YTSEJAM Digest 4087 Today's Topics: 1) E# does exist. by email_address_removed 2) Foghat by yzzy 3) JMP-1 by "Todd Beachler" 4) AntiMaxim by belhai 5) boot stores by "BassicRob" 6) Portnoy Drum clinic in Hallandale, FL by email_address_removed 7) Real Audio to Wav conversion. by Pat Griffin 8) Berklee scholarship tour...advice requested. by email_address_removed 9) Savatage live album by Arash Ashouriha 10) Angra by Arash Ashouriha 11) Bad Trader info by email_address_removed 12) kevmos sig/multimedia by "Trevor W. Hoit" 13) Re: X-Japan (Hide) by "Tetsu Hamanaka" 14) why aren't there more singles off FIII???? by "Enchant ed" 15) Re: JMP-1 by Scott Andrews 16) bad traders list by email_address_removed 17) favorite keyboard solos ? by Arash Ashouriha 18) Re: favorite keyboard solos ? by "John E. Martin" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:14:53 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: E# does exist. Message-ID: In a message dated 98-07-20 22:38:03 EDT, you write: << Abt >> E# does technically exist... when you alter a chord and need to sharp the E, it is proper to (even though rare) to refer to it as an E# when within certain key sigantures... most intermediate theory books will tell you the same. There are many reasons why you would not name the note F (this is all theory, practically you are playing an F). - alex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:41:52 -0500 From: yzzy To: email_address_removed Subject: Foghat Message-ID: kez said: >Foghat - Live! '70's classic - Boooooggggiiiieee!! they just put on a killer show here in ft. smith, ar. too bad we can't get DT here. hasta la laters, yzzy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:42:58 -0400 From: "Todd Beachler" To: "Ytsejam@Ax. Com" Subject: JMP-1 Message-ID: <000001bdb459$a7ca8b80$fcab1e26@harmony> A couple of jams ago someone discussed the JMP-1 and said that the tubes are there just for look and that the "real" distortion came from a solid state circuit. Just making sure that's what was said. BTW who was this? They also added that they knew a tech that opened up the JMP and poked around inside and found this to be true. How can I get ahold of the tech? Thanks! ___________________________________________________ J.T. Beachler- email_address_removed email_address_removed email_address_removed email_address_removed ICQ# 7597582 GuitarMan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:21:02 -0500 (EST) From: belhai To: Dream Theater Subject: AntiMaxim Message-ID: Just got this mesasage from the new AntiMaxim list (my friend runs it and she automatically subscribed me). Turns out that they will be interviewing Derek "domo" Sherinian. So if you got any questions you want them to ask him, just email it to the address below. - Brandon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:37:13 -0500 ]From: AntiMaxim To: email_address_removed Subject: Update! Hi folks...just an update for those of you who are interested. Derek Sherinian (EEEEEEEEK!) has agreed to answer questions for us! EMail me with anything youwant me to ask him or say to him or whatever!!! If you are a DTfan, or know a DTfan, send something in,okay?' http://www.gravy.net/~antimaxim ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:34:38 -0400 From: "BassicRob" To: "ytsejam" Subject: boot stores Message-ID: <01bdb460$df7838a0$f1d8a798@default> Hey Jammers. If your willing to go further out on Long Island for a boot store, check out Loony Tunes in W. Babylon. They have alot of good shit from posters to shirts to videos and of course cds. later -Rob, email_address_removed ICQ# 15762800 DT MP3 Archive, Artwork, LTE Desktop theme, bass solos, and me http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/1566 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:58:29 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Portnoy Drum clinic in Hallandale, FL Message-ID: As usual Mike Portnoy rocked the house. I really recommend seeing one of these clinics because you can see how amazing he really is. You can really tell MP is more than a drummer. He impacts the song and adds lots of stuff. I was literally right in front of his kit, no more than four feet away from him. He played, Paradigm Shift, Universal Mind, Erotomania, the middle section of Metropolis and a kick ass drum solo. Besides being able to bash the drums, MP can count like a mofo. He was counting and showing the crowd how to play lots of weird time sigs. I'm sure MP could pass one of those legendary Frank Zappa auditions where you have to transcribe a section and play it altered in a thousand ways and a million time sigs. The only disappointment of the night was that I did not get a cymbal, which I should have won twice. The first time was a joke. I had to leave my front row seat to turn off my car's lights just as he was about to begin the last song. He said he was about to give me the cymbal but ... Then as he was about to sign some of my stuff he asked a trivia question for the cymbal. I blurted out the correct answer, but a store employee conspired to give the cymbal to someone else. YOU OWE ME PORTNOY! :) Other cool stuff from the clinic: - Before the clinic began the new live album was playing. It sounds great. There are no vocal overdubs. JL is sounds stroing, but he's not perfect. I like it that way. If I want to hear perfection, I listen to studio albums. It has a cool, primal feel, much like Pantera's Official Live, which I consider to be the best live album. - The video should be coming out. MP said he has to sort everything out and meet the deadline. Hopefully it will be released in october. - MP talked about himself and the other three from LTE wanting to make another album. - MP is the coolest. He loves to talk with the fans. He remembered people's names from clinics years ago. He was also sharp to point out that the pics I had him sign (featuring him on his five piece kit) were not taken from the show in Ft. Lauderdale because he did not have that kit until the second leg. The pics were from NY last May. Isaac ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:13:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Pat Griffin To: ThE NuGgeTjAm Subject: Real Audio to Wav conversion. Message-ID: I have no idea why anyone would want to take a crappy quality encoded file like Real Audio and convert it to a .wav file, but that's just me. Someone on here asked in one of the latests jams, and ask and ya shall recieve. http://mercury.gmsnet.com/~shadow/dsi_ra14.zip I'm not tech support so if you can't figure it out, you're on your own. As far as encoding a RA file from a .wav file, you can download an encoder from www.real.com or for those of you that are serious about it, you might be able to talk me into Real Publisher. Anyway, I do not recommend RA for quality, because the quality blows. If you want a quality encoded file, go with MP3, it's CD Quality audio at about 1MB/minute or better compression. Any questions, let me know.... later. (and, yes, I am working on the FAQ... new changes are online without being announced here, once I have a more final version, everything will be official, so don't worry. Email with more questions, etc...) h t t p : / / w w w . p r o g n o s i s . c o m / g a b b o / | Pat Griffin email_address_removed Reality Squared Design | h t t p : / / w w w . p r o g n o s i s . c o m / g a b b o / ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 01:28:05 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Berklee scholarship tour...advice requested. Message-ID: Hi all- Alright, first time post, so I hope I got the address right. I'd hate to look as stupid as the "please discontinue this service" guy (sorry, but the least you could do is get faq-ed up asap...) Okay, to get to the point. I'm a high school student considering submitting a taped audition for the Berklee college of music scholarship tour. Given that I'm a guitarist, I was wondering if any of you had any advice regarding repetoire or any other relevant info to the topic. Any help is greatly appreciated. Chris (the Stunt Guitarist) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:19:32 -0700 From: Arash Ashouriha To: email_address_removed Subject: Savatage live album Message-ID: <35B4B184.4921@fh-niederrhein.de> Blevins, Mike wrote : >>Arash wrote... >> - Also Savatage will release a DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM later this >> year along with a live video. >Uhh, better check your info, dude. I had a pretty nice chat with Jon Oliva a >few weeks back, and he told me of many things - a new TSO album, a TSO tour >in the fall, the fact that he's been getting into heavier stuff lately - so >the next 'Tage album might be a bit heavier, and that they were moving the >European tour around because of the TSO recording schedule. He DID NOT >mention ANYTHING about a live album. It's possible it's one of the ones that >already exists... Well, I always check my info. Some months ago in EMP magazin there was a 4 page tour report and interview with Savatage. Jon Olive said that they've record the concert in Colone (Koeln) and will release a live 2CD and video in EUROPE later this year. That's what he said. Btw, he also said that there will be another TSO album ! NP : Angra - Lisbon (... the skies are falling down) 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: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:19:56 -0700 From: Arash Ashouriha To: email_address_removed Subject: Angra Message-ID: <35B4B19C.427B@fh-niederrhein.de> >In reference to the new Angra album, Fireworks, can anyone tell me if >they plan to record with a real orchestra this time? Make no mistake, I >dig Angra alot, but wouldn't a *real* orchestra bring these guys >orchestral/classical sections (and overall music) to a new level? Am I >right .....? Yesterday, my brother has bought Angra's new single "Lisbon". It's a 3 track maxi CD. 1)Lisbon 2)Make Belive (acoustic version) 3)Angel's Cry (original demo version) In "Lisbon" which is half ballade like "Make Belive", I can hear a full real orchestra. NP : Angra - Lisbon (... the skies are falling down) 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: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:16:02 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Bad Trader info Message-ID: If you are approached by Joel Anthony (email_address_removed) for a trade, ignore him. I sent him $30 worth of xerox tab in March. He failed to send my videos (in exchange for the xerox tab). Not only did he fail to send it, but he admits he received my tab and will not finish his part of the trade. I have constantly sent him Instant Messages stating "Send me my tapes". Today he responded. This exchange via Instant Message will show you why you should never enter into a trade with toneadd9: Calvin 6S: Send me my tapes Tone add9: U R SUCH A FUKKIN WHINER Calvin 6S: And you are a fucking scam artist Tone add9: SEND MORE TAB BOOKS Tone add9: AND CASH It is one thing to have disputes over mail getting lost during a trade - but to admit you have received your end of the trade and then openly say you will not complete your part of the trade is inexcusable. I know I will never receive my end of the trade from Joel (lives in San Antonio, TX), but I thought I would let the other traders out there know about this loser. Sorry for wasting bandwidth ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 02:08:48 -0700 From: "Trevor W. Hoit" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: kevmos sig/multimedia Message-ID: > .. and this is one of the only ways you'll > ever get KevMo's autograph, so you may want to jump on this. Another way is/was to order Dead Air from Fight Evil Records. I pre-ordered though, I don't know if they are doing it anymore. Regarding multimedia on cds, I probably have about 10 cds with mm on them and most I have looked at only once and some never. It's not a big incentive for me to buy the disc. I buy a cd for music. They should either sell the mm seperately or include it on a second disc so there's room for the music like Alan Parsons did on his last one. My 1.5 cents, Trevor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 02:41:10 PDT From: "Tetsu Hamanaka" To: email_address_removed.ca, email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: Re: X-Japan (Hide) Message-ID: Dear Simon and jammers who responded my post about Japanese scene. Thanks for your warm reply!! >didn't know X-Japan wasn't `respected' in Japan. This is very >interesting. It is hard to explain the situation in Japan. I told my opinion on music scene already, but most Japanese HR/HM fans strictly listen to American and European bands including Metallica, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Shadow Gallery, Symphony X and so on. Most such people do not like X-Japan, IMO. Maybe my opinion might contradict. I am one of very few people who listen and enjoy both domestic (Japanese) and foreign bands. On the other hand, there are some Japanese listeners strictly listen to domestic music only. Then such people look down foreign bands. This is pretty complicated situation to explain. Some people respect foreign music alot, but others worship Japanese pop and rock music. Before I came to US, I was a fan who only listen to American and european music (except for some great Japanese hard rock bands I listened are Loudness, Earthshaker, and Vow Wow). Because Japanese musicians and groups borrow the musical ideas from Americans. And 80s Japanese pop and rock music was not always good quality. But after 90s, there are some great bands like X-Japan and Bz. If you are curious, I will continue discuss this topic. >`Hide with Spreading Beaver' (or something). Is this another one of >Hide's side projects? It seemed very popular (along with the band SMAP, >which seemed to be everywhere on tv ha ha ha ;) ). Yes, that is Hide of X-Japan!! I think Hide with Spread Beaver was supporsed to be his main project after X-Japan broke up. But you know what happened to him tragically!! Then of course, most Japanese HR fans hate SMAP. >Is Dream Theater really popular in Japan, or just an underground >phenomenon like here in America? Ok, what I can say is that Yngwie Malmsteen and Mr.Big and Bon Jovi are extremely popular bands in Japan, oh and Aerosmith and Van Halen. Such bands on the above probably are popular among both two sides fans that I mentioned on the previous paragraph. However, Dream Theater never hit top 10, but top 20. I guess Angra hit top 20 in the album chart. I guess Images and Words sold pretty well and Awake also sold well. But compare to selling of X-Japan and Bz, their selling number is not enough. Simply, not many people know Dream Theater. For example, if you ask Japanese people on the street, most people know Bon Jovi and X-Japan, but probably more than 90% people have never heard of Dream Theater. Funny thing is that Dream Theater is way more popular than Poison and Warrant. Dream Theater is inbetween Popular states and Underground States. In the case of practicing Japanese Musicians, 90% people know Dream Theater and DT is way respected. If you are curious about Japanese music scene, I will continue discussing this. Thank you for replying me. Tetsu Hamanaka ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 03:38:44 PDT From: "Enchant ed" To: email_address_removed Subject: why aren't there more singles off FIII???? Message-ID: I keep asking myself this question for some time. FII is by far the most commercial album of DT and DT wanted to attract a new fanbase. So why did they release only one single off FII? And why asking Desmond Child to make the song You not me more radio friendly while not giving it a change??? I think that song would do well as a single. Other possibility: Peruvian Skies; this would attract Pink Floyd fans and Metallica fans! So why bothering all those commercial songs on FII, while releasing only one of them as a single? I think a majority of the DT fans rather hear more progressive songs, like I do. I think Metropolis II will do ;) Enchant Ed ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:37:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Andrews To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: JMP-1 Message-ID: According to Todd Beachler: > > > A couple of jams ago someone discussed the JMP-1 and said that the tubes are > there just for look and that the "real" distortion came from a solid state > circuit. Just making sure that's what was said. BTW who was this? They actually, what they said was the exact opposite - the real distortion does come from two 12ax7 tubes running at full voltage. Mike Blevins said it, he has a JMP-1 in his rack. marshall JCM 900s used some solid state parts to provide some of the distortion, since this design did not get really crunchy until you cranked it up. -- scott andrews biophysics research email_address_removed chemistry department ****************************************************************** --- http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sha3u --- info & CD reviews | Ibanez | soundclips of of major & underground | 7 string | my prog-thrash progressive/thrash metal | guitar info | metal band ATAXIA ****************************************************************** "metal isn't dead, it just smells funny." -Zappa paraphrase ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:06:28 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: bad traders list Message-ID: u can add CALVIN6S to that list!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:15:48 -0700 From: Arash Ashouriha To: email_address_removed Subject: favorite keyboard solos ? Message-ID: <35B53D44.4739@fh-niederrhein.de> Hi there I would like to start a new survey. I don't think this was disccussed before. The question is : What are your favorite keyboard solos of all time ? Mine : - "A Change Of Seasons"/"Trial Of Tears"/"Burning My Soul" by Derek Shreinian (Dream Theater) - "Flight"/"Time Will Tell"/"Tearing Down The World" by Andre Anderson (Royal Hunt) - "The Future Needs Your Name"/"The Timesless Nights" by Daniel Liverani (Empty Tremor) - "Riot In The Dungeons" by Jens Johansson (Rising Force) - "Learning To Leave"/"Metropolis I"/"Take The Time" by Kevin Moore (Dream Theater) - "Paradigm Shift"/"Universal Mind"/"Freedom Of Speech" Jordan Rudess (Liquid Tension Experiment) - "Mettle Man" by Michael Geimer (Enchant) NP : Arena - Welcome To The Stage 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: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:29:41 -0700 From: "John E. Martin" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: favorite keyboard solos ? Message-ID: >I would like to start a new survey. I don't think this was disccussed before. >The question is : What are your favorite keyboard solos of all time ? Kick ass solos... "Come Sail Away" - Dennis DeYoung, Styx "Dodo" - Tony Banks, Genesis "Learning to Live" - Kevin Moore, Dream Theater "Incommunicado" - Mark Kelly, Marillion "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" - Rick Wakeman, (Yeah, the whole album ;) -sp00L and if anger is the ending of the thing that weve become for the mother and the father and the sister and the son through the shallow without wanting realization to mistake through the ugliness the open all the things we cant replace i will control - moist, creature ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4087 **************************