YTSEJAM Digest 3600 Today's Topics: 1) Iron Maiden by "Ryan Good,WSUM Loud Rock Director" 2) More Guitar shit by Eckie 3) Bullsh!T by "Ryan Good,WSUM Loud Rock Director" 4) Re: Fates Warning-Inside Out (and others) by Michael Burstin 5) Re: Guitars by Jay Omega 6) Re: Picks by Cassiano Barbosa 7) Take that p and rotate it 180 degrees! by "KorgX3" 8) Re: Bullsh!T by email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) 9) Guitarists who supposedly show facially how they feel. by Stephen Dedalus 10) A Short Post For A Change by Uroborosss 11) re: Royal Flash by Pat Sullivan 12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3595 by BA 13) Schtuff by Loren 14) FII merchandise is avail., megadeth set list? by Conrad Chi 15) re: Flamenco guitar players by yzzy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:18:55 -0600 From: "Ryan Good,WSUM Loud Rock Director" To: email_address_removed Subject: Iron Maiden Message-ID: Who can give me the lowdown on the new Maiden album? I understand it's gonna be amazing, but who knows what?? Thanks!! ____________________________________________________________________ "Ascend, descend, the digital ghost, above the silent sacred host. We only hold you high to see that we can never learn." - Tarwater ____________________________________________________________________ Ryan Good - WSUM - Assistant Music Director / Loud Rock Director Host of Strong Progress, Thursdays from 2pm till 4pm Home - 608-285-8695 Radio - 608-262-1206 Office Hours: Wed 10-11, Thurs 12-1, various other times... "The World is Tuning In..." WSUM/MSR Homepage - http://msr.wisc.edu ____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 20:15:14 -0700 From: Eckie To: Ytse Jam Subject: More Guitar shit Message-ID: Jazz III's... For the past 2 months I've been practicin' between these little 1.5 (mebbe higher) mm black plastic picks 'n the 2.00 mm Stubby's. I gotta say my playing has really cleaned up. The size of the pick forced me to concentrate a little bit more on my right handed technique. The Jazz III's a flat pick and the "thicker than a quarter" one Vince was referrin' to is the stubby model. If ya like pickin' with a bullet, that's the pick for you. It's all personal taste 'n nipples as far as the pick goes. Hell, you don't even NEED a pick (It's just a little harder to play Master of Puppets w/o one). The most important factor to any guitarist's improvement is his/her/its own creativity. So git funky! More on Mr. Romeo: I made that comment about his solo's in ignorance, as I've only heard a little bit of his work now and again (well....before the radio in Vince's van turned into oven-reheated spaghetti), but I had to laugh in one passage off of Divine Wings of Tragedy...it just sounded like he wanted to shred for the sake of shredding in the song. Nothin' wrong with that, it's his music, i just thought it was obsurd, in a funny Eckie sense of fucked up humor. I dunno which song it was though...I'M IGNORANT! To pay for lessons, or save yer money... I've been playin' for just less than two years 'n I have (so I've discovered through jammin' with other axe slingers I've come across in Phx) developed the chops of somebody who's been playin' for 5 years, or wankin' for 10. Didn't ever pay for lessons either :) Well, okay, I can't afford lessons, but the resources are out there for you to just pick up and read and learn. The best help I've found is from your own personal research, pick out what elements of guitar facsinate you, intice you to learn, and go to the library, search harmony central, go to music101.com, etc...AND PRACTICE WHAT YOU READ! }:^) Hanging out with local talents (I mean guitarists who play something other than Nirvana and Blink 666), jamming with them, and learning from them. I just happened to have the luxury of knowing Vince and his band OBSCURE, and hangin' out with this handful of musical wizkids and learning from their own interaction between eachother. I've yet to actually perform anything for anybody though...another big help in anybody's playing is experience in performing for actual PEOPLE. Iparty doesn't count, by the way :) Anyhoo, as far as guitar instructors go, I have no real experience with those. I can tell you to go and at least check out "THE COMPLETE GUITARIST" from your local library and photocopy the material in there, or spring the money to buy it. It actually lives up to its name, it's the most complete book on introduction to guitar that I've ever come across. It actually goes beyond introduction and shows a buncha cool fretboard theory that half of the ppl I've jammed with don't even think about or know exist! Check out these pages, http://www.harmony-central.com/ in their guitar section they have a beautiful array of lessons made and emailed by the shredders, for the shredders. That's where I learned my basic theory and learned to go beyond power chords on guitar http://www.music101.com/ this is pretty much a theory based site...I've been waitin' for 'em to finish a lot of it 'n it still hasn't been done and people like Mads 'n Bafu 'n whoeva are out there to show you the light for free.... BUT YOU GOTTA PRACTICE IT, GODDAMN IT!!! ~Ol' Dirty Eckie P.S.- When he breaks down what he's doin', Petrucci's stuff is actually simple...it's just that all those simple things add up 'n by the time he's done with a 5 minute "simple" explanation, he's showing you a 3 second hellafied arpeggio! His video rocks nads, DUDE!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:24:09 -0600 From: "Ryan Good,WSUM Loud Rock Director" To: email_address_removed Subject: Bullsh!T Message-ID: Supposedly Angra is coming out with an album this year... and rumor has it they're talking to a big label here in the U.S. (ie: not MC, or Noise, or Massacre, or Metal Blade, we're talking label the size of Elektra). Dude, this may be the case, but I'm willing to bet that this will NEVER happen. Legalize Marijuana OR sign a progmetal band to a major label. Anyone wanna bet which will happen first? ____________________________________________________________________ "Ascend, descend, the digital ghost, above the silent sacred host. We only hold you high to see that we can never learn." - Tarwater ____________________________________________________________________ Ryan Good - WSUM - Assistant Music Director / Loud Rock Director Host of Strong Progress, Thursdays from 2pm till 4pm Home - 608-285-8695 Radio - 608-262-1206 Office Hours: Wed 10-11, Thurs 12-1, various other times... "The World is Tuning In..." WSUM/MSR Homepage - http://msr.wisc.edu ____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:28:34 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Burstin To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Fates Warning-Inside Out (and others) Message-ID: Wow, look out, multiple posts from me in the same day... something must be wrong... :) > From: Pat Daugherty > Subject: sorry state of record stores > > I went into Best Buy yesterday. That place has turned into a complete > dump. cd's were all out of order and all over the place. They had no cds > that I wanted (surprise surprise). So I went over to Borders which was > next door. They had a cd I wanted but I'm not paying 16.99 for a new cd. > It is sad to say but I forsee the demise of the record store and the rise > of the online cd store. Why is i that only new "popular" cds are onsale > anymore while new "unpopular" cds are not? > Luckily, here in Boston, Newbury Comics regularly has sales on every CD in the store $10.99 and up... $3 off per disc... pretty good deal... made it nice to buy half of the Magna Carta CDs that I have... :) > ------------------------------ > > From: Pat Daugherty > Subject: Fates Warning-Inside Out > > I was looking around cdnow.com and it says Inside Out is being released > by Metal Blade on March 24, 1998. It also has a listing for Inside Out '94. > > Anyone have any idea what this new release is? > The new release is the live APSOG video (called simply "A Pleasant Shade of Gray - Live"). > ------------------------------ > > From: "L. Jason Hartman" > Subject: Where to find LTE? > > Does anyone know where we are gonna be able to get Liquid Tension > when it comes out? Mall stores (doubt it)? Super stores (Best > Buy/Tower)? Mail order? Well, my hopes are (again) Newbury up here in Boston... the managed to have Rudess/Morgenstein Project... not sure about other parts of the country... BTW, less than 24 hours for the new Satch CD... :) -- +------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | A daily dose of eMpTyV | Dream Theater | | will flush you mind right down the drain | Falling Into Infinity | | --- taken from: Just Let Me Breathe --- | In Stores NOW!! | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ Michael Burstin: email_address_removed Oh my God, they've killed Kenny!! http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~mikeb/ Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email: http://www.cauce.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 21:41:30 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Omega To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Guitars Message-ID: On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Vincent G. LuPone wrote: > >what kinda guitars, amps, effects, strings, picks, etc...does everybody > >here use? > > Ooooh, bad idea :) There's at least 200 guitarists on this list, and 100 > bassists or so. Everybody and their left-nut sister is gonna post their > rigs :) No kidding. Since this list is basically a) musicians and b) computer geeks, can all us geeks post the equipment and operating systems we use to send mail to the jam? ;) > People > who just listen to the music and aren't _musically_ inclined (you > know...like drummers and techies and the guys in the back of the orchestra > with the triangle :) Well, as an electrical engineer whose musical talent is confined to the tympani, I just got zinged three times. :/ --Jay "I bow to your superior sarcasm! I'm impressed! I'm humbled! I hate you! Get out of here!" Omega --NP: Shadowland - Ring of Roses ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 16:50:14 -0300 From: Cassiano Barbosa To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Picks Message-ID: > >At 11:36 AM 3/2/98 -0800, you wrote: >> >>To continue with the 'annoying to keyboardists and drummers' guitar thred, >>just a question about Dunlop Jazz IIIs. Are they metal or plastic, and if >>they're plastic, how thick are they, and how much give is there? > > Thicker than a quarter and NO give. Anyone on here really like the Jazz >picks? I've always been a Dunlop Tortex 1.0 mm fan, but I've never gotten >into the jazz picks. They seem like they'd improve accuracy in shredding, >but they also are harder to get used to with the really fast rhythms in metal. Sure, I love these picks!! Funny that you mentioned fast metal rhythms, because I think that they become a lot easier to play when I use Jazz III's. Like, for example, stuff from Scott Ian (S.O.D., mainly), Dave Mustaine or Slayer. BTW, doesn't John Petrucci use these picks? []'s Cassiano ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:48:50 -0700 From: "KorgX3" To: Subject: Take that p and rotate it 180 degrees! Message-ID: <01bd4657$473078e0$message_id_removed> Disclaimer: The following is a joke and is not to be taken in any serious context... >For the past 2 months I've been practicin' between these little 1.5 >(mebbe higher) mm black plastic dicks 'n the 2.00 mm Stubby's. I gotta >say my playing has really cleaned up. The size of the dick forced me to >concentrate a little bit more on my right handed technique. The Jazz >III's a flat dick and the "thicker than a quarter" one Vince was >referrin' to is the stubby model. If ya like dickin' with a bullet, >that's the dick for you. It's all personal taste 'n nipples as far as >the dick goes. >>Hell, you don't even NEED a dick<< It's incredibly fun to go through posts like this and change the letter of one word. :) Eckie, maybe you oughtta start using the word plectrum instead. :) I also like the Big Stubbies. They're a little tought to handle, but the chicks seem to dig 'em. And what are you doing with plastic ones? Nevermind. I don't wanna know! ;) Smoke 'em if ya got 'em! --KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:00:06 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Bullsh!T Message-ID: On the Eve of Destruction, "Ryan Good,WSUM Loud Rock Director" said: > >Dude, this may be the case, but I'm willing to bet that this will NEVER >happen. Legalize Marijuana OR sign a progmetal band to a major label. > >Anyone wanna bet which will happen first? Actually, Mary Jane is already legal in CA for "medicinal purposes"... -The Doc -- #$%*#$*@ E-MAIL: email_address_removed #$%#$#$% _+_+_+_+ Unix, Internet, Intranet Engineering _+_+_+_+ [][][][] Dr. Mosh's Progressive Feast [][][][] #$@#$#@# http://progmetal.gmsnet.com @#$@##@$ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:18:50 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Dedalus To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Guitarists who supposedly show facially how they feel. Message-ID: OK, people. Personally, I think the idea of guitarists showing how emotional a lick is is ludicrous. I hear about guitarists playing simple licks who scrunch up their faces like it's the most intense thing they've ever done. I mean, a smile, frown, or look of anger or frustration is fine, but these people who I've heard look like they're in some sort of communion with a BM is stupid. Maybe it's because I'm blind and never felt the need to do things myself, but I think it's bull shit. I think most of the time those emotions are over-blown and not honest, if I go by what people have said. Anyways, I'm done. Wellness. Matt B ============================================================================ ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Guitarist in the Santa Cruz/Monterey area of California seeks innovative, experimental, technical, and fun-loving musicians to create works of art and share them with the public. Enquire if interested. email_address_removed ================================================================================= "That is the truth. Not the hammer and sickle; not the stars and stripes; not the cross; not the sun; not gold; not yin and yang, but the smile... Because they died, we know we still live. Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die, we know this world is. That is the smile, that what might not be is." (John Fowles, The Magus) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 23:26:21 EST From: Uroborosss To: email_address_removed Subject: A Short Post For A Change Message-ID: > From: Trevor W. Hoit > > Ansel Adams is the Yngwie Malmsteen of black and white photography. Hehheh, I'll have to shout this sometime during the coming semesters of photography classes. :) Besides, Ansel Adams is much more the Eric Johnson of black and white photography. And I can't explain why unless you're familiar with at least one of those guys. > From: Gabbo > > Actually, I find itmuch more helpful to scan the 'From:' lines. Awright, quit stealing my lines! ;) Spice up your life. Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 23:34:07 -0500 From: Pat Sullivan To: The Ytsejam Mailing List Subject: re: Royal Flash Message-ID: >Then the other brown nosers of >the king's court jump in to support the king's notion, at which time wolfie >asks which notes he would like taken out (sarcasm, seems to go unnoticed >here!) > >Do you have traces to the royal blood line? I can just hear my wife now...."Yeah, he's a *royal* pain in the ass!" :) Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to suggest that shred doesn't have it's place, just that it has to be balanced. A solo that's noting but shred sounds like a passage from a book writeen with no punctuation, JustStraightThroughNoStopsNoHaltsNoEbbJustFlow. Or try to imagine a movie that was just one 90-minute car chase scene. It'd get pretty boring, wouldn't it? ----- >And I acheieved it through a cmbination of >shred, tapping, chords, legato, slow vibrato, all other kinds of >techniques. Yes, and it's the fact that the *combination* of techniques was used is the key. Again, I don't mean to imply that shred doesn't have it's place, or has *no* emotion in it, just that it seems more diluted. ----- >The song is obviously=20 >filled with soul and emotion, as well as technical control. As you=20 >listen, watch the timer on your cd player, and note the time that you=20 >think the song is climaxing emotionally. While this song just drips=20 >emotion like a Philly Cheesesteak drips phunk, the climax occurs, if=20 >you ask me, during a fast run. (3:50 - 4:17 with an aftershock=20 >around 4:30) Maybe it's because I don't play guitar, but to me, the fast runs you point out here are the buildups, and the actual "punch" comes on the held note that comes at the end of each one of those runs. You've got the shred, building, building, building, then..BANG! That held note is the release. Now, as a player you may have a very different feeling during the buildup than I do, but I bet on thet held note, everyone's on the same page. :) And, though it may be blasphemous to say so, I think on portions of this song the "ambient" music (the bass, keys, and "noises" in the back) plays more of a role in establishing the emotional level of the song than the lead does, and at least one of those times is during a shred run. =20 =20 _____Pat Sullivan_____________________________________ E-Mail: email_address_removed WWW: http://www.just-like.nu IRC: DDictator ICQ: 2049374 ______________________________________________________ C:\DOS=A0=A0 C:\DOS\RUN=A0=A0 RUN\DOS\RUN ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 23:44:04 +0000 From: BA To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3595 Message-ID: > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 05:07:15 EST > From: The iban > To: email_address_removed > Subject: Re: Picking > Message-ID: > > i must agree with Chris Ptacek on the Alternate picking, i used to do this > "Economy Picking" without really noticing, i always thought i was alternate > picking all the way, till i watched a paul gilbert video and actually paid > attention to my right hand more, and the fast runs i was attempting, the > problems were always at the parts where i would sweep pick between the strings > instead of alternating when i should, so i sat down and started practicing > complete alternate picking for hours, and in a few weeks i could play a lot > faster without the problems i was having before, it took a while to get used > to because i played the other way for years, but it was well worth it. > > also, personally i have always used Dunlop Jazz III's as well, i love the > sharp edge, and when i switch to another pick i feel weird and it seems harder > to play, but its probably just because i'm used to the shape > > Rocky > > -Well, I'm from the "what ever works for you best is best for you" school of > picking. I find that a mix of the two styles works best for me. I got most of my picking aproach from Steve Morse and Frank Gambale, both who use a combination of picking styles.So, to limit yourself to only alternate picking, while it'll impress the hell out of your friends, doesn't always give the best results on any given pattern or run. Plus, the method of Steve Morse ( I call it economy picking) is much more...well, economical to your right hand, as you are not moving about so much and can get a lot more done with a minimal movement. I don't know...it works for me....but what the hell do I know?! Picks away! Brendt Allman ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:57:15 -0600 (CST) From: Loren To: email_address_removed Subject: Schtuff Message-ID: Hey! I haven't written to the Jam at all lately, and I'm WAAAAAAY behind, but from what I've been reading, there's a lot if kewl discussions going on! Good to see that the Jam is back and strong! Also it sounds like March is going to be quite a month for us prog music fans. Couple things: Can someone please send me .mp3's of CME, STM, and any other kewl songs that I'm missing? I know I might sound lazy, but I'm not on the I-net long enough to mess with that 'uncook' program or whatever. So I'd appreciate it if someone could do that for me! Just a thought about those few months that someone mentioned DT would have in like April or something. How about if they get into the studio and record MII already!?!??! That would be a perfect time for it! There was a post a while ago about a Fates Warning show in Anaheim, does anyone know anything about this? Ummmmmmm..........I forgot the rest, but oh well........ Enjoying a nice 80 degree day in CA, Loren ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 21:10:09 -0800 (PST) From: Conrad Chi To: email_address_removed Subject: FII merchandise is avail., megadeth set list? Message-ID: The official DT site has FII merchandise available for sale. There are about four shirts and a hat. Didn't check prices though. I also got MEGADETH tickets for the April 15 show in Ventura. their last show in San Jose. Also, if anyone has the setlist to the third leg of the tour, please let me know. I also wish DT would verify this Deep Purple thing. I personally won't believe it until I hear official word. Maiden, Dio, WASP, Malmsteen? Too good to be true, I will wait with fingers crossed for official word. In my opinion, it won't happen. Laters Conrad upcoming music - 3/23 Maiden 3/24 Fates Video 4/7 Fates live in Hollywood 4/15 Megadeth live ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 23:15:44 -0600 From: yzzy To: email_address_removed Subject: re: Flamenco guitar players Message-ID: >Can anyone reccomend some good Flamenco guitar players for me. Paco De Lucia is awesome ;-) Izzzzz ____________________________________ "That's the trouble with engineers, I guess, not enough life to distract them." ____________________________________ ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3600 **************************