YTSEJAM Digest 2975 Today's Topics: 1) Dream Theater and album covers by Glover 2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2972 by Eric Herrmann 3) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2974 by "Rob Doyle" 4) WJJO in Madison, WI by "Matt Mommaerts (Fox 47)" 5) Oops about WJJO by "Matt Mommaerts (Fox 47)" 6) Re: Dream Theater and album covers by Rick Audet 7) Mike Portnoy's Workshop Pictures! by email_address_removed.br (Pedro Prado) 8) BMS on WMJB too! and ANM by "sykes" 9) ACOS Project Update (important) by "Brandon Vaughn" 10) Long Post/Shadow Gallery/DTC by "John R. Kotzian" 11) Detroit Jammerz! by "John R. Kotzian" 12) The ultimate radio experience!!!!! by "sykes" 13) CDNow's "Customized" Email Update by "Tom Baddley" 14) Re: CDNow's "Customized" Email Update by Damon Fibraio 15) UNCLASSIFIED:-Shadow Gallery by email_address_removed.au 16) DT sheet music, New Genesis by Everett W Painter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:36:05 -0500 From: Glover To: email_address_removed Subject: Dream Theater and album covers Message-ID: I know that the music on the CD is really what matters, but the supposed album cover for Falling Into Infinity just doesn't cut it. Dream Theater's music has a certain consistency to it and so should the album art. If you look at Images And Words, Awake, and A Change Of Seasons, the album covers all three follow the same consistency in the style that they are done in. They should have definetley kept it that way. And also, where's the Dream Theater logo?! It seems that everybody's dropping their logos all of the sudden. Some of them being classics, such as the Metallica logo. To me the Dream Theater logo was just as important. Again, they should have kept it that way. We'll see on Sept. 23. Hopefully, the music will live up to the past four releases. By the sounds of "You Not Me", it's going to be pretty good. -C. Glover Some of the worst album covers ever: Van Halen: Diver Down Rush: Signals The Black Crowes: Amorica Metallica: Load ..however, some of the best album covers... Van Halen: Balance Rush: Roll The Bones Danzig III How The Gods Kill Sepultura: Chaos A.D. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 14:33:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Eric Herrmann To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2972 Message-ID: Hi All Aoughhhhhh !!! THE FRENCH RELEASE FOR FII IS FRIDAY 19 Yes, we are very lucky, I will give you my comments on Friday Night I will also buy the New VANDEN PLAS. No one 's talking of this band. I love the first, Colour Temple. Anyone has heard 'The God Thing' ? See You _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail. Get your free e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 16:45:42 -0500 From: "Rob Doyle" To: Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2974 Message-ID: As I am new to the YtseJam, and looking for band members, I thought I would introduce myself to the list in a call for other musicians- I live in Columbia, MO and attend U of Missouri I play guitar, write music and lyrics, and have been the vocalist of multiple bands- I'm looking for keys, drums, bass and another guitar (maybe) if anybody out there is in my area and is looking to start up a group, I'm on the lookout! Coming from a mainly metal background, my fav bands are DT (duh!), Cynic, Death, Maiden, Spastik Ink, pre-Chaos Sepultura, and I dig a lot of straight metal bands like Megadeth, Danzig, and the ever-powerful Sabbath!! If you have any interest at all in prog/metal or technical metal, and live in my area, please write me back and maybe we can hook up! Thanks! -Rob D "The Sarcophage ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:48:39 -0500 From: "Matt Mommaerts (Fox 47)" To: email_address_removed Subject: WJJO in Madison, WI Message-ID: >Hey guys, well they played it again on WJJO at lunchtime, I guess those >emails and phone calls are working! They said it went out to about ten >people who requested it, keep it up! > >email_address_removed -> lunchtime requests >email_address_removed -> general email and requests >(608)281-0941 -> request line I think I just missed BMS here at 4:30pm, but as much as I hate to think I'm not the coolest radio guy in Madison by being the only one to play Dream Theater on the radio, WJJO-FM in Madison, WI will play ALL of FII tonight on their show, I think it's at 11pm... and yup... from their WWW site: 11pm: Vote the Rock: WJJO's Sean, The Man of Steel plays your favorite Solid CD's from beginning to end with no interruptions on the WJJO Solid CD. so, even though I have the CD, I'll still be listenin'! Bye for now Matt email_address_removed Personal: http://www.inxpress.net/~mattymo Mosh Pit: http://www.inxpress.net/~mattymo/moshpit ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:07:35 -0500 From: "Matt Mommaerts (Fox 47)" To: email_address_removed Subject: Oops about WJJO Message-ID: Madison, WI 7pm September 16, 1997 Falling Into Infinity will be played in its entirety. I think I just had a moment. :-) BMS is on right now! :-) I'll have to talk to the Program Director, and ask what made him want to play the whole thing at such a prime time... must be the Jammers... :-) Matt email_address_removed Personal: http://www.inxpress.net/~mattymo Mosh Pit: http://www.inxpress.net/~mattymo/moshpit ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:11:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Audet To: YtseJelly Subject: Re: Dream Theater and album covers Message-ID: Adding a delightful slice of cheese with his whine, Glover wrote: > I know that the music on the CD is really what matters, but the > supposed album cover for Falling Into Infinity just doesn't cut it. > Dream Theater's music has a certain consistency to it and so should the > album art. Absolutely. I simply cannot get over just how consistent their music is. I mean hey, I&W is so consistent with the songwriting style of WDADU, and further, Awake also is amazingly consistent with I&W. Using the Transitive Property, we find that the music on Awake is also consistent with that of WDADU. Yes, very consistent. > If you look at Images And Words, Awake, and A Change Of > Seasons, the album covers all three follow the same consistency in the > style that they are done in. They should have definetley kept it that > way. Yeah! I just hate it when bands do things differently for a change! I just love to hear the same stuff over and over again, as well as to look at the same old album artwork over and over again. Let's hear it for stagnation! > And also, where's the Dream Theater logo?! It seems that > everybody's dropping their logos all of the sudden. Some of them being > classics, such as the Metallica logo. To me the Dream Theater logo was > just as important. Again, they should have kept it that way. You! To the blackboard! Now grab that chalk and write 1000 times: "I will pay more attention to what has already been posted to the Ytsejam....I will pay more attention to what...." Now class, please inform Mr. Glover where the Majesty logo is. > We'll see > on Sept. 23. Hopefully, the music will live up to the past four > releases. By the sounds of "You Not Me", it's going to be pretty good. And hopefully it will sound just like all the rest. Gotta be consistent, right? Just like WDADU. Or wait.....no, let's hope it sounds just like I&W.....no, scratch that. I wanna hear Awake part 2. No, wait.....since when has Kevmo been outta the band? What's this about Charlie not being with them any more? Oh nevermind. ;) Rick Audet ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:45:52 -0300 From: email_address_removed.br (Pedro Prado) To: email_address_removed Subject: Mike Portnoy's Workshop Pictures! Message-ID: Hi there! The pictures I took at MP's workshop in Brazil are already in my page. You can see it in the following address: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/3551 The link for the picture gallery is right on the first page. ____________________________ For those who think that "Silent Man" was made for John Myung: yesterday I saw an Interview at MTV Brazil with all the guys and he talked! Oooohhh! :) _________________ Pedro Prado - a.k.a. Beheader Email: email_address_removed.br - ICQ: 1271907 URL: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/3551 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:54:47 -0500 From: "sykes" To: "The Ytse Jam" Subject: BMS on WMJB too! and ANM Message-ID: My local station in Janesville played BMS tonight. Anybody else out there who is within range of TWO stations that are playing the new DT? (WJJO and 105.9 WMJB) Has anyone else noticed the subtle inclusion of parts of CiA9ITG in A New Millenium? Cool stuff | email_address_removed | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:52:00 -0500 From: "Brandon Vaughn" To: Subject: ACOS Project Update (important) Message-ID: There has been an update to the I. Crimson Sunrise file, so all checkers should look at that file again. No wrong notes, just alternate fingerings from a Jammer who stood 15 feet away from Petrucci when he played it. Also, please try to check the files out by Sept. 23. I am going to get this into Petrucci's hands in the hopes that he might correct it for us himself. But he's going to be pretty busy soon (hmm...I wonder why). I think the transcription is accurate enough for him to look at and correct now (meaning there are probably so few mistakes in there that he would probably do it...I doubt he would have wanted to take the time to correct the initial version with so many mistakes). I am actually hoping that he will make sure all the positions are correct. Let me know if you want to be a checker and I'll email the web address \\||// ~~..'~ ( \ ) Brandon Vaughn \ c/ __\/__ "The Mad Tabber" / \ < . _ \ email_address_removed \ `\ \ -' / \ \ ,,,_ email_address_removed >|""O[|||||nn[:::< /_,--- ._\ '''''~ ~ | | | | | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:57:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "John R. Kotzian" To: email_address_removed (Explore The Boundries) Subject: Long Post/Shadow Gallery/DTC Message-ID: Hey, Some of you were asking about Shadow Gallery. Here's what The Magna Carta rep wanted to pass along: > Tell them Shadow Gallery is polishing up "Tyranny" for release in 1998 > (March or April)=20 > Carl and Brendt promise this album to be even more guitar heavy than the = > last > 2. This is a concept album in the grand tradition of progressive rock. = > The > band has been working on layering the guitars for a nice big sound. =20 > =20 > Here's some info on upcoming Magna Carta releases. John Petrucci and Derek Sherinian are mentioned on one of the releases: > A little update on our end as of September 12th, 1997. > > *Royal Hunt - =93Paradox=94 MA-9017-2 will be released September 23, 19= > 97 > > Although Royal Hunt=92s =93Paradox=94 is the band=92s fifth release, it = > is their > first album to see widespread distribution in the U.S. > The core of the music is provided by composer and keyboard wizard Andre > Andersen. By combining his classical background with a love of hard rock, > Andre creates a dynamic range of melodic progressive metal. Steen Mogens= > en > also comes from a classical background in addition to adding his vast > experience playing bass with a number of Scandinavian hard rock bands. > Jacob Kjoer, one of the best session guitarists in Denmark, has been wit= > h > the band ever since he was asked to play on one of the group=92s early > recording sessions. D.C. Cooper, the American connection in the group, > rounds out the quartet with his powerful vocal and performing skills. > The US version of =93Paradox=94 will have 2 bonus tracks. =91Martial Art= > s=92 is an > instrumental available on the German version of the CD. =91The Final Lul= > laby=92 > is a track from the Japanese CD single of =91Message To God=92. There wi= > ll also > be a little write up which Andre Anderson has penned for the US release t= > o > give a little insight into this concept album. > > > *Trent Gardner (of Magellan) has written a new project, tentatively title= > d > =93Impact=94. This is another incredible complex piece of music, which w= > ill > include some special guests. Terry Bozzio has laid down the drums and > rhythms for the album. Terry was quite impressed with the intricacy of > Trent=92s time changes. James Murphy (Testament, =93Working Man=94 tribu= > te) has > been engineering the project. Other notable guests will include John > Petrucci and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and Billy Sheehan (Mr Big, > Talas, David Lee Roth). This album will be out in the beginning of 1998. > More info as it becomes available. > > *Altura have been putting together some demos for their second album. Ch= > eck > out our web site for possible tour dates from this North Carolina band. =20 > > *Shadow Gallery are working away on =93Tyranny=94, the band is promising = > this > album to be even more powerful than their previous efforts. > > *Cairo have started mixing their =93Conflict and Dreams=94 album. Mark R= > obertson > has gone over the top with the keyboards for this album. > > Check out our web site http://www.magnacarta.net/ for more complete info= > -- email_address_removed is John R. Kotzian Check out the Elsinore homepage @ http://falcon.ic.net/~lloyd/page17.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:02:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "John R. Kotzian" To: email_address_removed (Explore The Boundries) Subject: Detroit Jammerz! Message-ID: Hey, Don't forget the DT FII listening party at Sam Goody in Laurel Park Place, 6 Mile & Newburgh, Livonia MI (Off I-275) this upcoming Sunday, Sept. 21. The more people that show up, the more events like this I'll be able to do. Elektra is buying pizza and beverages and there will be collectable DT giveaways. Check this weeks Metro Times for the DT listening party add. I am also trying to get Elektra to sponsor a DT contest for free tix to the show when they come to town. I'll let you know when that happens. Later and Thanx in advance. -- email_address_removed is John R. Kotzian Check out the Elsinore homepage @ http://falcon.ic.net/~lloyd/page17.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:19:12 -0500 From: "sykes" To: "The Ytse Jam" Subject: The ultimate radio experience!!!!! Message-ID: Hey all, well the totally unbelievable is happening tonight! WJJO 94.1 FM is playing the entire new album, FII tonight!!!! How's that for radio support for DT?!?!?!?!? Keep those requests pouring in folks! email_address_removed email_address_removed (608)281-0941 www.wjjo.com laters -doug | email_address_removed | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:48:22 -0600 From: "Tom Baddley" To: Subject: CDNow's "Customized" Email Update Message-ID: CDNow has a service that allows them to update you via Email upcoming and recent releases. Supposedly, this is customized according to the type of music that I like. Of course, there was no catagory for the type music I listen to, so they send me the generic Pop/Alternative new releases. Falling Into Infinity was not on there among all of the other September releases (and they even had a new Jackson Browne CD listed...so they can't possibly claim DT is too obscure). Anyway...it bothered me enough to send a complaint to their customer service department. Here is the email that I sent them, and the response they gave me. > From: email_address_removed > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 15:33:32 -0400 > To: email_address_removed > Subject: comments > > Why do your email updates not even mention that a new Dream Theater CD (Falling into Infinity - EastWest) is going to be released on Sept. 23. I've checked deeper, and you are offering it for sale, yet no update from the email. Some customization. I know that this isn't the top 40 crap that y'all usually like to push...but there are a lot of people who would like to know about any release from Dream Theater. > > This would also hold true for artists such as King's X, Fates Warning, Galactic Cowboys, and Steve Vai. > > Vocal pop songs are all the rage these days, but there are still many of us who are musicians and like to listen to other (real) musicians. > > Thanks for giving me a place to voice my opinion/complaint. > > Tom Baddley CDNow's Response: Dear Tom, Thank you for taking the time to write us with your suggestions. It is important to us to know our customers' opinions so that we can continue to provide the best service possible. I have forwarded your concerns onto the appropriate department. I hope to see you here again soon. CDNow Customer Service Well, it's a better response than we've been getting out of some of these DJ's. I'll update the jam when I get my next CDNow Email and let y'all know if they added FII onto their list. 1 more week!! Tom Baddley ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:05:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Fibraio To: Tom Baddley Subject: Re: CDNow's "Customized" Email Update Message-ID: hey, man. Sounds like a generic message if you ask me. CDNow blows. Reach Damon Fibraio at email_address_removed keyboardist, vocalist, radio personality Deviant of Reality All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars. Neil Peart of Rush ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:55:58 +1000 From: email_address_removed.au To: email_address_removed Subject: UNCLASSIFIED:-Shadow Gallery Message-ID: Hi all, Anyone know just WTF Shadow Gallery are up to ? April 98 before a new album ? Are they having serious problems, whatever they seem to be taking an awefully long time to record a new album. Concidering that DT took such a short time to finish FII, one wonders what is the reason for the delay ? I heard some of the samples of the new Royal Hunt album, only wav files, but they impressed me enough to order the new album, sounds very promising. LaBrie and Matos comparisons ? IMO in terms of voice, songwriting, lyrics, frontman, arranging Matos is light years ahead of LaBrie, but I enjoy them both and to compare them is really unfair. gRaham_ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:26:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Everett W Painter To: email_address_removed Subject: DT sheet music, New Genesis Message-ID: Hi all, Just a couple of quick questions. Does anyone know if sheet music (or book form) is availble from various DT albums? I've looked everywhere without any success. Also, can anyone provide me with a good review of the new Genesis album? I've heard mixed comments. I'd like more input before I buy. Feel free to e-mail me if you can answer this stuff. Thanks, Everett email_address_removed Woo Hoo.....FII, Precious Things, and Mosaic...all on the way :) ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2975 **************************