YTSEJAM Digest 2948 Today's Topics: 1) No more! by Steve Lawson 2) Re: Nine DT bootlegs on one CD! by Eric Rodger 3) Re: fan club subs by "Too Much Coffee Man" 4) DT NEW CD (radio) by richard@capitale.qc.ca (Richard James) 5) by email_address_removed (Bruce Forst) 6) To Pat Daughtery regarding the Fates Single by email_address_removed 7) jazz sells? by email_address_removed (Bruce Forst) 8) Re: DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR by email_address_removed 9) Re: Nine DT bootlegs on one CD! by Eric Rodger 10) Flower Kings, World of Silence, Athena. by Erik Gorissen 11) Re: Music Channels on DSS. by Andrew Berry 12) James Ahab by CLARK ABEL 13) New Lyrics, Boring, My FII Review by Mark Bredius 14) Re: DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR by "Iumentum" 15) lemur voice, etc by "Partha S. Mukhopadhyay" 16) ELDRITCH!!!!!! by "Carlo D'Angelo" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:29:05 +0000 From: Steve Lawson To: email_address_removed Subject: No more! Message-ID: <19970908182901.AAB24278@LOCALNAME> Do not send me any more ytsejam updates!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 14:45:17 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Nine DT bootlegs on one CD! Message-ID: Ryan, Just got paid, so the check has been written out. It will go out in tomorrow's mail. Send to: Eric KAI Rodger 3201 Salisbury Ct. Wexford, PA 15090 the address on the check is my mom's place. Don't send it there. KAI At 01:52 PM 9/2/97 -0700, you wrote: > >The gist of the message below ----- >Opening of orders for Seven Wonders. All seven of Mike Bahr's past >Dream Theater boots (plus bonus Mind Control) all on one disc >digitally replicated in full-CD quality on ONE CD in MP3 format for >$22. > >The background ----- >Hi, my name is Ryan Whitaker. I've been on the Jam since right >after the 600th Jam. Some of you IRC people might remember me as >Samsonite (Samsonadz!) when Skadz first opened the IRC server. >E-Man, D-Man, Augie, Ben Lautthade =), Raytheon, DrX, Gabbo, ad >infinitum were quite frequent members back then. I haven't been on >there in the past year and a half though due to lack of time. >Anyway, now that several may know me now, on with the sales pitch. > >MP3s are the coolest things in the world these days. So, I had a >good idea almost a month ago. I thought that it would be a good idea >to put all of Mike Bahr's DT releases onto one CD. That way, people >who have just joined the list and are new to his creations can get >all of them in one fell swoop. People who already have the discs >could benefit from this by the sheer convenience. In WinAmp, the MP3 >player I include on the CD, I have a tracklist of 90 tracks, all >available at the touch of a button. I can even set all 90 tracks >on shuffle. > >The technical details ----- >Boy, did all those CDs take FOREVER to convert, even on my K6-233. >=) All tracks were ripped digitally from the originals into WAV >format. Then I converted all 90 tracks into MP3s using a 128000 >bitrate, which is CD-quality. The result of this? Songs that sound >EXACTLY the same as what's on the originals, and a CD that would take >you half a day to listen to it in its entirety. To listen to it in >full CD quality, you'll need a Pentium. I was using a 486/66 last >month and I could still play MP3's, but I had to lower the quality >a tad. The player I include is WinAmp 1.2, the best and free MP3 >player for Windows 95. The CD is ISO 9660 compliant, so you will be >able to use this on Macs and anywhere else as well, but you'll just >have to find the player yourself. =) > >The pricing explanation ----- >Why $22 and not the oh-so-popular $20? I'm operating in a much >smaller scale than Mike. My media prices are more than he spends due >to the fact that I don't buy in near the bulk he does. Also, the CD >liners were INCREDIBLY expensive. 50 full-color liners are costing >me near $240! The front cover liner is a booklet with a page >dedicated to each CD with full tracklisting. I always think that the >CD liners are what give CDs their personality, so I spared no expense >to make sure they look SWEET (at nearly $5 a pop, I sure hope so). > >The CDs ----- >Subconscious, Acoustic Dreams, When Dream and Today Unite, >Antiquities, Scenes from a Memory, Precious Things, The Darkest of >Winters, and as a bonus the 2-CD boot, Mind Control. > >The ordering info ----- >Forgive me if I revert to some of Mike Bahr's shipping options. >Shipping is free in the Continental USA and Canada. Shipping to >Mexico, South America, and the two dangling states is $2.00 for up to >5 discs, $5.00 for more than five. Everywhere else, $5.00 for one or >two discs, $8.00 for more than two. > >Send me e-mail at email_address_removed to reserve your >order (and so I can begin production on your disc). Then send me >snail mail with your name, address, e-mail address, and check or >money order ($22 times number of discs) to: > Ryan Whitaker - Seven Wonders > 2001 S. 9th St. > Waco, TX 76706 > >Seeing as I don't have a website and I'm dealing on a smaller scale, >PLEASE e-mail me if you want an update on your order. The discs will >be shipped out the very next day after I get your payment. > >Fine print ----- >All sales are final. If your disc is messed up, send it back >within a week of receipt and I will ship you a new one along with >payment for the stamps you used to ship it to me. If your computer >is too slow, etc. then just get a new computer. =) > >Final comments ----- >Making a CD is a TON of work and is EXPENSIVE. And I didn't even >have to collect the material. This gives me a whole new perspective >and appreciation for what Mr. Bahr does. He's given me his blessing >to go ahead with this project, and I sincerely thank him for that. > >Thank you, >D. Ryan Whitaker >email_address_removed (note the hyphen!) > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 13:53:40 +0000 From: "Too Much Coffee Man" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: fan club subs Message-ID: > Just curious - do fan club subscriptions run out? Do we have > to send another $15 each year? Will we receive a notice when/if > our subsription is about to run out? I was wondering that myself. Anybody know? Dale R. Newberry "People will watch anything, as long as it's dumb." -Beavis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:14:54 +0500 From: richard@capitale.qc.ca (Richard James) To: email_address_removed Subject: DT NEW CD (radio) Message-ID: <9709081914.AA05553@jason.qc.ca> yesterday i was listening to CHOI-FM in Quebec City and th DJ was annoncing the new cd coming out in September and the first he said was ...... Dream Theater ! can you believe it ! rj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 14:26:48 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Bruce Forst) To: email_address_removed Message-ID: Jon Parmet wrote: >I went to Elektra to see all the wonderful promotional the new album >and it appears to be nothing! They still have ACoS as the newest >release!! I then went to the "WHAT'S HOT" section and lo and behold: >NOTHING! Now I may be a complete idiot or something but I can never seem to grasp what the hell these people are thinking when they put up a website for a promotion and then let it sit there and fall apart! I mean these are companies with employees right? I think maintaining a web page would be a very simple high exposure why of generating interest but instead like many others in society they still think that the internet is "not important", that its just some toy that people use to amuse themselves... which is true too... Maybe this list needs a press agent so we can get some exposure for some of the "remarkable" things that we are trying to do. Any budding journalists wanna submit a few stories to some music mags for us? I can see the headlines now... "Online Fans Take Matters Into Their Own Hands: lameass record execs caught sitting on their asses!!!" Finally got my postcard in the mail today, Man... I love that cover!!!! At last a DT cover with a simple compelling image. ............ bruce forst email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 15:25:46 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: To Pat Daughtery regarding the Fates Single Message-ID: Hey Pat, just letting you know that I have the limited edition CD. I got it from a secret source who asked to remane unknown ;) Anyway, it was never released commercially and so is hard to find. If anyone cares to have a tape dub of it, because it is cool, e-mail me and we'll work something out. Later, Jeff E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 14:31:40 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Bruce Forst) To: email_address_removed Subject: jazz sells? Message-ID: I was looking through a cd catalog and noticed not even the most prolific rock artists can even get close to the sheer quantity of releases issued by jazz artists. Is there really a market for this? Is jazz such a lucrative market that a new album can sell each year? ....... bruce forst email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:31:18 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR Message-ID: >< Well, it's very hard to say this about one of my alltime-favorite bands, but: "Fallen Into Infinity" is an album with too much boring songs and only one or two of it, that sound A LITTLE BIT like Dream Theater!! Since one week I have a promo copy from the record company and for me it's the disappointment of the year. "Anna Lee" is a good ballad, but nothing spectacular. "You Not Me" has a good catchy chorus. And the rest? Well... So, I would be very happy if someone will send me his comments on the album and/or on my comments. Bye, bye...I have to go home now to hear "When Dream & Day Unite" and "Images & Words" and I'm trying not to cry when I see my "Fallen Into Infinity"-CD... >< The fact that you referred to it TWICE as "FALLEN", yet you claim to have had it for a week tells me that this is flat-out lie, a scam so-to-speak. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 15:40:12 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Nine DT bootlegs on one CD! Message-ID: Fuck - sorry about that broadcast. You can tell it's Monday because my head is obviously still up my ass. KAI At 12:03 PM 9/8/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Ryan, > Just got paid, so the check has been written out. It will go out in >tomorrow's mail. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 21:37:13 +0200 From: Erik Gorissen To: email_address_removed Subject: Flower Kings, World of Silence, Athena. Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970908213713.007aecf0@online-club.de> >Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 20:04:22 -0500 >From: "Brandon Vaughn" >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. >Finally, any recommendations for groups in the vein of Enchant? Is Royal >Hunt any good? Okay, let's start with the Flower Kings (Swedish progressive rock band). A couple of month I borrowed one of their CDs from a shop (they're shops in Germany where you can hire a CD for a couple of bucks - great possibility to test a new CD before you actually buy it). I put it on tape to listen to it thouroughly, which I really did, and they sure are not bad at all, but personally I didn't like them too much. I'm sure there will be lots of Jammers who will totally disagree and just love their CDs, but I simply couldn't get into them. So you see there are different point of views concerning Flower Kings, so maybe you shouldn't just buy them without the chance to have a listen to some tracks before. Except if you like King Crimson. Then you might like the Flower Kings, too. Else you'd be possibly better off buying another CD. For example World of Silence, "Window of Heaven". I think they are from Sweden, too. Like quite a couple of other bands in Europe they are heavily influenced by Dream Theater, but unlike many of those they are IMO much more than just another DT-"clone". Which means that World of Silence just know how to write songs that are both on a high technical level AND very emotional. I really like them. Another obviously DT-influenced band is Athena, "Inside the moon" ( from Italy). I think the singer really sucks, but the music is great. First I could not stand the singer, but I really loved the instrumental parts, and so I gave the CD another try (and another... and another...). And finally I loved it, I even can stand the singer now. But it seems to be hard to find any good singer in Italy (maybe except for Kikko Grosso from Asgard, and, of course, TALE CUE's Laura Basla, as far as female singers are concerned) - another cool italian prog band with a HORRIBLE singer is Black Jester. I wouldn't recommend this one. As for bands in the vein of Enchant, they are none (besides Enchant themselves;-))... at least none that can be compared to their really unique style. But concerning other bands you may like: Ever heard about Cairo, Conception, Clepsydra, Soul Cages, High Wheel, Ivanhoe, Rocket Scientists...? Hope this could help :-) Erik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 18:24:07 +0100 (BST) From: Andrew Berry To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Music Channels on DSS. Message-ID: In on Mon 08 Sep, email_address_removed wrote: > > Helloween "Mission Motherland" - TALK ABOUT OBSCURE!!! This is definitely the most obscure song on the album - maybe an attempt to recapture the mood of the epic songs on both Keeper albums. Not the best on the album and definitely not the best they done, but a good song all the same. -- +--Andrew Berry (webmaster, Metal Links) ----------------------------------+ | 4700 links to metal pages - http://www.aberry.demon.co.uk/metallinks/ | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "I've cleansed my mind and now my tears are falling, | | I watch the light of dawn and hear the dark one calling." | +----------------------------------------------------- Gates of Ishtar ----+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 16:35:58 -0400 (EDT) From: CLARK ABEL To: email_address_removed Subject: James Ahab Message-ID: email_address_removed wrote: >The fact that you referred to it TWICE as "FALLEN", yet you claim to have had >it for a week tells me that this is flat-out lie, a scam so-to-speak. Earlier, he also wrote: >Take the Time is about the hard times the group of 4 went through between '89 >and '94 while searching for a new vocalist. They almost had to start from >scratch as it became so bad! >Just Let Me Breathe is about the sad state of current music. I see no >connection between the two. The fact that you think they were looking for a new vocalist until 94 , yet you claim to be a REAL Dream Theater fan, tells me that this is a flat- out lie, even a scam, if you will. He ALSO said: >And as for people saying that the new album is written commercially, etc., I >got news for you...IT'S NOT OUT YET! It seems like some of you are basing >your comments purely on what other people say instead of WAITING to see for >yourselves. I see someone talk about a song that mentions Kurt Cobain, then >this person goes off ASSUMING that it's a commercially-written song, or it's >not "pure art", and so is the rest of the album, simply because of the >mention of Kurt Cobain? Good God, that is ignorant! You're attcking my post, which my ego now forces me to defend. It is my humble opinion that you should read posts before responding to them. I made it clear that I assume nothing about the new album, and really, my post wasn't about the new album. This one line that I heard was on the album got me thinking about lyrics in general, and I thought I would share my thoughts in the hope that I would generate some interesting discussion. I should have known when I wrote it that some idiot would start whining the instant I said anything remotely negative about the band. But don't worry, I'll shut up now and return you to your regularly scheduled DT worship. -Clark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 22:45:05 +0200 From: Mark Bredius To: "'Ytsejam'" Subject: New Lyrics, Boring, My FII Review Message-ID: Korg Eksthrey wrote : > I figured out the lyrics to BMS over the RA line at hardradio, > and they're not very good, IMO. Here's what I got from them anyway... > Listen for yourself! Does that qualify as a parody for my Ytsejam Parodies page ? :-) Pretty funny stuff :-) _____ Michael Kohsiek wrote : > "Fallen Into Infinity" is an album with too much boring songs and > only one or two of it, that sound A LITTLE BIT like Dream Theater!! [snip] > Please send me an e-mail, because I don't often read the "Jams"... What a nice guy... *First* he drops a bomb... *Then* he tells us he won't even be around to read the crap it'll cause on the Ytsejam... Oh well... Let the bitching begin (or is it continue ?). _____ So.. What's *my* opinion of the new material, you ask ? Well, I am sorry to disappoint you, but I don't have one yet... You see, I've only heard a few MP3's and RA's so far. Their quality was not good enough for me to judge Kevin Shirley's work as a producer. I don't have the lyrics, so I can't say if they 'suck' or 'rule'. I am not disappointed nor am I happy, because I simply have not heard those songs enough... You know, usually you have to give music *time* to grow on you. And that's just what I'm gonna do, once I get my copy of Falling Into Infinity... on CD. Hey, maybe some of you should try that too, for a change :-) I mean, you don't wanna look like an idiot when you get the CD and realize that you *love* it, now do you ? That's what I thought ;-) Mark email_address_removed HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE YTSEJAM : _ _____ ___ _ _ __ __ Address: email_address_removed |:||_.:._|/:._]|:]_[:|\.\_/./ Subject: asdf |:| |:| (.:(_ |:___:| \_::/ Message: unsubscribe ytsejam |_| [_] \___]|_] [_| [__/ _________________________________________________________________________ Dream Theater online "Under A Cyber Moon" http://www.prognosis.com/dream/ Itchy's http://www.prognosis.com/itchy/ H Website http://www.a-vip.com/H ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 23:03:57 +0200 From: "Iumentum" To: Subject: Re: DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR Message-ID: <199709082106.XAA02784@online.no> >The fact that you referred to it TWICE as "FALLEN", yet you claim to have had >it for a week tells me that this is flat-out lie, a scam so-to-speak. They have actually written "Fallen into infinity" and not "Falling into infinity" on the promo cd... I don't know why... Maybe someone fucked up :) Alexander Nygaard - alnygaar@online.no - http://home.sol.no/alnygaar Pergamentum init, exit pergamentum. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 17:19:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Partha S. Mukhopadhyay" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: lemur voice, etc Message-ID: guy 1: get lemur voice! guy 2: Yes,that is a good cd...but is a great clone of Dreamtheater.....I don't like clones.... me: wtf? Lemur voice a DT clone? i know a clone when i see one, and in fact am sitting at a Mac clone right now, and lemur voice is not a clone of DT.......sure, they're built on that melodic metal meets mofo prog platform, but that does not a clone make....... instead, Lemur Voice is an exciting band from Holland with songs that'll make your head spin (Akasha chronicles), almost make you cry (celestial haze) and totally make you reach for the liner notes, because you can't understand what the guy is singing but don't let that deter you because the music is so freaking cool......... and that's all i have to say about that now, onto Dream Theater and Kurt Cobain and Just Let Me Breathe (don't know if it's been addressed already, still have 5-6 jams to go) yeah, DT name checks Cobain and Shannon Hoon.....but does that make them mtv ass-kissers? go back and listen to the song again, pauly......esp. the line about "kill yourself and the sales go though the roof" JLMB is a SATIRE.....do you really think DT, after writing in take the time "just close your eyes you will find all you need in your mind" would seriosly use the exact opposite sentiment "just close your mind you can find all you need in your eyes" (forget the EXACT line at the moment, it's something like that....) it is a five-minute ass-whopping balls and chunk filled rant and rave about the state of the biz they are in.....if you don't take a stab at reading between the lines, it's really evident..... partha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 17:10:42 -0400 From: "Carlo D'Angelo" To: email_address_removed Subject: ELDRITCH!!!!!! Message-ID: > The one that most got my attention there was Eldritch. Not only because > I heard the two .MP3's in Dr. Mosh's site (and IMHO they kick serious > ass), but because the album reviews of their last one (Headquake, if I > remember well) were all talking about how fucking great this album was. > I'm already searching for Seeds of Rage, but could someone who has this > other one tell if it's really that good? YES!!!!! ELDRITCH are one of the most amazing bands I've EVER heard .the ketboard/guitar solos are incredible!!! Solos from all over the place, I love it! Both albums are spectacular but I like "Seeds of Rage" a bit better..dunno why..maybe cuz I'm so attched to it...never heard anything this good..the whole album rules..not one filler song!! Trust me...ELDRITCH will not disappoint you..prog/shred metal at its finest! ELDRITCH rules! cheers, Carlo -- _ __| |__ "When you know that your time is close at hand |__ __| maybe then you'll begin to understand | | Life down here is just a strange illusion." | | |_| --IRON MAIDEN (Hallowed Be Thy Name) ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2948 **************************