YTSEJAM Digest 3607 Today's Topics: 1) Satch by "Matt Halloran" 2) The NYC radio thread by "Christopher R. Merlo" 3) Re: REVIEW: "Liquid Tension Experiment"--PART TWO by "Christopher R. Merlo" 4) Roy Khantatat by "Alex O'Connell" 5) Type O by "Alex O'Connell" 6) Wholly! 108 messages today! Slow down people! (Like I'm helping much...) by "KorgX3" 7) Best Buy by Justin James 8) My pick is bigger than yours. by "KorgX3" 9) asdf by email_address_removed.au (Paul Dyer) 10) Drums by DrummerEsh 11) A totally unrelated guitar question by CLARK ABEL 12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3604 by "Richard A. Rivera" 13) Re: REVIEW: "Liquid Tension Experiment"--PART TWO by Carol Dellinger 14) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3605 by "Richard A. Rivera" 15) Firehouse correction by "Richard A. Rivera" 16) Re: My pick is bigger than yours. by "Brian Hayden" 17) Re: Air Drums by AEllis1222 18) Economy picking by "Aaron High" 19) Re: DO NOT LEARN THEORY FROM A GUITARIST by AEllis1222 20) CDnow by "Matt Halloran" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 19:13:57 -0400 From: "Matt Halloran" To: Subject: Satch Message-ID: Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy SAtch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy SAtch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy SAtch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy SAtch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy SAtch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy Satch Buy SAtch Buy Satch Oh and by the way did i say buy Satch. Just don't let that lullaby at the end put you to sleep. (You'll want to stay awake for a couple of weeks just so you can keep listening.) It really seems as thogh Joe was inspired on this one. I'd imagine touring with Vai and Johnson would certainly inspire me to greater heights. It will be interesting to hear Vai's and Johnson's next projects to see if they were similarly inspired. And I would feel guilty if I didn't say something about DT, is it just me or does the Solo in Scarred kick asssssss. And don't forget to Buy Satch.......and be careful if you go to Best Buy or Blockbuster.....don't accidently pick up Crystal Ball (that symbol guys new set0 make sure there is a bald guy on the cover. Oh hell go ahead and get Crystal Ball as well Then in a year or two when you feel like listening to something besides Satch you can listen to Prince pump out them funky jams. One more thing did all ya'll geetar plunkers out there know that ibanez has figured out a way to mass produce the Chrome guitar.....now i actually don't like the idea. it is a cool guit and all but i liked the uniqueness of it. It was a fine work of art. Then again maybe I am just bad cuz i can't afford one. "If the bible has taught us nothing else--and it hasn't--it's that girls should only get involved in girl's sports, like foxy boxing, hot oil wrestling and such and such." Homer Simpson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:22:19 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Merlo" To: email_address_removed Subject: The NYC radio thread Message-ID: > Ever notice that about NYC radio stations in general? That gradual (or Alex hit the nail on the head with this one. The biggest city in the country, and it has by FAR the worst radio scene of them all. I remember when K-Rock was the "Classic Rock" station, Q-104.3 was the "Hard Rock" station, and WNEW was just the "Rock" station, and they all had virtually the same playlist. ARGH! And now it's even worse, because they all play shit. Fortunately, being on LI, I have access to WBAB, small enough not to be a city station, cool enough to play DT fairly regularly, and even cool enough to give one of my bands some airplay a few years back. :) There also used to be WRCN by me (in Nassau County, the western part of the Island), but they sold their Nassau frequency to some country station, and now only broadcast out in Suffolk. WRCN could rival WBAB for coolness. > I like my station here at school (in Southern VA, of all places!) much much > better. Well, ya know, there's that one show on Saturday afternoons... :) -d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ "640 K ought to be enough email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" memory for everyone." -Gates email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ "He won't need a bed http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ He's a digital man" -Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Spirit of Radio" Saturday 2:00pm-4:00pm 90.7 WCWM-FM http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo/tsor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:24:59 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Merlo" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: REVIEW: "Liquid Tension Experiment"--PART TWO Message-ID: > -- Jeff Gutenberg, your humble Prog-Reviewer-at-Large :^) Jeff, this was among the best album reviews I've ever read. *This* is how a review should be written. More than just "It rules!", it afforded us some insights into how the music may have come about, and tipped me off to look for influences (especially in JP's playing) that I wouldn't have noticed otherwise. Thanks. -d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ "640 K ought to be enough email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" memory for everyone." -Gates email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ "He won't need a bed http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ He's a digital man" -Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Spirit of Radio" Saturday 2:00pm-4:00pm 90.7 WCWM-FM http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo/tsor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:36:28 -0500 From: "Alex O'Connell" To: email_address_removed Subject: Roy Khantatat Message-ID: >If anyone is interested, I just heard that conception have split and their vocalist >has joined Kamelot. Has anyone on the list heard Kamalot ? I think Roy Khan >(conception) is one of the best singers around at the moment. Yeah, that was mentioned fairly recently...still haven't quite realized it yet I think. Roy is a GREAT singer. He just makes everything sound so effortless, I am always amazed. Also, I find it rather interesting (me being a chick and all) to speculate that he can hit higher notes than I ever could... rock on, Alex P.S. I love saying his name. It just has this roll to it... :P ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:59:03 -0500 From: "Alex O'Connell" To: email_address_removed Subject: Type O Message-ID: Among other things, KorgX3 listed: >Type O Negative: October Rust Can you tell what I think is most important? This is a killer album. I love this stuff!! Peter Steele has an astounding voice. >It'll probably verve back to metal in a month. heheh. >--KorgX3 This is only a good thing, my son. Alex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 19:01:01 -0700 From: "KorgX3" To: Subject: Wholly! 108 messages today! Slow down people! (Like I'm helping much...) Message-ID: <01bd4711$61d66aa0$message_id_removed> >I was looking at the new release section at www.billboard.com and they said >that Explorers Club: Age of Impact will be released on April 28. Also, Magna >Carta is releasing a CD from a band called "Caliban" on March 10 along with >LTE. Has anyone ever heard of this band? Caliban's Hour is a book written by Tad Williams. Pretty good book about a guy who's mother gets exiled to a tropical island and that's where he grows up. Eventually a wizard guy shows up with some hot daughter and Caliban gets wood over her and I hate to spoil the book. It's rather good, kinduv fantasy setting, but not really, sorta. I wonder if there's a connection? > I also have Shadow >Gallery and Age of Impact already paid for with them. This is how I am sure I >will get it as soon as it is available Ooohhh... I remember ordering the original Shadow Gallery CD direct from them and it took a month for them to finally send it. Don't count on them too much. >Anyone wanna bet which will happen first? I thought I read a while back where Angra got signed with Sony or something for a US contract? I figured it was a done deal. Ah, well, we can always hope... >After a long time I've decided to ask some questions! >Is anyone familiar with removing hidden lines(using OpenGL). >I have a scene with wire cube and am doing some rotation, and need to >hide some lines. Set your acceleration to DirectX instead if you can, and tell it to use texture mapping. It mostly depends on the program you use. As cheap as it is, I use Simply 3D2 for all my 3D work. It renders better than I can get 3D Studio Max to and you can get it to work WYSIWYG without grid lines and such. If you're using AutoCAD, just type "hide" and that takes care of it. :) I just don't like OpenGL. We might be talking about different things anyway. heheh. Unce. Dice. Fee Times a Mady... --KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:07:03 -0600 From: Justin James To: Ytsejam Digest Subject: Best Buy Message-ID: Don't give up on Best Buy, one day you may go in there and they will have nothing worth a shit, but then the next day you go in, and they have all kinds of stuff you never would have thought they would carry. I recently discovered the Mercyful Fate and King Diamond remasters at a Best Buy near me!!!! It is also where I finally found Savatage's Power of the Night. Lord Mutilo email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 19:01:56 -0700 From: "KorgX3" To: Subject: My pick is bigger than yours. Message-ID: <01bd4711$82588f60$message_id_removed> >light-top/heavy-bottom's. Picks? Dunlop Tortex 1.0mm or 1.14mm. I'm >*really* enjoying the guitar thread . . . I dunno. I've been playing acoustic alot more lately, so I've been rather reliant on .38mm Dunlop Vinyls (I think that's what they are). I like floppy picks. I still can't use the Jazz III's for some reason. When I play electric I only go with a 1.0mm Big Stubby anymore. The only problem is I drop 'em on the floor and can never find them again (they're the clear ones). Ever notice how people get really self-conscious when you glance in their guitar cases to compare pick sizes? Heaven forbid you should ever ask to borrow one... Time to kill this thread. --KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 12:30:10 -0800 From: email_address_removed.au (Paul Dyer) To: email_address_removed Subject: asdf Message-ID: How do i resubscribe to the jam?? Paul D. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:33:25 EST From: DrummerEsh To: email_address_removed Subject: Drums Message-ID: To: email_address_removed Subject: A totally unrelated guitar question Message-ID: Has anyone ever done or had done any routing work on their guitar for the bridge cavity? I really want to switch the Floyd bridges on my two guitars... I have a Soloist which is the only one I really play, but it has one of the old-school Floyds on it with the more obtrusive tuners. I don't think there's any way I can get a low-pro bridge to fit the existing body cavity, and I know it's too small for the one I have from my other guitar, so it looks like I have to either keep playing with the old bridge or have someone do some routing work on my soloist, which I'm REALLY hesitant to do. It's still in good shape and I don't really want the finish getting all fucked up... So my question is, if I find someone reputable to do it will it look reasonably professional, or will they have to butcher my guitar? I know this isn't the best place for this; sorry, but I don't know who to ask and I think there might be a few guitar players on this list... -Clark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:34:29 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3604 Message-ID: On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 email_address_removed wrote: ...and maybe the new Richie Sambora (the first disc > was really good blues rock, not much at all like Bon Jovi material). > Just picked up Richie's new album, "Undiscovered Soul." All I can say is "Wow!" This is the best album I've heard in a long time. I'm not sure if you'll like Richie's new one because it is less "guitar-oriented" than "Stranger In This Town. The emphasis is now on writing some really upbeat, catchy rock songs, though a healthy blues streak does run through some of the songs. It's not NEARLY as dark as "Stranger," probably owing a lot to his marriage and new-born daughter. But he has really come into his own as a solo performer with this. No more Bon Jovi throw-aways ("Rosie"). This is a pure Richie Sambora album. Richie (no, not THAT one) Since you asked: -Mapex 6-piece -Sabian 10" AAX Splash, 16" AAX Studio Crash, A FRESHLY CRACKED 17" AAX Stage Crash, 18" AAX China, 22" AA Rock Ride and 13" Fusion Hat (AA top, HH bottom) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 18:44:27 -0800 From: Carol Dellinger To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: REVIEW: "Liquid Tension Experiment"--PART TWO Message-ID: AURACLE wrote: > > (CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) > > .fortunately, it doesn't end here. Now, in fact, is when we get to the REALLY crazy stuff: If only the busy schedules of the musicians involved could allow LTE to come to life on the concert stage...ah, well. I'll settle > for an LTE Volume II. How about it, Magna Carta? > > Rating -- five stars out of five, or 10 on a scale from 1 to 10. > > > -- Jeff Gutenberg, your humble Prog-Reviewer-at-Large :^) THANK YOU JEFF!!!!! After having a sneak preview listen last Friday nite along with several other very nice Ytsejammers, (Hi, Mike, Brian, Lisa, Steve, Matt, Ryan and Rick) I can say that you have hit the nail on the head with this review! Good Work my boy and in the words of Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) WELL DONE WOOF WOOF WOOF! /me lines up and waits at Rasputins to get her own copy of LTE! -- Hearts away....... Coldfire email_address_removed ICQ: 4656934 http://www.dreamt.org/spocksbeard/coldfire "And all this could be just a dream so it seems, I was never much good at good-bye." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:48:56 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3605 Message-ID: On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 email_address_removed wrote: > I saw on the very unthrustworthy AMG music guide that Images & Words is > a similar album on the album Firehouse by Firehouse. I have not heard > anything by this band before. Can someone tell me something about them? > Are they recomended? Is this album worth checking out? The only connection between Firehouse and DT is that their second album was produced by David Prater (I&W). Firehouse isn't the most original hard rock band out there, but at least they stuck to their guns and continued to create melodic hard rock. No amazing time changes or complex polyrhythms to be found here, if that's what you're after. But if you like hard rock, definitely worth checking out. You might have heard their songs "Don't Treat Me Bad," "Love Of A Lifetime," "Sleeping With You," "When I Look Into Your Eyes," or "I Live My Life For You." Actually, I lied. There is another connection between DT and Firehouse: Bill Leverty, the Firehouse guitarist, named FII as his 3rd favorite album of 1997. Firehouse is > one of those melodic hard rock bands that would fit more in the vein of > Slaughter and Warrant, who they are consequently touring with along with > some other bands this summer, I think. It's called the Rock Never Stops tour and will be hitting amphitheaters and festivals throughout the summer. On the bill are Warrant, Quiet Riot, Slaughter (whose involvement is questionable given the death of guitarist Tim Kelly), L.A. Guns and possibly one other band I'm forgetting. Firehouse isn't joined the tour until half-way through so they can complete their new album. > Richie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:52:47 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Firehouse correction Message-ID: Sorry. David Prater did the first TWO Firehouse albums. I realized it after I sent my last message. No one's perfect :) Richie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 98 20:56:52 -0600 From: "Brian Hayden" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: My pick is bigger than yours. Message-ID: Responding to the message of <01bd4711$82588f60$email_address_removed> from email_address_removed: > > > >light-top/heavy-bottom's. Picks? Dunlop Tortex 1.0mm or 1.14mm. I'm > >*really* enjoying the guitar thread . . . You know, I'm *still* trying to get used to using a pick. For me, playing with my fingers works so much better. Obviously, I'll never be a shred master without a pick...I gotta practice with them more, I guess. -Brian ******************************************************************************** "Ah, nothing beats fun at the old ballpark." -Harry Caray, 1920-1998 ******************************************************************************** Coleridge on IRC Web: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hayd0029 Harry Caray Tribute: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hayd0029/harry.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 22:18:26 EST From: AEllis1222 To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Air Drums Message-ID: Hey! I do air drums in the car too! The only problem is that my alignment is a bit off, and on long rolldowns, I have to grab for the steering wheel. --------Art The Official Joe Stump Website http://www.joestump.com In a message dated 98-03-03 17:15:12 EST, you write: << I do the car drums all the time, but another good set is in an elevator. Elevator floors make perfect bass drums, and if you have a set of keys or some change in your right pocket, you've got the hihat. Simply use your left thigh as the snare, and you've got a good sounding set. Toms and cymbals have to be mouthed, though. KAI >> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:16:16 -0600 From: "Aaron High" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: Economy picking Message-ID: Well, no one has responded to my question about economy picking vs. straight alternate picking from earlier, so let me ask another question that probably no one will answer: When you straight alternate pick, do you actually 'run around the car' every time you go to a new string, even if you don't need to? Pick up your guitar, play two notes on adjacent strings. First play them w/ 2 downstrokes, then with an upstroke and downstroke. Notice a difference in sound? Knowing how to pick both ways will enhance your skills (as does being fluent with ANY possible guitar technique). Yes, economy picking will make it easier to play a passage of flurried notes. But always remember, you get what you pay for. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 22:22:54 EST From: AEllis1222 To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DO NOT LEARN THEORY FROM A GUITARIST Message-ID: I have to agree with you. I found it much easier to learn theory from a piano player. It is much easier to visualize notes on a piano than it is on guitar. The only thing I ever found easier to learn on guitar were modes. But I never use them anyways! Art The Official Joe Stump Website http://www.joestump.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:24:21 -0400 From: "Matt Halloran" To: Subject: CDnow Message-ID: Cdnow is having a storewide sale.......i believe everything is marked down...you can also order LTE now for only 11.99.............the sale ends on the 16th. Another question does anyone have the John Petrucci Instructional video and if so what is it like. Is it mostly lead technique or is it more well rounded like the Eric Johnson video. Ya see it is also on sale and i don't know if i should get that or the new EJ video. "Run Forrest Run." Ginny ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3607 **************************