YTSEJAM Digest 2653 Today's Topics: 1) Re: 'deth tix by "The Evil Midnight Bomber" 2) Re: I want what I want when I want it :) by Henrik Gustafsson 3) Re: a-ha by gra@provida.no 4) Re: Strawberries... *The* Place for Prog? by Henrik Gustafsson 5) HAMMERFALL!!! by "Michael Kohsiek" 6) Mike Portnoy by "Ville Rassi" 7) how 'bout a drum thread? by Chip Alexander 8) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2652 by Buck Stodgers 9) Yeah, well I'm poor too... by Buck Stodgers 10) Rat's arse!! by nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop) 11) Your venom's not family here by Jon Parmet 12) thanx by WhiteWolf 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2650 by email_address_removed 14) Some Ytse-Trivia by email_address_removed.ca (Rick Barkhouse) 15) Leo Kottke, acoustic guitar by The Digital Man 16) dead geniuses revisited by "Raivo Hool" 17) Zen and the Art of HTML by Adam Barnhart 18) Technicality by "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." 19) Re: Banter by Brandon Elhai ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 02:50:21 +0000 From: "The Evil Midnight Bomber" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: 'deth tix Message-ID: > 8/4 ST. LOUIS, MO AMERICAN THEATRE Saw an ad in the paper today. Megadeth tickets for St. Louis go on sale this weekend. Dale R. Newberry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:56:03 +0200 From: Henrik Gustafsson To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: I want what I want when I want it :) Message-ID: At 09:08 1997-06-18 -0700, Parmet wrote: >Henrik: >> At 08:12 1997-06-17 -0700, you [me, that is] wrote: >> > I think DT can 'do' commercial tunes better than most. It's >> >just another boundary to explore. > >> JUST because you CAN do a thing, doesn't mean you HAVE to! > >Perhaps they WANT to! Perhaps a nice side effect will be that they'll >raise the bar on commercial ... I wouldn't like to start a thread on this, so just take this humble opinion for what it is, and leave it and have a nice day in the sun. But, when I first discovered DT, that was a kind of music that I was totally unfamiliar with, but something went straight to my heart. And when I&W came out it was even better, plus all those bootlegs of various sound quality. But I could not have imagined then, that the band would later turn into making songs of Kansas, U2 and Beatles, for example. Ok, it may be called a bands progress into something new. But unfortunately (for me) not into the area I'm looking. well, I guess it is all up to them to make whatever they want to. Then it is my choice to buy it or not, my choice to call it sell-out or not, my choice to see the show or not. No other can do that for me, I know. The same goes with the other bands threaded on this list (i'm not mentioning anything, You know, Skadz ! ) If the band I like start touring with spice girls =3D fine. It is all up to them, and if they turn them into something interesting, even better. If not, I think we're loosing five (or seven ) great musicians into laziness, but that's just MHO. But thanks to all you I've discovered new bands in this genre, which I knew nothing about before, so I can always manage. And , frankly, I'm not really that troubled with DT. I'm kind of sure that they will blow my mind with something new, fresh, and extremely interesing this time as well, even though those demos weren't too extra-ordinair. With the time, I hope they'll sharpen everything up, and we'll all have a wonderful fall, and a couple of nice DT-threads. So, now You've read it. Do whatever you want to with it, I'm going to celebrate the weekend Chau// henrik -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Henrik Gustafsson H=F6gskolan Trollh=E4ttan/Uddevalla +46 (0)520 - 47 50 49 /fax -99 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:54:58 +0100 From: gra@provida.no To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: a-ha Message-ID: Last digest misha wrote: >Close...it's "a-ha," there aren't even capital letters! How chaotic!!! = >Ahh...the great "a-ha," who released one of the greatest videos ever = >with "Take Me On." That's really close, but I think it's "Take On Me" ... -.profile ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:04:46 +0200 From: Henrik Gustafsson To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Strawberries... *The* Place for Prog? Message-ID: At 16:24 1997-06-18 -0700, D-man wrote: >I had to check out the rumors for myself, and indeed, their little list of >upcoming releases had "DREAM THEATRE" slated for a July release. =20 WELL then it was an hoax! I was looking for the band Dream Theater. Guess it will be out in September. Very much looking forward to hearing those reviews, especially Ozric Tentacles! >In the meantime, I've been buying CD's (new and used) like they're going >out of style, so expect a lot of reviews from me soon. On this list are: >ELP's Brain Salad Surgery >FNM's Album of the Year >Ozric's (I can't remember the title) >Guitar Magazine: The Guitars the Rule the World (Finally I found this one!) >Animal Logic (featuring Stanley Clarke and Stewart Copeland - Thanks Adam!) > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Henrik Gustafsson H=F6gskolan Trollh=E4ttan/Uddevalla +46 (0)520 - 47 50 49 /fax -99 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:02:30 100 From: "Michael Kohsiek" To: email_address_removed Subject: HAMMERFALL!!! Message-ID: Hi people out there! Have you heard about a band called HAMMERFALL?? These gyus rule, they are pure Heavy-Metal, fantastic singer, great riffs and mighty choruses. Check them out! Michael *************************************************** * Homepage * * http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/5007 * * * * "So where do we begin * * and what else can we say? * * When the lines are all drawn * * What should we do today?" * * * * Michael Kohsiek * * Blumenesch 8a Siegerlandstr.15 * * 49078 Osnabrueck 48527 Nordhorn * * Tel.: 0541/43771 05921/722272 * * Germany * * * ***** "still writing letters in my head..." ****** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 06:29:33 PDT From: "Ville Rassi" To: email_address_removed Subject: Mike Portnoy Message-ID: Hey! I have just subscribed to this list,and noticed that there are a lot of talk about guitar players.Well,I´m a drummer myself and needless to say that Mike Portnoy is incredible.I´d like to know are there any drummers out there? --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 08:29:34 -0500 From: Chip Alexander To: email_address_removed Subject: how 'bout a drum thread? Message-ID: In jam#2652, Vince wrote: >songwriting, and the Dave Lombardo (slayer) type of drumming. Heavy f'n >CD. /me likes it. This reminded me of something I wanted to bring up on the Jam. Dave Lombardo used to be on of my favorite drummers, but lately I've been noticing that in all of the Slayer material he never traded fills between his hands and his feet. He'll have this blistering doublekick beat going and when a fill comes up he'll play 32nds all over the kit with his hands, but the bottom drops out 'cause he never mixes the 32nds up with his feet too. Compare this to MP, in Ytse Jam for instance. There is a great breakdown about a 3rd of the way into the song (maybe halfway) where MP trades 16ths between hands and feet for 2 complete bars going into the next section. Dave may play with more blinding speed, but as a drummer, I find it a lot more impressive and entertaining to hear a guy (or girl) mix it up that way. Another drummer who is great at trading hands and feet is Deen Castronovo. Anyone remember him? Not to mention Terry Bozzio - even that Missing Persons album has those kind of fills all over it. Chip ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:42:29 -0400 From: Buck Stodgers To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2652 Message-ID: Hello, I believe it's actually: a-who gives a shit. Oh, and I'm going to add the trader list thing to my sig. I still cant figure out how to center it and stuff, unless its all just spaces and trial and error. Ah, who cares about my petty problems. WhiteWolf, get better... What's antagonism without an antangonist?:) -- _____________________________________________________________ Andrew Forcier a.k.a. Buck Stodgers --List Manager-- The Peppermint Tribe, the Saigon Kick Mailing List For info, check out: http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rfm5570/ for e-mail inquiries, mailto:email_address_removed ************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:54:18 -0400 From: Buck Stodgers To: email_address_removed Subject: Yeah, well I'm poor too... Message-ID: Hello, Don't you just wish I would say it all in one post. Much easier for you to ignore me that way... By the way, since I already got them confused once, which Pat sells the Ytse-shirts? Just drop me a note please. Yeah, I'm a fucknut, thanks for telling me. >WOW! "Well versed" and you've never heard {snippity} To clarify: I have heard OF all these artists. I also have heard work by all of them. But I have never heard their solo albums. MacAlpine is from the town next to me, so I couldn't avoid him in the late 80's. And didn't Vinnie open for Rush? And Marty and Jason you'd have to be dead not to know. But I don't think anyone on that list is comparable to the people who they may claim as influences. I love Marty, and I give Jason no disrespect, but both them and Tony and Vinnie are nowhere near as impressive, or influential as some of the other guitarists we've been discussing. And by the way, if we all keep this up, the next thing you know, we'll have drummer debates on the Jam. Or does anyone dispute that Neil and Buddy reign as kings? :) -- _____________________________________________________________ Andrew Forcier a.k.a. Buck Stodgers --List Manager-- The Peppermint Tribe, the Saigon Kick Mailing List For info, check out: http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rfm5570/ for e-mail inquiries, mailto:email_address_removed ************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 15:55:12 +0200 From: nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop) To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed.de Subject: Rat's arse!! Message-ID: Hi all first off, I've got to let off a bit of steam. PPPFFFFTTT! My rat's arse of a TV went and died on me on Saturday night (just before the Canadian Grand Prix too - fuck, fuck, fuck), which means that I won't be able to watch Metalla tonight. Don't you just hate machines? Right, now that's out of the way, let's get one thing straight: the best ever guitarists (living, dead or just smelly) were Les Paul and Hank Marvin. What do you mean "never heard of them"? Huh, kids of today, no idea. Serious time again. Do any of you guitar twanging types out there rate Leo Kotke? Sure he doesn't shred (whatever that may mean), but he is without doubt one of the best acoustic guitarists I've ever had the honour of seeing. And how do you rate Steve Howe with regard to his ability to play both electric and acoustic guitar - there are players who are better on one or the other, but for me, he is the player with the greatest ability/talent on both. Tip for those of you who listen to the track Third Eye by Tool: try listening to the song Using My Third Arm by Pantera before and/or after it. I like it. stay safe and happy listening Neil Gallop (nga@software-ag.de) Currently playing: Alice In Chains - Dirt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:55:02 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: "Ytsinsane :)" Subject: Your venom's not family here Message-ID: Mike: > Anyway, to split hairs, I was only referring to the instrumental > guitar movement in the mid 80's I'd like to see them come out for a set ALL dressed like the bumble bee babe from blind melon (notice the intentionl lack of CAPS on the band name!) and rip out something. The coffee hasn't kicked in yet, so someone else can figure out what that something might be :) Misha: > one of the greatest videos ever with "Take Me On." Yes! The compositing of hand drawn animation with live video was quite impressive. Toe-Mahsss: > #2 A sad tale: > I lent a buddy my "DT-Awake", "Ozzy Osbourne-Ozzmosis", > "Queensryce-Promised Land" and "Metallica-Load" He was cranking one > of them when his wife wandered home. She took one listen and blew a > gasket. Screaming, "I don't want this shit in my house," she > broke all of my CDs into pieces. Can you believe it??? Some people... > Sigh... Another trip to Circuit City, I guess. Sounds like a job for Judge Judy :) It's one way to get DT back on the tube, right? I mean, can you see Judy saying she thinks Scarred rules? "Judgment is this case goes to the shredster" Sam: > I hear mention of bands like Yngwie and Symph X as being 'classically > influenced' Would DT also be lumped into this category? During the shred feast at around 4:30 of Erotomania, I guess you could say there's a slight classical influence there. Vincenzo: > Jazz musicians trying to play metal... > ...or maybe the other way around :) I wouldn't consider them jazz musicians, but "Trying?" Do you desire the wrathchild of the jam to come down upon thee, in a blaze of fury? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! Regards, Jon *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:08:05 -0600 From: WhiteWolf To: email_address_removed Subject: thanx Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970619100805.0068d254@autobahn.mb.ca> >From: Scott Cook >I was sorry to hear about White Wolf's accident. Even though I may not >agree with what he says that doesn't mean I want him hurt. Please send >him my wishes for a speedy and full recovery. > no prob. >From: Steve Zebrowski >Is there anything we can do for him? > well i guess just wait for an update later this week if it's okay with the list's mod. other than that anyone got an '80 olds cutlass for sale? i just rebuilt his last week and now... i see he's got a irc server listed as dream theater. maybe i'll visit later and get the other side of the situation re: his comments. techrat ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:30:15 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2650 Message-ID: >Input an analog signal from my tape deck, into the soundcard and >capture it as a .wav file on my hard drive. I have a blank 1G IDE drive >for this. I can then manipulate the .wav files if necessary, and burn the >CD from the hard drive. Just about any sound card would work for this.. I use an SB AWE32 and it works fine, but anything from an SB16 to an SB64 would work. If you want to go all out and get the card with the least noise, go for a Turtle Beach card.. but don't expect it to work as well as an SB.. and expect to pay a lot more. The SB32 is just an SB16 with some added MIDI enhancements, and the SB64 is just an SB32 with some more MIDI enhancements. The digital capabilities are identical, so if you don't intend to use MIDI, an SB16 would fit you fine. The best WAV editor that I know of is Syntrillium software's CoolEdit.. www.syntrillium.com and it's Shareware so check it out. The .WAV editor that comes with SB cards sucks... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:51:05 -0300 (ADT) From: email_address_removed.ca (Rick Barkhouse) To: email_address_removed Subject: Some Ytse-Trivia Message-ID: <199706191651.NAA00590@dragon> Has anyone ever noticed that the march-like snare drum part in the middle of The Killing Hand (right after the first verse, before "Remember...") is almost exactly the same as the syncopated rhythm in A Fortune in Lies (the one during the intro and solo section)? Just an interesting bit of Ytes-Trivia that I discovered the other day... -- Rick Barkhouse aka Drusillus on #ytsejam http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~015691b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:53:38 -0400 (EDT) From: The Digital Man To: A Pleasant Shade of Ytse Subject: Leo Kottke, acoustic guitar Message-ID: On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Neil Gallop wrote: > Serious time again. Do any of you guitar twanging types out there rate Leo > Kotke? Sure he doesn't shred (whatever that may mean), but he is without doubt > one of the best acoustic guitarists I've ever had the honour of seeing. And I had never even heard *of* this guy till about three weeks ago. Then, I was watching the weekly "entertainment" show on CNN, and the last bit was Leo playing guitar, by himself, for about 6 minutes. Now, I'm a bass player who owns an acoustic guitar. They guy down the hall that can play "Over the Hills and Far Away" impresses me. Then again, I really don't know much about playing guitar. That being said, Leo Kottke is one of the best guitarists I have ever seen. He can do that thing where he plays a bassline to suggest the chords, and play the melody (totally different from the bassline) at the same time. Then the guy whipped out a slide and started kicking ass that way. And his compositions were really good, too.. (Well, the one I heard.) Now that Neil mentions this guy again, I think I'm going to look for some of his stuff on CD. > how do you rate Steve Howe with regard to his ability to play both electric and > acoustic guitar - there are players who are better on one or the other, but for > me, he is the player with the greatest ability/talent on both. I'm really shocked that The Man hasn't been mentioned yet (at least I haven't seen his name skimming past the debates.) I nay not know much about guitar, but I know one thing. Clapton is God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ Secretary & Webmaster email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" UVM Comp Sci Student Assn email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ "He won't need a bed http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ He's a digital man" - Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maintainer of the Official Dream Theater Frequently Asked Questions List http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~cmerlo/dtfaq.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:54:15 +0200 From: "Raivo Hool" To: email_address_removed Subject: dead geniuses revisited Message-ID: > death. While he died only shortly after I'd gotten heavily into his music, > I was still witness to the heaps of praise that was placed upon him both > before and after his death. He already attained legendary status before he That's almost my point. You will probably still disagree, but I think that legendary status doesn't equal to being a genius. The bunch of people I mentioned definitely were legendary while alive, but have been raised another step up the pedestal and made into geniuses now. I know it's a matter of semantics in a way. I still think that the factor of an untimely, possibly tragic demise plays a big role in how people rate famous people. There was a moderately famous estonian artist aboard the ferry that sank some tears ago, "Estonia". His days of fame were over, till then. Now we can read in the newspapers how great he was (I'm not denying it, though, his group introduced me to rock music), we have cheap 'B'-bands covering his tunes, I've heard people praise him as a genius... None of that would have happened were he still alive. Maybe I made my point clearer, maybe stirred it up. Off I go, looking for a clue and possibly a life. Do not click here to continue. Raitz Be reasonable -- demand the impossible! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:08:25 -0700 From: Adam Barnhart To: email_address_removed Subject: Zen and the Art of HTML Message-ID: >From: Rick Audet > >Oh puhLEEEZ. They are anything BUT Jazz musicians. All the Jazz they play, >I believe, is rehearsed. That ain't Jazz, my friend. JP couldn't improvise >over a Jazz progression to save his life. I hate to be the one to break it >to ya, but it's the truth. JP even admits himself that most of the "jams" >they play live have the solos worked out for the most part, and if he >*does* improvise, it's over very simple changes otherwise he just makes a >fool of himself. I haven't heard him improvise over sophisticated progressions. I've tried playing bop myself, and, as a bass player, it's hard enough for me to walk a decent line, much less sound like Michael Brecker, playing a million miles an hour meaningfully over 30 chords in a 16 bar progression. At any rate, I'd agree with you in that Dream Theater isn't in there playing jazz. They DO employ a jazz sound at times, but, like most progressive bands, they tend to work out intricate parts and recreate them live (okay, that's heavy on the "duh" factor...). Five Gratuitous CD's: ===================== 1. Rush: All The World's A Stage 2. Jaco Pastorius: The Birthday Concert 3. Jethro Tull: Aqualung 4. Urban Dance Squad: Clashing Perspectives 5. Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales Adam D. Barnhart email_address_removed email_address_removed http://www.cfmc.com/adamb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:10:49 -0500 From: "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." To: email_address_removed Subject: Technicality Message-ID: > Personally I like soloing over the E-F-G-A-Bb-C type of progression. The > scale name escapes me, but it just is sooooo dark and heavy, especially E Locrian, no VII :) Mark Peters, Repositor of much useless music theory, email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:14:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Brandon Elhai To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Banter Message-ID: On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Thomas Warnick wrote: > #2 A sad tale: > I lent a buddy my "DT-Awake", "Ozzy Osbourne-Ozzmosis", > "Queensryce-Promised Land" and "Metallica-Load" He was cranking one > of them when his wife wandered home. She took one listen and blew a > gasket. Screaming, "I don't want this shit in my house," she > broke all of my CDs into pieces. Can you believe it??? Some people... > Sigh... Another trip to Circuit City, I guess. I hope you're making her pay for the CDs. Brandon ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2653 **************************