YTSEJAM Digest 2541

Today's Topics:

  1) Mayadome, 7 string prices, Austin Powers
 by Brian Wherry <email_address_removed>
  2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2540
 by Chris Ptacek <email_address_removed>
  3) FREE CD!!!!
 by email_address_removed (Scott Cook)
  4) ytse drinkin' fest
 by The Digital Man <email_address_removed>
  5) Too much shit to mention here
 by "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." <email_address_removed>
  6) Oops, hehe, I forgot this :)
 by "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." <email_address_removed>
  7) Guitars, Petrucci, and stuff...
 by "KorgX3" <email_address_removed>
  8) Quake and metal
 by Nigel Bridgeman <email_address_removed.au>
  9) New TNT
 by email_address_removed
 10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2540
 by WhiteWolf <prelude@autobahn.mb.ca>
 11) asdf
 by "Johan " <email_address_removed>
 12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2538
 by email_address_removed
 13) DT solos
 by email_address_removed
 14) Trip to Idaho Falls
 by "KorgX3" <email_address_removed>
 15) 7 string gee-tars
 by email_address_removed (Jeff Keifling)

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 01:16:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Wherry <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Mayadome, 7 string prices, Austin Powers
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

Hey guys and gals.  I picked up a CD the other day that I think y'all 
will like.  It's from a really slick Swedish band called Mayadome.  The 
title of the album is Paranormal Activity.  Really good drumming, some 
really heavy stuff, complexity, you name it.  They're on Shrapnel so you 
should be able to get it wherever Shrapnel products are sold.

On the topic of the new Ibanez 7 string RGs and whatnot, Guitar Center 
has it for a grand, so I imagine that most retailers that carry Ibanez 
products will have it at that price or less.  But, supposedly the demand 
for them is really high so I could be speaking complete bullshit and 
there's no possibility of getting one for under the retail price.  Oh 
well.  I have seen *new* Universes for $1399, though.  Just so those of 
you that are interested know.  :)  Speaking of Ibanez guitars, has anyone 
seen the JPM100 with the new white and black color scheme anywhere?  
Please email me if you have, especially if the place is around Boston.  
:)  And if anyone wants to buy *two* Yamaha Pacifica guitars from me at 
an unbelievably *low* price, please mail me, too.  :)  Jeez, I sound like 
a used car salesman.  Bring in a tank, I'll sell the fuckin' thing!  :)

Austin Powers is so friggin' funny that I farted out loud for all the 
theater (yes, E-R!) to hear and smell.  Some things are too hard to keep 
in, ya know.  (It smelt *way* gnarly. -Binky)

		Austin Powers, a fartingly good time.

Well, that's all from me for now, kiddies.  Partha, your tape is in the 
mail.  Seeya!

Brian
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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 01:51:25 -0500
From: Chris Ptacek <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2540
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

>You think this was meant as a joke?? You think I have nothing better to do
>than write bogus mail to one of my favorite bands mailing lists? You're wrong.

        Lay off the crack, dude.  I didn't say anything about you.  I
brought up the information we have directly from the band, as I think it's
more pertinent in this topic than anything a Warner rep may have to say.

>And you're also right, somewhat. I spoke to the Warner rep with my buddy at
>HMV today and he confirmed that DT will enter the studio sometime this
>month. <I guess the petition paid off...congrats to everyone who signed
>it>. The same guy who produced Aerosmith's <a band who should call it
>quits, btw> last album, Nine Lives, is at the helm. The release date now,
>in fact, has been pushed up to a September or October release. This info is
>quite accurate and very current.

        Exactly.  Now lay off the caffeine.  :)

>		Eric
>
>It's times like this I'm glad I dropped out of the ACOS transcription and
>went it alone. In fact, I'm almost done. 

        And I haven't figured out what you're implying here, but if I do,
I'll let you know.

>From: email_address_removed
>Subject: new 7 string price

>i agree with adam cook about the price of the new 7 string. for that price
>(1299), you can find a decent used one, and if you're daring enough and/or
>talk a good talk with a guitar salesman, you can pull of a NEW universe for
>only $200 more.

        I hope no one ever pays $1500 for a new Universe.  Even on this
heavy backorder, don't be THAT much of a pushover.  :)

> if these rg7's only have stock ibanez pickups, don't even
>bother. the stock pickups i had on my rg550 sucked fat moose penis. you want
>a guitar with dimarzios. i know you do.

        On first listen, people who have their tone set to godly perfection
on their amps are gonna WISH they had the tone of the 550 stock pickups
anyways.  It takes some heavy tweakin'.  But as I already noted, both are
dimarzios.  If anyone has more time on their hands than I do, they might
consider sending Ibanez an e-mail and asking them if there's a difference
between the pickups on the UV and the RG, and if so to explain it.

 Chris W. Ptacek                                     Musician and Listener
                           A.K.A Madsman, on IRC

"Can we search for inspiration -- those ideas that just come 
 from 'nowhere'?  They don't surface when you're tHiNKinG.  
 They just come.  What we CAN do is make fertile the ground 
 on which idea seeds fall."
			- Michael Hedges


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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 02:55:30 EDT
From: email_address_removed (Scott Cook)
To: email_address_removed
Subject: FREE CD!!!!
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

I've been getting good reviews about this cd so I decided to
post this again. My friend sang for a band called Zero Hour
which released a CD in 1994. He's had them sitting around
his house and told me if I wanted one I couljd have it. I took
it home and listened to it and liked it so much I asked him if
I could advertise them on the net and he agreed to give them
free of charge to anyone who wants one. The only thing he
asks is that you give an *honest* review of it, especially the
vocals since he's the singer.

So here's the deal. If you'd like a CD then all you need to do 
is send me a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE)
to the below address and I send one right out to you.

For out of the USA types, just send a Self Addressed Envelope
and $3US to cover shipping and I'll send it out to you. Like I said
it has gotten some *really* good reviews and at FREE I would
say the price is right.     -        Scott

Zero Hour CD
P.O. Box 64165
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-4165

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 03:08:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: The Digital Man <email_address_removed>
To: A Pleasant Shade of Ytse <email_address_removed>
Subject: ytse drinkin' fest
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

Just a reminder:

Saturday night, 10:00 pm (or so)
McQuade's Pub, N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre, LI, NY
	(across from the Fantasy Theater, just south of Route 27)
21 and over (they proof kinda hard, but if you meet me beforehand, it may
	be cool if you're not 21)
Wear Ytse!!!
Call me for directions, but only if you have to.  (516) 536-8974.
	(That's my parents' number, so don't be a dick.)
See ya there!!

-d

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 02:26:15 -0500
From: "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." <email_address_removed>
To: All my homies <email_address_removed>
Subject: Too much shit to mention here
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

> > From: Brian <email_address_removed>
                                   --- ^^^^^^^ ---
> > Subject: QUIT!
>  > Quit sending me all this shit.  I do not care.  Leave me alone.

That's the problem. Mississippi is the only state that is sorrier than
Alabama. And besides, Auburn is going to kick Ole Miss' ass this
weekend.

I heard a Strapping Young Lad song on the radio last week. I had no idea
it was Devin Townsend until the announcer-type-person said the name of
the group. I then proceeded to slap my forehead and chastise myself for
not recognizing "that voice."

BTW, if anyone plays Heroes of Might & Magic 2, I'm working on a map.
Hopefully it will be finished next week. Email me if you want a copy to
play/test. It's gonna be better than many maps that I've downloaded from
the various HoMM sites, or my name is Joey Buttafuoco.

And...Congraduations to Jazzmin! :) One day I'll finish college....

And also...if anyone has any Michael Burritt CD's, reviews would be
appreciated. From what I understand, he plays progressive marimba.

And if Guitar School didn't suck enough already...they changed their
name to "Maximum Guitar." At least now the magazine's name isn't guilty
of falsely advertising to anyone who has played guitar for more than six
months.

Take away my pain - Knock my girlfriend unconscious :)

Mark Peters
email_address_removed

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 02:30:42 -0500
From: "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Oops, hehe, I forgot this :)
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

I decided to start a porno page because nearly every other page I've
found on the web wants you to pay to access the files. Mine doesn't.

http://www.twav.com/swifty/porno.htm

I plan on updating this page once a week, usually on Sunday night.

If you like it, let me know, so I don't get frustrated. When I move my
page to my local server I'll have 10 Megs to play with, but until then,
I'll have to make do with 2. C'est la vie.....

Mark Peters
email_address_removed

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 01:41:23 +0000
From: "KorgX3" <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Guitars, Petrucci, and stuff...
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

> well.  I have seen *new* Universes for $1399, though.  Just so those of 
> you that are interested know.  :)  Speaking of Ibanez guitars, has anyone 
> seen the JPM100 with the new white and black color scheme anywhere?  
> Please email me if you have, especially if the place is around Boston.  

JPM100's and Universe's: I'll letcha know if I find one in Idaho 
Falls tomorrow.  I'm gonna scoot on over to Chesbro, and since they 
warehouse and assemble their own Ibanez' there they might actually 
have some kewl stuff at decent prices.  The repair shop next door's 
pretty rad since that's where I got my used RG570 for $400. :)

Johnny-boy: Also, anyone see the ad in the new Guitar magazine with 
John P. advertising the Rock N' Play thingies?  It was toward the end 
of the mag.  Couldn't believe the dude was wearing a GI Joe shirt.  
What a horsyhose. :)  Anyone know who the kid in the Awake shirt 
aspiring to be Johnny boy is?  You on the jam, dude?  I think he was 
on the ACoS cover...  BTW, what's the report on John's stint he had 
at that clinic?  Is he OK?

Pickups:  Anyone try running their 7-stringers through a good bass 
amp?  I was wondering about the sound.  Be careful of the high end, 
you don't want to blow the damn thing out, but the lows should come 
out nicely.  That's all I've got and I run everything through it in 
moderation.  Sure makes the Korg sound sweet. :)

"Dreams CAN come true as long as you stay awake."
KorgX3 a.k.a. Llama-boy
email_address_removed

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 21:37:53 +1000
From: Nigel Bridgeman <email_address_removed.au>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Quake and metal
Message-ID: <message_id_removed.au>



Greetings,

Well, it's been a while since there was a completely useless thread in the
jam (many of you would dispute that) and I thought of one which you could
all ignore...

Last night I decided to put Savatage's Dead Winter Dead in the cd player of
my pc and play Quake, to see if the music was apt.  And it was!

The first level of the first episode was Doesn't Matter Anyway, which
really suits it, and in between levels it's This is the Time, which sounds
extremely cool once you've finished a level.

Anyway, does anyone know of a cool metal album which sounds brilliant while
playing Quake along with it?  Do certain songs fit the levels that they
come on at?

Just curious...

Lots of love
Spiff

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 11:30:09 EDT
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: New TNT
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

 I managed to grab new TNT a few months ago. Its actually not half
bad.... if it weren't TNT. Sniff sniff.... They've definately gone over
the edge of pot enhanced alternative happy music. Sigh....there will
always be the memories.
I've also heard rumors floating around their clan that they're planning
on kicking Tony out...again...what is this the fifth time now. Has anyone
heard the Tony Harnell Morning Wood stuff ? According to Tony, he wants
to do more music related to that project. Guess it must have something to
do with the fact that he has completely lost his voice over the last two
years ( so much for Don Lawrence techniques)
heh heh
I also grabbed the new Fates yesterday. It's definately a lot more
musically mature then their older stuff. I think that if it were in a
more masses friendly format, it might even have a chance doing decent in
the US market. They seemed to have found a way to intergrate the present
styles of music into their stuff just enough to make it tolerable to just
about everyone who was in the house last night. 


-ladydragon

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 15:26:41 -0600
From: WhiteWolf <prelude@autobahn.mb.ca>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2540
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970510152641.00694ee8@autobahn.mb.ca>

>ytsegoon (ha ha, muthafucker, i have a universe and i smell your mother's
>panties)
>
Good for you. I have a Universe, too.



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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 23:48:36 +0200
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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 19:44:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2538
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

Whoever said they had drum charts to 6:00 can you please send them to at
email_address_removed               
                                        Thanks

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 19:45:57 -0500 (EST)
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: DT solos
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


Chris sayeth:
>perhaps it's just not the thing for you.  When I listen to those parts,
it's clear to me that it's not just a shredfest, or guitar wank-off. I
think it takes some realistic degree of exposure to that kind of overdone
guitar shred before on can really tell the difference.
>

I didn't say it was a shredfest or guitar wank-off, Chris.  As far as the
metropolis passage in question, yes, I believe it *does* have some of
those elements - mainly a severe inconsistency w/the rest of the song that
doesn't seem to serve any particular purpose.  But, after listening with
more attention, I will say that that's not true for the whole passage.  

I will also say this:  If there's no other reason for something to be in a
song, other then to 'wow' people, then I think it's out of place.  This can
be *a* reason, but shouldn't be the primary reason.  By 'wow' I mean impress
people with the level of technique apparent, not with "feeling".

This "feeling", which is whole point of music, waxes and wanes throughout
the metropolis solo.  One part in particular, right after the bass solo, comes
to mind.  This part does not seem to have a point.  It could be erased from
the song and I wouldn't care.

Another great example is a lot of the stuff in Under A Glass Moon.  And 
that reminds me of my other defining element for this sort of demonstrative
playing:  In both songs, there's solos that are generically similar, not
really relating to the song they're in.  It's got this "insert generic DT
riff here" sound to it.  

There is much less of this on Awake.  My favorite song is Voices, which, while
very long and winding, is also very consistent, emotionally powerful, and 
*tight*.  *And* it shows off their technical ability, which is also great.

Somewhere in the future, in my mom's basement, there's a half-done final
painting with "C-" scrawled across it, because I got just a little sucked
in and decided to write this Xtra-Long post.

Joshua
email_address_removed(at least until they KICK ME OUT)


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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:49:11 +0000
From: "KorgX3" <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Trip to Idaho Falls
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>

Well, here's the skivvy on my trip to IF...

We went to Chesbro Music and they didn't have any Universes or 
7-strings.  I was actually quite pissed to see that they'd done away 
with their Korg distribution having only an i3 and an X5 that they're 
still trying to get rid of.  Anyway, they DID have a JPM100, just not 
the black and white model but the original green and read, etc. 
model.  I must say, that after playing it, I don't think I'll give up 
my RG570.  The only thing that this guitar had over it was a thicker 
neck instead of the RG-Plank I've grown used to. :)  I don't see why 
the crotch of people's jean turn a darker shade of blue when they 
hear about these things.  I used to, but I'd never actually played 
one <g>.  Anyway, the price they were charging was a pain-filled 
$1599.  It said retail so I'm pretty sure that wasn't their price 
since they had a Frank Gambale model listed around $1200 reatil and 
on sale for $800.  I would've asked but the only guy helping people 
was the drum rep so he didn't have a clue.

The high point was when I asked to try out the guitar and he plugged 
me into a No-Name Gorilla amp with a Ibanez Soundtank setup.  So I 
asked him if I could actually try it out on something that sounded 
good, so the next best thing was a Crate (these guys aren't known for 
their cabs).  :P  It seems they gone drum-ho since my bud was over 
freaking about a bunch of Tama kits and beggared the guy into giving 
him his Mike Porntoy poster offa the wall.

Also at the bar across the street, a band by the name of Zero 
Tolerance was playing and sounded pretty nifty through the muffled 
brick wall.  This name sounds familiar, anyone care to elaborate if I 
missed something kewl? (My bud's not 21, so we had to miss out).  
Anywho, if anyone's looking for a 1st run JPM100, I know where you 
can find one.  I'm sure $1599 wasn't the price they were asking, but 
like I said, I'm not so sure.  That price's a bit of overkill if ya 
ask me.

Laterz!

          ---KorgX3

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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 22:54:23 -0500
From: email_address_removed (Jeff Keifling)
To: email_address_removed
Subject: 7 string gee-tars
Message-ID: <v01530500af9af321afa7@[207.79.6.173]>

On a 7 string guitar, what are the two strings added, and do they generally
cost more?



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