YTSEJAM Digest 4334 Today's Topics: 1) Tool, sweet Tool by Amanda Rosenblum 2) Galactic Mike!!!!! by email_address_removed 3) Mark and the HTML by David Dixon 4) Cheap CDnow OiaL by "D. Frantz" 5) Petrucci and Jon Finn by "Robert Newcomb" 6) Re: Cheap CDnow OiaL by "TheCowGod" 7) Re: Mark and the HTML by "TheCowGod" 8) Re: NDTC, Dali's Dilemma by Coldfire the Gallery Mistress 9) Re: Bill Bruford by Rogerio Brito 10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4332 & the Nationality jibberish by email_address_removed 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4333 by email_address_removed 12) Re: Iron Maiden by email_address_removed 13) Re: long songs by email_address_removed 14) Tyranny revelation, Cliffhanger concluded (or rather preluded). by "Korg Ecksthrey" 15) FII tab book (particularly ToT) by email_address_removed 16) New jammer by Dominic Turcotte + Manon Grenier 17) Satch in Minn./John Petrucci double-neck question by email_address_removed 18) but just treat it as a wish list... by "Mark Philpot" 19) TYRANNY: SG by "Mark Philpot" 20) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4332 by Anna Stiglic 21) little story for you by "Partha Mukhopadhyay" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:26:27 -0700 From: Amanda Rosenblum To: email_address_removed Subject: Tool, sweet Tool Message-ID: Hey guys. Just wanted to share in the praise of Tool. This is one band that I cannot live without. I heard "Sober" on the radio about 3 years back, and proceeded to hunt down the band which made this awesome work of art. I guess some people would consider them to be progressive metal, since a lot of their songs are in odd meter and have more to them than just "intro, chorus, 2nd verse, bridge, outro" etc. You gotta love a band who says "Fuck L. Ron Hubbard" in a song. BTW, the recipe on track 10 or whatever it is, "Die Eier Von Satan", is a recipe for the Eggs of Satan, a cookie with a bit of hashish in it for an extra kick. If you'd like the translation, either mail me or check out the lyrics section at http://toolshed.down.net. First time I heard it, I thought it was Hitler or something. Nope! ~The ever-present Amanda ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:38:51 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Galactic Mike!!!!! Message-ID: Hey all! Just wanted to tell you about the Mike Portnoy sighting at the King's X/Galactic Cowboys show at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday night. He ran out onstage and surprised the hell out of the crowd - many of whom were wearing Dream Theater T-shirts - and sang along with GC for a few seconds before running off again. Looks like Mike has found something to do between DT tours..... Singing back- up for Galactic Cowboys!! PUT.... ON.... YOUR.... SPACE... SUIT!!!! Christina ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:47:46 -0700 From: David Dixon To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Mark and the HTML Message-ID: <3093FD59DB69D11193AA00A0C960564980902E@messaging> Hey Mark - Great new look on UACM... I'm a professional web developer and I know how much of a pain in the ass it is to hand-code every line of HTML (esp. in Notepad, for the love of God), but for a kick ass site like yours it's worth it! Also, I'm under the impression that the majority of Jammers here don't like the new font - I think it's very cool - it's good for a band to evolve and refine their image through cover art and fonts, etc... Just my two cents... NP: Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness David Dixon Internet Developer Integrated Information Systems, Inc. email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:53:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "D. Frantz" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Cheap CDnow OiaL Message-ID: How'd the guy on here get this for only a buck somethin? I took the quiz and got a $5 discount, and the cd was 30% off-that only came out to about $13. -Frantz- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:08:02 -0500 From: "Robert Newcomb" To: Subject: Petrucci and Jon Finn Message-ID: Just thought I would let everyone know that in the current addition of Guitar Magazine Jon Finn, a brilliant guitar player and Berklee prof. has an instructional column. In it he says that on his new album "Wicked" John Petrucci plays on a song called "Two Monkeys Jump Back." Thought this was pretty cool. Later Thorin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:41:37 -0400 From: "TheCowGod" To: Subject: Re: Cheap CDnow OiaL Message-ID: <000a01bdf639$da3fb960$message_id_removed> > How'd the guy on here get this for only a buck somethin? I took >the quiz and got a $5 discount, and the cd was 30% off-that only came out >to about $13. different people get different discounts. i for example got a $50 discount, and was able to get OiaL, 5YiaL, and a Death CD all for $6 including FedEx shipping :) moo. -- Dan McCormack (email_address_removed) http://www.clemson.edu/~demccor/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:43:10 -0400 From: "TheCowGod" To: Subject: Re: Mark and the HTML Message-ID: <000f01bdf63a$11d3a120$message_id_removed> >Also, I'm under the impression that the majority of Jammers here don't >like the new font - I think it's very cool - it's good for a band to >evolve and refine their image through cover art and fonts, etc... yeah but this font sucks :) i like the I&W DT logo but i don't mind them changing it, i think most people just don't like the font they chose. i don't either, it looks really, hmm, i can't find a word for it, cheap seems to pop into my head. Moo. -- Dan McCormack (email_address_removed) http://www.clemson.edu/~demccor/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:02:46 -0700 From: Coldfire the Gallery Mistress To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: NDTC, Dali's Dilemma Message-ID: Everett Painter wrote: > > Hi all... > > Does anyone know the release date for Dali's Dilemma? > Thanks in advance. > > Everett Last I heard.....sometime in January of 1999! -- Coldfire email_address_removed ICQ: 4656934 http://www.dreamt.org/coldfire The Official Shadow Gallery Mailing List email_address_removed Gallery of Shadows http://www.dreamt.org/galleryofshadows/ "You can't resist it, When the darkness Calls out your name" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:01:11 -0200 (EDT) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Bill Bruford Message-ID: On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Chris Calabrese wrote: > I figured I would share a bit of news with YtseJam from the King Crimson > mailing list, Elephant Talk. I haven't seen this subject pop up at all > here, but I figured some jammers would find it interesting. As of the > present day, Bill Bruford is no longer a member of King Crimson. Why? > Robert Fripp is an arrogant asshole (but he is still, IMHO, the greatest > guitar player of all time.) Just figured I'd let you guys know! Hey, Chris, please give us some details! I really can't believe how this Bill Bruford can play like that. The man's a machine! []s, 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, 12 Oct 1998 20:11:56 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4332 & the Nationality jibberish Message-ID: ive got a lot of nationality. i look and sound Korean. cept, that's only partly. One thing that irks me is that once i tell them that ive got Korean in me..they look all stupid and say " so youre really Chinese ? " are you people stupid, or just have selective hearing ? I could care less whether Myung is Chinese, Korean, Mongolian or whatever. he's who he is. who cares about what color skin he has. he's zitless, that's one thing that makes him cool. among others, he's a good musician. so no one should care who's Greek, French,Scandinavian or what such nonsense this is. OnE ReALiZaTioN to the MiNg DyNaStY of CHiNa! ::cant we all just get along, even if we're all messed up to a degree ?:: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:20:50 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4333 Message-ID: FindMail eGroups.com ( here are two almost inactive links that i want to use for Dream Theater ) FindMail: musiciansfeedback if you didnt get that joke, its my mailing list that's been in existance for a month and a few days, come on, visit, post links. do something more to promote DT. anyways, post as much as you want. i found most of DT's CD's at Santa Rosa something mall in Destin, Florida...they have a ton of other rock CD's. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:20:55 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Message-ID: In a message dated 98-10-12 13:45:00 EDT, you write: << OK, here's Q #2: What CD should I start with? It doesn't necessarily have to be their BEST CD (I'd almost rather work my way TO the best stuff, than listen to the best CD or two - then be disappointed by the rest). >> As an avid Maiden fan I suggest: Killers (original singer Paul Di'Anno) Number Of The Beast (Bruce Dickenson's first w/ Maiden) Piece Of Mind Powerslave these are my personal favorites in no paticular order. All of these have been re-released on Castle Records and come with a bonus disc of 2 cover songs. Enjoy, Juli ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:33:53 -0500 (CDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: long songs Message-ID: <> Its called "musical integrity." Get used to it, cause they do a lot of it. (ie. Metropolis part 2 is 25 minutes long). Not just Dream Theater, though, this goes for most all progresive bands. Stamina would refer to a song like Caught in a Web, for example (although I really cant give this since you didnt get Awake). Anyway, besides the fact that Portnoy is hammering on the double bass like a monster for the entire middle section of the song, Petrucci does that 16th note chromatics line for a good 10 or so bars (not just in 4/4, I think theres a 3/4 and 2/4 in there) then without stopping, goes into his own solo which starts out as 16th notes (I think the time sig's are something like 4/4, 5/4, 3/4, 4/4) then goes even faster at 16th note triplets without stopping, and does that for a good 5 measures. THAT is stamina, and the song is only around 5 1/2 minutes. the length of the song doesnt always refer to how much stamina it takes. It takes a lot more stamina to do a song like Voices (the "thought disorder...." part, guitar-wise again) than it takes to do Pink Floyd's Echoes (which is over twice the length of Voices - 20 someodd minutes). Mostly cause the entire middle section is just squeals and pings and stuff ;-). Hope that clears up the difference between stamina and just long songs. Matt ===================================================== "A daily dose of eMpTyV "Following our instinct will flush your mind not a trend. Go against right down the drain." the grain until the end." -Dream Theater -Metallica ===================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:58:54 -0600 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" To: Subject: Tyranny revelation, Cliffhanger concluded (or rather preluded). Message-ID: <01bdf644$a65d8e00$310d84d0@korgx3> Has anyone else noticed how Out of Nowhere (track 3) on Tyranny begins with the same riff and same style solo as the outro to Cliffhager (track 1) from Carved In Stone? Also the liner at the end of Cliffhanger also states (To be continued...) Perhaps Tyranny explains how the gentleman in Cliffhanger came to be running from some authorities and ended up "Three fingers clinging to an icy cliff." Cliffhanger also mentions a "contact" who took him to a preacher... Perhaps he chatted with this contact over the 'net, hmmmm, and the met the preacher together on Christmas Day? So do I get an autographed Twinkie for ths discovery, Brendt? :) -- KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:38:36 -0500 (CDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: FII tab book (particularly ToT) Message-ID: I was checking out the ToT solo in the FII tab book, and I see at the very end, theres a string of 4 groupings of 32nd notes. I take a look at the tempo and its 132 BPM. WTF?!?!?!??! Now, I know Petrucci is fast, but GOD DAMN! In his video he starts doing an exercise at 216 bpm and messes up halfway, saying "that was very difficult." Could it be whoever tabbed this out was hearing more notes than there actually are (I know that whoever tabbed Erotomania for Guitar World a while back had that problem, the end solo, anyway) or was Petrucci just trying not to show off too much in his vid, and only PRETENDED to mess up. If he's really playing that, then I dub JP the fastest guitarist Ive ever heard. Matt ===================================================== "A daily dose of eMpTyV "Following our instinct will flush your mind not a trend. Go against right down the drain." the grain until the end." -Dream Theater -Metallica ===================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:59:53 -0500 From: Dominic Turcotte + Manon Grenier To: Ytsejam Mailing List Subject: New jammer Message-ID: Hi all! I'm new to this list and, from what I've read in the past few days, it looks great! CJ Bass wrote the following: "Bands, in order to make money, have to play what the general public wants to hear, sorry fellow jammers but most of our views are outside the general public. I really think DT did this on FII, (I'm going to get hanged) it is really a nonmusician friendly album (did you ever play metropolis for someone who likes top forty, they just don't get it). Alot of the songs on there have potential for radio play, if they want to make money and keep playing. Don't get me wrong I've liked everything they have done, my favorite album is I&W but I think they have become musically better, hey its to be expected. Sorry to get off they point but in reallity all music has to progress,and if progressive music does hey maybe it will get to the top forty(evil words)" I just wanted to say tha I'm not goind to hang you, cause, in fact, I agree with you. I discussed this with a couple of friends (just a couple, since DT isn't very known around here (I'm from Quebec city, btw...)), and we said just that. DT needed to do something friendlier to the general public so they could get popular and make money. And since money is kinda crucial for rock groups... I also agree for Images and Words. It's the album I prefered, even if all their albums are truly amazing. Well, that's it, just wanted you to know... Doom the Fated ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:05:21 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Satch in Minn./John Petrucci double-neck question Message-ID: In a message dated 98-10-12 18:21:03 EDT, you write: << I was just curious to see if any of you guys are catching Satch when he comes to The state Theater in Minneapolis Nov 6th. Should be a good show. >> I'll definitely be there. I'm looking forward to seeing Satch on his own again. G3 was cool, but too bad the sets had to be so short. Anyways, question for you jammers who saw DT on the FII tour. What kind of double-neck did Petrucci use and what song was it used on? (It almost looked like a semi-hollow body.) He didn't use it for our show (a year ago already), but I saw it (briefly) when the guitar tech took it out during soundcheck. JK ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:18:39 -0700 From: "Mark Philpot" To: Subject: but just treat it as a wish list... Message-ID: <000001bdf64f$ca6c8200$bc8c15cf@markphil> Well, >"What do you think we are, a fuckin' jukebox?" - Lames JaBrie. I'm sorry... he's right... But heh! A guy can wish can't he? I can wish, but I do definately think that Voices and Learning to Live should be included. Mark Philpot Music Creations Limited http://www.ccnet.com/~griphiam/musiccreations.htm "In the Stream of Consciousness there is a river crying living comes much easier once we admit we're dying." -Dream Theater "Lines in the Sand" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:26:40 -0700 From: "Mark Philpot" To: Subject: TYRANNY: SG Message-ID: <000101bdf650$e91c3b40$bc8c15cf@markphil> Jam, Well, I had to listen to it about 30 times before I posted, but it only took the first listen to love... This CD is just simply incredible. There is no other way around it. The vocals and vocal harmonies are thick and are really driven home... You just listen to it from beginning to end and are drawn more and more into the story in each listen... who ever said this is rock-opera is dead on... I belive this is THE best concept album since Queensryche's Mindcrime... The album is simply incredible... You must hear it for yourself... It's a story through music and it's incredibly well written... This thing hasn't left my CD player since I got it, and the only other thing to do that is LTE... Take advantage of this new CDNow offer and get this album! You won't regret it! Mark Philpot Music Creations Limited http://www.ccnet.com/~griphiam/musiccreations.htm "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" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:51:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Anna Stiglic To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4332 Message-ID: >Only one little correction: track 10 is called "Die Eier von Satan" >which could be translated to "The balls/eggs of Satan", the german >word "Eier" has both meanings. The lyrics (if you like) are actually >a recipe for hash-cookies (oh my god this is illegal - I hope the feds >aren't scanning the ytsejam...) which does not include any eggs at all. i heard that it was the recipe for mexican wedding cookies...or something to that effect. but then again, i don't know german, so i *could* be wrong...it's been known to happen on occasion. :) in any case, i love that album (aenima). totally not DTC, but i haven't posted in a very, very long time and i felt the need. forgive me. that's all for now... Anna:) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:19:29 PDT From: "Partha Mukhopadhyay" To: email_address_removed Subject: little story for you Message-ID: Okay, all those of you with Macs, hands up......the rest of you, listen anyway, this is pretty funny.....i thought so anyway you know how Macs have that "Beep" or "Droplet" noise to warn you when you screwed up somehow? like when you're in Microsoft Word and you try to advance the cursor beyond the last line? well, at that paper i work for, there was once long ago some kind of computer wizard dude.....he rigged up a computer to play a soundbite of Meg Ryan orgasaming from "When Harry Met Sally" to play as that warning sound..... the wizard part of that description doesn't come from the fact that he fed his own sounds into that role, hell I can do that..... the wizard part stems from the fact that he hid his work in a way that no one, not even the current systems analyst guy, can figure out how to change the sound, so we could get rid of it.....as such, the computer has been silenced these past few years..... well, the systems dude has planned a general wiping of computer memories of unnecessary stuff coming up soon, so, for old time's sake, the staff turned the sound back up on the porno 'puter..... i think we're gonna get in trouble if too many more phone calls are interrupted by Meg Ryan getting off...... right about now, i should introduce you to one last player in this here tragicomedy.....our nice as hell, religious as hell news writer/delivery guy......totally quiet guy, totally into gospel, saw him once in his car going absolutely nuts over a tape of a preacherman..... he saw me, realized that i saw him carryin' on....and the guy basically blushed.....now, for a dark skinned black guy, that ain't no mean feat! anyway, he was in the newsroom last friday or thursday, working on a story.....working on THAT computer....and as you probably saw coming from a mile away, he did something to set HER off...... let me tell you folks, you ain't never seen eyes open up wider and faster than this poor guy's eyes did.....and his jaw.....i swear, i truly thought that large a drop, that big a gaping mouth was only possible in the cartoons..... seemed like forever it took him to respond, but it couldn't have been more than a second or two....and then he was off, jabbing at the screen and the front of the mac, trying to shut Meg off, muttering, "no, no,no..." the whole time..... maybe you had to be there, but it was surely on of the funniest things i've seen in a long long time! partha ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4334 **************************