YTSEJAM Digest 4998 Today's Topics: 1) Re: new tea party by "Mike Patrick" 2) Re: new tea party by Syrinx 3) Vlatko Stefanovski - the unknown guitar god by CyberDuke 4) Operation: EMPIRE by Bracken MacLeod 5) Vlatko Stefanovski by Jeremy Garman 6) Re: light bulbs and side projects by email_address_removed 7) twom by Joshua Rasiel 8) Another post by email_address_removed 9) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4994 by "Raivo Hool" 10) by "Outlander 29" 11) 3 Minute Pop coming from concept albums by Andrew Embler 12) Music of Today; DT99 by Kevin Carmouche 13) Metropolis by "Jan-Michael" 14) Guitar Related Question (DTC) by "Christopher W. Ptacek" 15) Einstein rules (relatively) by "Gallop, Neil" 16) RE: Zeus's post by "xxx" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:01:41 -0400 From: "Mike Patrick" To: Subject: Re: new tea party Message-ID: <000d01bed6fa$0ad74240$message_id_removed> >yep, there sure is a new tea party cd, but rite now, it's only available in >canada. Is this the same thing that's going on with the new IME? It's been said here before, but it looks like very few places have. Most notably, CDNow still doesn't list it. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 21:39:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Syrinx To: Mike Patrick Subject: Re: new tea party Message-ID: > >yep, there sure is a new tea party cd, but rite now, it's only available in > >canada. > > Is this the same thing that's going on with the new IME? It's been said > here before, but it looks like very few places have. Most notably, CDNow > still doesn't list it. Yep. Neither band has a US label anymore - but they're both awsome fucking albums. The new Tea Party (called "TRIPtych") takes themes (I think) of "Transmission" and takes it to the next level. IF YOU CAN FIND IT, definatly pickl it up. You won't be disspaointed. - mike. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= erotomania! - http://www.erotomania.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 03:44:13 +0200 From: CyberDuke To: email_address_removed Subject: Vlatko Stefanovski - the unknown guitar god Message-ID: > From: "Sasha" > > Anyhow... i was at this concert at Friday. Well, i highly doubt > that any of you (besides Cyberduke) have ever heard of this > guitarist from Macedonia named Vlatko Stefanovski. Hi there! :) It just makes me so angry that the world is not aware of this guy! His former band Leb i Sol kicked so much ass, I can't describe it: jazz rock, fusion, .. all spieced with Macedonian folklore elements. Leb i Sol had few gigs in USA, New York back in 1991. Maybe someone attended them? > Well, he was a guest at the show of Gibonni - and > he is like one of the best singers and writers here in Croatia... Never heard of him Sasha - I'm confused? Is he some newbie? > So, Vlatko played guitar on Gibonni`s last album... AND Vlatko was > voted for the best guitarist in pop music by Guitar Player magazine. POP??? Damn, this guy led the best jazz rock/fusion band in former YU! Althought now he's not in those waters... > The guy is absolutely fucking amazing! Even though he didn`t had to > much place for solo acts within the songs, he played some killer > intros... i bought his latest Cd at the show and got it signed. > There aren`t any too progressive songs on the album but i think > that some of you jammers might like it... Vlatko uses alot > of scales and elements from macedonian folk music. Macedonian music is famous for its odd irregular rhythms! I'm not musically educated, but ... we have like 5/8, 7/8, 9/8 rhythms .. does that make sense for you? I'm sure we have some rhythms ya rest just can't get! :) Anyone interested, I can rip some MP3s! > He is definately the best guitarist in eastern europe... Come again??? I think it's wider area pal! :) > Anyhow, for the first time in my life i tried to tape the show... and > it turned out very well. So, if anyone is interested to hear some > nice shredding by Vlatko, let me know and i`ll make you an mp3... BOOK ME IN PAL!!! :-) Chuj choveche, morash mi to pratiti, CEO shou! :-) Nudim shta hochesh! :) > next weekend i`ll see Vlatko again with his trio Hey what's the big deal with the Trio being so active in Slovenia and Croatia? :( Here they did only 1 gig! -- CyberDuke ________________________________________ "Lisa, get away from that jazzer!" - Simpsons ________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 21:53:42 -0400 From: Bracken MacLeod To: email_address_removed Subject: Operation: EMPIRE Message-ID: Hey all, I'm sorry if this is percieved as a spam, however, I know that other progressive bands are sort of on-topic having once been a subscriber to the Ytsejam (back in the day -- even have my Ytsejam GITD "Let the Light Surround You" t-shirt). Anyhow, I thought one or more of you might be interested in this little Queensryche tidbit. I'm selling my copy of Queensryche's "Operation EMPIRE" box set (VERY HTF!!) #985/1000. It is complete and in perfect condition. The seal on the box has been broken, but it was never shrinkwrapped. So I guess it is as close to being mint as it ever was. The box set contains Queensryche's Empire longplay CD (ltd. edition *POP-UP* cover--promotion only copy - this is cool); Empire CD single (w/Scarborough Fair); Silent Lucidity CD single; Jet City Woman CD single (both w/live tracks); metal "Triryche" pendant and badge; and ltd edition t-shirt (never worn). Comes w/certificate of authenticity numbering 985 out of 1000 made worldwide. There's no reserve price. The highest bid is the winner. Got to Amazon.com auctions at=20 http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X3402218X2832= 666 Good luck and sorry if I upset anyone, Bracken MacLeod --=20 =A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0= `=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4 It's better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not. =A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0= `=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:12:26 -0500 From: Jeremy Garman To: Ytsejam Subject: Vlatko Stefanovski Message-ID: Sasha wrote: >Anyhow... i was at this concert at Friday. Well, i highly doubt that any of >you (besides Cyberduke) have ever heard of this guitarist from Macedonia >named Vlatko Stefanovski. Well, make that at least one more who has heard of him. Actually, Cyberduke kindly showed me this guy and I couldn't believe how much I liked him. He shreds when he wants to, but this guy has some GREAT melodic playing. The more I hear from him, the more I put him up there on the top of my list of favorite guitar players. Very tasteful melodic playing with a touch of shred. >The guy is absolutely fucking amazing! No doubt. Especially in his old group, Leb i Sol, I think is where he's really amazing. Nice jazz-influenced ethno-rock, as I like to call it. I can't say I have heard anything like Leb i Sol, kind of like DT in how they throw influences in but make a sound all their own. They take the Macedonian folk influences, mix it with jazz and rock and come up with a sound all it's own. Not really prog at all, but there are some very odd rhythms with tight arrangements. >i bought his latest Cd at the show and got it signed. >There aren`t any too progressive songs on the album but i think that some of >you jammers might like it... Vlatko uses alot of scales and elements from >macedonian folk music. I just recently got the Trio album(thanks CyberDuke!), and I must say it's quite good. Mostly instrumental with a few vocal songs thrown in. Yes, nothing too progressive, but the arrangements are very interesting with the Macedonian and jazz elements thrown in with the traditional rock setting: guitar, bass, and drums. And the playing is just great overall, especially the guitar. >So, if anyone is interested to hear some nice shredding by Vlatko, let me >know and i`ll make you an mp3... Yes, I'd definitely agree and recommend Vlatko to anyone who wants to hear some great guitar playing, check him out. He's a hidden gem in the guitar world. ******************************************* Jeremy Garman ICQ: 2891526 mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed ******************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:36:58 -0400 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: light bulbs and side projects Message-ID: > I thought the light bulb joke was hysterical. I almost fell out of my > seat. How true. Definitely a joke only Jammers would get. Oh, we get it all right...usually for a bout 15 jams in a row every six months or so. :-) ----- > Somehow, I have an axious fear (Iron Maiden content...;) ) concerning > these side projects. I fear that one day one of the DT members stands > up and says 'Hey guys, I like this and that project better, and I > think I should leave this band.' Or is this unimaginable? This comes up occasionally, but I don't think it's very likely. For that to happen, one of the members would essentially be deciding to dedcate themselves to a single type of music. Since all the guys semm to have varied and eclectic musical interests, and doing DT *plus* side projects allows them to indulge them all, it just seems like an ideal situation for them. ----- ___Pat Sullivan___________________________ Email: email_address_removed WWW: http://home.ici.net/~psull/psull.html ICQ: 23499229 AIM: TOWHTSTS ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:56:19 -0400 From: Joshua Rasiel To: email_address_removed Subject: twom Message-ID: >Sorry, but the TWoM came out in 1997...and the world tour was also then. >Maybe in fall/winter 97/98. Yeah, but it wasn't available in the states until march '98. I can't give it fall '97 because that goes to ef eye eye. Plus, I'm already cheating by splitting '97 with Tool's AEnima. So TWoM has just GOTTA be the '98 pick! josh ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:44:06 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Another post Message-ID: Hey, I know I just posted today, but as I hit the send button, I thought of another question. Did I&W, Awake, FII or OIAL ever enter into the billboard top 100? I'm not interested in DT being the most popular band, but I was wondering, since a bunch of us will buy this album the day it comes out, what are the chances that it will enter the charts in a rated position? Wouldn't that be interesting? SOME WEEK IN OCTOBER 1999 1) Dream Theater-Metropolis: part 2 (or whatever) 2) Back Street Boys (again) 3) N'sync (weren't they in the number 2 spot-oh, different group sorry) 4) Brittany Spears (ah, if only she were legal more men would enjoy her) 5) Enter any ghetto rap/r & b band (they all sound the same now a days) 6) Sound track from a Disney movie (Tarzan-Lion King whatever) 7) Sound track from a Spike Lee movie (yea boyee) 8) Garth Brooks (he always seems to be in there somewhere) 9) Woodstock 99- 2cd's (you know there going to make some money on this) 10) The 90's-One Hit Wonders (there's enough of these for a boxed set) We can all dream can't we. Some food for thought. See ya, TW "I sit down with my son, set to see the Crimson Sunset" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:51:50 +0300 From: "Raivo Hool" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4994 Message-ID: ]From: CyberDuke > Didn't check the videos yet, but the talked about Inspiration corner and > albums that were there seems pretty straight = it will be concept album! I can be inspired by concept albums ten hours a day, and then write a bunch of 3 minute pop tunes, just because I derived my musical meanderings out of those concept albums in a really demented way. :-) Do not click here to continue. Raitz Be reasonable -- demand the impossible! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 23:04:22 AKDT From: "Outlander 29" To: email_address_removed Message-ID: the other that sucked some cocks was Monster Magnet (Bleah.) DAMN!!...it good i didnt go then cuz the only thing i hate worse than a band sucking some cocks is watching them do it with a large crowd hehehe Outlander _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 99 00:09:37 -0800 From: Andrew Embler To: "A daily dose of Ytsejam..." Subject: 3 Minute Pop coming from concept albums Message-ID: Regarding pop tunes coming from 10 hours a day of concept album listening... It's a little known fact that Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" was brought forth from two separate works...it's spiritual side from Yes' "Tales from the Topographic Oceans" with it's bombastic, epic feel from Rush's "Cygnux X-1 Books I and II". "Livin' La Vida Loca", which was written in part by Desmond Child, began life as a synthesis of Ayreon's "Into the Electric Castle" and Peter Himmelman's "Skin". Sorry for this. Andrew ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 02:17:12 -0500 From: Kevin Carmouche To: email_address_removed Subject: Music of Today; DT99 Message-ID: Whats up? I figured that I would start a new thread that I find kind o= >f >> interesting. I have noticed (with great interest) that radio stations = >are >> starting to play, 1. More 80's metal. 2. More talented 90's music an= >d >3. >> A lot more HEAVY stuff. > It's all a cycle, metal never died, just went into the underground for awhile...it seems in a way, at least to me, that nowadays almost any type of music is acceptable and in "style"...you can be a metal-head, fine, you can be a rap-fan, fine, bubblegum pop, fine, etc...for awhile in the 90's this wasn't so, it was alternative or nothing...it is good to turn on the radio though, and in one rock block I hear Van Halen, Scorpions, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and Queensryche, while for awhile it was Nirvana, Nirvana rip-off #1, Nirvana rip-off #2, Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam rip-off #2, and so on...:) Can't get much better than that for me...hehe As for the talk about the new album, I can't wait, though, I guess I'm not as fired up about it as I should be...I hate to say it, but Jordan worries me on keyboards...listening to him play, I just don't see how he's going to fit with DT...He's an excellent keyboardist, don't get me wrong, I love what he does on both LTE's...but he's so classically influenced, he just doesn't have that "groove" that I hear from some other keyboardists...Also, I don't think he'll help the image of DT that says they're a band full of Yngwie's...though I think Derek helped shake some of that off, but it won't be helped by Jordan, one thing I'll be curious about is if they retain some of the Pink Floyd influence that is so noticable in Awake and FII, I sure hope so...Now, this approach will probably benefit me, since I'm going in not expecting the best, I'll probably appreciate it a heluva lot more....as for it's content, I guess I'm about the only DT fan who isn't fired up about a Metroplis Part 2...hehe...I guess it's that I listen alot more to the music than the lyrics, and so I'm not too brushed up on that story...As far as it being a concept album, I doubt it...They tend to do more jamming, concept albums usually are much more polished than the usual jam-fest...:) Just a few thoughts that have been running through my mind lately...:) BTW, it's been great having all this DT content lately...what's up with that???? hehe np: Aerosmtih "Toys in the Attic" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 02:35:07 -0500 From: "Jan-Michael" To: "Ytsejam" Subject: Metropolis Message-ID: <000401bed739$628bf640$683088cf@jammer> >"Timo Virkkala" spurted: >I'm hoping it's not titled Met. II, regardless of being a concept album or >not. I think that it'll be a "turnoff" for would-be listeners if they see an >album titled "Metropolis Part II - " and think >"Part II? I can't buy this! Where is part one?" And, if they can't find an >album titled "Metropolis Part I", they go somewhere else, not realizing it's >a song, not a previous album. > >Or something like that. > >I don't think that calling the new album Metropolis II is a good idea. And, >if it is a concept album, putting Part II in there without part I is a bit >odd too =) Well... The new album could even be called "Metropolis" or something with that in the title, and just have the song "Metropolis - part II" on it. And if it IS a concept album, the other songs may relate to the original song and expand on it. There's endless possibilities. Ultimately, we'll all just have to wait till that day in October arrives and run to the stores to pick up the greatly anticipated release. JM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 04:24:39 -0500 From: "Christopher W. Ptacek" To: Subject: Guitar Related Question (DTC) Message-ID: <002101bed748$b0962680$89a6fea9@madstation> Anyone know exactly which effect units JP is CURRENTLY using? Which Eventide? Which T.C.? Which Lexicon? I'm on the market for some high end effects and stuff, and I'm looking for leads on what to check out. Any suggestions would be fantastic. (except those that would tell me to check out the new Digitech S.U.X 2000 and the latest POS from Rocktron with the new heavier distortion... I just want effects... NO PREAMP SECTION! :) Chris Ptacek - email_address_removed "Everything that can be invented has been invented." -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:31:00 +0200 From: "Gallop, Neil" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Einstein rules (relatively) Message-ID: Hi all the latest news from the String Conference held last week in Potsdam, Germany: Stephen Hawkin has proved that black holes are gay! Furthermore, in keeping with their sexual orientation, they are in fact brown, not black. And contrary to popular opinion, they can blow as well as suck. Nostradamus did not, as predicted, make an appearance. Anyway, returning to reality for a few lines, I'm giving you all fair warning that some more reviews will be coming along soon: HOLLENTHON - Domus Mundi SAMAEL - Eternal THE BRONX CASKET CO. - The Bronx Casket Co. The album by The Bronx Casket Co. (great name) is one that should be in the CD collection of every Type O Negative fan. OK, and now back to your daily flaming and bickering... stay safe and happy listening Neil Gallop (nga@software-ag.de) Currently playing: ANATHEMA - Pentecost III ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:58:36 +0300 From: "xxx" To: "Ytsejam" Subject: RE: Zeus's post Message-ID: <000901bed76f$3c22ae00$0c06a8c0@xxx> >Well, I don't know. They had a show here on 3rd June, and it was the second >best show of my life. (The first was DT's show 16th June, 1998). Amen, brother. It's absolutely the same with me. Metallica played here in Bulgaria on 11.06 and it was abso-fuckin'-lutely incredible! Along with the DT 16.06.98 show, it's one of my best things in my life. >They had long hair then, but not the length of the hair was that counted. >They did not play even one crap-song from the Load-Reload albums. Just the >heavy stuffs. Well, there were Fuel, Bleeding Me, The Memory Remains and few others but they are kick ass songs live. >They played songs from Master (Battery), Ride (Fight Fire with Fire, >Creeping Death, Ride), and they did not forget to play One. In addition >they played a lot from the Black album. So they were incredible. Metal up your ass!!! Yep, there were all the old balls'n'chunk songs, "One" and so on. My personal highlights were Master Of Puppets, The Four Horsemen (AARRGGHHH!!!!) and For Whom The Bell Tolls. It really was a great show. >Two bands played before them. Two 'trademarks'. The first that kicked some >asses before Metallica was Merciful Fate, the other that sucked some cocks >was Monster Magnet (Bleah.) Only monster magnet (no caps) played here. Yuck! I still don't know why all you americans bash Metallica now. Pretty much all of us have spent great amounts of our lives listening to James & Co. They still kick major ass. :-))))) Victor from Bulgaria NP: the boring radio... ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4998 **************************