YTSEJAM Digest 4069 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Echos from TheCowGod by TheCowGod 2) prog and non prog music by Arash Ashouriha 3) First use on the jam of a new album acronym. by Steve.Arthur@Thameswater.CO.UK 4) Don't forget to request it by email_address_removed 5) October 1998 and eMpTyV by Nicole McWatters 6) A pathetic review a la Korg by "KorgX3" 7) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4066 by "Miguel Farah F." 8) A couple of questions about Magellan by email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) 9) Re: Describing Progressive Rock/Metal by email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) 10) Van Halen III and DT Fan Club by email_address_removed 11) Re: Official word on new DT live CD by email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) 12) Symphony X, and the Brazilian guy looking for CD's by Marcelo Vanzin 13) Re digest 4062 (NDTC) by Simon Wilkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:59:23 -0400 From: TheCowGod To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Echos from TheCowGod Message-ID: >Yes, I think we are. No one asked what our fav's were, they asked what >our "non-Prog" fav's were. I primarily listen to prog so a trip to the CD oh, it's ok, trust me, if i had been at home, i would have done the same. i said it like it was bad thing, but rest assured, i have both an alphabetically ordered CD rack AND and excel spreadsheet of my CDs. :) >>Oh, and fresh aire rocks. >Yup, so does "Classical Gas", Don Dorsey's "Bachbusters" and many other >"New Age" titles. Oh, Jazz kicks ass too... Well, i picked up Classical Gas (the mannheim steamroller version) and not much on there did much for me. i much prefer fresh aire. but then, fresh aire has had over 5 years or so to grow on me, while i just got classical gas. so who knows. Moo. *** END OF TRANSMISSION *** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:09:41 -0700 From: Arash Ashouriha To: email_address_removed Subject: prog and non prog music Message-ID: <35AD52D5.D34@fh-niederrhein.de> Some of the non prog bands I listen to : Bee Gees Europe John Norum Def Leppard Yngwie Malmsteem Lionel Richie Queen Brian May Boyz II Men Joe Satriani Bon Jovi (pre 1995) Steve Vai A-ha Duran Duran Jean Michel Jarre Tangerine Dream Jason Becker Tony Macalpine Vangelis Yanni Mike Oldfield Savatage Megadeth Jan Hammer Mariah Carey Stratovarius John Williams (Star Wars, Superman, Indy and ...) Shahin & Sepehr to name a few :-) Prog bands : Dream Theater Empty Tremor Shadow Gallery Royal Hunt Fates Warning Enchant Spock's Beard King Crimson Genesis Angra Pink Floyd Marillion Arkhe and lots of other band's I can't remember now NP : Europe - The Forgotten Tales Arash -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | PROG OR DIE - The Progressive Music Page | | | | DREAM THEATER - FATES WARNING - ROYAL HUNT - SHADOW GALLERY | | | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1748/ | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | The Eyes Of Universe - The Official EMPTY TREMOR Fan Club Site | | | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1794/ | | | | by Arash and Arman Ashouriha email: email_address_removed.de | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:48:02 +0100 From: Steve.Arthur@Thameswater.CO.UK To: email_address_removed Subject: First use on the jam of a new album acronym. Message-ID: <80256642.005B7D81.00@ThamesWater.Co.Uk> Jammers, This post has absolutely no purpose except the one-upmanship of being the first person to post and use the following abbreviation. Boy am I looking forward to hearing OIAL. Isn't that a great feeling after months of typing FII, LTE ???? I think as live album names go I've heard alot worse. Talking of live albums what are jammers ultimate live CD's / tapes in their collection. For pure quality and catching a band at their peak Live After Death Iron Maiden takes some beating. Scorpions World Wide Live is another cracking double album....."ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE CALIFORNIA..........." Mind you I've literally just stumbled upon a bootleg tape I totally forgot I had of Queensryche from 1988 at the London Town and Country Club, I remember this gig being reviewed in Kerrang as an incredible night. I features some cool live stuff including Queen of the Reich and plenty of RFO stuff PLUS all of the freshly released Mindcrime By the way the new Queensryche stuff sounds like it will be pretty cool (mind you they wouldn't go around posting that it was a sack of cak would they ??) I've always seen the OM and Empire duo as a creative peak with PL a close third. SRA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:52:43 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Don't forget to request it Message-ID: Sorry I'm really pushing this, but someone mentioned it a couple days ago and I really want to get this going. I've already contacted everyone on the internet I know, now I need your help too, get everyone you know to request hollow years on thursday (tomorrow)!!! EVERYONE!!! if you need more info (like where to send the requests, E-mail me! We gotta do this!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:06:21 -0500 From: Nicole McWatters To: email_address_removed Subject: October 1998 and eMpTyV Message-ID: Hey, all. Two quick things. Mike Portnoy wrote: >Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime >scheduled release date - Oct. 1998 Wow. Lots of stuff coming out in October. The other(s?) being the Rush live album and do I remember hearing Queensryche putting out (hehe) a new album then as well? Now, about the title... Does this mean that this is the ONLY live album we'll EVER get from DT? Next, Joe DeAngelo wrote: >Firstly, I went ahead and emailed MTV to request "Hollow Years" from two >separate email accounts. Both proved to be undeliverable. Is >email_address_removed the right address? I'm not sure what's up with that. I got the same thing when I tried mailing them from home and work. My only other idea is to call the 1-800 number, but ppl from out of the country can't do that. Oh, well. Scratch that idea. Sorry about that. I'll see what else I can come up with. -Nicole/Kirby email_address_removed http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/5039 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:15:31 -0600 From: "KorgX3" To: Subject: A pathetic review a la Korg Message-ID: <004801bdb014$38a4c980$4ef086cc@korgx3> I just receieved a nifty CD in the mail yesterday that I can't force out of my player... Creature of Habit: Endangered Species This is a CD for metal lovers everywhere. These guys recapture the flame of metal that and keep it alive. It's a very interesting lineup. They're a new bunch of guys out of Pennsylvania. I wouldn't really call them prog, but they resemble the old melodic metal of Queensryche (Rage for Order/Op: Mindcrime era) and Savatage (Edge of Thorns, kinda) only with a heavier tinge relative to Pantera (Cowboys from Hell type stuff). Not a whole lot of the Pantera stuff though. I'm a pathetic reviewer and compare things more than I should,but I really don't think they're a clone or anything like that. (Even though the singer sounds like he wants to be Geoff Tate occasionally. What scares me is I think he could.) :) Track list: 1. Drive By: Your basic guitar driven power metal song. Pantera-ish. 2. Fragile: A sort of Alice in Chains with Bruce Dickinson on vocals sort of song. 3. Foolish Mortals: The singer (a very versatile guy, he is!) bounces between high Geoff Tate/Midnight vocals and decends to the angry Cartman screaming "Bad Kitty!" harsh Satanic Phil Anselmo "FUCK!" vocals. It's actually a really cool song. 4. Release Me: A very kickass ballad. Reminiscent of "The Killing Words." 5. Shredasaurus Lixx: Yah, it sounds about as cheesy as they come, but it's actually a pretty decent guitar driven song. After listening to Joe Satch and DT for all these years, i wouldn't call it spectacular, but the guy plays can play alot better than me so I can't complain. :) 6. Crying: Another ballad. This song would make Jon Oliva cry. Just acoustic guitar and vocals. Reminiscent of "Sleep." I love this one. 7. Escape: Starts off with an Indian theme, improvised vocals and tribal beat, goes into a real cool riff. Sounds like a good Op: Mindcrime style song. (I hate comparing them like that. i'm not good at describing bands. The singer's got a damn great voice I can only compare to Geoff's.) 8. Sunshine: Another all acoustic and vocal ballad. Not as good as Crying but still a great song. 9: Revengeful Hate: Another good power metal song. 10. Last Dance: Opens with a real cool sample. "Oh, you are issuing a clear invitation to the dance." Breaks into probably the heaviest song on the CD. Sorry, I'm not much of a reviewer, but I really recommend this one. Hell, they sell their CD's for $8.00 (s/h included) so it's a damn good deal for it. This is something I think that Vinne and Eckie would like. :) Their website is at http://www.citysounds.com/coh but it's down right now. :\ I'll dig around for a contact email addy and mailing address, though. I think I have one somewhere... I'll post it when I find it. They're still an up and coming band, so I don't think you can order them over CDnow or anything. Anyway, get this CD! --KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:20:23 -0400 (CLT) From: "Miguel Farah F." To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4066 Message-ID: > >Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 23:56:02 -0400 >From: Nick Bogovich >To: email_address_removed >Cc: email_address_removed >Subject: DTC: Live album info and other ill shit >Message-ID: > > >Hey everyone, Hey. >[...] >The live album is 2 CDs and it is _packed_. The working title for the >CD-set is "Once in a Livetime". CD 1 is 76 minutes & CD 2 is 78 >minutes. There are some left over tracks that MP & Shirley mixed >which might get thrown onto CD singles or fan club CDs. D-Man, >I'm sorry, but word is that To Live Forever did not make the live cut. >In fact, I don't think any of the B-sides are going to make it because >they wanted to put as much stuff on there as possible which has >already been released. (Like your 'Scarred's & your 'Voices's.) >But, I'm sure the B-sides that didn't make the live CD cut will pop >up from time to time. We have Portnoy looking after us all. :) Not a problem by me - I can wait 25 years until a Dream Theater 4x box set comes out, and it'll contain all of DT's unreleased stuff. :-) (for those who care, I'm enjoyig my Genesis Archive box set right now) >[...] >The CD set (and probably a video at the same time) will be out in October >some time. I'm salivating all over my keyboard already. Same as Rush... I'll begin saving money right now. -- MIGUEL FARAH // miguel@webhost.cl #include // http://www.webhost.cl/~miguel <*> "Trust me - I know what I'm doing." - Sledge Hammer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 19:27:38 +0200 From: email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) To: email_address_removed Subject: A couple of questions about Magellan Message-ID: Hi all, This may be somewhat off-topic but I'm gonna ask anyway. I recently bought Magellan's "Test Of Wills", and I was wondering if this is the band's first album or if they've done anything before that. Also, I'd like to know if there's a Magellan FAQ, so I can stop asking these stupid questions on the 'Jam. DTC: none Other Prog Content: check out The Quest "Change", it's brilliant !!! FiveNgroK .. and the business man laughs all the way to the bank ... (Magellan - Preaching The Converted) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 19:27:40 +0200 From: email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Describing Progressive Rock/Metal Message-ID: >What is the best way to describe progressive rock and/or progressive >metal to someone who hasn't listened to it? >I get this question from people who have never heard of DT or FW and it >is difficult for me to put into words. Tell them to listen to it and figure it out for themselves. Just kidding :-) Progressive rock/metal is a form of music that goes way beyond the usual three minute hitsingles written in a 4/4 time signature. Tempo changes and time sig changes are not the exception, but the rule, usually in one and the same song. Actually, prog is a collection of varying musical styles, all played at the same time, complex song structures being the result of this. Hope this helps you to convert more people into die-hard proggers. FiveNgroK 1001010110100011011000101100110001100101010101010111000101010101001011010101 Random Prog Generator: ....................searching.......................... Result: ..........................The Quest - "Change"....................................... 0101011010001101100010110011000110010101010101011100010101010100101101010110 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:28:28 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Van Halen III and DT Fan Club Message-ID: ok, i know this is a little late, but here's the thing about it: since joining the list, i've heard a lot of other (prog, metal, etc) bands being talked about, and before i ever (thank god) stumbled upon DT, i listened mainly to mainstream and more popular and readily available stuff. But now, i figure since i appreciate dt's style a lot more than any of those other bands , i'd start sampling prog and similar-genre bands. so i recently got my hands on a copy of VH III (our library lets you borrow cd's) and i have to say i love it. Before DT, i never did like every song on any cd i owned, but after a mere 2 listens, the few songs i was unsure about, i know have decided i thorougly enjoy. I'm no good at writing reviews, the main point of this was to recommend the cd, but hmm, there are only 3 basically hard or whatever songs out of 12 , and the rest are either really soft, kinda soft, or a mixture of soft and "hard" (forgive my limited vocabulary on this subject). anyway, if you liked old VH , i think you'd like this, and if you didn't, still give it a listen, i think it's worth it. (can you tell i'm new at long posts?) second point, ok, from small tidbits about the DTFC i've been hearing here and there, i've become quite curious about it. Could someone please tell me what you get in this fan club, or at least direct me to a web site or something that could tell me about it? my gratitude in advance ~<*Pyro*>~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 19:32:08 +0200 From: email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Official word on new DT live CD Message-ID: >Hey all, >Just spent the week in the studio with Kevin Shirley mixing the live album. >Here's the latest details I can give..... > >Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime >scheduled release date - Oct. 1998 > > >Can't wait for you all to hear it..... I wish tomorrow was already october 1st. >Also, It looks as if we might have an accompanying video as well... >More details as I have them..... > >Mike Portnoy Looks like I'd better go buy a VCR now !!! FiveNgroK 1001010110100011011000101100110001100101010101010111000101010101001011010101 Random Prog Generator: ....................searching.......................... Result: ..........................The Quest - "Change"....................................... 0101011010001101100010110011000110010101010101011100010101010100101101010110 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:01:29 -0300 From: Marcelo Vanzin To: email_address_removed Subject: Symphony X, and the Brazilian guy looking for CD's Message-ID: Hi there ye jammanoids! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Bernardo Borghetti > Subject: BRAZIL: Who have or where can I find other rare DT Stuff in Brazil? > > Please, who have or where can I find other rare DT Stuff (unofficial > CDs) in Brazil? > ------------------------------ It would help a lot to know where in Brazil you are. :-) > ------------------------------ > From: Joe DeAngelo > Subject: Symphony X > > But I can talkabout Cliche X, err I mean Symphony X. Yes, this band is talented, but I feel > > they represent pretty much everything that is wrong with the progressive/power > > metal genre. I lost the originl post, all I read was this reply... but let's go. :-) I have three SX albuns (The Damnation Game, The Divine Wings of Tragedy and Twilight in Olympus), and all of them rock hard. Probably the band I've most benn listening to by now. Let's keep the rest of the comments for below. > > The lyrics sound like they came out of a Castlevainia video game. They use the > > word, "t'was" on numerous occasions. And so, what's the problem with that? I pretty much like their lyrics, although sometimes I think they sound dumb also, but what really got me into them is the music behind the lyrics. > > While Symphony X has technical ability, their use of it is horrible. Michael Romeo > > is superfuckin'fast on his axe. But his articulation, phrasing, and > > accentuation are horrible. Now I really don't get it. After listening to "The Accolade", "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" and "Through the Looking Glass" (amaaaaaaazing song) can you still repeat that? :-) I'm not trying to comment if Michael uses too much this or that scale, or any other technical thing. My point is that his playing, be it "technically horrible" or not, has a lot of feeling in it, at least in my point of view. > Probably the only thing I think is a little weak is the > guitar-keyboard-guitar solo thing in every song. It's a little > repetitive, I'll admit. Yeah, I agree, but the rest pays for it. :-) > > Not to mention the songwriting is weak. > That's where I disagree. We're two. > > I own the'Divnine Wings of Tragedy' and if this CD had any more holes in it, it would > > taste great between a few pieces of bread and ham. The only hole I saw in it is that one in the middle of the disc, used to lock it in the jewel case... :-) Of course the album has it's weak points (I love the album, but there are some songs I tend to skip - not that I don't like them, but because I like others so much I keep listening to them over and over and over... :-) ) > > All of the previous is IMHO. > Fair enough, and ditto. Yeah, never forget he infamous IMHO. :-) (Maybe IM-not so-HO. :-) ) > While we're on the subject, how do you feel about their > vocals and keys? > I love both. I must say that Russell Allen's vocals are PERFECT > for a heavy power band like SX. He has a really powerful growly > voice (without being too growly), that's crystal clear. Oh, and he > can actually sing soft bits as well. Pinella is one of my favorite > keyboardists also. I love Russel Allen's vocals. The guy rules! He have, as you say, that growly voice, but also he can make some wonderful clear singing ("The Divine Wings of Tragedy" comes to mind, also "Through the Looking Glass"). Sometimes he sounds like Ronnie James Dio, sometimes he sounds as nobody else. The guy's incredible. I like the keys a lot too. The way Romeo and Pinella play their instruments together is unique, they really complete each other. To finish, if you haven't heard them yet, do it yesterday! :-) -- []'s /********************************************\ | Marcelo Vanzin | | email_address_removed.br | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6308/ | \********************************************/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:17:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Wilkins To: email_address_removed Subject: Re digest 4062 (NDTC) Message-ID: KorgX3 wrote... about Lou Gehrigs disease etc. A few points to clear up. 1. Lou Gehrig was not technically an athlete (sorry I forgot who posted that) neither was he "Some dead runner...", he was infact a baseball player. http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/gehrig/photo.html 2. "Its just like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease" ALS is a fatal neurological disorder, characterised by progressive degeneration of motor cells in the spinal cord and brain. This leads to twitching and cramping of muscles especially in the hands and feet, impairment of limbs, and in advanced stages difficulty in breathing and speech. ALS does not affect intellectual functioning, nor interfere with taste, sight, smell and hearing. Alzheimer's (or dementia) is a physical disease which causes a progressive decline in the abilities of an individual to remember learn communicate and reason. Often short term memory is lost and the patient is unable to understand simple instuctions and even to remember close relatives. People under 65 can develop the disease. Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain where dopamine (neurotransmitter or messenger) producing cells deteriorate causing a lack of dopamine. Dopamine helps nervous system control and muscle activity. Primary symptoms include stiffness, tremours and slow/difficult movements. The patient will often have problems with balance and walking. Parkinsonian symptoms can develop in young people if certain drugs are used. So they are not the same. End of medical corner Cheers Simon PS I agree with Mike Bahr in his last email-point 1. pps I cant wait for the live album! PPPs DT rules _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4069 **************************