YTSEJAM Digest 4132 Today's Topics: 1) Petrucci Video 'n' stuff by email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) 2) Question by Rogerio Brito 3) RE: Empty Tremor by email_address_removed 4) Keyboardists by "Elydian" 5) OY VEY! Roger's Question! by Carol Dellinger 6) Interesting item on eBay web site item#23715480: DREAM THEATER--"Lie"--PROMO CD!! by email_address_removed 7) various ramblings..... by BILL HUSTON 8) Re: Rock Online LTE and Explorer's Club Live Chat by Mark Bredius 9) re: Deep Purple by Brian Hansen 10) Oh yeah... by BILL HUSTON 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4131 [2/2] by email_address_removed (Merlin) 12) Re: The Mirror (tab book wrong) by email_address_removed 13) Re: various ramblings..... by email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) 14) Re: Kevin/Derek by email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:06:52 +0200 From: email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) To: email_address_removed Subject: Petrucci Video 'n' stuff Message-ID: Hey all, I was reading this Belgian music magazine this morning, and they were reviewing a load of instructional videos. This is what they had to say about Petrucci's "Rock Discipline": (translated from Dutch) "...Rock Discipline has given me the seriousness that was missing in Metal instruction videos. All future tapes in the genre for years to come will be measured to this one..." On the subject of girlfriends who love/hate DT. My ex wasn't really all that enthousiastic about DT, while the girlfriend I had before her really loved it. The point? Even if she likes DT, it's not a guarantee for a lasting relationship. There are always other things to consider. Thank you, Dr. Ruth. Also, I have a few weeks of vacation coming up, any recommendations in the literature department? Serious and fun stuff, please. Oh yeah, to Glen Brooks: don't EVER do that kind of shit again, dude, you almost gave me a heart-attack, and don't ever let your girlfriend do the apologising for you, it's bad for your image ;-) FiveNgroK ... desperately needs a girlfriend CP: Magellan - Test of Wills ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:36:33 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: email_address_removed Subject: Question Message-ID: Hi there. Could you please let a foreigner know what a "Jewish American Princess" mean? I think that it's a slang, and, of course, couldn't find in the dictionaries that I have. Thank you very much, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 14:07:43 -0400 From: email_address_removed Subject: RE: Empty Tremor Message-ID: > Arash wrote: > Please help ET and buy "Apocolokyntosys". I think most of > you have allready heard some samples or their promo tape. I just received this CD from Music Boulevard for something like $20. This CD is awesome, reminds me of the first time I heard I&W. All those jammers who have bitched and moaned about wanting DT to do another I&W instead of their latest CD - FII, should pick up this CD. No, they don't sound exactly like DT, but you can hear the influences. But they definitely have their own sound. The singer has an amazing voice too. The drums are great, excellent double bass work. Just my $5 worth. Kevin Rackley Official Soul Reason Website http://members.aol.com/rackleyk/ "And I try to burn the world With words I cannot say Don't you wish that I had better things for you I know it's not enough to play The games have all become a myriad Of tears and who's to blame No one's led you to the promised land But you weren't lead astray" - Soul Reason - Stop the Rain ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:03:00 +0100 From: "Elydian" To: Subject: Keyboardists Message-ID: <01bdbf08$f3840100$LocalHost@elydian> Continuing the recent discussion about Derek and Kevin. Personally, I prefer both Matt Guillory and Jordan Rudess, to both of them. Matt Guillory probably coming first, with Jordan Rudess a VERY close second, then Kevin, then Derek. Matt Guillory's soloing and melodic ideas are just amazing, listen to his solo on Exposing The Nerve, including, and after the keys-guitar unison, on the old Chaos Theory wav (nerve2.wav) taken from the Chaos Theory demo, back when Jeff DiBartolemeo was vocalist. If anyone missed these old wavs when they were posted on Chaos Theory's old site, along with the RealAudio files, then I will be happy to host them at my web pages, just e-mail me. Also MG's harmonys and chordal ideas are amazing (Living In Fear intro). His patches are just amazing, especially his solo patches (I've heard he uses a guitar distortion pedal to smooth them out and thicken the sound. If Matt's reading, I never received the Chaos Theory demo you said you were going to send me (I don't mind if you weren't going to send it, I'm just wondering if you did, and it just got stuck in the post or something). Jordan Rudess is just an all round amazing player and composer. Listen to Rudess Morgenstein Project. The piano solo in the middle of Crossing Over just knocks me over every time I hear it (and it was just as good live when I saw them supporting DT at the Forum in June). Rudess seems to use many patches, all of which sound very good. Kevin Moore's solo and melodic ideas were very good sometimes (the Ytse Jam solo comes to mind). But sometimes they just seemed to wander (his solo in UAGM). His composition was good, although it's difficult to tell who writes what in the band sometimes. His patches were good. Derek Sherinian's soloing just seems all the same sometimes, and lacks emotion too, most of the time, although some of his FII work was okay (TOT). Live he seems to spend more time trying to have sex with his keyboards than actually play them. Technically, he seems less adept than the previous players (who seem on a par with each other). His patches sound a little thin, and a little similar to each other. Just my 2....um...English pence. ========================================== In a world which your mind controls, belief is reality. -- E-Mail: elydian@netcomuk.co.uk -- ICQ UIN: 1491970 -- Web Pages: http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~elydian/ ========================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 11:06:15 -0700 From: Carol Dellinger To: email_address_removed Subject: OY VEY! Roger's Question! Message-ID: Roger's inquiring mind wanted to know: > Hi there. > Could you please let a foreigner know what a "Jewish American >Princess" mean? I think that it's a slang, and, of course, couldn't find >in the dictionaries that I have. > Thank you very much, Roger... Oy Raaaaahger daaaahhlling! (Jewish Mama mode on now) Allow me to explain bubbie! Jewish American Princess or "JAP" is a slang word most especially heard in New York or as D-Man knows it: Lawn Guy Land, OR in the Promised Land of Miami Beach (as in "Sadie dahling, when we retire, I promise we'll move to Miami Beach!") A JAP is a single Jewish female that is used to wrapping Daddy (who is NOT known as the King in his house) around her adorable little finger and getting every little thing her heart desires. When the Princess finds her Prince and she receives an ample enough carat starter bauble for her finger she proceeds to marriage and becoming the Queen ( the REAL power in the Jewish house). I know all this because I grew up in Miami and at one time was an Honorary JAP. I moved but still kept some of the finer qualities such as never shopping retail, and GUILT babay GUILT! OY! I'm getting verklemft! It was like buttah I tell you like buttah! Also when the "Handbook" craze went on there was not only a Preppie Handbook, but a Jewish American Princess Hand book as well. One of my wonderful Jewish neighbors gave it to me so that I could truly be a MOT (Member of the Tribe) and find me a wonderful boy, settle down and make chicken and matzoh ball soup with gefilte fish. Guess that didn't work huh? Hope that explains it a bit for you..... Coldfire email_address_removed Gallery of Shadows the Official Shadow Gallery Mailing List email_address_removed http://www.dreamt.org/galleryofshadows "Fly where your dreams go....." Crystalline Dreams - Shadow Gallery ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:59:20 -0700 (PDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Interesting item on eBay web site item#23715480: DREAM THEATER--"Lie"--PROMO CD!! Message-ID: Hey gang. Saw this, and didn't know how many of you have it, or want it. - mike. Title of item: DREAM THEATER--"Lie"--PROMO CD!! Seller: email_address_removed Starts: 08/01/98 15:20:38 PDT Ends: 08/08/98 15:20:38 PDT Price: Starts at $5.00 To bid the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=23715480 Item Description: DREAM THEATER--"Lie"--PROMO CD--EastWest Records America... Promo CD for the track "Lie"(5:02)....Cardboard digipak CD cover with full color artwork throughout...Excellent condition...(winning bid pays shipping) Visit eBay, the world's largest Personal Trading Community at http://www.ebay.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 13:12:03 -0600 From: BILL HUSTON To: email_address_removed Subject: various ramblings..... Message-ID: Ok, I'm one of those with no musical background whatsoever. So why do I like DT? It's gotta be cause they're prog. When I was a kid, I rejected the usual radio station and the music because it bored me. I was the one listening to Ummagumma, or Shades of Deep Purple instead of the Zombies like my friends. I always liked the stuff that took some work to appreciate. My musical background stems from just appreciation. So still today, I go out of my way to find something I like, not what's being sold. Favorite WDADU song: LFAGA, of course. Girlfriends into DT: Don't have one-wife wouldn't allow it :> She likes Acoustic Dreams. Also the ballads from FII. She doesn't really like heavy stuff at all and odd time sigs make her lose interest. Her background is country and pop 40. It's a wonder she listens to them at all... AOI: Love it. Can't compare it to LTE, though as it's definitely a different concept. Wish I could here the rhythm section though... To me, I hear bad or improper micing of the drums. But that doesn't apply to Sheehan's bass. The whole lower end lack definition. Yeah, you can tell they're there but can't distinguish the notes (bass) or which individual drum Terry's hitting. And while I'm here, doesn't Impact 5 sound like it was faded out way early? I feel cheated so I don't like this ending especially when the thing is as insane as it is. It definitely isn't a time constraint, they have some 20 min. left on the CD. And James should've gotten Impact 1-my favorite track. So is Magellan anything like AOI? I'm now interested and am thinking about Test of Wills. Any comments? Wilmo (no sig) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 21:23:38 +0200 From: Mark Bredius To: "'Ytsejam'" Subject: Re: Rock Online LTE and Explorer's Club Live Chat Message-ID: This just came in : > ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING LTE AND EXPLORER'S CLUB > > Please find enclosed a link and address that has been posted > in regard to the August 14th 10 pm EDT live chat with Dream > Theater members James Labrie and Mike Portnoy. They will discuss > the recently released Liquid Tension Experiment and Explorer's > Club titles. > > Rock Online is expecting a large turnout and it would be > appreciated if the Rock Online address/link could be linked > to your online sites to garner even more interest. > > http://www.rockonline.com or click here---} > Welcome To RockOnline.com(TM) > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely, > Tracy Buchholz > Chipster Entertainment Mark Bredius _______________________________________________________ Under A Cyber Moon - The Official Dream Theater Website http://www.dreamtheater.net/ E-mail: email_address_removed The Official H Website -- http://www.hogarth.com/steve/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:21:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Hansen To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: re: Deep Purple Message-ID: hajejan wrote: > Deep purple is coming to Norway! I geuss that is a good thing. Now the > question is.. Should I go? i've heard them discussed on the Jam quite a > lot, but I haven't heard a single somg of them (That I'm aware of) > What kinda music do they play? Proggish? Do you have "A Change of Seasons" by DT? Then you've heard a Deep Purple song (Perfect Strangers). Have you ever heard the song "Smoke on the Water"? That's Deep Purple. Deep Purple has been around a long time, and they've had many personnel changes. The most famous lineup of Deep Purple includes Richie Blackmore on guitar and Ian Gillian on vocals. They were contemporaries of Led Zeppelin, and there was a time (70's) when Jimmy Page and Blackmore were the biggest "guitar gods" in hard rock. If you want to purchase any Deep Purple, get "Machine Head" first. That's the "Images and Words" recording for Deep Purple (The best studio recording). Or you can get "Made in Japan", which is a live album with the same line-up. After many line-up changes and breaking up, the "Machine Head" line-up got together years later and recorded "Perfect Strangers". It's another good one to get. (On a side note, when Deep Purple broke up the first time, they had fizzled out, but the band stayed together under a new name with the last DP singer, David Coverdale. They became Whitesnake, but that's a different story... And of course Blackmore had formed Rainbow, with some unknown singer named Ronnie James Dio.) Anyways, you'll find a lot of discs out there for Deep Purple, but be careful. They did more live and greatest hits albums then studio albums. No telling what you'll get. Should you see them now? Well, many people will say that Blackmore IS Deep Purple, so without him, it's a different band. They'll probably play some of the old classics, but it won't be the same. I have no idea what their new material is like, but it hasn't received any glowing reviews. But if you're a big fan of Steve Morse, it may be worth it. my $.06, BH _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 14:20:55 -0600 From: BILL HUSTON To: email_address_removed Subject: Oh yeah... Message-ID: I forgot to mention this in my last post... In AOI, there was this survey thing where they ask questions about what you listen to. There are two places where you, the fans, can promote LEMUR VOICE to them. One is where they ask your 3 favorite bands. I put them in as #3. The other is what 3 CD's you've recently purchased-they fit there, too. This is your chance to promote them and let MC know they do have a fan base. Of course, it would help if MC did something (anything) to promote their bands.... Wilmo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 16:33:02 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Merlin) To: Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4131 [2/2] Message-ID: girlfriend is a DT freak
> too, first I gave my vinyl copy of = I&W when I got the CD, then a few months
> later she bought = Awake, then when Fii was release I bought the US version
> and = when my sister went to Japan, she bought the Japanese version for = me
> (with the bonus cd) and I gave my girlfriend the US copy, the = same thing
> happened to the Hollow years single, I got the German = version, then the
> Japanese version, and she received another DT = cd !
> When DT came here in Brazil, she attended both concerts = with me, and she
> enjoyed as much as I did! She even reads the = YtseJam posts everyday !
> Actually her favorite Metal bands are = Dream Theater and Angra (the best
> melodic metal from Brazil = )...
> Tell me if I'm not a good boyfriend !!
> Gilberto = Bressan Junior email_address_removed.br
> NP- Shadow Gallery - = Carved in Stone
>
>
>
>
> = ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 = 08:49:40 -0700
> From: Lisa Marie = <email_address_removed>
> To: YTSEJAM - The Dream = Theater Mailing List <email_address_removed>
> Subject: = Spock's Beard Update
> Message-ID: = <email_address_removed>
>
>
> = Here's some news from the Spock's Beard mailing list...
> I = thought some of you east coasters would be interested
> in what = Neal has to say.  :o)
>
>
> = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --
> Hello everyone!
>
> The good news is, yes, we're = doing a show in S. F. on October 2nd. The bad
> news is I still = haven't received a contract from the club, so, it's not booked
> = yet. They were supposed to fax me last week but they haven't. That's why = I
> haven't posted anything. We're also planning to do a show in = L. A. October 4th
> but we haven't secured a club. I'll post it as = soon as it's done. These things
> take forever!!!!
> =
> Look for Ryo and I in the current Keyboard magazine. I haven't = seen it but I
> hear it exists. Pretty short article = apparently.
>
> The Kings X tour possibility is off! So, = I'm working on a tour of the east and
> midwest cities for mid = January. here's the cities I'm thinking of hitting:
> BOSTON, = ROCHESTER, CLEVELAND, GRAND RAPIDS, CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, ST. = LOUIS,
> NASHVILLE, CINCINNATI, D. C. ,  PHILLY AND NEW YORK. = Of course, this is just a
> preliminary routing idea, all is = totally up for grabs, but, the reason I
> mention it is we are = looking for venues in these cities appropriate to the
> beard. = Capacity should be between 250 - 700 (I think!) and the stages need = to
> fairly large. You guys could really help us out by emailing = me the names of
> the venues, capacity, phone number and contact = person. Thanks in advance!
>
> THE LIGHT and BEWARE OF = DARKNESS will be in the stores September 8.
>
> Thanks for = your continued enthusiasm. And remember SB CDs make great = gifts!!!!
>
> Neal
> = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -
>
> Lisa Marie "Jessie"
> = email_address_removed
> = http://home.pacbell.net/ytsegirl
> = _________________________________________
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> = _________________________________________
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> http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hayd0029/ytseradio
> =
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 03 = Aug 1998 09:24:37 PDT
> From: "Partha Mukhopadhyay" = <email_address_removed>
> To: = email_address_removed
> Subject: variegated responses
> = Message-ID: = <email_address_removed>
>
> =
> > Disc 1 and 2 will contain material from = "Counterparts" and "Test
> > For The Echo" = tour.
>
> allow me to "bleep" a time or = two......them dudes didn't play The Pass
> on either of these two = tours, which means that very finest song they've
> ever made in = my estimation will not be represented on a live album (an
> = official one, anyway).....
>
> about fave WDADU = song.....OAMOT, without a doubt, it's fighting Learning
> to Live = as my #1 fave DT song, for one thing......and the other reasons
> = were rather well spelled out by Senor Merlo a jam or two ago....the =
> imagery just kicks butt, what with the audience that ticks on = the
> walls......the crescendo at the end, sweet stuff, say = I....
>
> fyi, Chris, I have done that "Wake up to = OAMOT on repeat" before, more
> than once, and it's a great = way to fire up for the day.....
>
> (maybe the only better = songs to start off the day with on repeat are the
> spirit of = radio and APSOG.....of course, with the latter on repeat, you
> = don't actually make it out of bed until about 1 PM, but that's another =
> story)
>
> partha
>
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------=_NextPart_000_01BDBEFC.61B17DE0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 17:27:14 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The Mirror (tab book wrong) Message-ID: jogopogo quoted the Awake tab book with: >In the official transcriptions book of Awake, (edited by John Petrucci), >the time signatures for the beginning of Mirror are as follows: > 2 bars of 4/4 The first one as a count-in > 1 bar of 3/4 > 4 bars of 12/8 > 7 bars of 4/4 > 1 bar of 2/4 > 1 bar of 9/16 > 33 bars of 4/4 (dt:) > 1 bar of 7/8 > 15 bars of 12/8 > 1 bar of 13/8 Sorry. The tab book is wrong. The last bar is definitely 15/16. It is in simple time not compound time. also the (1 bar of 2/4 and 1 bar of 9/16) is wrong. It should be one bar of 17/16. Why break it into two bars? makes no sense. All it that is happening is Mike Portnoy is adding a 16th to 4/4 - 17/16. The tab book makes the whole feel very hard to read. It is mathematically correct - but is a bad choice of time sigs. I compare this to a tab book transcribing the right notes - but then putting them on the wrong fret/string. In other words, close but no cigar. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 23:30:43 +0200 From: email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: various ramblings..... Message-ID: On last night's testing episode of the Ytsejam, Bill Huston rambled about: > So is Magellan anything like AOI? I'm now interested and am >thinking about Test of Wills. Any comments? I can't say if it's like AOI, since I haven't got that one yet, but I can say this about ToW: BUY IT! NOW! This album kicks major butt! I listened to parts of the first two songs in the store before buying it, and I was hooked, man. It sounds like an "old-genesis-meets-yes-and-jethro tull" kinda thing. Some really heavy parts too. The first song actually reminds me of ZZ Top. Get it! You won't regret it! FiveNgroK CP: Rudess Morgenstein Project ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 23:30:42 +0200 From: email_address_removed.be (Tony De Laender) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Kevin/Derek Message-ID: On last night's "Battle Of The Keyboardists"-episode of the Ytsejam, Steve Z arpeggiated this: >In short, it seems to me that Kev was a better EMOTIVE musician and a >better pianist than Derek, and that Derek is a better MECHANICAL musicaian >and keyboardist. Derek seems much better at using his musical knowledge >to think on his feet while Kevin would be a perfectionist and think things >out. One is not better than the other--just different. > This explains why I like KevMo's style more than Derek's, me being an emotional perfectionist 'n' all. But hey, as long as it fits in the whole concept of the band, then what the hell? >'course, having said all that, I like Derek MUCH better. > To each his own. FiveNgroK CP: Rudess Morgenstein Project (Cartoon Parade still cracks me up!) ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4132 **************************