YTSEJAM Digest 4753 Today's Topics: 1) LTE-2 correction by email_address_removed 2) Re: Beatles by email_address_removed 3) Wanna join a prog band? by "Giannis Vidiadakis" 4) The infamous "Trash the 80's bands" bandwagon. by email_address_removed 5) PARADIGM SHIFT -INTRO (guitarists only) by email_address_removed 6) "it's...ALIVE!!!" - dr. frankenstein by "Isaac Trumbo" 7) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4751 by email_address_removed 8) Scatterbrain MP3s??? by CyberDuke 9) North Wales, PA JP Clinic by "J.T. Beachler" 10) Which Seal? by Ryan Park 11) NDTC:MP3 In RollingStone by email_address_removed (Chris & Shelly Martin) 12) Guitarist!Info about AX212 needed!(sorry,NDTC) by "Jani Liimatainen" 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4752 by "Simon John Dodd" 14) some url's please by Chris 15) Vandem Plas, Euro Festivals by "Charlie Farrell" 16) it's morning in america by "Partha Mukhopadhyay" 17) Re: it's morning in america by Carlos Alfaro 18) mp3s by BILL HUSTON 19) Quality not quantity.....is just as boring :) by Jon Parmet 20) re: Kevin Shirley by Brian Hansen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:39:46 -0600 (CST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: LTE-2 correction Message-ID: <> Kevin Shirley did not produce LTE. He just did the mix. If you read the liners, it says that LTE produced the album themselves. 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: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:48:26 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Beatles Message-ID: For the end, name 1 album that can match even near to "Abbey Road" beauty??? I totally agree. The Beatles were and are one of the best bands to ever come along. The number of bands influenced by them are far too numerous to even begin to imagine. The Beatles created and experimented with studio techniques that were so far ahead of time, they could not be duplicated on tour. As for best album, well i am partial to "Revolver". Aaron ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:52:03 PST From: "Giannis Vidiadakis" To: email_address_removed Subject: Wanna join a prog band? Message-ID: Hey, there's a very long list of prog rock/metal musicians that want to start or join a band and many bands' requests too, at the Prog Musicians Forum. The address is http://homex.s-one.net.sg/~progmetal/wsapb.html - fateswarm ps. What is really interesting is the request of an 18-year-old girl that plays 15 instruments!!! Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:49:31 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: The infamous "Trash the 80's bands" bandwagon. Message-ID: In a message dated 99-03-17 12:57:35 EST, you write: << I've got the King of bad drummers.......does anyone remember Rikki Rocket > from Poison? He had to be the worst drummer of all time. > > Mike Really ?! I though he was the only guy who could play in that band (not talking about Bret Michaels - that guy has an awesome voice). If you wanted to mention the worst musician you should have chosen CC Devile. Speaking about worst guitar players. IMO Poison has released one brilliant CD and that's "Native Tongue". Too bad that the band's collaboration with Richie Kotzen didn't last too long. >> OK, granted, Poison shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as say, Dream Theater.(oops!) But what is it about Rikki Rockett that makes him suck so bad? Because you don't like their music or that they looked like chicks? At least he played on all of the albums, unlike RINGO! Come on- how bad do you have to be to not keep a Beatles beat? Also, about C.C. He is FAR from worst musician! He did suck live sometimes because he was so drunk & strung out on cocaine. But if you've heard some of his solos on their albums- they were great. From speedy to tasteful slow licks, he could pull off some tasty stuff. Is the solo to "Nothing But A Good Time" not a great solo? They could also write a good rock/pop song too- W/O the help that Aerosmith, Bon Jovi or Motley Crue had w/ Desmond Child or Bob Rock. (Not that those bands are better or worse.) My point-Poison has never used outside writers. I'm not saying their image wasn't a little "out there" or that you should like them. I'm just saying open your mind and think about why you're saying what you're saying. I think I'm the only person that grew up on that shit who admits that I actually liked it, and in a way still do. Everybody talks about how they suck so bad. Well, how come those bands sold millions of albums? I'm sure you've owned a few in your time. As a fellow Ytsejammer, I'm TOTALLY surprised you didn't mention any 90's crap players. Are the guys in Korn great players? No. To tell you the truth, half the time I have to listen hard for a discernable(sp?) guitar part. I mean, I hear the guitars obviously, but it's all mud. I do have to admit they do have a cool aggressive sound, it just wears thin quick w/ me. I'm not a big Nirvana fan, & Kurt Cobain was also a terrible player, but I have to admit he had other strengths that put him ahead of the rest like his songwriting. Now those are two big bands today, I like a song here and there from both bands, but I certainly don't listen to them for musicianship. The thing I hate about bands today (other than shitty "life sucks" or "feel sorry for me" lyrics, and singers who aren't worth a shit in general-there are a FEW exceptions) is that they play loud distorted guitars like they're acoustic guitars. You know, constantly "strumming" all of the strings- no matter how many are actually being played. It just tends to sound the same after oh, 1 song, and ANYBODY can play like that. 80's bands get a lot of crap because of the way they looked, but some had really good players- especially guitarists, that actually cared about their playing ability. Vito Bratta, Paul Gilbert, John Sykes(Whitesnake), Reb Beach, George Lynch, you get the picture. I'll stop here since your probably dying to flame me already. If I offended anyone, it was unintentional... this time at least. ;-) - JK PS- Poison's "Native Tongue" was indeed a brilliant album. Some of their best work. PPS- Sucky 80's guitarists- how about the guy from Twisted Sister? Now HE leaves something to be desired. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:02:20 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: PARADIGM SHIFT -INTRO (guitarists only) Message-ID: Hey- Has anybody who has a copy of a live LTE video noticed how JP plays the intro? I'm talking about the speedy first lick that consists of four notes- E,F,D,Db. If you've seen the tab on the FAQ, its transcribed as being in 12th position, which I thought made some sense-(or 17th position as an alternative). But I swear it looks like JP does it in 15th position, playing the D,E, and F on the B string, and only playing the Db on the G string! Is this NOT awkward as hell compared to the other positions for anybody else also? I suppose I could be wrong on how he plays it, but my slo-mo feature on the VCR is pretty clear. Let me know what you think. - JK ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:06:16 PST From: "Isaac Trumbo" To: email_address_removed Subject: "it's...ALIVE!!!" - dr. frankenstein Message-ID: i dunno.. as far as i can tell there seems to a slight heartbeat.. i mean hell, you yourself posted that fear factory sold out the house of blues a few months ago.. that's a big deal.. i can see metal starting to thive again.. at least in LA and the greater SF bay area (where i live).. but that in itself is something.. san fransisco and LA influence the world.. i'm keeping my fingers crossed :) inferno NP: opeth - orchid >Sadly, you are right, Metal is very much DEAD in a literal sense, >it's all we can do to fight to bring this genre more exposure. > >-The Doc Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:50:33 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4751 Message-ID: Yeah it was a shame about Richie Kotzen. Too bad he was schtooping Rikki Rockett's wife. Any word on the Poison reunion? Speaking of reunions, finally a band that I'm glad is getting back together...Lillian Axe. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:04:54 +0100 From: CyberDuke To: YtseLand Subject: Scatterbrain MP3s??? Message-ID: Hearing all the good thinsg about this band, I would appretiate if someone post on the jam URLs where mp3s can be found! Let's see what's so great about this band! :) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:46:39 -0800 (PST) From: "J.T. Beachler" To: The Ytsejam Subject: North Wales, PA JP Clinic Message-ID: Just wondering if anyone else is going to this clinic. I'm rather excited! I've never been to one of these things before so me and my girlfriend decided to go. I called the store today and they said only 100 tix are being sold...I have two of them!. The tix are only six dollars a piece. I know Brian Larkin might go. Anyone else going? Anyone else that went to the clinic in New Britain let us know how it went. What were some of the questions that JP answered? jtb _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:16:44 -0800 (PST) From: Ryan Park To: email_address_removed Subject: Which Seal? Message-ID: Quick question: some of you have mentioned that Tony Levin is currently touring with Seal. Is this the same Seal that recorded the pop song "Kiss ]From A Rose"? If so, why does he need Tony's bass-playing ability? Couldn't he get by with a drum machine and a sequencer? :) Or is there another Seal I don't know about? Ryan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 03:33:42 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Chris & Shelly Martin) To: email_address_removed Subject: NDTC:MP3 In RollingStone Message-ID: Sorry for the lack of DT content, but... a few weeks ago there was a discussion on MP3 and it's raping/benefit of the music industry. Well, I can't believe I'm recommending this magazine to anyone, but there was a pretty decent article in the Rolling Stone issue with Jimi Hendrix on the cover recently. Also, there was some fair stuff from guitarists about their fav's. Just thought someone might like to know that!! Later, Chris Martin email_address_removed ICQ#: 33691127 ================================================================ Rocking-Angels Mailing List: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Rocking-Angels To mourn and remember those musicians that have passed on!!The web site is: http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute.html =============================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 02:41:42 PST From: "Jani Liimatainen" To: email_address_removed Subject: Guitarist!Info about AX212 needed!(sorry,NDTC) Message-ID: Hello! I'm plannig on buying new amp,and the one I'm thinking of is AX212 from LINE6.Does anyone of you own one,or tried it?What do you think about it?I'll recieve one to test it,but I'd like to hear what other guitarists think of it.It's pretty versatile amp,but the sounds I'm looking for are mostly metal things,like that Rectified-thing.My band got signed and we're going to make a record in the near future.Is the amp good anough for this kind of task?What are the highs and lows of this amp?Please answer privately.Sorry for wasting space. ~Jani~ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:06:25 GMT From: "Simon John Dodd" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4752 Message-ID: > > wanna hear a REALLY cool piece of classical music that I feel my life's > > goal is to do a heavy metal arrangement of, listen to Gustav Holst's > > "Mars: Bringer of War" from "The Planets". For some 'jammers, it might be > Hmmm...Go check out 'Am I Evil?' as recorded by Metallica (it's on some > copies of Kill 'Em All, but I think it might also be on the new Garage > Inc cd). I seem to remember the theme from Mars in there somewhere. I'm > not sure if the original Diamond Head version has it. Cheers! The original does indeed have it; for lo, "Am I Evil?" is the most threatening and evil sounding rock song EVER, Black Sabbath's catalogue notwithstanding. Metallica played it at the Ministry of Sound gig (hiyas to anyone else who was there - eardrums working again yet?), and I went fucking mad - I'd never heard it before. Also featuring the best Riff EVER. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce: the TRI-TONE!! (did anyone else realise that in, like, the 12th century or thereabouts, that musical interval (flat 5th, I think it's properly called) was actually made illegal because of it's "satanic" sound? ROCKN'ROLL!!!! > Korn - Follow The Leader; Ratt - Ratt N' Roll; Ultraspank - whatever No, you really don't wanna hear that Korny album. > For the end, name 1 album that can match even near to "Abbey Road" "Little Earthquakes" by Tori Amos. You said 1, but if you want, I'll name some more. > without being explicite, i'd just like to say that i have an EXTREME > dislike for that man. i hold him responsible for the rewrite of You Or > Me which turned into You NOT Me and is the single Dream Theater song i This is a little unfair, since you'll find that the person who explicitly did help re-write You Or Me was Desmond Child. Got to agree though, I'm not so keen on either version. The solo's kinda cool though. >Dave Boland scared me for a second when I misread: >>anyone out there that taped Tori Amos on VH1 Storytellers > >as raped. I was thinking, "Damn, they show that on TV? Me gotta get >VH1!" Then my latent voyeursitic tendencies receded into my >subconscious. I hope you don't think less of me now. Given Tori's past and position in RAINN, I think it's kinda sick to speculate about her being raped on TV, doncha think? Si NP:Tori Amos "From The Choirgirl Hotel" ------------------------------------------------------ "If there's a pensive fear, a wasted year A Man must learn to cope If his obsession's real, suppression that he feels Must turn to hope" -John Petrucci email_address_removed.ac.uk email_address_removed http://members.tripod.com/Lord_Ibanez/Lord_Ibanez.html ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:11:48 +0000 From: Chris To: email_address_removed Subject: some url's please Message-ID: <36F0DF74.C31D7C1C@wolfson.co.uk> > Heh, I like using that TEMPO plugin on Winamp to slow the the pitch too. > Problem with that is no matter how much I slow it down, Mike's stuff Where can I get this plugin? > Just download a little program called "musicians cd player". It allows you to > slow down every part of a cd without lowering the pitch. I have checked it out And this ? Cheers Chris, ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:31:07 -0000 From: "Charlie Farrell" To: "Ytsejam list" Subject: Vandem Plas, Euro Festivals Message-ID: With the summer getting closer, details are being finalised for the festivals and some lineups are looking very tasty. The events announced for the UK (Metallica, Aerosmith) - headliners aside, look pretty crap, but the lineups for the likes of the Dynamo, Wacken festivals etc look excellent for those who can endure a load of Death/black metal bands. On the other hand, and much more to my taste, is the festival put together by Olivier Garnier of CNR records in France, who is building an excellent lineup from bands on his own label - which include the excellent Rhapsody, Angra and favourites like Superior and Vanden Plas. With a few slots yet to be confirmed, the current lineup is as follows: LE FESTIVAL "CNR MUSIC" : 1) ANGRA 2) To be confirmed (A group which hasn't yet signed for CNR records) 3) VANDEN PLAS (first concert of 1999) 4) group to be confirmed (very special Friends !!!!!!) 5) ROYAL HUNT (first date in the Paris area) 6) EDGUY 7) FREEDOM CALL This will take place Saturday 29th May at l'Agora d'Evry (capacity 4000), 35Km from Paris on the autoroute A6. Ticket price - around 180FF. Granted that the Angra/Stratovarious/Superior show in Paris in January sold over 4000, at a ticket price only 10FF cheaper, I think this event may well be a sell-out. Now if he could just find a slot for Rhapsody or Superior, this will be one sensational day out! Charlie URL: http://www.servemode.co.uk/Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:03:15 PST From: "Partha Mukhopadhyay" To: email_address_removed Subject: it's morning in america Message-ID: > of "When the Water Breaks". when the water breaks? Lemme guess, that was written by Mike Portnoy about the night his son was born? Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:31:05 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: it's morning in america Message-ID: Partha Mukhopadhyay wrote: > of "When the Water Breaks". >when the water breaks? Lemme guess, that was written by Mike Portnoy about the >night his son was born. Actually , this taken from levin's website : Road Update: Oct. 13, Millbrook NY, LIQUID TENSION BREAKS WATER... A surprising change of schedule: John Petrucci's wife went into labor today(!) so after getting the phone call, he went home to Long Island, leaving us at a loss how to procede with our 10 days for recording the quartet. After congratulating him and seeing him off, we spent the night jamming with just the three remaining, and will make decisions tomorrow. A little awkward for me, since I'm off to tour with P4 next week. We'll see. One thing for sure, the one composition that we were just finishing will be called "When the Water Breaks."" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:27:04 -0700 From: BILL HUSTON To: email_address_removed Subject: mp3s Message-ID: I need help! I've been trying to download TWIUTB from the Canadian Skies site with no luck. All the other songs on there download ok but this particular one gives me 4 seconds and says download complete. Has anyone else been able to get this one? If so, can you send it as an attachment? Basically, this site is screwed up because it takes 5 or 6 attempts to connect and then when I do I get this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Wilmo ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:37:55 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: The Ones Who Help To Mend The Cranium Subject: Quality not quantity.....is just as boring :) Message-ID: /me takes George completely out of context: > If so, email me! (especially if you're in Sofia). :-x Mawsh mentions: >Not to mention other great "underground" bands like Pain Of Salvation, Superior. Can Vanden Plas be added to that list? Are they metal enough? They rock verily! Brain: > http://www.elephant-talk.com/gigs/tourdates.htm Thanks for posting that update, man! Haven't seen Bruford jam in a while. I'm not at all familiar with his new stuff, so can anyone recommened ONE* Earthworks CD to start with first? I'm looking for stuff which sounds closer to the prog fusion stuff he did with Bill Bruford Band (and to some extent parts of the UK stuff), rather than the King Crimson or Yes stuff. *Payday is next Tuesday, but I have to keep it under some semblance of control, and there's this new Spock's Beard disc that's at the top of the list :) JK make boo boo, do bad thing: [forbidden list snipped] > I better stop there. "There" being the line before the beginning of the list, correct :) The keepers of the EOJ are not at all happy with you. Peace! Jon -- "May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face." -- Zappa ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:43:08 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Hansen To: email_address_removed Subject: re: Kevin Shirley Message-ID: "Isaac Trumbo" wrote: > without being explicite, i'd just like to say that i have an EXTREME > dislike for that man. i hold him (Shirley) responsible for > the rewrite of You Or Me which turned into You NOT Me and is the > single Dream Theater song i dislike.. just thought i'd vent a bit.. I don't want to start the whole FII bashing thread again, but I think it was Desmond Child who helped rework the lyrics and chorus on You or Me. And call me what you like, I prefer the album version (You Not Me). It's actually one of my favorite songs on that disc. The guitar and lead break is great. On the other hand, IMHO, Petrucci was struggling in the lyrics department on FII (with the exception of LitS), and any help he received may have been well advised. As for Shirley, I don't know how much you can blame him. He seems to have a way of making everything full, but somewhat bland. Another favorite band of mine, The Black Crowes, used him on their latest disc. It also came out full, yet bland. Shirley seems to have a big reputation based on his work with Aerosmith. Maybe people in the industry have been giving Shirley a little too much credit for Aerosmith's comeback. my $.02, BH P.S. You may be able to blame Shirley for taking away the original acoustic guitar on TAMP, and focusing more on the happy, chimey, little electric riff (which I hate). But only the people involved really know... _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4753 **************************