YTSEJAM Digest 4580 Today's Topics: 1) Batten by Matej Grginic 2) Re: Gaz, you are *mistaken* by email_address_removed 3) DT in Rhythm, Female Muso's by email_address_removed 4) femalez........ by Al Balkiewicz 5) Re: madonna ciccone by Al Balkiewicz 6) Philly cancellation - Nope by "Scott Sturdivant" 7) Speak to Me by "Garinger, Andrew" 8) Re: LL Cool J by email_address_removed 9) Female Musicians by Robert Jurado 10) new releases mailing list??? by "Partha Mukhopadhyay" 11) female musicians ... by "Gilberto Bressan Junior" 12) Re: Female musicians by email_address_removed 13) Re: Female Performers by email_address_removed 14) Female Singers and Victor by email_address_removed 15) Official Dream Theater Press Release by email_address_removed 16) JP lessons at GW Online. by Brian Larkin 17) Re: Official Dream Theater Press Release by Al Balkiewicz 18) Re: Female musicians by Syrinx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:43:37 +0100 From: Matej Grginic To: email_address_removed Subject: Batten Message-ID: >I'm sorry, but I only know of ONE rock >guitarist with two X chromosomes who is that noteworthy (Batten) and I'd pay >to see her in a SECOND if she came to town. > >Have a nice day. > >- Chris Saw Jennifer last year when she had a guitar clinic in my town. It kicked royal ass! I videotaped the whole show, if you'r interested email me your snailmail adress and I'll ship ya a copy. Free of charge! Who says bootlegging is business only? :) Matej ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:47:32 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Gaz, you are *mistaken* Message-ID: dear gaz, i would like to point out that Manson is a GUY! his real name is brian hugh warner! and yeah, he does look like a girl who's always stoned..but then again..so do Hanson ( no offense to people who actually like the human chipmunks ). anyway, my fave female artists vary, i just like whining about why it sucks to have a gibson guitar. ( im fender all the way ! ). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:47:39 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: "INTERNET:email_address_removed" Subject: DT in Rhythm, Female Muso's Message-ID: Rare UK sighting of the DT family, there's even a picture of one of the pride leaders. Well ok, there's a small ditty about OiaLT in this months Rhythm and a picture of MP sat in front of his kit, cul considering most of the UK's drumming journalist are scared of talent these days. Female Muso's When I turn on Jools Holland, TFI Friday, (insert any other half decent live UK music show here, I dare ya) and see a band made up of male and female musicians then there will be a start to the equality thing. There are female singer / guitarists but there always have been, the record company's know that stuff sells so they market it, things will be equal when the session player in the backing bands have female musicians in them or I go to a clinic and see 'em there. Why is this not a problem with classical music (or is it and I'm just not watching much of it) cause when I watch a classical concert there seam's to be no problem finding female violin, chelo, piano etc players. I think drummer's should unite to encourage more female musicians cause I'm fed up having to stare at the back of guitarists with greasy hair, I demand a nice arse to look at ;) Dave (fed up writing spec's) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:51:23 -0500 (EST) From: Al Balkiewicz To: TheListFromTheDepthsOfHell Subject: femalez........ Message-ID: here's a few, probably repeated by the time I'm done here... - Sarah McLachlan (sp) plays piano and guitar, I believe - Jewel plays guitar - Shawn Colvin - Tori Amos - The Dixie Chicks (some country crap I believe) - Ani DiFranco (she rocks) - The other one with the hairy armpits...don't remember the name she sings the "where have all the cowboys gone" song, and that annoying song from Dawson's Creek..Paula something - Bonnie Raitt, don't particularly care for her, but she's damn good on guitar - Jennifer Batten (never heard her, but she's come up here a lot) - Drain STH - yowza....... - Vixen :) - The Genitorturers - Tracy Chapman - Indigo Girls - Sheryl Crow - Luscious Jackson - Me'Shell Ndegeocello (sp?) There are tons of others, too. What does it come down to? Who the hell knows....but part of it is radio play and the types of artists that are "popular" for the major music market, which is probably the 15-30-year olds....Lilith Fair brought about a huge resurgence, but to say that all male performers, especially on the SOLO front, not BANDS, that play instruments as well, are totally dominant really isn't that accurate. Not a flame, just an opinion. I'll leave the flames to Ptacek...... :) -Al ====================================================================== b l i n d l a b o r s t h e b l i n d a n d I a m u n w i l l i n g t o u n c o v e r m y e y e s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email_address_removedemail_address_removed@healthways.org HOMEPAGE:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9280/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:54:02 -0500 (EST) From: Al Balkiewicz To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: madonna ciccone Message-ID: On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Peter Tatischev wrote: > > > > >hey jammers, > > > >i totally agree MADONNA KICKS ASS! i would like to attempt play ray of light > >( but..then again....the song is 24 hours in 5 minutes...i wouldnt want time > >to slow down for me ; ) ) > > > Yeah!!! I am another person to confirm this! She's great!! > Though I still like Tori's 'from the chirgirl hotel' more than 'ray of > light' - I must admit that all those techno-things she used there sound > really cool! I've never been a techno-fan, but I do accept techno, if it's Madonna is in a league of her own when it comes to music. She's one of few artists that can either revolutionize as well as not get stuck in one musical mode......I totally respect her as an artist and a performer. What annoys me about her is the fact that now that's she's the shit, she now has a British accent. Where the hell did that come from...........?!?!?!?! :) -Al ====================================================================== b l i n d l a b o r s t h e b l i n d a n d I a m u n w i l l i n g t o u n c o v e r m y e y e s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email_address_removedemail_address_removed@healthways.org HOMEPAGE:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9280/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:03:03 -0500 From: "Scott Sturdivant" To: Subject: Philly cancellation - Nope Message-ID: <001e01be42fc$093347a0$message_id_removed> Since my last post wondering if the Philly show was cancelled after Ticketmaster said it was, I called the TLA and got a recording because they were closed. Anyway, it mentioned that the upcoming events included LTE, so I'm presuming that since no one else has mentioned that they've had any problems, that my ticketmaster outlet was just screwed up that day and that the show will go on :) Scott. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:14:07 -0500 From: "Garinger, Andrew" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Speak to Me Message-ID: OK, just got my Xmas CD. This is driving me NUTS! Does anyone else think that the beginning of Speak to Me sounds like the beginning of the remix of Love Song by the Cure from the All Mixed Up CD? I swear I thought it was a cover tune until James started singing different lyrics... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:20:12 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: LL Cool J Message-ID: In a message dated 99-01-18 10:42:25 EST, you write: << I was catching up on Jams and I saw this . . . > 2. I saw L.L. Cool J's "Mama said Knock You Out" MTV Unplugged and > sat there on the floor with my jaw hanging. Never before had I heard > anything on MTV just friggin' ***GROOVE*** like that. He was, by far, the > best Unplugged they ever had. I'll give a big Amen to that. I think it was the only time they had the crowd at an unplugged show up on their feet dancing like crazy. I still have a crappy VHS tape of that show, and I watch it every once in a while. Gives me a little chill every time 'cause it was so cool. -Brian Anderson >> I don't know about the MTV Unplugged show cuz I never saw it, but the version he did on the Video Music Awards that one year (1992 maybe?) with the full orchestra behind him was awesome. Most rap I can take or leave, but that version of MSKYO was electrifying. Good stuff from a rapper with true talent. Hey, does he have any kind of Greatest Hits CD out? I still don't have ANY recording of MSKYO, and I think it's my fave alltime rap song. Back to lurk mode..... Matt T. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:59:21 +0700 From: Robert Jurado To: email_address_removed Subject: Female Musicians Message-ID: Okay, I have to weigh in on this one. I think some of my favorites have been left out of this discussion. Ani DiFranco sounds HUGE on her Alvarez. She plays her guitar aggressively. I mean the woman uses glue-on nails that she further reinforces with duct tape. Well, that was about 5 years ago, but I imagine she still does it. She hits pretty hard, and I think she uses some pretty heavy strings too. She can do the pretty acoustic thing too, but her aggressive acoustic style is the stuff that I like the best. It's not just hard either. There's a great deal of fingerstyle ass kicking. I can't even conceive of playing a acoustic that well. Me'Shell N'degeO'cello kicks some major booty on bass. I dig both artist's songwriting and playing abilities. I want ALL their stuff. -Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:22:40 PST From: "Partha Mukhopadhyay" To: email_address_removed Subject: new releases mailing list??? Message-ID: a while back, maybe even a year or two ago, there was a mention of a mailing list dedicated to new releases..... I have need of that kind of service, so if anyone could point that mailing list out to me, how to get on, etc, or direct me to a web page that does a really good job of pointing out new releases across various musical genres, I would be most appreciative. partha ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:38:49 -0200 From: "Gilberto Bressan Junior" To: Subject: female musicians ... Message-ID: <001301be3c20$ebd9eba0$17ffe6c8@bretel> Someone said: >>Speaking as a male guitarist, I would be knocked on my ASS to see a female rock guitarist who could play on the level of a John Petrucci. Well, you guys should check Shrapnel's Phantom Blue, their guitar players Nichole Couch and Michelle Meldrum, were quite good - true shredders, it's a shame it was only released on vinyl. And there was this girl called Jane (or Janeth) Leigh, she's a left handed guitar player, and I saw her demo reviewed in an Spotlight column in a guitar magazine ( I think it was Guitar for the Praticing Musician), in her bio, she said, that she graduated from G.I.T. , and she jammed with Gambale, Gilbert, Macalpine..., on the review they said she's was an extremely talentend and an amazing player... And don't forget Meredith Brooks (from the hit single Bitch), she plays e.guitar and I read an interview were she said, that on her latest cd, she recorded the guitar on every track (she wrote all the songs too) Ah ...and there's Juliana Hatfield, who plays mostly Gibson Guitars and had some real good articles on guitar magazines over the last 3 years... and just for record, the wifes of our friends, Marlene Portnoy and Rena Petrucci, played in bands a few years ago (before they got married), I read (Steve Morse column on Guitar ) that Rena is an amazing classic guitar player, well this is really something, specially because it came from the mouth of Mr. Steve Morse ( what a lucky man JP is !!) Gilberto NP - Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:48:09 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Female musicians Message-ID: In a message dated 1/17/99 11:07:42 PM Central Standard Time, email_address_removed writes: > So where are all the prominent female MUSICIANS who play on their albums and > >live? there are tonz! - Sarah McLaclen - plays piano, acoustic guitar, writes almost all of her songs - Loreena McKennitt - plays almost every instrument in the world, maybe not expertly but thats one of her pet peaves. She at least learns how to play every instrument she comes across. She also plays: piano, accordian, harp, and a few other instruments very well AND she writes all of her songs. (In case you have'nt noticed, this girl is one of my musical heros |-) - Sheryl Crow - plays a great electric and acoustic guitar and writes most of her own songs as far as I know. "These are a few of my favorite things..." Josh S. ################################################# http://members.aol.com/Darth1/progmanic.html - My Personal Web page - http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStip/Studio/8435 - My Progressive Rock/Metal page - ICQ# - 5071657 ################################################# ========================================== Why is a wise man and wise guy opposites? ========================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:22:52 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Female Performers Message-ID: This is quite the topic, figured I'd throw a few in: Jaye Foucher is female guitarist from Mass. she has chops rivaling Jennifer Batten. She'll be on tour this year with Jon Finn, Andy Timmons, and Darren Hurst. Phantom Blue? Never heard em but they must have been pretty good to be on Shrapnel. Lita Ford? She played her axe quite well as I recall. I seem to recall hearing that Meredith Brooks played ALL of the instruments on her album. Rock Bitch? Drain STH? Prolly bad examples but interesting nonetheless. cant forget good 'ol Vixen hehehe Ever seen the Girl who performs with Billy Joel?? She plays Guitar, Saxophone, Aux. Percussion, and sings. One of the best performers I've seen live. The woman that plays Violin for Yanni totally ROCKS. As does the pair that plays for The Lord of the Dance guy...Flatley. Useless Ramblings.... See ya Matt EVENT ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:33:13 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Female Singers and Victor Message-ID: Just in case none of you heard yet, Sarah McLachlan will be guest appearing on the upcoming Alex Lifeson project, Victor. Unfortunately, Edwin will be returning to do the vocals again. -Jeff E. P.S. Sarah McLachlan is one of the most talented female artists out there, IMO. Victor should kick ass with her vocals. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:54:03 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Official Dream Theater Press Release Message-ID: January 18th, 1999 For immediate release: Dream Theater changes keyboard player It is with much personal sadness that Dream Theater announce their decision to part ways with keyboardist Derek Sherinian. Drummer Mike Portnoy: "Derek's contributions to the band both musically and personally over the last 4 years is something that we will always treasure and we will all miss. He will always be a part of the Dream Theater family." "With the recent release of our live CD & video, it seemed the right time to close this chapter and begin a new one..." His replacement will be Jordan Rudess, who was once a touring member of the Dregs and has recently collaborated with Mike Portnoy & John Petrucci in their Liquid Tension Experiment project. "After our experiences of working with Jordan in LTE, we came to the decision that his playing, writing and personality was more representative of where we would like to take Dream Theater into the 21st century." "We wish for nothing but the best in the world for Derek as we hope to always remain friends with him. We're sure that he will continue to succeed in the music business as he always has, and wish him luck with whomever he decides to play with next." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:00:34 -0500 From: Brian Larkin To: email_address_removed Subject: JP lessons at GW Online. Message-ID: Hey Jammers, Any guitarists (like myself) who have been searching for more than the last few lessons of John Petrucci's "Wild Stringdom" column online, should know that GuitarWorld Online has updated its "Lessons" section (among other things), and it now contains something like 15 of his lessons. I personally was VERY happy to see this, especially the Chopin stuff. :) Enjoy. ~Brian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:40:09 -0500 (EST) From: Al Balkiewicz To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Official Dream Theater Press Release Message-ID: On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 email_address_removed wrote: > > January 18th, 1999 > For immediate release: > > Dream Theater changes keyboard player > wow.......can't see all the headers, so don't know if this is true. If it isn't, it's a helluva fake..... If it is, it's a big surprise. Derek will definitely be missed. I thought he did a bang-up job musically. The biggest thing that will be missed is the flair and stage presence that he brought to DT. Before this tour, DT was, IMHO, lacking in the stage presence department, very still, not a lot of movement, almost personality-less (besides Mike of course). Derek seemed to liven the band up, and bring more pizazz and fun to the whole DT concert experience. That'll definitely be missed. However, Jordan Rudess.............wow! definitely not losing anything with respect to talent, that's for sure. The thread for the next couple of weeks - how this change is going to affect the next album..... I'm not too familiar with Jordan's work besides LTE, and I was wondering if he's just as good with his sound and choice of sound with respect to songs. And another thing, how do people see the next album as..... something more along the lines of I&W/Awake, or FII.....or something completely and utterly different once again...... Should definitely be interesting, though....... -Al ====================================================================== b l i n d l a b o r s t h e b l i n d a n d I a m u n w i l l i n g t o u n c o v e r m y e y e s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email_address_removedemail_address_removed@healthways.org HOMEPAGE:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9280/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:09:53 -0500 (EST) From: Syrinx To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Female musicians Message-ID: > - Sheryl Crow - plays a great electric and acoustic guitar and writes most of > her own songs as far as I know. Happilly, all of the songs that she's "known" for were written by Kevin Gilbert, who gave her the break she needed (by not only having her do keys on the "Toy Matinee" tour and let her in the infamous sessions that led to her 1st album) and she thanked him in kind by breaking up with him and taking all the credit for the music. May she rot in hell for all to see. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= erotomania! - http://www.erotomania.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4580 **************************