. Alexis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:55:10 -0700 From: Vincent LuPone To: email_address_removed Subject: Megadeth? (NDTC) Message-ID: Hi all, Does any one have any news on the new Megadeth CD? The guys have been seen all around Phoenix, so I know they're back from the studio in Nashville. Any news any one might have would be greatly appreciated, thanks. Peace be with you and God bless, ~Vince ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 19:55:21 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Recommendations Message-ID: In a message dated 12/30/96 7:16:38 PM, you wrote: <<>Can anyone recommend any other bands that are comparable to DT? I really like >DT, but I need some new music with their style. I've heard that Fates Warning >is good, but how about other ones? I really like Fates Warning (found them before DT) and would also recommend Shadow Gallery. Their CD, Carved In Stone, is very good. >> i to would recommend SG-Carved in Stone as well as Lemur Voices disc, those two are really great bands. laterz, ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:47:44 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed (Brett Lefebvre) To: email_address_removed Subject: A toast Message-ID: I just got on this list...and I must say it is awesome! I am shocked at how much you guys know on DT. Just by reading a few digests I think I doubled my DT knowledge. I just found out about DT the middle of this summer. Previously I had listened to Queensryche (probably the biggest factor in finding DT) and Van Halen (the first album of course, after that they just went downhill), Joe Satriani who is the coolest guy because we share a birthday, and finally Steve Vai, because I love technicallity and wierdness. I thought those last three guys were the best guitarists to walk the earth, and Queensryche was the best band. Then I got a recommendation to buy Dream Theater. I bought A Change Of Seasons...WOW! It totally changed the way I listened to music. I listened to the CD for about a whole week. I couldn't get over how fast Petrucci could play, or Labrie's soaring vocals, or how Portnoy could keep such a perfect beat, but leave you on the edge of your seat...I was also the first album I had with a keyboardist which was really awesome (Kevin Moore is definately my fav.). After that I've been buying every DT album that I can, along with other Prog rock (Fates Warning, Savatage, Rush, wanna get some Shadow Gallery and some Superior though, oh well, good things come with time and money). I just recently got LiT and I was stunned at how easily they could play such complicated stuff. So, I leave you with a toast. To Dream Theater, the best musicians ever to play together, and to all the ytsejammers, JAM ON! Carpe Diem, my friends *Can't wait for the new album. What is the name of it? anybody know?* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:02:26 -0600 From: Wayne and/or Carole Chesser To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Megadeth? (NDTC) Message-ID: At 04:58 PM 12/30/96 -0800, you wrote: >Hi all, > Does any one have any news on the new Megadeth CD? The guys have >been seen all around Phoenix, so I know they're back from the studio in >Nashville. Any news any one might have would be greatly appreciated, thanks. > > Peace be with you and God bless, > > ~Vince I have seen posts in the Megadeth newsgroup that the title is supposedly Pins And Needles (or Needles And Pins, not sure) and it is being produced by Dann Huff (is this the guy from Giant, anyone know?) BTW, I like your sig. Thanks. -- Wayne "A different opinion is just another point of view" - Fates Warning ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2146 **************************