YTSEJAM Digest 4918 Today's Topics: 1) Billboard w/e 5th June by "Charlie Farrell" 2) Ang:YTSEJAM digest 4917 by tomas.jutenfaldt@arrow.se 3) Tyranny by J C 4) Re: Ayreon's next cd by Carlos Alfaro 5) Re: LTE 2 Cravings by Carlos Alfaro 6) now playing by Partha Mukhopadhyay 7) Myung by shams 8) Carpe Diem (bootleg) question by Kurt Hampton 9) Illogical Logic by email_address_removed 10) VindaLog by "Al @ Switchcraft" 11) oh yeah? You get up there and do it then... by Christopher Ptacek 12) Chapman Stick by "Robert O'Doherty" 13) call me ... by CyberDuke 14) Re: Dali's @ CDNow by "Art Ellis" 15) New Therion by "Charlie Farrell" 16) DT tribute by Arash Ashouriha 17) Ice Age / Symphony X by Joe DeAngelo 18) Re: Ice Age / Symphony X by Peter Geerts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 02:23:31 -0000 From: "Charlie Farrell" To: "Ytsejam list" Subject: Billboard w/e 5th June Message-ID: <00cb01beb9fa$baa6aac0$c44695c1@pentium1> Yesterday, this came in the mail from 'Event's record company. I was just about to delete it when I saw this. > NEWS FROM LEVIATHAN RECORDS!! > > Hopefully everyone in the US saw the 50 page spread in the June > 5th Billboard Magazine proclaiming the imminent return of Heavy > Metal to the top of the charts in the United States. What!!!! 50 pages! Is this for real?? I can get Billboard here in the UK, but only this weeks edition (19th June). Is there anyone stateside who can confirm that this really happened and can tell me anything of the nature of this spread. I.E. Was it just advertising or were there real articles? What bands were covered? Was it mainly the re-formed 'giants of the 80's, or were many new bands included? Was it mainly slanted towards US bands or European? Any info would be gratefully received. Thanks. Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 4:27:27 +0100 From: tomas.jutenfaldt@arrow.se To: email_address_removed Subject: Ang:YTSEJAM digest 4917 Message-ID: Hi! I will be on vacation during week 25 & 26, and will be back in business on=20= the 5th of july=2E Richard K=E4rrstr=F6m, here in the warehouse, will handle my phonecalls during=20= this time, but this job is new for him, so for more complicated matters,=20= please contact Fazil G=F6ker=2E Best regards, Tomas Jutenf=E4ldt =20= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:32:15 EDT From: J C To: email_address_removed Subject: Tyranny Message-ID: I'm almost on the same stage. I have SG's TYRANNY... which is GREAT... and besides, it features almost 10 seconds of La Brie....Really dunno about their other discs, there are sooo many things to hear... Just wanted to quickly comment To anyone that has not heard "Stiletto in the Sand" needs to. Its at www.shadowgallery.com This piece threw me way off...I guess Ive put DT on such a high pedastal that i didn't "Really" believe another band could harness that fire (from the I&W/AWAKE days) WOW!!!! Outlander _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:56:18 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Ayreon's next cd Message-ID: Dave Leon wrote: > ]From the the official Ayreon web site (www.ayreon.com) > > New confirmed singer on the new Ayreon projects: Spock's Beard singer Neal > Morse! > Confirmed singers on the new Ayreon projects: > Annekke from the gathering is not ? :( > Confirmed musicians on the new Ayreon projects: ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:59:31 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: LTE 2 Cravings Message-ID: Peter Geerts wrote: BTW: It seems to me that JP's guitar sounds sound cleaner and more balanced (more 'produced'?) than on LTE1... Anyone agree? IMO its the best sound ive heard from him ever! (aside from the beginning of Lie on awake, yeah lie , not the mirror) I really love what hes doing around 9 1/2 mark on chewbacca ( the digital fx stuff) it sounds sooo good...reminds me of something off of crystal planet which i cant name right now.. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:03:49 PDT From: Partha Mukhopadhyay To: email_address_removed Subject: now playing Message-ID: >There are two types of people in this world: those who listen to >music in >the background, and those who, when they are listening to >music, do little >else. Only people of the second type, IMHO, can >fully realize the depth >and meaning of a certain piece what then of the third category, who do both of the above: listen as background at times, and listen exclusively at other times....are they able to achieve "full realization"? (isn't that what "nirvana" is? somebody help me out on my zen philosophy) as for whoever that was asking for a description on the band Ice Age, if you hit http://www.amzmusiczine.com/06_99/newhd22.shtml and scroll down to the bottom, there are reviews of that band, the new disc from the band Tiles, and LTE2......anyone who bothers to check 'em out is hereby ordered to critique the reviews to me on private mail, y'hear? partha np: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida -- Iron Butterfly (on vinyl :) nreading: Timequake -- Kurt Vonnegut npondering: "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" -- quote from the flick "A Streetcar Named Desire", or so I'm told by mr. vonnegut.....i need to see that movie again _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 12:44:09 +0600 From: shams To: email_address_removed Subject: Myung Message-ID: How come John Myung is mentioned in the jam so little. I love the way he plays the bass in all the songs. I think with the spotlight so much on Mike, JP and the keyboard player he is like a ghost. though I am a guitar player myself but I love the bass. Is it that he is not innovative enough (with the tunes) or what? It's sad but I loved what he did on Trial of Tears and Hells Kitchen. One question tho, with his 6 string, does he have a low B and a High C or just EADGBE like MP? -Shams *Megadeth on 31th Aug ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 01:55:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Kurt Hampton To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Carpe Diem (bootleg) question Message-ID: Hey all, two questions. The first is "when did the band start doing backup vocals (Mike and John) I got the Carpe Diem CD and they do not sing the fills like on OIALT during ACOS. The second is : if you have the CD, does the audio seem to skip, or was that Ryan's fault in copying it? Kurt ******~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****** @----'--,--- ******~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****** "I remember Now" "Rodney King, what the hell is that supposed to mean? He's that guy." Airheads ************************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 03:32:34 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Illogical Logic Message-ID: <<<<I've always wanted to say that when someone talks smack about music I like. >"ok, fucker, let's see you get up there and perform." It's so true. /me cues Family Feud buzzer The ability needed to perform a given piece of music is in no way related to its relative value. If one plays something extremely difficult (ie. something I can't play), am I not allow to judge its musical merit? That sounds like bullshit. According to the logic found in the quoted matter, if the reader is unable to play "chopsticks" on the instrument of his choice, then said reader is unable to dislike anything as difficult or more difficult than the aforementioned musical composition. Like I said. Bullshit.>>>>> Yup. I'm glad someone exposed this BS argument. This "if you can't do better then you can't criticize it" attitude is completely illogical and utterly useless. If we apply this reasoning to other areas of life, it would mean that those of us without culinary skills could not complain if we received terrible food at a restaurant. It would mean that I could not criticize Faulkner since I could not produce greater literary works than he. I could not say that the new Star Wars disappointed me (since I could not have created a better film). It also would mean that we could not complain about governmental issues if we ourselves did not have a "better solution." But there's no need to extend this line of reasoning to my (somewhat dubious) analogies: applied only to music, it still falls flat on its face. I myself am no musician, and cannot play "chopsticks," to use the example cited above. Does this mean that because I could not create a more compelling song than *fill in what you consider the worst music you've heard*, or any song at all for that matter, I cannot dislike any type of music? I don't see how my musical inability voids my critical appraisal of a certain band or album. If your implication was simply that we should not condemn (as in, not merely express dislike, but declare "inherently bad" by some nonexistent absolute standard of musical merit) anyone else's taste in music, I would agree to a certain extent. Condemning a person's taste in music is (somewhat) like criticizing a person's taste in food; my saying that Band-X sucks really will not affect whether or not you like Band-X any more than my saying that pizza sucks will affect whether or not you enjoy pizza, and thus is a rather counterproductive activity (although one which is nonetheless fun and occupies much space on the Jam :). But I really doubt from the tone of your post that your point was that we should not condemn others' music at all, considering that you called those who do not share your musical tastes "fuckers." And, by the way--just so people don't misinterpret what I mean by "condemning" others' musical tastes--I do enjoy hearing opinions (negative and positive) about music. What I dislike is the back-and-forth criticism of others' opinions ("DT rules!" "No, DT sucks!" "No, DT rules!") that goes nowhere. The essential point here is that everyone has a right to like or dislike your music, and that people's opinions cannot be discounted merely because they could not produce better music themselves. --------------------------- NP: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 02:55:28 -0500 From: "Al @ Switchcraft" To: retaehT maerD Subject: VindaLog Message-ID: Dreamgirl wrote: >Methinks that if a guy DID soak his 'sausage' in vindaloo he would be in NO >condition whatsoever to FAQ anyone - heheheheheheh If you truly are a Dreamgirl, I'd give it one hell of an effort. Unfortunately, most of the screams would be coming from me! -- Al - The Ytse-ProGtologist ^ Switchcraft Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you live in the land of 10,000.00 lakes, it's nice to know that all men are created equal in cold water. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 03:03:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Christopher Ptacek To: email_address_removed Subject: oh yeah? You get up there and do it then... Message-ID: I think it can have some merit, though not how it was used. When someone's a bad ass, talking smack... for instance, if I was to say "Paradigm Shift is a fucking JOKE. That's a cakewalk!" and Mike said "Oh yeah? You get up here and do it then." I think it serves to put an ego in check. But as far as a person's ability to perform what he hears, that has no bearing on his or her ability to rate and berate music. If you had to be able to outplay Yngwie to cut him down, then I doubt there's more than 4 or 5 people on this list who could cut him down, if that. It's not an argument against someone's opinion... it's an argument against someone's ego. I hope this isn't going to be a new thread topic. How about this, though... does anyone (Mike?) know if Jordan just doesn't like old school analog sounds for leads? Is he going to use the same lead sound on the new DT? Jordan has a great control over instruments with faster decay (piano and bells etc) but his choice in lead sounds just seems really dead next to Derek. Even Kevin's DW8000 had a better lead sound, IMO. I know it's subjective, so I wonder what Jordan's take is. You would think that as the DW8000 is available for >$500 and Jordan's Kurzweils go for <$2000 there would be some kind of competetive sounds on there. I'm not asking if anyone here is BETTER than Jordan, but does anyone know if the board he uses can GET a better lead sound? It's a total song killer for me, hearing that tone! Man, I'm such a prick, but I can't let it go... it's like Mike choosing to use that triggered snare sound on the next album... some things are harder to deal with than others, and no matter how poor the relationship with Derek may have been or may have become, I would be shocked to hear that the guys didn't think his tone was happenin'. -- Chris Ptacek - email_address_removed "Everything that can be invented has been invented." -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:13:49 +0100 From: "Robert O'Doherty" To: "Ytsejam (E-mail)" Subject: Chapman Stick Message-ID: <000601beba34$0be86d40$message_id_removed.ie> Does anyone out there own a Chapman Stick? I've been on a real Chapman Buzz lately (downloading samples, looking into the accessories that you can order with the stick etc..) but I'd like to hear any experiences you guys may have had with it. I'm on the verge of ordering one myself ... Someone stop me .... Rob. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:36:15 +0200 From: CyberDuke To: "email_address_removed" Subject: call me ... Message-ID: Brian, Senna, Tom, ... I lost your data (e-mails) due to problems with my Windows, so all who contacted me recently please write, so that I can know your adresses again! :) Thanks! -- CyberDuke ________________________________________ "Lisa, get away from that jazzer!" - Simpsons ________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 06:16:42 -0400 From: "Art Ellis" To: Subject: Re: Dali's @ CDNow Message-ID: <000a01beba3c$d4e16d20$2721f7a5@pbcustomer> >< FWiW, my Dali's is still listed as on backorder there. Of course, I'll probably get my cancellation notice today. CDNow probably sells a relative shitload of Magna Carta releases. How in the world are they deleting brand-new releases?! >< Thats funny. I ordered Dali's Dilemma from CDNow about 10 days ago, and it came no problem. I think this may be a CDNow computer screw-up. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:57:06 -0000 From: "Charlie Farrell" To: "Ytsejam list" Subject: New Therion Message-ID: <014201beba3a$23243ec0$af4a95c1@pentium1> Well first things first - I bought Voivin and then sold it. I love some choral music (particularly 15-16 century stuff as well earlier), but their stuff doesn't work for me. If you want to hear a master of voices at work, listen to Monteverdi, all else pales beside that (IMHO of course). Anyway, the therion disk is out in Europe and I've seen others talk about it - so here's what I've gleaned: Format: Digipack Contents: 10 songs - including "A Arab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming" - taken from a compilation 3 newies: "Crowning Of Atlantis ", " Mark Of Cain " and " From The Dionysian Days ". 3 covers: "Crazy Nights" from Loudness, "Thor" - Manowar and "Seawinds" - Accept. 3 live songs: "To Mega Therion", "The Wings Of The Hydra" and "Black Sun" The new songs are apparently in the same line as 'Voivin', the remix is a real remix, the live songs have evidently been touched up in the studio and the covers are performed in an original manner Since this is being issued at a cheap price, the opinion of those I've read (who actually like Therion), is that it is well worth getting hold of. There, that's my good deed for the day done :-)) Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 15:16:44 -0700 From: Arash Ashouriha To: email_address_removed Subject: DT tribute Message-ID: <376C16CC.37BB@fh-niederrhein.de> Hi guys The latest information about VOICES - A TRIBUTE TO DREAM THEATER can be found at : http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1794/ NP : Def Leppard - Euphoria Arash -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | PROG OR DIE - The Progressive Music Page | | | | DREAM THEATER - FATES WARNING - ROYAL HUNT - SHADOW GALLERY | | | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1748/ | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | The Eyes Of Universe - The Official EMPTY TREMOR Fan Club Site | | | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1794/ | | | | by Arash and Arman Ashouriha email: email_address_removed.de | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:10:52 -0400 From: Joe DeAngelo To: YTSEJAM Subject: Ice Age / Symphony X Message-ID: Yan E said: >>Concerning Ice Age, what does everyone think they are so great for? They are > good but they didn't impress me that much.>>> > > How are they ? If they're on MagnaCarta, they're supposed to be good, but > what should I expect from this guys ? Magna Carta is no fucking guarantee! ;) Seriously though, Ice Age is (IMO, at least) a pretty awesome new band that basically rides the line between prog-rock and prog-metal. Decent vocals, good keys, also some nice guitar and drum work IMO. I'd definitely recommend picking up "The Great Divide" > And finally.. I've seen many times Symphony X mentioned here.. I've heard > to Mike Pinella and the other Mike (can't remember the last name) in the > Working Man Rush tribute.. They sound quite interesting.. How is Divine > Wings.. ? The other Mike is Michael Romeo, who is SX's guitarist. If you like HEAVY prog-metal, Symphony X is your kinda band! They have GREAT vocals, very crunchy guitar rhythms, and some fast neo-classical style guitar (and key) shred solos. Unless swords-and-sorcery fantasy lyrics annoy you, you must check out "Divine Wings of Tragedy". "Twilight in Olympus" is also good, but "Divine Wings..." is the one to get first IMO. Later, - Joe DeAngelo email_address_removed ICQ # 1872723 -------------------------------------------- "Our worlds collide, now in disguise You'll feel the Wrath Divine Tears of woe fall from the sky..." - Symphony X, "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 20:43:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Geerts To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Ice Age / Symphony X Message-ID: On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Joe DeAngelo wrote: > annoy you, you must check out "Divine Wings of Tragedy". "Twilight in > Olympus" is also good, but "Divine Wings..." is the one to get first > IMO. Nah... If you really wanna be stunned, do like I did: buy their selftitled debut album first... You'll like it, but you'll wonder if 'that band' doesn't have more potential. Then get the Damnation game and be amazed. For even more excitement get Twilight next,... and just when you're asking yourself if those guys can still do better, THEN get your hands on Divine Wings... This'll be the culmination of all your S-X expieriences...:-) No, really, I started with Symphony X (the album) and I got the other albums in that order. I thought they were just getting better and better... If I got them the other way around, i would've been disappointed by the time I reached their first album... Cheers Zaphod |Peter Geerts "...And for an encore, Man | |email_address_removed.ac.be proved that black is white | |ICQ: 13122363 (weekend) and got himself killed on | |Political Science Student the next zebra crossing..."| |Leuven University, Belgium (Douglas Adams) | ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4918 **************************