YTSEJAM Digest 3467 Today's Topics: 1) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3466 by Angellaa 2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3466 by Angellaa 3) Burning Heart and Burning my Soul by Seth Hatlelid 4) Meshuggah by "Ville Rassi" 5) Playstation- my last NDTC!! by "Neil Evans" 6) ELP / Steve howe live by email_address_removed (Charoenkwan Luesumphan) 7) re: DT Underoos by Brian Hansen 8) RIAA Targets Net Tape Traders In Ongoing War (fwd) by email_address_removed 9) The Making of VH III (fwd) by email_address_removed 10) Kevin Shirley by Rogerio Brito 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3464 by Rogerio Brito 12) Off-topic or not-off-topic, that's the question (see? DT content in , the subject...) by Rogerio Brito 13) Re: ELP / Yes / DT by "@@Damon Fibraio" 14) "Uncovered" boot... by Chad Donovan Mitchell 15) Re: Improvising by Anna & Heike Boedeker 16) Sigh a little more by Kevin Madden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:18:48 EST From: Angellaa To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3466 Message-ID: In a message dated 98-01-16 15:07:39 EST, you write: << On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Bernardo Pulgar wrote: > Hi. I was born at 12:00 between Dec. 24th. and 25th. and this is not > bullshit. Now, this is real "holy shit" and I think you'll agree! > I'm sorry there is no DTC here. Well, I was born on Sep 4th and there's absolutely nothing that I know of that happened in this date. Isn't it incredible? :-) > Bye > BP []s, Roger, "the unimportant"... :-) -- >> not to sound rude here but arn't we getting off the subject? as i recall this is about dt! if you want to tell everyone your b-day go to http://www.prognosis.com/itchy/indexdt.htm it's a page for dt and there's a list for dt fans and their b-day's so go there and list it there and lets get back to what this is suppose to be about = dt! thanx Angella ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:23:30 EST From: Angellaa To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3466 Message-ID: In a message dated 98-01-16 15:07:39 EST, you write: << On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Angus53 wrote: > Do you have to be a member of a club or something to get this thing. If so, > what club? I don't get shit in the mail, not that anyone would know to send > it to me. Whats songs are on this CD? I'm in the dark on this shit. Help me > out here. Yes, you have. It is a special CD distributed to every member of the International Fan Club (or other local headquarters). I don't know if joining the Club now you make you elligible to get one, though... That's another question we would like to get answered... Hopefully, we have someone reading these 'jams... > Andrew >> if someone out there knows how to get into the fan club info please................. how do you get into this fan club for dt? i'd like to know too. thanx Angella ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 14:37:25 -0600 From: Seth Hatlelid To: email_address_removed Subject: Burning Heart and Burning my Soul Message-ID: I don't believe that there is a connection. The burning heart is an old Christian symbol called the Sacred Heart symbolizing Christ. I believe the barbed wire around it means the problems with religion and the difficulty in getting close to/knowing the mind of God. It also represents a modern crown of thorns that was placed upon Jesus's head during the walk to Calvery. I don't think Mike had anything to do with its conception. It seems more like Kevin Moore or John P's although I have no real idea if they did it or it was just the I&W artist's idea. As to Mike's lyrics, I think that they are all pretty terrible. ACOS is just OK and all of his FII stuff blows. I REALLY miss Kevin's lyrics (although I don't miss his playing). Maybe when DT lets Derek write, we'll get some new good lyrics. John P. is the only decent consistant writer in DT at the moment. Myung is very, very good, but he just doesn't write enough. Seth Hatlelid email_address_removed Check out my web page at http://artsci.wustl.edu/~srhatlel/index.html "After the confession of sins and before the Act of Contrition, the priest is supposed to ask, Do you sincerely resolve not to commit this sins again? But Father McSwain's hurry-up version was more like "Commit these sins again?-to which I could have sincerely answered yes." -Michael Ryan, Secret Life ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:47:31 PST From: "Ville Rassi" To: email_address_removed Subject: Meshuggah Message-ID: Any of you jammers heard of this Swedish(?)band?They absolutely kill! Their riffs are based on fairly simple melodies, but their rhythms are unbelievably weird!Any drummer should check this band out.It definitely puts things into perspective... -Vilzu- P.S. Bought Vanden Plasī:the god thing ,Marillionīs:Misplaced Childhood and Vaiīs:Sex & Religion couple of days ago.Reviews coming up... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 98 13:05:06 -0800 From: "Neil Evans" To: email_address_removed, email_address_removed Subject: Playstation- my last NDTC!! Message-ID: <199801162109.NAA05899@mailtst1> todd s writes: >What?? You have to be kidding me? I would almost bet it cost >Sony $40-$70.00 to manufacture a Playstation game system. Take a loss? >As in a "loss-leader" (i think is the correct term), for a store to get >business in the door? Remember that the $149 you pay does not go to Sony, it goes to the retailer. The retailer presumably buys large quantities of PSX machines for a much lower price from Sony. The sources of my information are the more respected video game console mags (Next Generation, Electronic Gaming Monthly), so I feel pretty confident that they're not making this up. In either case, hardware sales mean next to nothing for these companies - they're betting the boat on their software. It's like a cellphone - companies will give them away so that you'll pay for their service. It behooves Sony to have as many PSX consoles out there as possible - demand for PSX software rises proportionally. Sorry for the NDTC!! -Neil. email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:23:04 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Charoenkwan Luesumphan) To: email_address_removed Subject: ELP / Steve howe live Message-ID: Parffit Jim Balsanelli da Silva wrote; >Another "must have" from ELP is "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show >that Never Ends...". It's a triple LP (I don't know how it is in CDs) It's a double cd. The first release is in Japanese cd only. And one more news Steve howe fan. On January 28 Steve and Martin Taylor will be performing for the Smithsonian in conjunction with the Blue Guitars exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. The performance will be held at Carmichael Auditorium, American History Building, at 7:30 PM. Please visit the Smithsonian site for more details. Take care, AE ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:37:48 -0800 From: Brian Hansen To: email_address_removed Subject: re: DT Underoos Message-ID: OK Matthew, enough is enough! I know that you have probably cornered the market on DT Underoos, but that doesn't mean you can charge whatever you want. At $100 each, how much profit do you get? And with extra faces, the cost can exceed $200! I can go to K-Mart and get a package of 10 blank Underoos for $15. That's only $1.50 each. With bulk purchases from a wholesale distributor, your cost will be substancially less! And how much of the profits will you be giving to the guys in DT? I know that some of the pictures may have been ok'ed by MP, but I also know that several of the people are very unhappy with their position on the underwear. Derek, for instance, believes that you have placed him in an uncomplimentery position on purpose. (And you know where that is.) I don't know about everyone else, but I certainly will not be purchasing your overpriced, illegal, lethargic (and sometimes stained) goods! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:44:51 -0800 (PST) From: email_address_removed To: LOAD RULES! Subject: RIAA Targets Net Tape Traders In Ongoing War (fwd) Message-ID: Some of you may have already seen this, or not. Satan loves you! :) Scott >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Subject: RIAA Targets Net Tape Traders In Ongoing War > >>From "Addicted To Noise": > >http://www.addict.com/MNOTW/hifi/980115/980115_2492.shtml > > Industry strong-arming of those dealing live > recordings via Web has scared many into > submission. > > Addicted To Noise Staff Writer Chris > Nelson reports : The Battle of the Net wages > on. > > The music industry, having previously targeted > webmasters who offer unreleased, > downloadable material on their sites, has fired > its latest protective salvo in the ongoing Internet > war between fans and record companies, this > time picking a new target -- the tape trader. > >etc etc... go to the site to read the rest.. ************************************************************ Twas the night before Christmas and all through the theater Not a creature was stirring, except for my peter. Beavis; from Saturday Night Live, Dec 1996 ************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:46:56 -0800 (PST) From: email_address_removed To: James LaBrie SUCKS! Subject: The Making of VH III (fwd) Message-ID: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 03:47:12 -0800 >From: email_address_removed >Subject: The Making of III > >Just posted this to the Official Site: > >The Making Of III >Update 01/16/98: On December 10, >1997 the band sat down at 5150 to discuss >the making of III, due for release on >March 17, 1998. > >Here now in print and downloadable audio >& video clips are what Alex, Edward, >Gary and Michael had to say about the >album, the songs and much more: > >The Making Of III. > > >Brad >The Official Van Halen Web Site >http://www.van-halen.com ************************************************************ Twas the night before Christmas and all through the theater Not a creature was stirring, except for my peter. Beavis; from Saturday Night Live, Dec 1996 ************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:47:29 -0200 (EDT) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Kevin Shirley Message-ID: On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Angellaa wrote: > In a message dated 98-01-15 20:53:35 EST, you write: > > << Kevin Shirley wasn't around to make a few "subtractions" > > while they were recording I&W. >> > > who is this kevin shirley i keep hearing about > i know by the letters he's some how linked to dt > but who is he exactly? He was the producer of the "Falling Into Infinity" album and many people think of him (c'mon people) as a bad producer, while other people think he is ok. He was "accused" of cutting parts of songs of this new album. > Angellaa []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: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:53:34 -0200 (EDT) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3464 Message-ID: On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Angellaa wrote: > Zajk > i recently heard that kevin moore ( from dt ) plays on thier ( fates warning ) > cd or plays with them. is this true and if so what cd's does he play on? and > what cd's would you recomend of thiers? i've heard their very good. ( fates > warning ) Well, Angela, Kevin Moore plays on the last Fates Warning's record, called "A Pleasant Shade of Gr[ae]y". We had many, many arguments here in the 'jam about people liking/disliking this album. I, for instance, think that the album isn't such a masterpiece, but is actually good music and the album is worth getting for that few minutes of "solo" by Kevin Moore, even though it isn't exactly a solo in the original sense of the word (but what we call solos today aren't exactly solos, so, let's not discuss terminology here). Be warned that "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" is intended to be listened as a single piece, as if it were only one song. It lasts for 53 minutes approximately. > thanx > Angella Hope this helps, 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: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:08:31 -0200 (EDT) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Off-topic or not-off-topic, that's the question (see? DT content in , the subject...) Message-ID: On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Angellaa wrote: I wrote this: > Well, I was born on Sep 4th and there's absolutely nothing that I > know of that happened in this date. Isn't it incredible? :-) > > []s, Roger, "the unimportant"... :-) > > -- >> > > not to sound rude here but arn't we getting off the subject? as i recall this > is about dt! if you want to tell everyone your b-day go to This isn't exactly a mailing list where we have to follow some strict guidelines such as the Linux Kernel Mailing List. > http://www.prognosis.com/itchy/indexdt.htm it's a page for dt and there's a > list for dt fans and their b-day's so go there and list it there and lets get > back to what this is suppose to be about = dt! I've been a member of this list for, say, one year (I don't remember exactly) and I have never seen 100% pure Dream Theater content and I'm very happy to know that the list has a lot of off-topic messages, since they bring diversity to the subjects and this diversity may spawn some never-before-thought-of Dream Theater connections and some very comic posts. At least, even off-topic, the people of this list is intelligent enough to make some interesting comments about some bullshit, often with a bit of humor. Of course, most metadiscussions are also off-topic. But again, some posts showing some reflections are more than welcome, because they may address some points under different light. And another thing: if we were talking only about Dream Theater, the subjects would the exausted after, say, 1 month, unless we were talking about execution of the songs etc. But that's what tablatures, song books etc are for. And here goes a hint for those who wish to keep only DT content: *do* subscribe to the Voices mailing list. It is a moderated list about Dream Theater, the sibling of the Ytsejam. The process of subscription is exactly the same for both lists, with the only difference being the addresses of the lists. > thanx > Angella Hope this helps, 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: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 17:17:17 -0500 (EST) From: "@@Damon Fibraio" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: ELP / Yes / DT Message-ID: Allow me to interject my words of wisdom on this. If you want ELP beyond the best of CD, you can try the box set, the return of the manticour. if that's too expensive for your blood, try Brain Salad Surgery, Tarkus, Trilogy or ELP. I bought them all at once because I couldn't decide. The Welcom back my friends CD is a double. Works, Works 2 and Works live are albums that are secondary. Oh, another must-have is Pictures at an Exhibition this is a must-have as well. Avoid Love Beach unless you are sick like me. Another good live album is Live at the Royal Albert Hall, but I would hold off on that as well since the keyboard parts are not as well done as in the 70s, due to keith Emerson's surgery on his arm and the fact that they keyboard sounds are imho a bit wimpy and digital. Black Moon is OK, but get the 70s albums first. So, to sum up, ELP, Tarkus, trilogy, brain salad surgery, pictures at an exhibition and welcom back my friends are the ones to buy as soon as possible. Tarkus is on its own album, From the Beginning is on Trilogy, and Karnevil 9 is on Brain Salad surgery. Be warned, Karnevil 9 is a half hour long, ignor what you heard on the best of CD it is severely shortened. BSS has the best version and it kicks ass totally. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:51:20 -0600 (CST) From: Chad Donovan Mitchell To: email_address_removed Subject: "Uncovered" boot... Message-ID: Hey Jammers, What's the best way to get one's grubby lil' paws on this aforementioned bootleg? Chad Mitchell "Doctors get to bury their mistakes...Architects can only advise their clients to plant vines." -- Frank Lloyd Wright ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 23:34:03 +0100 From: Anna & Heike Boedeker To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Improvising Message-ID: Nick Giannotti: >>I don't really understand this comparison, because I think every player >>can improvise. It's just that the better you can handle your instrument, >>the better your improvisations might get It depends on training resp. what one aims at achieving... developing improvisational skills is not of too high a priority e.g. w/ classically trained musicians except in a basso continuo group. It is highly important, however, e.g. w/ jazz players, also classically trained, Arabic, Persian, and Indian musicians. Most rock musicians probably occupy some intermediary position. One also should keep in mind that improvising is not about automaticized technical show-offs like playing certain fingerings at the speed of light, but could be described as an ad hoc compository process rather. Which especially is true of collective improvisations -- which do not imply that everyone was soloing at the same time, or that the distinction between solo and accompaniment was abandoned, though indeed there is some very exciting stuff of this kind around. Check out Miles Davis' Bitches Brew or early Weather Report as the classical examples. >Depends on how you view improvising. I'm a bass player, and I can improvise >a fill just fine, but if you ask me to improvise a whole solo, I turn from >a solid bass player to a gibbering ball of flesh and pain. > >Then again, I don't think bass players should solo in the first place... >but that's just my opinion. Well, in jazz, and to some degree in fusion and prog, too, large portions of "accompanying" bass functions are improvised, too... Heike ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:00:08 -0500 From: Kevin Madden To: email_address_removed Subject: Sigh a little more Message-ID: Before he went into a defensive tirade, Mike "Rosebud" Bahr said: >And please, folks, can we stop throwing around that "10 months" figure >as though it were fact? Like I said before, aside from a few strays, the >oldest orders remaining shouldn't be nearly that old at this point. First, it's a matter of nuance to say that "10 months" is not a fact. I think anything over one or two months is ridiculous. So when I have been waiting 7 months for a cd, and have heard as many excuses, I feel the need to get vocal. Mike should remember the old axiom that one unsatisfied customer tells ten, where a satisfied one may only tell one or two. I can not with good conscience recommend your product due to horrendous customer serivice. Say you don't care? It's an aberration? It's a "stray?" That makes it a-ok. Like someone said, I want to go to this post office where piles of Prism cds are stacked against the walls. Maybe Mike is really serviced at the PO by Newman... Sorry to people who are sick of this subject, but as much as it is annoying (even to me), it is something that needs to be done until each customer is satisfied. People make fun of Pat for continuing the "Pat 'n Al Saga," but he has principle on his side. So, it's only a few bucks, but it's a matter of right and wrong. Send me my damn cd, Mike, and I will be silent. Al, send Pat his damn money/tapes or whatever, and I bet *he* will be silent. I am not accusing Mike of theft; it hasn't gotten that far, but Al...he may have crossed that line. CD of the Day: Helstar - Nosferatu GB Packers '96 Super Bowl Champs | Det. Red Wings '97 Stanley Cup Champs 15-3 28-11-10 Super Bowl vs Denver Back to Back Champs? at NJ Devils Kevin Madden ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3467 **************************