YTSEJAM Digest 4094 Today's Topics: 1) UACM / Re: Ytsejam For Piano by Mark Bredius 2) Great to be here, some questions by email_address_removed 3) RE: Bass Solo's by "Giannotti, Nick" 4) DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? by Jon Parmet 5) Metropolis drum lick by email_address_removed 6) the fan club? autographs? by "MEMKIL" 7) Re: Ayreon by "Bj?rnar Bevolden" 8) Awesome drums! by "Adam Saunders" 9) re: Portnoy clinic charges??? by email_address_removed 10) Of hackers and insane clowns... by Jason Earle 11) Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? by Scott Andrews 12) Finding Empty Tremor, cheap. (NDTC) by email_address_removed 13) Re: ibanez giveaways (digital man) by TheCowGod 14) Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? by Scott Andrews 15) Re: Chops on Loan; Laser's Edge by TheCowGod 16) Nick B., I can't find the Output option in Winamp!!! Help! (NDTC) by email_address_removed 17) Re: Immaturity & MP3 Encoding Help by TheCowGod 18) $10 off at CDnow by "Paul Gregory Humm" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:01:44 +0200 From: Mark Bredius To: "'Ytsejam'" Subject: UACM / Re: Ytsejam For Piano Message-ID: Robert MacAusland asked : > Has anyone downloaded the MP3 found below? I've downlownded it > twice, and on both occasion it came up garbled (sounded like a > recording overdubbed with running water) That's because you're using Netscape. Either download the file with a REAL browser ;) or check out Under A Cyber Moon's sound clips page. You can download "uncook.exe" or "phix.exe" there. Either program can be used to fix the MP3. Personally, I would suggest installing GetRight... Depending on the server you are downloading from you can pause downloads and finish them later or resume broken downloads. _____ Oh yeah, http://www.dreamtheater.net/ is working again, thanks to my hero George Szumski. :) Mark Bredius _______________________________________________________ Under A Cyber Moon - The Official Dream Theater Website http://www.dreamtheater.net/ E-mail: email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:23:32 +0000 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Great to be here, some questions Message-ID: Been lurking for awhile, pretty busy. I'm interested in trying to develop some type of strategy for getting radio play for DT. I know it can be difficult, but I'm begining to notice my local station is playing some new hard rock more often. I wonder if anyone has noticed this in their area (I'm in Wichita), and if they have any ideas. I believe an organized effort, even if the record company isn't involved, can work. I've made requests many times to my local staion, and it really does seem to come down to the numbers. Also, any ideas on how to develop a weekly radio show, devoted to P-Rock. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Pat ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:39:22 -0400 From: "Giannotti, Nick" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: RE: Bass Solo's Message-ID: <36E02D8151FFD1118C1C00600808ACE52860B5@HAMSXHA2> Hmm... this is interesting. I'm not a fan of bass solos, even though I'm a bassist, but there are some that stick out in my head: 'NV43345' by Billy Sheehan 'Snake Soda' by Vital Tech Tones with Vic Wooten on Bass 'Monkeysuit Businessman' by Michael Manring 'The Peanuts Theme' by Stu Hamm 'Waterfall Cafe' by Mark Egan 'Erotomania' by John Myung (not really a bass solo, but you know what I mean). Most of the stuff that sticks out in my head, in terms of bass, is the melody as opposed to a solo, though. I could go on for hours about that... :) Nicholas Giannotti JointSTARS Contracts email_address_removed "Avoid Alcohol and Calculus - don't drink and derive." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:43:01 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: Jam Subject: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? Message-ID: Thought this portion of a thread I've been reading on Usenet would be of some interest, if not amusement. Sorry but the expire on our server for r.m.p. is set to a minute or two :), so I don't have all the articles which began the thread. Deja News should have all of it though. > Subject: Re: Watchtower/was: Why Dream Th. are prog? Why Boston not? > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:28:21 +0200 > From: Kjartan Almenning > Newsgroups: rec.music.progressive > References: 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 > Scott Andrews wrote: > > > Kjartan Almenning wrote: > > > > : Problem is - all four mentioned bands lack what is considered such an > > : important factor in progressive music - the feel, the mood, the atmosphere. ]From what I've been told, Birch Hill has plenty of atmosphere :) > > i disagree strongly - they all have a feel and a mood and an > > atmosphere. it happens to be one of heavy mathematical > > complexity, but it's still there. just because you might not > > like it does not mean that it is not present. just because > > it's metal does not mean it can't have as much mood and > > atmosphere as lighter technical rock. > > Of course. E.g. black metal has a lot of atmosphere. Spastic Ink and Watchtower > do not. Or if they do, it's certainly waaaaay back in the background where you > can't notice it unless it happens to be the only thing you listen to. It seems that whenever Dream Theater is mentioned on r.m.P., it invariably brings out some fairly heated debates about music in general. It's as much of a battle for recognition and respect in there as it is for the band in real life. Many of the self-proclaimed experts who post there seem to feel the need to keep reminding the world that Dream Theater is not progressive, labelling them 'Pop Rock', 'Popular Hard Rock', just about anything without the word 'progressive' in it. Just a guess, but I think the Balls 'N Chunk scares them :) I laughed when I saw the 'black metal' label :) How many songs by DT has that guy listened to? It got me to thinking though (I know, I know, run and hide!). What if the guys did a song that was just truly wrong. Some kind of Death/Thrash/Black/Angst kind of song, with sick feedback/distortion, Derek stabbing his keys Emerson style, John M shouting some obscenity, Mike completely ruining a drum set, James growling. Forget about chops, forget about complexity, just torture the electronics! You get the idea :) Perhaps the title of the song could be "Too Much Spice, Girls" This might get significant airplay. We're talking album sales here, peeps! Pacify the machine by giving the appearance of selling out. Not to worry, the rest of the disc would contain more conventional songs like Metropolis II :) -- *------------*----------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*----------------------------*--------------* "I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning." - Aleister Crowley, "The Book of Lies" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:43:22 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Metropolis drum lick Message-ID: Hey, I'm kinda new to drumming, and I'm wondering if someone could maybe help me out with a part from metropolis. I've only got a five piece, so that may cause some need for improvising, but here's how I'm doing it on my five piece now. It's the part that starts about a minute into the song, with the toms, it's also during the "I was told..." verse. (sorry that this looks so stupid, and so big, it's the best I can do....) F= floor tom T= first tom TT= second tom S= snare B= bass drum X0= open high hat on the four and closing on the "e" (if that makes any sense, I'm not sure I really know what that is... I could be off in wording on that ) XO T T TT S S F F F F F F B B B That's the best I can do to get it to look almost right, if anyone has any clue what I'm talking about and knows how to play it correctly, any e-mail or posting on the ytsejam would be grately appreciated. Thanks!!!! Tony C "I'm not so sure that enjoy this journey, they've got their guns to my head." -shadow gallery ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:49:17 -0700 From: "MEMKIL" To: Subject: the fan club? autographs? Message-ID: <01bdb659$d4b94c60$message_id_removed> The fan club section on Itchy's page needs to be updated. First of all, it says that you get a signed photo of the band, but Neil had responded with a negative for any signed material. Second, it says that you need $15 to join, but the price is up to $18 now. Third and most importantly, this address thing is pissing me off. There's no way in hell i'll send anything overseas, and there's no way for me to rejoin the club. I'm not the first to comment on this, and if there's anyone who could add something to this, especially if you are currently in the club, please do so. Thanks. Mike (Erotomaniac) Kilun ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 19:02:48 +0200 From: "Bj?rnar Bevolden" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Ayreon Message-ID: Hello ! Yes, the Ayreon album is a superb album and much better than their second album, although that one is great too. The main man behind this cd is Arjen Lucassen from Vengeance. The album is a concept album and has an undertitle as a rock-opera, but don`t expect any opera singing. The album in itself is build up as a opera with different characters, and the main character is Ayreon. A lot of different styles is to be heard on this album, where the aor, symphonic, progressive and melodic metal style is the most dominating. And even elements from different musical epoches is to be heard. A lot of different musicians makes this cd a special one. I think that if you like symphonic metal with progressive elements to it (as i know you do) you will probably love this. Great production too.=20 A must have. =20 Bye, Bj=F8rnar, Norway ! NP: Trivial Act: Mindscape (Jap) Volodya wrote: >=20 > Hello Jammers, > Has anyone heard Ayreon's "The Final Experiment" album? I think= it's a > rock-opera with lots of different musicians. How is it? Any opinions? >=20 > Take care, > Volodya. >=20 > OPEN ALL NIGHT [ OAN ] RECORDS > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/9326/oan.htm > e-mail: provibe@club-internet.fr > kingofswing@hol.fr ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:19:59 -0400 From: "Adam Saunders" To: Subject: Awesome drums! Message-ID: <000901bdb65e$1fe7ade0$8cb8d6d1@default> We just got in the new CD by progressive metal band Power Of Omens. If you are into Mike Portnoy or Mark Zonder (Fates Warning), you've got to hear this CD. The drummer is the most amazing rock/metal drummer I have ever heard. There's a song on there that is around 20 minutes long that is unbelievable. The guy actually took lessons from Mark Zonder and it shows. He's taking it to a new level, though. The rest of the band is awesome, too. The CD is a cross between DT's 'Images and Words' and Fates' 'Perfect Symmetry'. The vocals are very similar to Geoff Tate. I've got a couple of RealAudio files up on the website, but they do not do justice to the CD. Adam ============================================== The Arena Online CD Store http://www.arenamusic.com mailto:email_address_removed We specialize in progressive metal! ============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:30:56 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: re: Portnoy clinic charges??? Message-ID: <<>> Both of the New Hampshire clinics were $5 ~~Arr ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:40:36 +0000 From: Jason Earle To: email_address_removed, email_address_removed.br Subject: Of hackers and insane clowns... Message-ID: > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 04:41:51 -0300 (EST) > From: Rogerio Brito > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Immaturity & MP3 Encoding Help > > What does 3733t mean?? > > []s, Roger... I've wondered that also...I think it's hacker-speak for being "Eleet", or elite. Guess it's supposed to mean boss, rad, gnarly, funkritudinal, and all that other stuff. Probably with emphasis on technology. Can anybody back me up on this one? By the way, Roger, what does "[]s" mean? -Jason "Looeee" Earle NP: "Bugz on my Nugz" - ICP ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:24:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Andrews To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? Message-ID: According to Jon Parmet: > > > Thought this portion of a thread I've been reading on Usenet would be of > some interest, if not amusement. Sorry but the expire on our server for i was in this thread. you missed the DT related part, that was an earlier thread arguing about how progressive DT was. this later sub-thread was talking about watchtower, asptic ink, meshuggah, and cynic. > > Subject: Re: Watchtower/was: Why Dream Th. are prog? Why Boston not? > > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:28:21 +0200 > > From: Kjartan Almenning > > Newsgroups: rec.music.progressive > > References: 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 > > > Scott Andrews wrote: > > > > > Kjartan Almenning wrote: > > > > > > : Problem is - all four mentioned bands lack what is considered such an > > > : important factor in progressive music - the feel, the mood, the atmosphere. this is me here. > > > i disagree strongly - they all have a feel and a mood and an > > > atmosphere. it happens to be one of heavy mathematical > > > complexity, but it's still there. just because you might not > > > like it does not mean that it is not present. just because > > > it's metal does not mean it can't have as much mood and > > > atmosphere as lighter technical rock. > > > > Of course. E.g. black metal has a lot of atmosphere. Spastic Ink and Watchtower > > do not. Or if they do, it's certainly waaaaay back in the background where you > > can't notice it unless it happens to be the only thing you listen to. > I laughed when I saw the 'black metal' label :) How many songs by DT has > that guy listened to? he was not talking about DT at all, he was complaining that the four technical metal bands i mentioned above have no atmosphere or feel. i was arguing that they do. 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: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:27:09 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Finding Empty Tremor, cheap. (NDTC) Message-ID: Hello, Chances are, Arash is going to see this and probably will have the info I need. So, here I go. I want to buy the young fellas' CD, but frankly CDNOW's price is outrageous. After postage, it's about $27. Any alternatives so I can get it at $20 or less? Thanks, Jeff E. NP: Lunar Crush - http://www.detroitmusic.com/artists/lunarcrush ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:31:32 -0400 From: TheCowGod To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: ibanez giveaways (digital man) Message-ID: >hey ibanez did once do a give away (in 93) where you could win an real usa >custom shop jp model with johns sign and a private lesson (of course the ibanez can afford it, yeah. at the steve vai clinic i saw, they gave away 2 JEMs. that's a lot of money :) and at least one of em (maybe both, i don't remember) he played that night, so it wasn't even just getting a free guitar. it was getting a guitar that steve vai had played. woo. my ticket was 2 off - i almost won it. damn. *** END OF TRANSMISSION *** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:33:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Andrews To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? Message-ID: According to Scott Andrews: > > this later sub-thread was talking about watchtower, asptic ink, > meshuggah, and cynic. that misspelled band name would be Spastic Ink - a brilliant instrumental record by the 2nd watchtower guitarist, Ron Jarzombek. 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: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:34:32 -0400 From: TheCowGod To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Chops on Loan; Laser's Edge Message-ID: >you. I ordered nine discs via credit card once and it took a month and a >half for the order to get to me. My advice is to pay by check; I got my >discs in two weeks when paying by check. doesn't check take longer cuz it has to clear? maybe it was coincidence... or the fact that it was 9 discs so it took a while to get em all, or sumfin, i dunno. but i'm not too sure about credit card being SLOWER than check. *** END OF TRANSMISSION *** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:45:23 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Nick B., I can't find the Output option in Winamp!!! Help! (NDTC) Message-ID: Nick, I checked and could only find the Input tab under options->preferences. What am I missing here? Thanks, Jeff E. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:46:39 -0400 From: TheCowGod To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Immaturity & MP3 Encoding Help Message-ID: > What does 3733t mean?? hacker slang for eleet (elite - good :). but i believe it's 31337. No, i'm not. :) Moo. *** END OF TRANSMISSION *** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:07:26 -0800 From: "Paul Gregory Humm" To: email_address_removed Subject: $10 off at CDnow Message-ID: Hey all, I was just browsing "The Onion" (www.theonion.com), and I saw they had an advertisement for $10 off at CDnow. The offer expires on August 4, and is good only on orders of $19.99 or more. Here's the link: http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/redirect/leaf=from=mad:w:oni:reag:yswst Sounds like a great opportunity to pre-order Explorers Club! Paul P.S. I apologize if this information has already been posted. ----------- Paul Humm email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4094 **************************