YTSEJAM Digest 2941 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Welcome Back and More .. by email_address_removed 2) Re: Followup to ECKIE'S RANT (A little DTC too) by email_address_removed 3) fucking flames by durnik 4) Minneapolis FII listening party by "Brian Hayden" 5) DT in theory class by "Kevin Hammer" 6) Crimson Glory, the Flame, and the Rant by Jay Omega 7) Re: Theater of dreams by "J. Cohen" 8) Re: Things that come true on the jam/mistakes by email_address_removed 9) Re: DT on the radio, baby!!! by Brandon Elhai 10) DT album covers - other things by email_address_removed 11) Music teachers that aren't very cool! On the next Geraldo by "Pimp Daddy" 12) Re: Rudess/Morgenstein by Rogerio Brito 13) german release date by email_address_removed (Ernesto Schnack) 14) The last birthday reminder, I think... :-) by Rogerio Brito 15) Re: DT album covers - other things by email_address_removed (Ernesto Schnack) 16) The Flower Kings. by Syrinx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 18:15:32 -0700 (MST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Welcome Back and More .. Message-ID: > send in two lines. Write a decent review and send it in. I don't > want the list cluttered with stupid one line stuff. Shit, this is what got me kicked off the 'deth list. ~Eckie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 13:54:44 -0700 (MST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Followup to ECKIE'S RANT (A little DTC too) Message-ID: Heh, that's a damn fine soapbox I constructed, isn't it? Anyhoo, yer right...this problem is far and beyond the music industry alone. I'm an artist who has yet to establish some sort of constant income flow, but in searching for a career in the art world, I've found one constant in almost every success story (excluding the great shock artists of our time): It's who you know, not how good you are. But I digest. I've stomped on this topic far too much on this list. IT's time to take it TO THE SPICE GIRL LIST! THEN THE GREEN DAY LIST! AND FINALLY THE HANSON LIST! Oh yeah, I also FINALLY got a real ISP, so for those of you I didn't run into on the IRC last night, you missed a hysterical time. IT was a fuckin' riot! But wait, I'm still trying to segue into my DTC for this post (48 posts, and only 1.8 percent of DTC? Damn I'm loud. Is that correct, Itchy?) I Finally got a good listen to the new DT songs for myself, and I must say, THEY FUCKIN' ROCK!!! Sure, Peruvian Skies sounds like Metallica...a little too much in the beginning, but then it sounds a lot like Metallica/Pink Floyd/Rush, and well, it sounds like Dream Theater. :) You Knot Me...er, NOT Me kicks much ass too, and I'm probably gonna blow out my PC speakers with Burning My Soul by the time the album gets out...the distortion on those guitars in that song is HELLIFIED! There's gonna be some serious nad busting when this album comes out. (Ewwww, lemme rephrase that...) THis album's gonna kick ass! James' voice is a LOT different than the last two discs, but it's a kick ass voice nonetheless. Eckie likes it. Anyhoo, all of the new stuff I've listened to definitely has the Eckie Stamp of Approval (tm)! I don't know what all that bitching was about back about a month ago. If some of the songs sound too "commercial", well, DUH! DT has to make "commercial" songs if they want at least a chance to be played on the radio! ~Eckie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 20:23:21 -0700 (MST) From: durnik To: email_address_removed Subject: fucking flames Message-ID: Damn Lars... try some Midol for those PMS mood swings. Steve was just posting periodic updates of a poll he's taking... OFF the Jam. Since you don't have to put up with seeing a hundred top five lists, perhaps seeing one post per week, one lousy post in 25 Jams, isn't too much torture for a man to take. - Mike Bahr - email_address_removed - http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 97 22:31:27 -0500 From: "Brian Hayden" To: email_address_removed Subject: Minneapolis FII listening party Message-ID: I'm taking a cue from the Detroit area jammers and offering to organize a FII listening party in Minneapolis, MN. Anyone who's interested mail me, and if there's enough response I'll start talking to local record shops... -Brian ******************************************************************************** Official Countdown to release of Dream Theater's "Falling Into Infinity": 19 Days and counting! ******************************************************************************** "The sweet taste of vindication turns to ashes in your mouth." - Dave Mustaine ******************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 20:53:44 PDT From: "Kevin Hammer" To: email_address_removed Subject: DT in theory class Message-ID: >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 wo= >n'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 sta= >rts >playing the beginning to Caught in a Web. I nearly fell out of my chair My first semester in theory, the teacher let me play Erotomania in class. Then he made me count along with it for the class. After class he asked me if all their stuff was like that. Then he went out and got his own copies. I think that anyone taking music theory should bring their DT CDs with them every day, just in case :) kevin hammer ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:06:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Jay Omega To: Just Words Subject: Crimson Glory, the Flame, and the Rant Message-ID: ]From: email_address_removed > Just coming out of lurker mode to tell you all that I just received a > demo copy of four new songs for the forthcoming Crimson Glory album Good news! > Wade Black, the new lead singer, [...] has much better range than > Midnight. That's inhuman. He Annie Haslam's kid or something? I _hope_ you mean he has a better low end... ------ ]From: durnik > seeing one post per week, one lousy post in 25 Jams, isn't too much > torture for a man to take. No kidding. The 'jam has been _way_ to uptight about this stuff lately. If you want only DTC, go join Voices (or whatever the moderated DT list is called.) The Ytsejam is here for it's users. If someone wants to review a Marillion album, or have a once-a-week football league post, big deal. It takes all of half a second to skip it. Sure, we need some moderation to keep down the "Hey! What's your TOP TEN Dream Theatre Songs, DOOD?" posts, but the other stuff just ain't worth complaining about. ------ ]From: email_address_removed > Heh, that's a damn fine soapbox I constructed, isn't it? > > Anyhoo, yer right...this problem is far and beyond the music industry > alone. I'm an artist who has yet to establish some sort of constant > income flow, but in searching for a career in the art world, I've found > one constant in almost every success story (excluding the great shock > artists of our time): > > It's who you know, not how good you are. This is too weird. I was discussing music with two of my co-workers today. I complained about prog being too underground, and the mainstream stuff being crap. Dave agreed, and said the same was true of the folk music he listened to. Jim agreed, and said the same was true of the christian music he listened to. Then I get home, and there's a rant on the jam about it. Deja Vu all over again! > If some of the songs sound too "commercial", > well, DUH! DT has to make "commercial" songs if they want at least a > chance to be played on the radio! And Remember the Alamo! I mean, remember Marillion! Their most- commercial album (Holidays in Eden) was followed up by their most progressive album (Brave.) IMHO, o'course. So if DT puts out something half-commercial, it's hardly the end of civilization as we know it. **possible FII spoiler warning** And BMS rocks, anyway. Love that robot-voiced "Burning My Soul" echo. Is that a keyboard patch, or some computer wizardry on James' voice, or what? Anyone know? --Jay "no quote today" Omega --NP: DT - Mind Control ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 23:12:44 -0700 From: "J. Cohen" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Theater of dreams Message-ID: > Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 00:43:59 +0200 > From: David Di Tivoli > To: email_address_removed > Subject: Theater of dreams > Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970905004359.008741b0@pronet.it> > > This a DT cover band...does anyone knows something about them? > They are in Australia, and Virgil Donati played for them. MP sat in once (sorry, Virgil kicks MP's ass at double bass--he can do a really fast double-stroke roll with his feet!). -=Jordan=- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 01:07:22 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Things that come true on the jam/mistakes Message-ID: >< Okay, that crap looked even weirder than tab! I don't understand how you can write down which hi-hat to hit(they don't all sound the same), or which snare to hit(same thing here), etc. >< They sound different because there are different makes. If the note says to hit the snare, you hit it, you don't have more than one snare to choose from. The same applies to the hi hat: if you are to hit the hi hat, you hit the one hi hat that you have. >< especially not in a studio. In live performance, Mike's drumming gets a bit inaccurate. In his drum solo in YTSEJAM, in the "live in tokyo" video, his double bass drum part is extremly messed-up, and in the "live at the marquee" cd, his makes a mistake in the SOROUNDED opening part. >< If you're going to point out every minimal mistake that Mike Portnoy makes, then don't you dare completely butcher the spelling of SURROUNDED. >< Is there any difference between the original version of WDADU, and the re-release? I've heard that the 1996 (?) version is remixed or something... And if there _is_ any difference, does one sound "better" than the other one??? >< The re-release, released by One Way Records, doesn't have any liner...no lyrics, and only a few small pictures of the band. I don't know if it sounds better than the original for I've never actually heard the first, but the music itself is execllent. Jus'g otta turn it up more than usual. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 01:11:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Brandon Elhai To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: DT on the radio, baby!!! Message-ID: On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Dave Peterson wrote: > 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. Seeing all these posts about "burning my soul" on the radio makes me happy. I finally got to hear BMS today from my friend's elektra sampler CD and I was just thinking that with radio exposure we will see Dream Theater become Spice Theater, but rather DT becoming like Tool where many people know about them but they are not caught in MTV's web. Oh yeah, I like BMS. But I kinda get a little bored after that short keyboard solo. But the beginning of the song is very cool. Brandon Stan: Dolphins are intelligent animals. Cartman: Intelligent with a piece of rye bread and mayonaise. - South Park ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 01:24:42 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: DT album covers - other things Message-ID: I'm not into all this "I like the cover so I'll like the album" stuff, BUT, the best title Dream Theater ever had for an album WAS When Dream And Day Unite, even if the cover was stupid. The armpit thing didn't interest me too much either. Have we noticed an amazing quantity lately of all the one hit wonders? Early 80's were the same way - late 80's saw some musical sense (definitely not completely sensible tho)- now the one hit wonders return to take advantage of the path paved by Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam. Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead - GREAT SONG Rest of album - SUCKS Others? Lisa Bonham, Meredith Brooks, 3rd Eye Blind (Graduate SUCKS - I heard a DJ play this song and say how cool it was but you could tell he didn't really want to say it), Cake, Space Hog, Stabbing Westward, No (skanky) Doubt, Toadies, Filter, etc... And we mustn't forget the one album wonders like Alanis (will be anyway), Bush, Hootie, and many others I'm forgetting. And this is just in the past YEAR AND A HALF! Unfortunately I had some of those albums and when I bought them I was propagating this musical nonsense. I've since sold them, and now I know better. Jammers, DON'T BUY THIS CRAP!!! The stuff comes and goes in cycles - just like business and the economy. We're in a down cycle right now. My friend was telling me how Joe Satriani (I think it was him) espouses this view. Granted, you will ALWAYS have your flashes in the pan - just part of the biz. Good music comes, and good music goes, but it will always come back again. We just need to be patient, which is hard when DT's got a new album coming out and the morons at East/West are busy looking for Spice Girl and Hanson sound-alikes and not promoting real music. And if you want to debate me, debate my argument and not my selection of music/artists. I'm not an expert and will never claim to be, so if you like No Doubt or Cake, or if you think Jane's addiction had nothing to do with the beginning of alternative music and think I'm an idiot, hold your tongue and talk to your pet rock. If you don't think quality appears in cycles in the music industry, then we can argue. Lollapalooza is a good sign for us. This once "I gotta be there" music-fest is now an overpriced under-headlined freakshow. I don't think the average listener knows what he (or she) wants to listen to right now. Nirvana and Soundgarden are gone while Pearl Jam makes crap. Let's listen to Bugs from Vitalogy! What an inspiring and creative song! Uh, no. The roots of grunge/alternative are giving way, and the tree will soon topple. Let's hope prog takes its place!!!! Go YTSE-MILITIA!!! It's too bad Dream Theater mentions Kurt Cobain and MTV in one of their new songs. Are they trying to kiss ass? Eckie - good rant - we needed it. As far as FII goes - BANDS CHANGE. Approach this album with an OPEN MIND and you will like it. Some bands change their sounds for the better - Soundgarden did it - just listen to Ultramega OK and you'll see what I'm talking about. Some for the worse. Blood Sugar Sex Magic RULED! One Hot Minute was alternative fecal matter. DT has changed - the jury will be out for some time before we can say if it's positive or negative. In the meantime, fill your 6CD changer with WDADU, I&W, LATM, Awake, ACOS, and FII, crank up the volume, and wake the neighbors up. And if you've got some singles and bootlegs, you need a bigger CD changer. ;-) Where do I enlist with the Ytse-militia? With best wishes to DT and hoping I spelled everything right Pauly "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect." -If you don't know where this quote is from I'm not going to tell you ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:34:07 -0600 From: "Pimp Daddy" To: Subject: Music teachers that aren't very cool! On the next Geraldo Message-ID: >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. holy poop! that would rule! my music professor spent the whole class wednesday trying to explain what an octave is and what harmonics are, and then today he spent the whole class playing "when the saints go marching in" 50 different ways trying to teach us what improvisation is. This guy is very narrow-minded and doesn't seem to "appreciate" very many different styles of music. Kinda sad coming from a music appreciation teacher. 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: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 02:40:38 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Rudess/Morgenstein Message-ID: On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Jon Parmet wrote: > > He also said their new album is shipping later this month!!!!!! > > Don't know if it's different from the advance copies, but you can get > those at least from Rod's update page > > http://home.earthlink.net/~rmorgenstein/update.html Humm... Is this Rudess/Morgenstein project the one that was the opening act for Dream Theater during the "Home for Holidays" tour?? If yes, then I think that they kick serious butt. Well, maybe a bit too heavy, but really nice prog metal. > Regards, > > Jon []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html "Life is ours, we live it our way (...) / And nothing else matters" James Hetfield (Metallica), Nothing Else Matters =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:42:04 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Ernesto Schnack) To: Subject: german release date Message-ID: Any of you Deutschjammers know the release date for FII in Germany? My parents are there right now, and if it comes out before they leave, maybe i could get it a little earlier:) Besides all the CD's take a week or two to get to Panama. thanks, Ernesto ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 02:45:35 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: The last birthday reminder, I think... :-) Message-ID: On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Christopher R. Merlo wrote: > > Hi All ... > > > > Just a quick reminder to everyone. Sunday, September 7th is > > D-Man's birthday. Everyone make sure to send him birthday wishes. > > His email address is email_address_removed > > > > Skadz > > First, huge thanks to Skadz for remembering. Secondly, and far more > importantly, Skadz's birthday is *TODAY*, Friday the 5th, so make sure > you send him a note as well. Well, you know, a lot of people out there having birthdays... And since Alexandre mentioned mine, I think that you won't miss his birthday... Seven days after our dream album comes to the streets will be Alex's birthday. :-) > Then, go out and drink two beers, one for each of us. :) Well, I think that I'll have some milk. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html "Life is ours, we live it our way (...) / And nothing else matters" James Hetfield (Metallica), Nothing Else Matters =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:47:59 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Ernesto Schnack) To: Subject: Re: DT album covers - other things Message-ID: > Lollapalooza is a good sign for us. This once "I gotta be there" music-fest > is now an overpriced under-headlined freakshow. Actually, I find Lollapalooza seems to be getting better, because rather tham being the 'alterna-festival', this year it had a lot of variety...not to mention that THEY OFFERED KING CRIMSON TO PLAY ON THE BILL. It's too bad Dream Theater > mentions Kurt Cobain and MTV in one of their new songs. Are they trying to > kiss ass? > It is my understanding that JLMB is about the sad current state in which the music industry is in. I'd like to see MTV play THAT song=) Ernesto ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 03:40:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Syrinx To: A Ytse Besides Itself Subject: The Flower Kings. Message-ID: > 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 have two of their albums (rockktroplis and "the flower king" by ronie stolt, and the band became "the flower kings") and they're actually really good. They're very symphonic (long, long songs) and they do tend to get a big drawn out, but overall it's a great symphonic progressive band. * * * * * * * e-mail: email_address_removed / email_address_removed erotomania!: http://www.mindspring.com/~syrinx/ offical lemur voice homepage: http://www.mindspring.com/~syrinx/lemur.htm (c) 1997 Happy Fun Ball, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2941 **************************