YTSEJAM Digest 4818 Today's Topics: 1) Buy Conklin Bass guitars by email_address_removed 2) Re: Recommendation Wanted by email_address_removed 3) Re: Recommendation Wanted by "Dave Neff" 4) Intro to DT by "William Kimbril" 5) For download at Lines in the Sand: InstruMENTAL by Nick Bogovich 6) Shake it on more time for Elvis ;o] by CyberDuke 7) My first DT experience by email_address_removed 8) by "J C" 9) Acoustic suggestions by "J C" 10) Cool MP3 site by CyberDuke 11) Bite Me Spears. by "Korg Ecksthrey" 12) Re: Recommendation Wanted by "Korg Ecksthrey" 13) Britney, Vanilla, etc. by Joe DeAngelo 14) Re: Artistic appearance... by email_address_removed 15) Re: prog bands.... by email_address_removed 16) MP3 Player info....NDTC by "Scott Sturdivant" 17) Re: Artistic appearance... by Andy Putman 18) Acoustic Guitar Recommendations by Kevin Carmouche 19) Do you know your Live in Tokyo video? by Jon Kretschmer 20) Next Superior mp3 by Bernd.Basmer@t-online.de (Bernd Basmer) 21) Drum Machines by Niall Connaughton 22) Re: my first time. . ... . .. .of DT by "J?rgen C. Bakken" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:53:36 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Buy Conklin Bass guitars Message-ID: I posted a message about Bill Dickens before. An awesome bass player. I went down to Bass Alone in San Diego and got to get my hands on one and it was an awesome experience. They didnt have the 7 or 9 string bass but the Conklin 6 string was just awesome. Oh and the tuning on a 7 string is the same as a 6 except for the lower F#. It kills the yamaha TRB 6 II bass I own now. Also in musicians freind I noticed John Myung's bass being sold now. Anyone play it yet? I am curious to see how good it is since it is less expensive. Also Happy Birthday to Mike Portnoy. Later Jammers, Justin Sepulveda ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:25:38 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Recommendation Wanted Message-ID: >< i've decided to expand my CD collection and include some instrumental (preferably solo), acoustic guitar works. i'd like some recommendations, please. Style isn't necessarily important -- Classical, Spanish/Flamenco, etc... doesn't matter at this point, i wanna try it all. >< Jim Matheos' solo album. Don't know the name, but he's only had one so far. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:41:56 -0400 From: "Dave Neff" To: Subject: Re: Recommendation Wanted Message-ID: <001e01be8abe$36489ba0$1f15fea9@oemcomputer> Hi all, After missing about 2000 digests, I'm finally back on the Jam. Glad to see nothing's changed. :-P (My first post was a reply to Hairball, for you old-timers). "Bernard, Chris" asks for: > instrumental(preferably solo), acoustic guitar works Adrian Legg! I saw him open for G3 at Valley Forge - amazing! The bastard messes with his tuning pegs in the middle of songs. Check out "Paddy Goes To Nashville" from "Mrs. Crowe's Blue Waltz", but resist the temptation to smash your guitar against the wall. My first DT experience: a friend almost literally forced me to go see them play in Philly in '93. The first note I ever heard from them was when they started playing. I still haven't recovered. - Dave Neff (email_address_removed) NP: Adrian Legg, Mrs. Crowe's Blue Waltz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:23:05 -0800 From: "William Kimbril" To: email_address_removed Subject: Intro to DT Message-ID: Well, seeing that this is my first post, I thought this would be a good topic to start with. I had thought that 90's rock was dead; so I spent much of my time listening to old Rush, Kansas, and Yes. Some guy (to whom I will be eternally grateful:-) raved on DT on the Rush mailing list. I figured that if they were held up in the same light as Rush, they had to be nominally decent. I got ACoS at a used cd store; the title track was ok, but I was really impressed by the covers. So I decided to get "Once In A LiveTime". It was just spectacular!!! I was especially blown away by the JP guitar solo (I used to think no one could touch Lifeson:-) Since then I have managed to acquire a DT bootleg, and I plan on buying everything I can buy them. This list has also opend me up to the world of Prog Metal: Symphany X, Shadow Gallery, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, etc. Thanks! Joshua NP:Stratovarius-"Visions of Europe" (This is my first buy of Strato, and I am very impressed!) Whaat!!! Have you tried The Doghouse??! Get your FREE WEB-BASED EMAIL account at: http://doghousemail.lycos.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:07:16 -0400 From: Nick Bogovich To: email_address_removed Subject: For download at Lines in the Sand: InstruMENTAL Message-ID: Hey everyone, This week's "From the Vaults" selection at Lines in the Sand is the import, "InstruMENTAL". InstruMENTAL contains demos of material which ended up on When Dream And Day Unite in some form or another. However, as the title suggests, Dream Theater did not have a vocalist at the time the demos were recorded. They were in the process of looking for one. Anyways, you can find MP3s from InstruMENTAL at Lines in the Sand. The URL is below. Take care, Bogie ---------------------------------------- Dream Theater - Lines in the Sand http://dreamtheater.mit.edu/ ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 02:42:12 +0200 From: CyberDuke To: YtseLand Subject: Shake it on more time for Elvis ;o] Message-ID: > Do you honestly think that XXXXX had some hit-song-writing-guru > throw something together while the band was being trained on the > finer points of eye batting and ass wiggling Wooohoo, gimme some more of it -- CyberDuke "Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces I'll Pull out my heart and I'll feed it to anyone Crying for sympathy crocodile cry for the love of the crowd and the three cheers from everyone ..." The Cure - Disintergration _______________________________________________________ Home Page http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Gym/3466/ E-mail email_address_removed.mk ICQ# 17392722 _______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:44:25 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: My first DT experience Message-ID: I tried to stay away from this one, but I guess I'll tell my intriguing litle story. I'm sure you're all dyin to hear it: Well I was listening to a lot of classic rock stuff just a little over a year agoand gettin a little bored with i, then one day I got my first issue of Guitar. Inside there was a transcription of BMS, I was about to get a 5string bass, so I noticed that the song used a low B, then looked at it closer and realized some cool stuff ( the 3/4, 7/8, 3/4, 4/4 section). Then i looked through the rest of the magazine and saw them named best band in the reader's poll, continued on and saw JP's top 10 favorite albums, noticed some cool stuff i was already into like Rush and SRV. All this made me curios enough to go out and buy FII, it slowly grew on me, saw their show in Philly last may and i was hooked. Now i'm a big fan. The End. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:09:51 EDT From: "J C" To: email_address_removed Message-ID: i'd like to take a minute and pick the collective brain that is "The Jam" i've decided to expand my CD collection and include some instrumental(preferably solo), acoustic guitar works. i'd like some recommendations, please. Style isn't necessarily important -- Classical, Spanish/Flamenco, etc... doesn't matter at this point, i wanna try it all. :-) -- feeling and composition are. If any of have favorites, please let me know. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:13:05 EDT From: "J C" To: email_address_removed Subject: Acoustic suggestions Message-ID: Chris: i'd like to take a minute and pick the collective brain that is "The Jam" i've decided to expand my CD collection and include some instrumental(preferably solo), acoustic guitar works. i'd like some recommendations, please. Style isn't necessarily important -- Classical, Spanish/Flamenco, etc... doesn't matter at this point, i wanna try it all. :-) -- feeling and composition are. If any of have favorites, please let me know. as the other post suggests Al DiMeola is a must have (Friday Night in San Francisco/Casino...definitely check out Ottmar Liebert (any CD) he's a German classical style player. Also run a search for the "unplugged" DT songs(MP3) such as "Cover my Eyes" also anything by John Williams _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 03:16:07 +0200 From: CyberDuke To: YtseLand Subject: Cool MP3 site Message-ID: Found a cool URL: http://w1.923.telia.com/~u92304206/ I searched for Zappa mp3s, went there and BAM, the dude had soem DT stuff too! :) And not the usual ones, he had those unorthodox track RTK, TLF etc. Actually ........ oooops, maybe he's a jammer! ;) Korgy, you might wanna try it too for some Zappa stuff! -- CyberDuke "Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces I'll Pull out my heart and I'll feed it to anyone Crying for sympathy crocodile cry for the love of the crowd and the three cheers from everyone ..." The Cure - Disintergration _______________________________________________________ Home Page http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Gym/3466/ E-mail email_address_removed.mk ICQ# 17392722 _______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:42:48 -0600 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" To: Subject: Bite Me Spears. Message-ID: <004301be8acf$21d31ea0$510d84d0@default> >ironic paradox. (But I'm not saying that Britney IS >good, I've never heard her.) Actually, as I mentioned before, Britney was in the Mickey Mouse Club. Basically her entrance into the MMC was likely based upon looks >and< talent. Alot of her success is likely based upon association of this. She's not the only Disney sponsored siren to hit it big in the solo department. Jennifer Love Hewitt spawned from Kids Incorporated and made like two or three not as successful solo albums but went on to enjoy a lucrative acting career. It's not that Britney sucks, her music isn't that bad. It's generally what wakes me up in the morning. (heh, stupid KZDX plays it at the same time every morning.) It sure beats when I woke up to Pretty Fly for a White Guy every day. So, in short, had not Britney gotten her big break on the MMC, even with her looks, I don't think she would have had such an easy shot at the Billboard charts. But those Disney bitches are somewhat talented, I suppose. -- KorgX3 is playing golf in his pants. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:41:43 -0600 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" To: Subject: Re: Recommendation Wanted Message-ID: <003c01be8acf$0b020e20$510d84d0@default> >recommendations, please. Style isn't necessarily important -- Classical, >Spanish/Flamenco, etc... doesn't matter at this point, i wanna try it all. Hmmmm... *probes his CD collection* Although not even completely acoustic (mostly acoustic soloing over keys and backing guitars), I recommend Marty Friedman's two albums Scenes and Introduction. Also, basically anything by Michael Hedges, Jesse Cook, Adrian Legg, and Billy McLaughlin. And even though some people will disagree, I recommend Craig Chaquico's "Once in a Blue Universe." Save that one for last or something though... It's alright, but nothing astonishing. :) Friedman's two are probably the most accessible as far as laid back acoustic works go, but to me, Hedges was (sniff) THE definitive modern solo acoustic guitar player. Jesse Cook's style is Spanish/Flamenco/Gypsy sounding stuff, and Legg and McLaughlin's styles somewhat mimic Hedges, although Legg's has more of a cajun flavor to it. Chaquico, well, he was the guitar player for Starship, so it's basically acoustic pop. And while I'm here... I just kiped a CD-R my friend was made by some fellow at school today, but there's no labeling on the disc and the guy didn't tell him who it was, but there is a really cool Speed Metal version of Mr. Sandman on it. heh. I'm sure someone here knows who it is. I'm tempted to say Stratovarius or Helloween, but I can't say for sure. Thanks in advance! -- KorgX3 thinks it's time to go golfing again. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:08:14 -0400 From: Joe DeAngelo To: YTSEJAM Subject: Britney, Vanilla, etc. Message-ID: Brian Hansen said: > I guess the real test is time. If music can be > respected years after the marketing, hype, trend and > looks of the artist are gone, then it must have been > good music. You make a very good point Brian. -- - Joe DeAngelo email_address_removed ICQ # 1872723 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:02:39 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Artistic appearance... Message-ID: >< This brings to mind an interesting point...Does looks/image really effect the music? I don't have the faintest idea what Britney's music sounds like, but since she's supposedly so attractive, some people accuse her of being only a pretty face. But what if she wasn't so attractive? It's quite possible that she could release the same music, and be taken much more seriously, just because she wasn't attractive. >< No it's not. If her music were different, original, creative, any of those, then that's a different story, but she's doing (white) r&b, if that's such a thing, and if you don't have the perfect body and the perfect face, then no record exec will give your music a listen. >< "Jack Starr, ex-Virgin Steele guitarist, is now releasing the "Conspiratos Santos" EP. Vocalist is Chris Collins (Majesty)." Any of you heard anything else about this? >< I don't ever want to hear anything w/Chris Collins. Jim NP - Sanvoisen: Soul Seasons ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:07:42 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: prog bands.... Message-ID: hey guys i was wondering...can anyone recommend some other bands like DT...i mean i know DT is one of a kind but anything of that sort that u figure that a DT fan may enjoy...i tried Stratovarius and Shadow Gallery and it wasnt really what i was looking for...(maybe i chose the wrong albums or further yet the wrong bands) does anyone recommend a cool DT/RUSH band?email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:49:21 -0400 From: "Scott Sturdivant" To: Subject: MP3 Player info....NDTC Message-ID: <001401be8ae9$2e22d3c0$message_id_removed> Hey guys, sorry for the lack of DTC so I'll skip right to the main point. Does anyone have any plans out there for a rack system mp3 player which describes how to make one and stuff? If so, please email me, I'm very interested in one! Thanks!!!!! Scott. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:22:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Putman To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Artistic appearance... Message-ID: > I don't ever want to hear anything w/Chris Collins. Actually, somehow I enjoy his singing more than Charlie's, though Labrie kills them all. Actually, after hearing the one live song I have from the Collins era, I can see why they canned him, but in the studio at least he wasn't that bad. On a related note, does anyone know what Domin. has been up to since he left DT? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 01:30:37 -0500 From: Kevin Carmouche To: email_address_removed Subject: Acoustic Guitar Recommendations Message-ID: Well, most of my recommendations come from the world of jazz, especially Latin Jazz.... If you're looking for any acoustic guitar, the first person I always mention first is Charlie Byrd, the guy ONLY plays acoustic, and is phenomenal. He can play Latin, straight ahead jazz, standards, you name it. He has great technique, and has a great touch and feel to his guitar. I highly recommend him. Another couple of Brazilian guys I might mention is Laurindo Almeida and Joao Gilberto. Both did alot of Bossa Nova recordings with Stan Getz(a tenor saxophonist), as did Byrd. All three are some of the most respected in their field. Also, here's a guitarist many wouldn't think of, but Andy Summers(of Police fame) has some really fine stuff out there, he's drifted more into the jazz world as the years have gone by. I got this cd of him with John Etheridge, all acoustic guitar, and they really do some nice things together. hmm...who else?? Well, this isn't jazz but Dave Matthews has some good stuff out there, I really like the album he did with Tim Reynolds, though I miss the full dave matthews band. It's got some new material mixed with older matthews material, certainly worth a buy if you're into either acoustic guitar or dave matthews. Hope you like some of these...:) np: Dave Matthews Band "Before These Crowded Streets" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:31:34 -0700 From: Jon Kretschmer To: email_address_removed Subject: Do you know your Live in Tokyo video? Message-ID: >From: "JOSKOE" >hoi >als je zin hebt om eens te kijken en eventueel mee te doen dan moet je >morgenavond om half 8 savonds bij sportschool jurriens zijn(catharinastraat) >groeten van jossie Translation: I don't like Dream Theater that much, but I had a pen and some paper, so what the fuck! Jon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:39:44 +0200 From: Bernd.Basmer@t-online.de (Bernd Basmer) To: email_address_removed Subject: Next Superior mp3 Message-ID: Hey! :) I just came back from Dallas and I had a hell of a time there. Man, this was cool. :) Greetings to Carol and Paul and of course Ryan and Pam. You all rule! :) Ok... now to business... :)) I have uploaded a new Superior mp3 to our site at http://www.free-minded.de/ This time it is "Hole Hearted" (Extreme) played at the same concert as all the other mp3's were from before. Go to the samples section if you want to download it. I wish you fun with it... Bye Bernd --------------------------------------------------------- Bernd Basmer Guitar - Superior Email: email_address_removed Superior Homepage: http://www.free-minded.de --------------------------------------------------------- If you're good, you solve your problems. If you're better you have none... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:51:11 +1000 (EST) From: Niall Connaughton To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Drum Machines Message-ID: I don't know much about actually making music - I can't play any instruments. But I know what I like and I like DT, as well as Metallica and Dire Straits. I was just wondering whether anyone could help me with a nagging question I've had for ages. I don't know whether virtually every albulm by any band these days is recorded with drum machines or not, but I was wondering whether I&W was recorded with the use of a drum machine? Of all the DT albulms I've heard (all of the albulms they've produced), I&W sounds most like it has a drum machine. Cheers Niall ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 03:39:35 PDT From: "J?rgen C. Bakken" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: my first time. . ... . .. .of DT Message-ID: I think I have the most original first-time-dt. The first thing I heard was my friends copy of Live at the Marquee! That's rigth the first thing we noticed was the rather 80's-solo from Petrucci on Surrounded. But all in all it was good stuff. Later on he bought A Change of Seasons, no don't tell nobody dislikes DT because of that song. It was a turning point for us. Since he was going to work I listened to it first an was high on the world when i told him about The Darkest of Winters. You know what I mean. A few weeks later I bought Awake and When Dream and Day Unite. Needless to say Awake won. Later on FII and OiaLtime. Anybody out who was won over by OaiL? /lurking's gone to far. . . . prepare to be answered. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4818 **************************