YTSEJAM Digest 2940 Today's Topics: 1) Wanted: DT Providence 1994 Show by Tim Lodge 2) Ytsefaq by "Pimp Daddy" 3) Listening Party at Laurel Park (Detroit Area) by CLARK ABEL 4) Stuff by "Ryan P. Skadberg" 5) Welcome Back and More .. by "Ryan P. Skadberg" 6) UK Stuff by "Ryan P. Skadberg" 7) DT on the radio, baby!!! by Dave Peterson 8) ACOS Guitar and Bass Project Update by "Brandon Vaughn" 9) Magna Carta/Flower Kings/and other prog questions (NDTC) by "Brandon Vaughn" 10) The Daily Double by "Korg Eksthrey" 11) On birthdays by Carlos Alfaro 12) Re: Welcome Back and More .. by email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) 13) Re: Magna Carta/Flower Kings/and other prog questions (NDTC) by email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) 14) Portnoy on FII by email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) 15) Uk Release, New Album Thoughts, WDADU by Jon Veal 16) Re: rants => "I'm going to fuck this shit up" by email_address_removed (Ernesto Schnack) 17) Dream Theater in class today! by Jeremy Aaron Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 19:25:27 -0400 From: Tim Lodge To: email_address_removed Subject: Wanted: DT Providence 1994 Show Message-ID: Hello 'jammers! I'm trying to locate a copy of the 1994 Providence, Rhode Island DT Show. It took place at a club called "The Strand" and it was the first night of the US Awake tour... If anyone has it, I'd be glad to trade for a copy. I have a pretty extensive collection of DT and other prog stuff. Please email at the address below. Thanks! Tim email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:35:56 -0600 From: "Pimp Daddy" To: Subject: Ytsefaq Message-ID: Well I really needed to read Bafu's JP interview again. I think I should start reading that every few days. Other than that, It's kinda like reading a jam. Scrolling through looking for something worth reading. I think editing and condensing is very much in order. Sorry to everyone that didn't get a response from me about Spock's Beard, but that punk KorgX3 got it first. any flames and or mailbombs can be sent to email_address_removed It rolls down stairs It comes not in pairs Runs over your neighbor's foot. It's great for a snack And fits on your back It's woot! woot! woot! woot™ from Blammo!® ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 19:45:52 -0400 (EDT) From: CLARK ABEL To: email_address_removed Subject: Listening Party at Laurel Park (Detroit Area) Message-ID: Could the individual who posted about this please repost it? I wrote it down as being on Sunday the 20th, but Sunday is the 21st. I accidentally deleted that post, so now I need to know if it's on Saturday or Sunday. Thanks. -Clark ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 19:48:29 -0400 From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" To: email_address_removed Subject: Stuff Message-ID: Hey All ... OK, a whole bunch of stuff here (and there are more posts coming after this one) Eckie's rant / people's responses, etc First off, please don't send mail to the jam and say shit like "right on, eckie" and that's it. If you have a decent response to it, send it to the jam, but otherwise, please just mail eckie and tell him personally how cool he is (or something) On this front, I am very mixed. First off, I think the music industry is in a very strange time right now. It doesn't know where it wants to go. Its very obvious from watching MTV or just flipping through the radio a bit. You have many different types of music become very popular simultaneously and I think it is going to be very interesting to see what happens. Right now, I think so-called "alternative" music is on its way out. I think alot of the newer "alternative" bands are actually better musicians and can write better music. One of the ones that come to my mind is Our Lady Peace. Their new album is very straight forward rock and very listenable, not just alot of over distorted guitars and screaming. I think the we can slam on our guitars for 2 minutes and scream some un-understable lyrics bands are quickly dropping out and not re-surfacing. I also hear bands that we talk about all the time here on the "alternative" stations these days. Bands like Faith No More, Tool, and others who alot of people on this list love are coming to the forefront of music and knocking the people who don't know how to play or write right off the radio. I definately see a trend towards more straightforward rock or interesting rock (tool and fnm are perfect examples of this) I think song writing is going to be alot more prominent in the near future. Along with these more rock-oriented bands coming forward there are also alot of other genres coming more in to the spotlight. Two huges examples of this are electronic music and ska music. I have friends who have been listening to ska for 8 and 10 years, now I think if I asked my mom, she would know who the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are. On the electronic front, bands like Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers are being heard on the radio and are becoming more and more popular. A few years ago alot of people had never heard anything from either of these genres and now they are on the radio all the time. (quick editorial note here) Some people on this list dislike and put down techno and industrial music saying it has not heart or soul because it is done with computer and synths. Well, as a big fan of industrial music, I have to disagree highly. I have many friends in industrial groups and they put alot of hard work and emotion in to their songs. Also, if you ever go to an industrial show, you will definately see alot of emotion. Lastly, there has been a huge explosion of hip-hop, rap and dance artists in the recent past. Yet another genre of music which was typical underground for a long time and now has come to a forefront in music. (fun note: try watching mtv (when playing videos) for a half hour and count how many videos have puffy daddy in them or at least involved in them :) So, in all I think many different types of music are very in-style now, but I think that is going to change soon. When you start hearing bad songs in a certain genre you know they are overplaying it too much and too many bands are doing it. People do eventually get sick of the same shit over and over again. I think everything is going to get so overplayed that something new is going to have to come forward and step up to listeners needs. I think that it is going to be definately some sort of straightforward rock as well as bands who do something different. I think bands like tool and fnm are going to last a while and you are going to see some of the heavier bands making more and more of an influence. Well, there's my music post. Please DO NOT reply to this on the jam, reply to me personally and I will get back to you. Skadz Ytsejam Moderator email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 19:58:45 -0400 From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" To: email_address_removed Subject: Welcome Back and More .. Message-ID: Hi All ... A bunch of administrative stuff here. First off, we are currently at 1089 subscribers. I wanted to say a quick welcome back to all the students who were gone all summer and are back now. Just a couple of things I want to say NOW before shit gets crazy here. I know the new album is coming out soon and I want to lay down some ground rules before it comes out. First of all, do NOT post "This album kicks ass!!!" and that's it. I totally want to see reviews and peoples opinions, but don't send in two lines. Write a decent review and send it in. I don't want the list cluttered with stupid one line stuff. Second, do not start fights and flame wars on this list. I am going to be ultra hostile when the new album comes out and people starting stupid fights and continuing stupid fights are gonna get thrown the hell off this list. If you want to play flame wars, go to alt.flame, do not stay here. Well, I think those are the basic two rules. Keep the comments and stuff to private mail. Mail reviews and new info and other stuff like that to the jam. Later! Skadz Ytsejam Moderator email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 20:01:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" To: email_address_removed Subject: UK Stuff Message-ID: Hi All ... I know there has been some talk lately about FII's release in the UK. So, straight from the source: "I was told the release date is the same (within days) all over the world.." That's from Mike P. I would guess you guys just need to kick your local stores a few times and make sure they have their orders in to get you copies. Skadz ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:14:36 +0000 ( ) From: Dave Peterson To: DT Mailing list Subject: DT on the radio, baby!!! Message-ID: Just to help document DT's expanse across the American Airwaves, they just hit Minnesota's X105 with Burning My Soul. I caught the last 20 seconds of it and all I remember is James using his "Awake" voice. Of course, that was the end of the song and it was at a climax so I have no idea if he does that throughout. But my point is that the wheels are in motion, my friends! I guess BOTH singles are going to get a fair amount of airplay it seems. Later! Dr. Teeth ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 19:54:07 -0500 From: "Brandon Vaughn" To: Subject: ACOS Guitar and Bass Project Update Message-ID: The guitar files have been updated with extra files made detailing credits and parts that I would like people to particularly check. It may take a few days to update the web page, so either keep checking the web page or wait for my post. I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to do this detailed of a transcription for the bass part. It is just too time consuming for me to work on the instrument part that I don't even play. So here are my two suggestions: 1) I can finish a general bass tab of the whole song with mistakes and general accuracy. or 2) A couple of you bass players may want to do a similar project as the guitarists have done. You could take what I have done so far, or let me finish it all, and then take that and really work on correcting it. But I would need to have somebody step up to bat and take charge of it, recruit people, organize it, etc. If there isn't interest, then that is ok. Don't want to upset any of you bass players, but I'm worn out after the guitar part. Once I get my second wind, I'll probably want to start working on Moonbubbles or Bombay Vindaloo. Let me know if any of you get any inspiration. \\||// ~~..'~ ( \ ) Brandon Vaughn \ c/ __\/__ "The Mad Tabber" / \ < . _ \ email_address_removed \ `\ \ -' / \ \ ,,,_ email_address_removed >|""O[|||||nn[:::< /_,--- ._\ '''''~ ~ | | | | | ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 20:04:22 -0500 From: "Brandon Vaughn" To: Subject: Magna Carta/Flower Kings/and other prog questions (NDTC) Message-ID: Does anybody know a phone number for Magna Carta? I know they have a web address, but has anyone ever talked to them over the phone? I have emailed them about 10 times over the past 1/2 year, and they have never once answered my email. Thought I might try calling them instead. Nobody mentioned having heard of the Flower Kings. I may go ahead and buy one of their CDs. But if anyone has heard of them, I really would appreciate your comments. Mike Backof sent me a tape (a long time ago) of one song of Enchant and listed the album as "Conscience of the King." I can't find any record of this album even existing. Anybody have any info? They definitely have a different singer. Finally, any recommendations for groups in the vein of Enchant? Is Royal Hunt any good? Thanks for any info! Brandon Vaughn email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 19:20:18 -0600 From: "Korg Eksthrey" To: Subject: The Daily Double Message-ID: > their management, label and promoters. How many DT fans in the UK > will never know about the existence of this CD, not all of them have Ya know, that really sucks when shit like that happens. Like with Asia, one of my all time favorite bands when I was about 6 years old. I went on and on listening to Asia and Alpha for about 10 more years. Surprised, I found Astra, didn't like it, oh well, so much for Asia. Then I go into a pawn shop one day and see this nice happy cassette of Aqua in the used bin and I'm like "Holy shit!" The stupid thing is that I should have had some way of knowing it was out 4 years prior, but, oh, well, Mr. marketing exec at BigShot Record Co. doesn't think it would "be prudent at this juncture" (conjunction juction, what's your function? sorry, that just popped in my head - Korg) to market the CD because it "might" not sell. And there's the bullshit point of the whole issue. Anything that gets marketed will get bought unless it is absolutely, terribly, so incredibly absurd that only Tammy Faye Bakker wouldn't even hang it from her Christmas tree. If Dream Theater got marketed and was portrayed by the media to be "cool," they would sell easily. All you'd have to do is show various shots of them making out with each other in black and white with a chicken clucking in the background and you'd have instant multi-platinum sales. Not that I'd want to see that, but hey, it'd work. Anyway, that's my rant for the month. Carry on. >Sorry to everyone that didn't get a response from me about Spock's Beard, >but that punk KorgX3 got it first. any flames and or mailbombs can be >sent to email_address_removed Heya free advertising, I luv it! :) Send money and stuff. And if you didn't get the Spock's Beard CD, I recommend you find it somewhere. This is the cow that called the kettle broke it's camel's black pot straw or something. KorgX3 email_address_removed Visit my Enchant page: http://www.cyberhighway.net/~korgx3/Enchant.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 21:45:55 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: On birthdays Message-ID: Speaiking of birthdays.. Angra's singer André Matos has his b-day on sept 14... -- Carpe Diem...Seize the Day... Dream Theater: A Change of Seasons http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed Universal Internet Number (ICQ) 1254229 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 18:56:09 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Welcome Back and More .. Message-ID: On the Eve of Destruction, "Ryan P. Skadberg" said: > > First of all, do NOT post "This album kicks ass!!!" and that's >it. I totally want to see reviews and peoples opinions, but don't >send in two lines. Write a decent review and send it in. I don't >want the list cluttered with stupid one line stuff. > > Second, do not start fights and flame wars on this list. I am >going to be ultra hostile when the new album comes out and people >starting stupid fights and continuing stupid fights are gonna get >thrown the hell off this list. If you want to play flame wars, go to >alt.flame, do not stay here. > > Well, I think those are the basic two rules. Keep the >comments and stuff to private mail. Mail reviews and new info and >other stuff like that to the jam. > Okay, I just copied that so people could see it again, just in case... meanwhile... -The Doc -- #$%*#$*@ E-MAIL: email_address_removed #$%#$#$% _+_+_+_+ Unix, Internet, Intranet Engineering _+_+_+_+ [][][][] Dr. Mosh's Progressive Feast [][][][] #$@#$#@# http://progmetal.gmsnet.com @#$@##@$ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 18:58:09 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Magna Carta/Flower Kings/and other prog questions (NDTC) Message-ID: On the Eve of Destruction, "Brandon Vaughn" said: > >Nobody mentioned having heard of the Flower Kings. I may go ahead and buy >one of their CDs. But if anyone has heard of them, I really would >appreciate your comments. I saw Flower Kings at ProgFest 97... they were good, a very fusiony type of prog band... kinda sleepy music at times. Roine Stolte is a good guitarist. > >Mike Backof sent me a tape (a long time ago) of one song of Enchant and >listed the album as "Conscience of the King." I can't find any record of >this album even existing. Anybody have any info? They definitely have a >different singer. I think that's on one of the tribute albums from Magna Carta... >Finally, any recommendations for groups in the vein of Enchant? Is Royal >Hunt any good? Royal Hunt is ok... not quite Enchant's level... -The Doc -- #$%*#$*@ E-MAIL: email_address_removed #$%#$#$% _+_+_+_+ Unix, Internet, Intranet Engineering _+_+_+_+ [][][][] Dr. Mosh's Progressive Feast [][][][] #$@#$#@# http://progmetal.gmsnet.com @#$@##@$ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 18:59:24 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) To: email_address_removed Subject: Portnoy on FII Message-ID: Portnoy is really incredible on FII... his timing has improved... ... As usual, his hands and feet have incredible speed and he's still one of the masters of odd time sigs. -The Doc -- #$%*#$*@ E-MAIL: email_address_removed #$%#$#$% _+_+_+_+ Unix, Internet, Intranet Engineering _+_+_+_+ [][][][] Dr. Mosh's Progressive Feast [][][][] #$@#$#@# http://progmetal.gmsnet.com @#$@##@$ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:11:58 +0100 (BST) From: Jon Veal To: email_address_removed Subject: Uk Release, New Album Thoughts, WDADU Message-ID: With no UK release planned for FII it seems all the UK jammers are comming out of the woodwork. Obtaining the new album should not be such a problem. Most of my CD purchases are through cdconnection.com anyway. The real disappointment is that this could mean the lack of any UK tour dates. I think we UK Jammers need to get organised enough to take a trip overseas to see 'em live. Although I am looking forward to the new album I wonder how well it will stand up against some of the new music I have been listening too since joining the jam. Reading about different bands must be one of the main benefits of the ytsejam.. Someone asked if WDADU had ever been remixed/remastered. I don't know if this has occured or not but it would be a great idea. I find the current WDADU unlistenable most of the time. Jon. P.s. I have just found my tape of the first Saigon Kick album. Great! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 21:35:11 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Ernesto Schnack) To: Subject: Re: rants => "I'm going to fuck this shit up" Message-ID: > You talk about how you're not one to whine, but you're one to do > something about something.(that sound weird :) Well, what are we > supposed to do with the internet? How are we supposed to tame the music > industry? With the help of other metal and prog groups of people on the > internet, we could do something to MTV like Qr fans did. But, who's > going to do that? If some leader-ly type could come up and take control > this might happen. But, everyone is just whining, even me. Hmm, well i think the first step would be to get all the ppl who feel strongly about this to get together. (And I'm not just talking about the industry, but everything else). If i had web-space, i'd set up a page for that, but I don't.:P But I will some day, and if somebody hasn't taken the initiative by then, I sure as heck will. But the sooner the better. Any volunteers to start this thing? Oh, and as of now, for no reason other than boredom (and all those 'Where's Bert' puns) :), I decided to be known by my full first name...just thought you'd like to know. later, Ernesto (yeah, that Ernie guy) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 22:54:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeremy Aaron Smith To: email_address_removed Subject: Dream Theater in class today! Message-ID: Hey all! Well, I'm gonna snap out of lurk mode now, since I had to share this with the 'jam. I was in my Intro to Music Theory class today, and my professor was demonstrating examples of simple, compound, and complex meters by playing a few bits of songs. After playing some classical stuff and some alternative-sounding song to demonstrate the simple and compound meters, he said, "OK, here's something with a pretty complex meter to it...but we won't quite get to learning how to count it until later on." So, of course, DT springs to my mind before he starts playing it. And lo and behold, he starts playing the beginning to Caught in a Web. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. So after class, I asked him about it, and it turns out that he's a fairly big fan of DT, and that his friend's mother was one of the band members' landlord. He said that he had gotten one of the demos from before WDADU from his friend, but I'm not sure which one it was specifically. Anyways, I figured I'd mention it to everyone since it was one of the cooler classroom experiences I've had. :) Jeremy -- * Jeremy A. Smith "42!" --Douglas Adams * * a.k.a. Wonko the Sane "Heh heh heheh heh!" --Beavis * * University of Rochester "Huh huhuh huh huh!" --Butt-Head * * Internet:email_address_removed "I will choose Freewill." --Rush * ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2940 **************************