YTSEJAM Digest 4039 Today's Topics: 1) Getting a good tone - cheaply and keeping it portable by email_address_removed 2) Pink Floyd question by belhai 3) Combo Amps and other tales... by "Andrew Forcier" 4) Re: Combo Amps by "James C. Shields" 5) Re: Pink Floyd question by Damon Fibraio 6) Re: Neil Peart by "Eugene Szucs" 7) Ytsegathering at PowerMad? by Michael Burstin 8) World Cup... Laser's Edge... by "Mark Philpot" 9) Re: LITS fingering by Christian P Kremo 10) DT ripping off UK by Daus Studenberg 11) Maiden live review *SPOILERS* by Christian P Kremo 12) Greg Howe Fan Info: by Alan Estrada 13) LitS (Contains tab) by email_address_removed 14) Re: Fan Club CD #2 by Alan Estrada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 19:54:10 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Getting a good tone - cheaply and keeping it portable Message-ID: I would suggest finding a nice 50 Watt and above 2x12 combo with the best CLEAN sound you can find. Make sure the power amp section is TUBE. Like Chris P said, I too have come to find that the sought after TUBE SOUND comes from the Power amp tubes, not necessarily the Preamp tubes. Once you find a nice clean sounding 2x12 50watt and above amp (50 watts atleast if you plan to play with a drummer - 100 Watts is usually too much for most purposes AND IT IS NOT TWICE AS LOUD AS A 50 WATTer), buy the Boss Metal Zone Pedal. Between a Carvin or Fender 2x12, a metal zone pedal, and the neck and bridge pickup - you have just purchased a nice little travel package that can get you a GOOD clean and distorted rhythm/lead sound. Usually what I do is set up the Metal Zone for the best crunch rhythm I can find on the Bridge pickup. I have a Duncan Jazz in the neck pickup and it is perfect for switching to a lead sound. It takes away all the "point" that you like in your rhythm sound but not in your lead sound while retaining a very CLEAN attack (actually cleaner than the bridge). As a general rule - I play the e, B, G strings with the neck pickup AND the D, A, E strings below the 12th fret with the bridge pickup for leads. This isn't a strict rule, but rather a guideline. Now if you want to add a little more depth to your lead tone - I would suggest a nice delay pedal for the leads and a nice chorus pedal for the cleans. Why pedals? Well, they are perfect to learn how to shape your sound on and they never seem to stop being useful even with you have your mega rack later on. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 20:17:02 -0500 (EST) From: belhai To: Dream Theater Subject: Pink Floyd question Message-ID: Hey folks! I'm curious as to which Pink Floyd album to buy next. I have "DSOTM", "wish you were here" and "the wall" so far. Are there any albums most like the above mentioned? Also, is "animals" good? What about the CDs with Gilmour before "DSOTM?" Thanks, Brandon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 21:07:23 -0400 From: "Andrew Forcier" To: Subject: Combo Amps and other tales... Message-ID: Hey all, I think we've said this before: keep the sports stuff off the jam. It is COMPLETELY off topic. Not to mention the childish posts it generates. Vince wrote: >MESABOOGIE Stuff > > Any questions? :) Yeah, like how can I buy this stuff if I don't have $1000 bucks to drop on an amp. :) Mesas are nice, but unless you're a pro, why bother? I find Fenders to be MORE than adequate. And as for tube/ss arguments, I play through a solid state Fender M-80 and the gain is incredible, as is the clean. I think this was the most underestimated of amplifiers. As for those harmonics that fella wanted: forget the amp. If you're playing with stock RG pickups, you need to get rid of them. If clean sounds are important to you, I'd steer clear of EMGs. But Dimarzios have great harmonics, and still retain a crisp clean tone. >Trevor Rabin ----- Beethoven's 9th Very nice. Trevor takes a day off from writing soundtracks to do something worthwhile...:) On the indomitable Hanson boys: >How in the fuck did they ever get a recording contract? Okay, even I've found myself humming MMMBop. That's how they got it: melodies that are annoyingly memorable. Oh, and don't forget that half the teen girls in America want to bear their children. Bar band members just don't have that youth appeal. :) Stodge ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 20:40:25 -0500 From: "James C. Shields" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Combo Amps Message-ID: Definitely check out Mesa Boogie amps. The mark IV is really versatile, with a graphic EQ on it. The Trem-O-Verb combo is a dual rectifier amp with tremelo; it's pretty damn decent. Marshall makes some real good amps, too. I had a valvestate combo a few years ago, with a tube preamp and solid state power. it sounded damn good. I also really, REALLY like Soldano amps. They have one of the sweetest tones I've ever heard. James C. Shields Undergraduate University of Texas at Austin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Spread before you is your soul So forever hold the dreams within our hearts Through Nature's inflexible grace I'm Learning to live Dream Theater "Learning to Live" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 22:21:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Fibraio To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Pink Floyd question Message-ID: PF. I would go with Animals next. You can also try The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse of Reason, or the Divission Bell. In addition, there are two live albums, Delicate sound of Thunder, from the 1988, momentary lapse tour, and Pulse from the Divission Bell tour. Try those. I haven't really heard the albums before dark side, except Atom heart mother, and i am still freaked out by that album. -- Damon Fibraio, email email_address_removed Keyboardist, vocalist, and looking for work "I can see much clearer, now I'm blind."--Dream Theater, Take The Time, Images and Words ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:03:37 -0400 From: "Eugene Szucs" To: Subject: Re: Neil Peart Message-ID: <007d01bda88a$ae506720$f193430c@gene-szucs> > >Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 03:37:32 -0400 (EDT) >From: email_address_removed >To: email_address_removed >Subject: Neil Peart >Message-ID: > > >Oh man.... > > >I can't believe this news! What the hell has this man done to deserve >this shit in so little a time?! > >Yeah the music means so much to most of us, but let's be realistic >here. I think all of us RUSH fans should think about the future of >Neil and not RUSH. Yes, their music is a large influence in my >life, but I hope all of us can turn our intentions toward the people >behind the music. > > >All of my prayers go out to him now. I can't imagine the grief he >must be experiencing now. > I have to 100% agree with Jeff here! I just haven't been the same since the news hit yesterday (thanks Mike for posting it!)- and as a devout Catholic Youth Minister my faith is REALLY tried during these events! I was mentioning it at my high schoolers meeting tonight, and I don't think we really came to any conclsuions! here's a guy that spent the majority of his adult life on the road, and then the two most precious things in his life are ripped from him within the span of one year. . . And I just don't know how I'd go on! I have Alex's e-mail, and I want to write something meaningful, I just don't know if it'd be the right thing to do. I mean, Neil basically did want to be left alone, and maybe that's just what we should do as fans, I think he knows we're pulling for him, he just has to be in a terribly lonely place right now, and I don't know how he's going to pull himself out! Well, that's just my two bits, there's a lot more, but I don't think religion is in the right place for this arena; take care and join me in prayers for this poor man. . . -gene ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:06:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Burstin To: email_address_removed (Ytsejam Mailing List) Subject: Ytsegathering at PowerMad? Message-ID: Well, from talking to several of the Bostonjammers, it seems like there will be a pretty large group of Ytsejammers at Powermad... to the point that we should do some sort of gathering... how many people out there are planning on attending? I know I definatly am... -- +------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | 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: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 20:08:37 -0700 From: "Mark Philpot" To: Subject: World Cup... Laser's Edge... Message-ID: <000601bda88b$5e709940$558c15cf@markphil> Jam, I pick Holland to go all the way... But soccer is not boring... but I do belive you have to play it to enjoy it... I was down in LA over the 4th weekend playing the soccer tournament there... Which we won... Took 1st place... but besides checking out girls at the pool, and the big drinking bash in our hotel room for the 4th, all we did was watch the world cup... It's inspiring to watch players that good! You learn from them... MLS is shit right now (hoping to get better) so you have to watch European soccer to get the good stuff... It's like watching John P. play guitar for 90 minutes and being awed and tring to pick up tips as you go... But anyway... Anyone know if what's up with Laser's Edge? I placed an email order a while ago and they have not responded with a conformation... I have never ordered from them before... should I call to be sure they got it? Mark email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:55:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Christian P Kremo To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: LITS fingering Message-ID: > From: email_address_removed > Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4035 > Well - the tab book put it the second way (I think) - but I learned it as > follows: > > e----x----x------------------------------- > b----3----3------h------------------------ > G----2----2---0-----5--------------------- > D----0----0-------------3-----------p----- > A----0----0----------------3-----5---0---- > E--- x----x------------------------------- > > u d u h u u d p Well I was just about to reply to this thread posting this same fingering, but someone beat me to the punch! Actually I cheated a little. I wanted to be 100% sure, so I ripped LITS onto the hard drive, cut it down to this part, put it on half-speed, and these are the exact notes. This is the same fingering I use to play it, but playing the right notes is a little more important. Both times I've seen them play it live, he uses a 6-string, not a 7. Because the majority of the song seems to be in D, it throws people off a little. I'm working on tabbing out the solo, so I hope to have that up and running soon. Later. In other DTC, I heard the whole 23 minutes of ACOS the other day on WKLQ here in Grand Rapids. Granted it was 1:40 in the morning, but still...you know. -C# ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 00:40:04 -0400 From: Daus Studenberg To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: DT ripping off UK Message-ID: >On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Joseph Shelby wrote: > > On "Deep in Heaven", have the band made any statement about just > how close the instrumental is to "In the Dead of Night", from the > first UK album? > > Yes, it's a rip off. :-) Humm... Perhaps a rip off is a bit >strong, but let's say... What can we say... :-) .. that it's STRONGLY >influenced by "In the Dead of Night", right? :-)) > > []s, Roger... I took a listen to the track and did notice some similarities, but come = on, that was ONE part and not the whole song. IMO they vary = tremendously except for the one short solo section. I don't even know = if the chords are exactly the same, but if you put some chords together = and play like Holdsworth, you're bound to find SOME match to something = Holdsworth has played before. Let me remind you Holdsworth has recorded = a LOT of songs. =20 d a u s s t u d e n b e r g=20 "few will try, most will quit" - Tom Ryan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 00:36:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Christian P Kremo To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Maiden live review *SPOILERS* Message-ID: > From: Conrad Chi > Subject: live maiden reviews???? > How about some reviews of the MAIDEN/Dio tour. It is a little > dissapointing that the rumored line up was also going to include > MALMSTEEN, WASP, HELLOWEEN, UFO but now, there are only two > major bands. Metal needed a large festival tour other than Ozzy, Well I just went to said show last Tuesday in Kalamazoo, MI, and here is review. The show was announced with less than 3 weeks notice, so on the day of the show, I was calling all around to make sure that the show hadn't been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. I didn't even hear or see the first bit of advertising. When I arrived at Wing's Stadium, I was surprised to see that there were actually a lot of people there. First up was Dirty Deeds, who are the first band that Steve Harris signed to his new record label. They sounded like Kix. A lot like Kix with more Maiden styled lyrics. They stole lots of AC/DC riffs. This was not my cup of tea, so I'm not really fit to review it. Then came Dio. Granted I've heard his bigger stuff, I still wasn't overly familiar with his stuff. I don't know who was on guitar. It wasn't Rowan or anyone else I've known to play with Dio. I never realized what a dancer he was. He was shimming all over the stage! Overall I was impressed with his show. He played a bunch of new stuff, Heaven and Hell, Neon Knights, Holy Diver, Children of the Sea, The Last in Line, Rainbow in the Dark, and a few others. Then of course there was Maiden, which essentially is what I was there for. It's not every day you get to see your favorite band play live. They were in top form tonight; the only way they could have been better would be if Bruce and Adrian were back, but they did the best they could with who they had. They didn't do quite as much stuff from the new album as the initial setlists had shown, which was good. They did the best 3 songs from X-Factor and 6 from Virtual. Blaze was much more entertaining than he was on the last tour. I heard the full stage show was back, but this wasn't exactly true. There was a nifty setup that covered all the amps that went all around the side of the stage that made it look like they were playing in a dungeon. There was a nifty light show, but no pyro at all. We didn't get to see a big Eddie come up from behind the drum kit during "Iron Maiden," but at least they had a giant walking Eddie that came out for that song. I was surprised to see them playing such a big venue in America so late in their career, but they definitely had a respectable draw, a good sign indeed. The songs from the new album sounded a lot better live. A lot of the parts that Blaze sang flat on the album he managed to get them right in concert! The setlist: Futureal/Angel & the Gambler/Man on the Edge/Lightning Strikes Twice/Heaven Can Wait/Clansman/Lord of the Flies/When Two Worlds Collide/2 Minutes to Midnight/Educated Fool/Sign of the Cross/Hallowed Be Thy Name/Afraid to Shoot Strangers/Evil That Men Do/Clairvoyant/Fear of the Dark/Iron Maiden/Number of the Beast/Trooper/Sanctuary My few gripes: Absolutely nothing from Killers or No Prayer for the Dying! No "surprises," just what you'd expect to hear (although it was kick-ass that Sanctuary returned to the setlist). Blaze still had trouble with some of Bruce's higher parts, but I expected that. Overall it was a great show that I'm so glad I got to see. It was also nice to see them on this side of the state instead of having to drive to Detroit for a change. Go see it if you're a Maiden fan. DTC: former Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has been known to sing with DT on rare occaisions. -C# ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 23:53:48 -0500 From: Alan Estrada To: email_address_removed Subject: Greg Howe Fan Info: Message-ID: I thought some of you could be interested in this stiff, sounds interesting... >Subject: Greg Howe Fan Info: > >Hello Hello, > >Welcome and thank you very much for your interest >in becoming a member of the Greg Howe Fan Club! >Although we are still in the process of setting up >The Fan Club, we do expect that it will be ready to go >by August 10th. See below for complete details. > > >Members of the Fan Club will get: > >1) FREE personal e-mailed guitar lessons once a month! > Lessons will be in the form of basic tabulator, and will > contain my personal views on how to best apply > the "licks or the lessons", as well as practice them. > >2) FREE quarterly news letter! (via regular mail) > Members will receive a news letter once every 3 > months, containing "up to date information" regarding > my career status (current & future plans, tour dates, etc...). > >3) FREE autographed color, 8 x 10 photo of myself. > The autographed photo will be personally addressed > to members by name, followed by a personal note > of appreciation, and an authentic Greg Howe signature. > >4) Autographed copies of the New CD "Ascend"! > Fan Club members who purchase "Ascend" through > "The Official Greg Howe Website", will receive > their copy personally addressed to that member by > name, followed by a personal note of appreciation, and > an authentic Greg Howe signature. > >5) My personal ICQ# for scheduled On-Line Chat Sessions! > Members will receive an e-mail containing a schedule for > chat sessions, as well as my personal ICQ#, giving them > the ability to chat on-line (in real time) with me. Members > who don't already have ICQ, will receive an e-mail containing > information about how to obtain it. > >6) Unreleased material and random surprises! > Members, ONLY, will have the ability to purchase CDs > containing unreleased material of mine. Some of > the material will be old and some will be new, but it will > all be exclusive to members only. Each CD will contain a > minimum of 30 minutes worth of music and/or out takes, > which will be available for $10.00 each (U.S.). > plus shipping and handling. > Members, who purchase unreleased material, will > also receive a FREE surprise in addition to the CD. Each > purchase will come with a different surprise. It could be > anything from personal guitar picks, to "exclusive members > only T-shirts". The surprise will be different with each new > purchase of "unreleased material" CDs. > >7) Eligibility! (For guitar contest!) > Members who play guitar, will be given an opportunity to > enter a guitar contest, simply by sending a cassette tape, > DAT tape, or a CD containing 2 or 3 songs and/or guitar > performances that best represent that contestant's overall > musical abilities. 5 players will be featured each month > on The Greg Howe Website with their picture and a "Real Audio" > excerpt from their submitted song and/or guitar performance. > One contestant will be chosen at the end of the year, to > perform a guitar solo or guitar part on one of my upcoming > CDs.....All expenses paid! > >8) Autographed releases before scheduled release dates! > Since "New Product" is often completely finished months before > scheduled release dates, members will have an opportunity to > obtain new releases months before anyone else. Club members > will also receive their copy personally addressed to that > member by name, followed by a personal note of appreciation, > and my signature. > > > ALL OF THIS for a One Time annual fee! > (That's One payment for a whole year!), > of $45.00 (U.S.) payable by check or money order to: > > Greg Howe > P.O. Box 3055 > Easton Pa. 18045 > > Please include your name, mailing address, and phone number. > > Note: You will be promptly informed of the details > regarding the purchase of "Merchandise", > and of details regarding the purchase of the > New CD "ASCEND". (It's almost ready) > > Sample the New CD ---> http://www.greghowe.com/ > > Thanks again, > > Sincerely, > Greg Howe > > > --- MP3 of the week - "Staying Alive" the Bee Gees cover with Ozzy on vocals, Dweezil on Guitars, guest solos by Nuno, Steve Lukather and Zakk Wylde: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/2025/ Alan Estrada Adler, ICQ #9267174 Monterrey, Mexico -------------------------------------------------------- TAKE NOTE OF MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 00:35:52 +0000 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: LitS (Contains tab) Message-ID: > actually, neither. I play it the way its tabbed in the FII guitar tab book: > > e|---------------------------------------------------- > b|----3----3---------------------------------------- > G|----2---2-------5-------------------------------- > D|----0---0-----------5----3----------------------- > A|----0---0---------------------3-----5------------- > E|-------------------------------------------5-------- > B|----3---3------------------------------------------ > > I know its just about the same, but he is using the 7 string. I learned it using a 7 string. I thought I heard 7 on the opening chords, without a doubt, and still think it's very possible he's using a 7 on the song on the disc, though live he hasn't, that I recall. Regardless, I think the tab book is wrong, and while I don't have my cd handy to recheck this (and I learned it by ear rather quickly, so this may be way off) my part is different than what I've seen so far. E|--------------------------------------------------- B|----3---3----------------------------------------- G|----2---2-------0----5--------------------------- D|----0---0-----------------5----0----------------- A|----0---0---------------------------5-----0------ E|--------------------------------------------------- B|----3---3----------------------------------------- I definitely voice the chords for 7 string, because they sound more like the album that way. Both chords are downstrokes, and the rest is alternate picked (I start with a downstroke) Tomorrow I'll run out to the car and grab the disc to check the notes again. I admit I learned it without sitting down and analyzing it, but none of the tabs I've seen seem to sound like it so far, except Calvin's, and he does all that hammering and upstroke economy crap, so we can rule his picking out, at least. Flame on. /me can not stand the crappy job his mail program does with the tab key Go Home and Practice! Chris Ptacek email_address_removed http://www.prognosis.com/madsman ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 01:18:50 -0500 From: Alan Estrada To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Fan Club CD #2 Message-ID: what could be on the next fan club CD? I guess it's time to join now, I guess it will have the leftovers from the double live CD, more ideas? --- MP3 of the week - "Staying Alive" the Bee Gees cover with Ozzy on vocals, Dweezil on Guitars, guest solos by Nuno, Steve Lukather and Zakk Wylde: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/2025/ Alan Estrada Adler, ICQ #9267174 Monterrey, Mexico -------------------------------------------------------- TAKE NOTE OF MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4039 **************************