YTSEJAM Digest 3824 Today's Topics: 1) D-Man's bass post by Big Swifty 2) Re: YNM/YoM by Steve Zebrowski 3) Re: Kirk Hamster and guitarists by graham boyle 4) Lie CD single by graham boyle 5) He said WHAT?!? (Lyrics Question) by Xanadu Records 6) Kirk by Chris Bowsman 7) Kirk/Slayer by Chris Bowsman 8) London Forum/stuff by "Andrew Moore, IT Adviser" 9) Re: Kirk Hasbeen by "Vincent G. LuPone" 10) Re: The Forum by Simon Wilkins 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3822 by "Richard A. Rivera" 12) Shut up! by AL 13) Re: Kirk Hasbeen by Carlos Alfaro 14) DT stuff for sale by email_address_removed (mark tiplady) 15) Defense of JP and I want some Tex-Mex !! by "Metzger, Mark" 16) Re: Paul Gilbert tour (NDTC) by Simon Wilkins 17) Tickets?? Anyone need a ticket . . . by "Anderson,Brian D" 18) ELP album by George Tryfonas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:26:20 -0500 From: Big Swifty To: email_address_removed Subject: D-Man's bass post Message-ID: D-Man said... > But, most importantly, I > realized that I did not have to sit back and play quarter notes when the > guitarist in my band wanted to wank. As a result, I realized why a guitar > solo can sound so thin if the bass isn't supporting it, and, more importantly, > how to fill in the gaps. Yep. Geddy and Steve Harris were the two that initially inspired me. I have always preferred playing in a band with one good guitarist, as opposed to two or three guitarists, no matter how good they are. The thing about those two guys that inspired me the most was the fact that they were filling the gaps and not just taking up space. Sorry about the multiple posts - I'm taking a break from digitally editing some music that has those gaps filled very nicely :) Mark Peters email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 00:47:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Zebrowski To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YNM/YoM Message-ID: > > GET ME OFF THIS LIST
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> I HAVE EMAILED YOU 3 TIMES, AND STILL I GET EMAILS. PLEASE REMOVE > ME.
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> some people just don't get it. ..faq...faq...faq...faq...faq... > > I can't believe how many people actually prefer You or Me to You Not Me. > > Yup. And I'm one of them. :-) Oh, YEAH?!?!?! Well...Ok. :) > > the interlude > > Is the part you're referring to the one near the end with KJLB doing a little > moaning over the top of the piano part? If so, I totally agree as well. I > can't believe that part got cut from the album version. That's the one. Love the sound of James's voice here. > like the album version better, but neither version's lyrics do a whole lot for > me. Fair enough. Me neither. > > shortned the "jam" section > cool if you're live, but in the studio it tends to drag > > Yeah, I suppose. I think I like the album version jam length better too. > Seems more concise and less meandering. yeah. I do, however, like when they do it live the DO extend it a bit. It works in a live setting. It sounds more jam-like. > One other part I really dig about the demo is the final chorus with the > overdub of "That's alright, I'm okay...." (What's that called.... > counterpoint?). I think it builds up the ending of the song into a cool > climax. Actually, now that I think of it that part is pretty cool . > YNM just doesn't have the emotional peaks and valleys that YoM > has.... to me, YNM just sounds watered down and boring. I totally respect I think the opposite. :) I think that YNM is at once more commercial and more complex and fresh-sounding than YoM. Isn't it great when two people can have an INTELLIGENTdiscussion about a musical difference of opinion without telling everyone that they suck? :) Steve Z ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 16:36:38 +1000 From: graham boyle To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Kirk Hamster and guitarists Message-ID: Dr. Mosh wrote: > Why are you guys picking on Kirk?? I think he's a great country > guitarist... He's one of the few that can make his guitar suck like a > fiddle... heheh he did actaully play those country leads quite well, when I saw Metallica a couple of weeks ago. Shame his more metallic leads were sloppy and a couple of times he fucked up severals solo's.. graham ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 16:58:38 +1000 From: graham boyle To: "email_address_removed" Subject: Lie CD single Message-ID: I found a web site that has copies of the Lie CD single, I don't know how many they have.. But I have ordered from these guys before, they are quick and reliable. Oh these CD's *may* be second hand (used for you yanks) http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/search.html graham ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 03:50:05 -0700 From: Xanadu Records To: email_address_removed Subject: He said WHAT?!? (Lyrics Question) Message-ID: Just for something different, I thought I'd ask a Dream Theater related question... In the song A Change Of Seasons, right at the beginning of the section titled The Darkest Of Winters (Right after "She looked me in the eye, I said "I love You....Goodbye") there's a barely audible conversation between the father and son. It begins with "It's the most awful thing you'll ever hear" and ends with "She's been killed", and , judging by the lyrics from the section Carpe Diem, seems to deal with a plane crash. Does anyone know the FULL conversation? I've listened to this section a BILLION times, and STILL can't get the whole thing.... -- John DiBella President/Xanadu Records http://idt.net/~rsch1/index.html Dream Theater Tourdate Archive http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/grunge/49/DreamT.html * In the stream of consciuosness There is a river crying Living comes much easier Once we admit, we're dying * Dream Theater * Be EXCELLENT to each other! * Bill S. Preston, Esq. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 04:31:05 -0400 From: Chris Bowsman To: email_address_removed Subject: Kirk Message-ID: Jon.....READ THIS!!!!!! When I posted the remark about your joke about Kirk Hammett being fastest, I thought the sarcasm was meant as a slam to him. I've been extremely frustrated with people fucking with Metallica, esp. Kirk. (no pun intended) When I went off on my little hissy fit, I was kinda lashing out at all negative comments about them. The quote was not from anyone in particular, just kind of what seems to be the overall attitude of quite a few people. I did not mean that you meant/said all of that. So, I am apologizing for sounding like such an asshole. chris ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 04:44:32 -0400 From: Chris Bowsman To: email_address_removed Subject: Kirk/Slayer Message-ID: The comments about Kirk's solos being handed to him by Cliff Burton were made by Dave Mustaine shortly after he was fired from Metallica. I have a feeling he said them to kinda get back at the guy who replaced him. As for Slayer, I was not referring to Jeff and Kerry's lead playing, but the ultra fast rythm. Most of their stuff is not really that tasteful (or even listenable sometimes :-] ) but being able to play that fast together is kinda impressive, even though that really isn't important. chris ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 09:41:22 +0100 From: "Andrew Moore, IT Adviser" To: "ytsejam" Subject: London Forum/stuff Message-ID: <01bd74dc$eb045a00$message_id_removed.ac.uk> Elydian wrote: >Just interested to know of anyone who's planning to go to the London Forum >concert in late June. Me! Got my ticket 2 weeks ago... Anyone know who the support is yet? Other suff: YNM/YOM: I like the chorus of YNM...but I also like the intro/outro/middle section of YOM...so I suppose I would prefer the demo with YNM's choruses...IMO... TAMP: The demo is better than the album vers., IMO...but the album vers. does not suck by any means... Favourite DT Instrumentals: All are excellent and differnet from each other, so I'll chicken out and say Kindred Spirits...heh heh... Also: Thanks to Kez for being the only jammer to reply to my Set List/Compilation plea a few weeks ago...the rest were probably too busy discussing grammar/dwarfs/non DTC stuff... One last thing...all this Extreme talk, do any Extreme fans have the Horn Mix of Cupid's Dead, and if so what's it like, how does it differ from the album version? Back to lurking... Andy. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Andrew Moore, IT Adviser, Anglia Business School, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Tel: 01223 363771 ext. 2250/Pager: 04325 256651 http://www.anglia.ac.uk/~asmoore/ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 01:52:06 -0600 From: "Vincent G. LuPone" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Kirk Hasbeen Message-ID: Chris Bowsman wrote: >When I posted the remark about your joke about Kirk Hammett being >fastest, I thought the sarcasm was meant as a slam to him. hehe, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! NO WAY!!!!!!!!! >I've been >extremely frustrated with people fucking with Metallica, esp. Kirk. (no >pun intended) Dude, I dunno if you've seen Kirk lately, but I seriously doubt ANYONE is fucking Kirk!!! >When I went off on my little hissy fit, I was kinda lashing out at all >negative comments about them. There's alot to be negative about. Just look at Megadeth. They're whoopin' Metallica's ass right now. Just what kind of a blues based country/southern rock band would call themselves METALlica? Metallica sounds more like a bad copy of Led Zeppelin (I'm sorry if I'm offending any Zep fans here) now, with a shitty, shitty, SHITTY lead player. Kirk seems like he needs the cocaine and the bad wife to be normal again (j/k :). And if you think Kirk is actually good, I've got two words for you: PRINCE CHARMING. Yeah man, his 45 second 1-note wah solo in that song's fucking amazing, huh? Go listen to Vai. >The quote was not from anyone in >particular, just kind of what seems to be the overall attitude of quite >a few people. Well, Metallica has shunned the people that put them where they are (i.e. the hardcore fans). You don't fuck with your own kind. They're learning that now, 'cause their albums aren't selling as much as they used to. Metallica's unfortunately nothing anymore. They'd make a great METAL band, though. I used to think yeah, Load and ReLoad are just a phase, but no, it's really them. Wake up and smell the geritol, Metallica sucks. ~einniVnikufesin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Wilkins To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The Forum Message-ID: As far as I know the forum is an over 18 place as they also have a bar in there. I have been there many times but no one has ever asked for ID-and I'm not that old. Simon Look out for my band Cereal Killer who are probably not as good or musically talented as Stormwatch Elydian wrote.... Just interested to know of anyone who's planning to go to the London Forum concert in late June. Does anyone know whether this place is all ages? _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 05:55:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3822 Message-ID: On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 email_address_removed wrote: > > So, I'm interested in the opinions of everybody (bassists, other musicians, non-musicians) on what makes a bass player good, and how, if at all, they may be compared. > I guess it depends on the style of music being played. Different things are required from Michael Anthony than from Les Playpool in terms of what fits the song, which is ultimately the mark of any good musician, be it guitar, bass, drums, keys, vox, accordian, etc: playing what fits the song. Bass players don't have to be regulated to playing straight quarter notes, but sometimes that's what the song needs. Example: I once played with a bassist who was a very skilled musician. Able to do really fast runs, slapping, etc. But when it came time to buckle down and play a song (which in this case was a mid-temp number) he was all over the place, stepping on everybody's toes...especially the guitar player's. No sense of continuity. Hell, I'm not even sure if he was aware that there were other people in the room with him. So to save the song (and our sanity) I asked my guitar player what the chord progression was for the song. He told me "G-C-D" (this was high school). So I got up (being a drummer) and grabbed the bass from the bass player. I then asked him to show me where G, C, and D were on the fretboard. He pointed to them and I played him a straight eighth note pattern and said, "You will play this. You can have your little bells and whistles, but you will mold them around this pattern. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Understood?" And low and behold, when we started up again, it actually sounded like a song. The moral: bass players are idiots. Just kidding. The moral is, sometimes less is more, and sometimes more is more. It just depends. Had we been a jazz band, then what he was doing might have fit. But we weren't and it didn't. Like it or not, the role of the bass in most rock bands is largely one of support. There are exceptions, but that's usually how things go. That's not to say that you can't do interesting stuff within that context, nor do I mean to dennounce proficeny on the instrument, but just don't forget why you're there. Richie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 05:14:43 -0500 From: AL To: YTSE Jammers Subject: Shut up! Message-ID: The Nuno & Empty Tremor topics are making my butt pucker. Could you at least condense them down to less than 420 jams? -- See ya, AL... Switchcraft Communications & Microsystems http://www.isd.net/astrosch/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 06:40:16 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Kirk Hasbeen Message-ID: Vincent G. LuPone wrote: > Chris Bowsman wrote: > >When I posted the remark about your joke about Kirk Hammett being > >fastest, I thought the sarcasm was meant as a slam to him. > > hehe, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! NO WAY!!!!!!!!! > > >I've been > >extremely frustrated with people fucking with Metallica, esp. Kirk. (no > >pun intended) > > Dude, I dunno if you've seen Kirk lately, but I seriously doubt ANYONE is > fucking Kirk!!! Well... maybe Lars... :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 12:31 +0100 (BST) From: email_address_removed (mark tiplady) To: email_address_removed Subject: DT stuff for sale Message-ID: I have the following for sale. Offers please to email_address_removed Dream Theater - Burning My Soul promo single Dream Theater - Hollow Years single Dream Theater - Wake Up! (Live Japan - FM broadcast, 2CD) Dream Theater - Subconscious (original numbered #450) Dream Theater - Fan Club Christmas CD 1997 Thanks, Mark. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 08:34:50 -0400 From: "Metzger, Mark" To: "'(ytsejam)'" Subject: Defense of JP and I want some Tex-Mex !! Message-ID: >> As for improvisational solowing in TOT, listen to the fan >> club CD. I think that entire solow was rehearsed. If I'm >> wrong, I totally will chew on my foot for a while, but I don't >> think Petrucci has the talent to totally improvise a solow >> like that. Comments? Wellness. WOW !! Very critical stuff and maybe indeed time for an Adidas on rye. I would think that during the writing and rehearsing of a song, one will try different themes of a solo to see how they would fit. That is, unless a solo is just a brief single speed (normally fast) set of runs, etc. Some will fit, some wont. We were privileged to be offered some insight into what may best be called "dirty laundry". When I practice solos on my air guitar ...... oh yeah, never mind ........ I really think that for me, the different themes of a solo are what make a solo interesting. And how these themes integrate with the song, itself. And the greedy bastard in me is looking for a few more themes to be added, but again, that's the greedy bastard speaking. Take Comfortably Numb and Mr. David Gilmour as an example. The original solo on The Wall was cool indeed. BUT, after playing the song for 10+ years, the solo evolved and new "themes" were added and integrated with some of the original themes adding to the greatness of the song. (To me, the best set of solo themes being played at the *end* of the About Face tour.) To think that all of this magic just happens spontaneously, even for the great ones, is very hard for me to believe. And, have I said (ahem thar asswipe on the left coast) how much I appreciate the FanClub CD ?? >> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:18:55 -0300 (EST) >> From: Rogerio Brito >> To: email_address_removed >> Subject: Hummm... >> Message-ID: > @dijkstra.linux.ime.usp.br> >> >> >> To whom it may concern: I'm unsubscribing from this list. OK, now that the boy is gone, how many among you (secretly) can admit that every time you saw a post from him, you wanted a burrito ?? I want to be Younique !! Mark Metzger email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 05:36:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Wilkins To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Paul Gilbert tour (NDTC) Message-ID: A correction to the Paul Gilbert European Tour I sent out... May 22 London (Guilford) not May 21 I just checked with the shop I have all the details so email me privately if you are interested. Simon Watch out for my band Ceral Killer -they are really ok if you like that sort of thing _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 05:35:02 PDT From: "Anderson,Brian D" To: email_address_removed Subject: Tickets?? Anyone need a ticket . . . Message-ID: Hello all, Well, one of my friends just found out he can't go to the Irving Plaza show . . . soooo, anybody want to buy a ticket. I'll sell it to ya for $25 . . . save a couple bucks off the Ticketbastard handling charges. If anyone needs one, or wants to do a favor for me . . . email me. -Brian Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 13:54:06 +0100 (BST) From: George Tryfonas To: email_address_removed Subject: ELP album Message-ID: Hi. I'm looking for a good Emerson, Lake & Palmer album but since I've only gotten into them recently, I wouldn't know where to start. I've already got "Tarkus" and "Pictures at an Exhibition" which are awsome. Can anybody suggest which album to buy next? Thanks. George *************************************************************************** | George Tryfonas | "Music, when combined with a pleasureable | | CSE 1st Year | idea, is poetry. Music, without the idea, is | | University of Kent | simply music. Without music, or an intriguing | | Canterbury | idea, colour becomes pallor; man becomes | | | carcass; home becomes catacomb; and the dead | | Room F3-2 | are, but for a moment, motionless." | | Keynes College | | | CT2 7NP | Edgar Allan Poe | *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3824 **************************