YTSEJAM Digest 4138 Today's Topics: 1) Derek by Joe DeAngelo 2) king crimson by "Alex Smith" 3) The ultimate shredband? by "Jarno Tuomainen" 4) Re: The ultimate shredband? by "Vincent G. LuPone" 5) testament/ devil music by Dan Temmesfeld 6) Re: Derek by Carlos Alfaro 7) Labrie's sig.- KM vs. DS - Drugs & DT by AL 8) Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom show by "Giannotti, Nick" 9) Re: spocks tour? by email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) 10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4131 by email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) 11) Prog stores by email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) 12) DT at Hampton Beach by "Pat Sullivan" 13) by jogopogo@freemail.nl 14) Need some serious help here! by email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) 15) New Sites, Tix etc by "Duane Addy" 16) Re: Prog stores by Carlos Alfaro 17) Re: Derek / Sym. X / a tad bit of *etallica by email_address_removed (Ed J Wilk) 18) Re: Labrie's sig.- KM vs. DS - Drugs & DT by Matt Johnston ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 02:18:02 -0400 From: Joe DeAngelo To: YTSEJAM Subject: Derek Message-ID: Damon Fibraio said about Derek: > And let's not forget the solo in A Change > of Seasons. That is prog from hell. That's true: But correct me if I'm wrong - Derek didn't write any of ACoS. Right? It was written when KevMo was still around, I think. Don't get me wrong though........ I have a feeling Derek is really gonna surprise alot of people when the next studio album comes out! - Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:17:39 -0700 From: "Alex Smith" To: "YTSEJAM" Subject: king crimson Message-ID: <01bdc049$82cf2100$message_id_removed> > Firstly, there is the intro to New Millennium which is very counterpointed > and difficult to play, not the bass part, but the beginning. Two Words: King Crimson. :) has anyone ever noticed the beginning of scarred? it starts with a VERY king crimson sound that almost immeadately morphs into a david gilmourish guitar.... hmmm wow they can emulate two bands in the span of fifteen seconds! pretty good rip offs! ;-) Alex Smith email_address_removed Subdivisions (Rush): http://www.azstarnet.com/~bacchus/rush/ "A man got a right to wonder A man got a right to dream Without looking over his shoulder To choose the manner of the life he leads One man's thoughts on another man's skin We are lover, warrior, magician kings." -Fish ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 02:04:00 PDT From: "Jarno Tuomainen" To: email_address_removed Subject: The ultimate shredband? Message-ID: Hello there. I was just wondering if any of you guys know bands that resemble the shreddier side of Dream Theater. Surprisingly I think Images & Words is their best album and I have Liquid Tension Experiment which is also great. Rush etc. are ok but what I'm looking is something prog with more speed and technical virtuosity; a real show-off of players' abilities. I've got cds from artists like Macalpine, Moore, Malmsteen, Racer X and Friedman among others but as you know they all lack the proggish side. Come to think of it, an album a'la Paradigm Shift a'la Liquid Tension cuold come pretty close. Is there such a band? Please let me (and others) know if you have something I described in mind. All suggestions welcome. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 03:04:58 -0600 From: "Vincent G. LuPone" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The ultimate shredband? Message-ID: At 02:20 AM 8/5/98 -0700, you wrote: > > Hello there. >I was just wondering if any of you guys know bands that resemble the >shreddier side of Dream Theater. Hmm....well there's SYMPHONY X, Stratovarius, SYMPHONY X, Angra, SYMPHONY X, Helloween, SYMPHONY X, Cacaphony.....oh yeah, did I mention Symphony X? =) Peace and love, and good happiness stuff, ~Vince =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | http://www.prognosis.com/obscure/ | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 07:23:36 -0400 From: Dan Temmesfeld To: email_address_removed Subject: testament/ devil music Message-ID: well, it's not really devil music. they've always had that goat logo (since one of their early albums). the name of the album is "demonic" but the name of the song is "demonic refusal." the lyrics for the whole rest of the album are quite good, actually. not satanic at all. just kick-ass metal. i think they might have tried to gain more of the heavy-as-fuck/satanic-listeners with their latest, which is why is might have "seemed" to be more of a "devil music" thing... maybe it's just a bandwagon... Dan +--- ---+ Dan Temmesfeld Galactic Cowboys on the Web email_address_removed http://www.dlm.net/gc/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "He who laughs last thinks slowest" +--- ---+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 07:27:43 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Derek Message-ID: Joe DeAngelo wrote: > Damon Fibraio said about Derek: > > And let's not forget the solo in A Change > > of Seasons. That is prog from hell. > > That's true: But correct me if I'm wrong - Derek didn't write any of > ACoS. Right? > It was written when KevMo was still around, I think. Well i dont know if youve heard the old version, which basically the whole section after labrie sings "now its time for them, to deal with me" is totally different with a neo classic(?) feel. Neither the slow/building guitar solo w/ the keyboard solo in that section are the same..so i think derek did write the solo for that section.. same with the organ solo in the middle of the song... > In the stream of consciousness There is a river crying Living comes much easier Once we admit , We're dying. Dream Theater: Lines in the Sand http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro Tech Support Rep : Caribbean Internet Service mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed Universal Internet Number (ICQ) 1254229 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 06:47:21 -0500 From: AL To: retaehT maerD Subject: Labrie's sig.- KM vs. DS - Drugs & DT Message-ID: I just noticed something weird. I have a DT FII hat I bought in Minneapolis on Nov. 2-97. JP and MP signed this hat on Nov. 18-97 in Madison WI. KJLB and JM signed this hat on May 13-98 in Chicago. Here's the weird part.... KJLB signed it "Kevin Labrie!" Does any one else have a sig like that? I just noticed this tonight. I wonder if this had anything to do with me calling him Kevin, or a slip-up on his part. WTF? Now if I can just pull Derek away from the chicks long enough to get a sig. KevMo vs. Derek: Shut the fuck up! Both KM & DS are great players, period. My favorite KM song is Scarred. My favorite DS song... hmmm. I'm a little divided between ACOS & TOT, both are great. Live, Derek is the shit! If the members of Dream Theater were a drug... (past and present) John Myung = Marijuana John Petrucci = LSD James Labrie = Morphine Mike Portnoy = Meth-amphetamine Derek Sherinian = Cocaine Kevin Moore = Quaaludes Charlie Dominici = Nasal Decongestant The early 70's were good to me... I think. The only problem is... What the FUCK happened to 1975? I have no evidence this year ever took place. Wait! (flashback) YES "Relayer" tour.. St. Paul Civic Center.. Uh, lights and stuff. Alice Cooper "Welcome To My Nightmare" Tour.. same place. I think there's more. "Hey Mickey!" -- See ya, AL... The YTSE Progtologist Switchcraft Communications & Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. - Red Buttons ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:17:51 -0400 From: "Giannotti, Nick" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom show Message-ID: <36E02D8151FFD1118C1C00600808ACE534EF63@HAMSXHA2> I'll let others discuss the actual show itself, and just go on record as it being the best show I have ever seen the band do (apart from the fact that they were just too damn loud). A hell of a time was had by all. Nicholas Giannotti Joint STARS Contracting email_address_removed "A day without sunshine is like....night." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:47:54 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: spocks tour? Message-ID: "okay, since I have only one spock's beard album, maybe I have no right to say this, but Grand freakin' Rapids, and no DETROIT??????" I'll one up you here, I don't have any SB albums, but from what is said about these guys, how about hitting Columbus while going beteen Cleveland and Cincinnati? I prefer hearing bands for the first time live, and this would be perfect. ~BC "The smoke is rising the vision's getting clearer and words become a song in the dreamtime!" ~Ayreon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:06:44 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4131 Message-ID: "One thing that stands out as an example of this is that a week or two ago someone commented about how much Derek's solo in BMS sounded like JP. I really don't see what the point is of using guitar sounds and trying to play keyboard solos to sound as much as possible like guitar solos. Last I checked, guitar solos were JP's job." I think this gives DT a two guitar sound, and helps to expand their musical potential. I have always wondered what DT would sound like if they would add a second guitarist to the line up, and this gives some indication (I'd love to see Alex Skolnick do a guest piece with DT!). I also use this as a way to show off DT talent to those who are unfortunatly ignorant of how truely great DT is. If the keyboardist can make his instrument sound so convincingly as a guitar, and he's the newest member, just how good are the rest of the group? ~BC "The smoke is rising the vision's getting clearer and words become a song in the dreamtime!" ~Ayreon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:39:19 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) To: email_address_removed Subject: Prog stores Message-ID: Anybody know if there are any stores in Columbus, Ohio that specialize in prog? "The smoke is rising the vision's getting clearer and words become a song in the dreamtime!" ~Ayreon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:41:31 -0400 From: "Pat Sullivan" To: email_address_removed Subject: DT at Hampton Beach Message-ID: This was my 8th DT show, and without question, it was the best they have ever sounded, by a WIDE margin. It was probably a combination of the venue itself and the boys in DT having had some time off, but it was just incredible. Really good "vibe". My only "complaint" was that they didn't change the setlist much from the last leg of the tour. I had been hoping for some "special song appearances". But that's a pointless quibble after such a killer show. A couple of other notes/points: 1)Jon Finn was really good too, but from the back, he looked like Cameron from "Ferris Beuller's Day Off". Not exactly what I was expecting, visually. :) 2)Anyone else think that Portnoy bears a striking resemblance to Charlie Benante with his new, super-short 'do? Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. __Pat Sullivan________________ Email: psull@just-like.nu WWW: http://www.just-like.nu ICQ: 2049374 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:45:42 GMT From: jogopogo@freemail.nl To: email_address_removed Message-ID: Calvin6S: Oke, if u said u spoke to MP about this, I will believe u for now. But about the 15/8 you were talking about, read my messages better! I was referring to the 13/8 at the end of verse 1, after the 15 bars of 12/8!! UGH! Jogo da Pogo "Virtue constitutes happiness and selfcontrol is the essential part of virtue.">Cynic ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:51:58 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Blind Guardian) To: email_address_removed Subject: Need some serious help here! Message-ID: Hey jammers, I need some serious input here! A friend at work is leaving to return home, and she won't be returning any time soon. I like her *very* much, and would like to give her something that she will remember me by. I'm always giving music as gifts, and this time won't be any acception. I have chosen to give her two cassettes made up of DT's music, but I can't deside what songs to put on them. I'll have 220 minutes to work with, so song length isn't a real problem. I want to give her DT's best, to make the memory of our friendship that much greater. There are a few songs I have in mind (such as ACOS {this song is very close to why she is leaving}, LTL, LITS, TLF, and Metro 1 {my personal fav!}), but this won't be enough. What do you all recommend? Also, I only have until Aug. 20, so I need this in a hurry! ~BC PS: Mr Portnoy, if you're reading this, your suggestions would be *greatly* valued and well recieved! "The smoke is rising the vision's getting clearer and words become a song in the dreamtime!" ~Ayreon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:17:35 -0400 From: "Duane Addy" To: Subject: New Sites, Tix etc Message-ID: <002601bdc084$412c99e0$message_id_removed> Is there anybody out there? Just thought I would drop another line to see if anyone is interested in the DT tickets for the August 15th show at the Pine Knob in Detroit. Unfortunately I can't make this show but I am going to catch them the 19th in Toronto. If anyone is interested I would like some die hard DT fan to take them off my hands. I would just like to be reimbursed for my original cost of $30.00 each. The seats are row NN pavilion, including a parking pass. If you are interested please email to email_address_removed. Check out these cool sites: www.eightball-vip.com/evh (A personal friend of mind did the site and is also the new guitarist for the 5150 Tribute band, which can be located as a cool link. This is for True Eddie Van Halen fans.) www.gravity-pharm.com (a.k.a. 5150 Van Halen tribute band) Very Cool music Dream Theater and Van Halen Mix. www.ddc-design.com (This was created by the same guy who did the EVH site. He did this for the company that I own.) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:19:12 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Prog stores Message-ID: Blind Guardian wrote: > Anybody know if there are any stores in Columbus, Ohio that specialize > in prog? > > I dont know.. i doubt theres a store anywhere in the world that specializes in prog. Anyone knows? -- -The Next John Petrucci :) In the stream of consciousness There is a river crying Living comes much easier Once we admit , We're dying. Dream Theater: Lines in the Sand http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro Tech Support Rep : Caribbean Internet Service mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed Universal Internet Number (ICQ) 1254229 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:14:22 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Ed J Wilk) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Derek / Sym. X / a tad bit of *etallica Message-ID: >OK, about the derek using guitar sounds for solos thing, so what? I am a So what? So DT already has the (arguably by some, I guess) most incredible prog metal guitarist of all time in their band. They don't need a keyboard sounding like a guitar. JP can handle that very well by himself. >overuse. But for a solo, that shouldn't be anissue. that is like yelling >at somebody for using a flute sound. Give me a break. If JP didn't like No it isn't. Last time I checked, DT didn't have a flute player in the band. I don't care if he's gonna use a "keyboard" sound, or a flute sound, or a strings sound, or whatever.. DT doesn't have a flute or violin player. That's what's cool about keys.. but with JP in the band, there's NO need to use the guitar sound; once in a while could be cool, a la JLMB, but using it much more than that is too much. >it, then I would be very disappointed. That borders on insecurity. I think >it adds a dual guitars thing that was missing before. Hell, it makes songs >sound more ballsy.y You want ballsy keys? Listen to The Mirror\Lie, Puppies on Acid, A Crack in the Mirror, Metropolis, 6:00.. hell, pretty much most of the stuff Kevin has done. Ed _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:31:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Johnston To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Labrie's sig.- KM vs. DS - Drugs & DT Message-ID: On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, AL wrote: >If the members of Dream Theater were a drug... (past and present) > >John Myung = Marijuana Peyote... a little more earthy... ^_^ >John Petrucci = LSD in little stickers placed on the neck of his guitar, going from low-power at the 1st fret for straight scrape on the 24th... when his solos start to speed up and get weird, you know why. He *does* only think he's in 4/4! >James Labrie = Morphine Or whatever Sting's taking... ^_^ >Mike Portnoy = Meth-amphetamine PCP... more powerful, and it makes you impervious to pain. >Derek Sherinian = Cocaine Cocaine's not popular enough anymore. Heroine is the drug of the stars! >Kevin Moore = Quaaludes Nah, Quaaludes with a NyQuil/Jack Daniels chaser. That's almost it... ^_^ >Charlie Dominici = Nasal Decongestant Rogaine. > >The early 70's were good to me... I think. The only problem is... >What the FUCK happened to 1975? I have no evidence this year >ever took place. Wait! (flashback) YES "Relayer" tour.. St. Paul Civic >Center.. Uh, lights and stuff. Alice Cooper "Welcome To My Nightmare" >Tour.. same place. I think there's more. "Hey Mickey!" > I wish I could have seen Yes in the 70's, but I was less than an embryo at the time... --Matt (On to HELL!) --------------------------------------------------------------------- "..." --James LaBrie, "Hell's Kitchen" --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4138 **************************