YTSEJAM Digest 5052 Today's Topics: 1) Re: dead by Janne Jokitalo 2) Megadud by Dave M Klint 3) JLMB video by Mark Peters 4) The Merchant Account Deal "Perfect for you" ueavu by email_address_removed.tw 5) Re: dead by Carlos Andres Alfaro 6) Re: dead by Janne Jokitalo 7) Steve Vai by "Robert Newcomb" 8) Re: Steve Vai by Carlos Andres Alfaro 9) A Cordial Invitation..... by email_address_removed 10) RE: Steve Vai by "Eddy Huism@n" 11) Wanna JOIN a progressive metal/rock band? by "michael m." 12) NDTC: NEW RACER X ALBUM!! by Marcel Berkhout 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5051 by "indii" 14) Mayadome - Near Life Experience by email_address_removed.SE 15) Tiles - Tiles by email_address_removed.SE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:55:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Janne Jokitalo To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: dead Message-ID: --- Carlos Andres Alfaro wrote: > > This list has been a little dead lately or is it just me? Dead...hmm...you... Jaska __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 04:38:35 -0400 From: Dave M Klint To: email_address_removed Subject: Megadud Message-ID: Well, yesterday I picked up the new Megadeth, and here's what I have to say: F*CK ALL Y'ALL. I think the album rocks, and I'm not going to take the cop out and say "its a good album, just not for Megadeth." Yes, there is a large amount of cheese on the album, but megadeth has always had a cheese factor higher than most bands (ie forced death-related lyrics, lame song concepts, etc etc), so if you bought the CD expecing it to be all cookie-monster, you should have known better. The biggest problem I have with the album is the lack of shred. There are so many places where it would have fit too. Its like Dave said, "Hey Marty, instead of playing arpeggios at 3000 bpm, why don't you just sit there and play the same note 4 times a measure, huh?" In spite of that, the album still rocks, and it is not completly void of guitar (view Time: The End). Most reviews of this album have been pretty scathing, but that just goes to prove that when everyone says the same thing, it's almost garunteed to be WRONG! -davek ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 03:57:51 -0500 From: Mark Peters To: email_address_removed Subject: JLMB video Message-ID: No, it's not a real video - I made it myself. I took my favorite moments (chokes and armlocks, mostly) from Hoyce Gracie's fights that I have on videotape, and dubbed JLMB as an audio track. I wish I had real video editing equipment, because it would really kick ass :) Speaking of Gracie, the Ultimate Fighting Championship 22 is going to be in Lake Charles, LA, in three weeks. I wish I was Louisiana jammer #4 right now, 'cause I'd be able to see it in person :) 550 miles is too far to drive on a Friday, though.... Take care, and hail Gracie jiu-jitsu, Mark Peters email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:52:23 +0200 From: email_address_removed.tw To: email_address_removed Subject: The Merchant Account Deal "Perfect for you" ueavu Message-ID: INCREASE SALES UP TO 50% Get Your business Making Money NOW!!!!!!! ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS OVER THE INTERNET***NO SETUP FEES Good Credit / Bad Credit/ No Credit***NO PROBLEM*** It Just Doesn't Matter - Everyone Gets Approved No Upfront Fees For Application-Processing While Others Charge You From $195 TO $250 To Get Set Up WE CHARGE ZERO FOR SETUP FEES!! Limited Offer So Take Advantage Of It!! We Specialize In Servicing The Following: *Multilevel Marketing *Mail Order/ Phone Sales *Home Based Business *INTERNET BASED BUSINESS *New Business* Small Business Whatever!! We Do It All!!! 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Janne Jokitalo wrote: > --- Carlos Andres Alfaro wrote: > > > > This list has been a little dead lately or is it just me? > > Dead...hmm...you... > > Jaska > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 05:42:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Janne Jokitalo To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: dead Message-ID: --- Carlos Andres Alfaro wrote: >=20 > i just meant there has been a lot les messages than before ... Yeah, I know. I was joking :) It is true, it's quiet around here these days. I'll try to come up with something interesting, maybe get people to post more.=20 =3D=3D=3D Janne Jokitalo Boss Information: jaska@boss.fi Jyv=E4skyl=E4 University: email_address_removed.fi Homepage: http://www.jyu.fi/~jajokita __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:32:11 -0500 From: "Robert Newcomb" To: Subject: Steve Vai Message-ID: Does anyone know if Vai sings on his new album or is it all instrumental? Vai is a master guitar player but I am not a fan of his vocal recordings. Thanks Thorin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:03:07 -0300 From: Carlos Andres Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Steve Vai Message-ID: Robert Newcomb wrote: > Does anyone know if Vai sings on his new album or is it all instrumental? > Vai is a master guitar player but I am not a fan of his vocal recordings. > > Thanks > > Thorin I have no idea, but well IMO i enjoyed most of the songs he sang on Fire Garden, he has a midranged voice that while not a master singer, hes very adequate, and much better than a lot of shit singers in a lot of bands. Id rather listen to vai sing than a lot of the so called prog metal vocalists in lesser known bands.. -- You learned well, through your hell Your Pain was nothing, you longed for more Your shameful heaven is full of devils Just like me, Just for You Carlos Alfaro , Internet Solutions Inc mailto:email_address_removed mailto@email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 99 11:46:24 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: A Cordial Invitation..... Message-ID: <> Dear Candidate, You were recently selected by The Office of the Managing Director for a free listing on The International Executive Guild's Who's Who CD-ROM. Our Researchers gather information from many recognized sources, including professional associations and societies, trade organizations, newspaper and magazine articles, professional reference publications, web presence, and referrals from existing members. 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Michaels Office Of Managing Director ====================================== For immediate list removal, please send an email with "REMOVE" in the subject field to the following address: email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 21:35:45 +0200 From: "Eddy Huism@n" To: Subject: RE: Steve Vai Message-ID: If you check out http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Special/SteveVai/ you'll find out there's a couple of songs with vox ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤øø Eddy Huism@n ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤øø http://www.JEM7BSB.com > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: email_address_removed [mailto:email_address_removed Robert Newcomb > Verzonden: donderdag 2 september 1999 16:58 > Aan: Multiple recipients of list > Onderwerp: Steve Vai > > > > Does anyone know if Vai sings on his new album or is it all > instrumental? > Vai is a master guitar player but I am not a fan of his > vocal recordings. > > Thanks > > Thorin > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 19:53:38 GMT From: "michael m." To: email_address_removed Subject: Wanna JOIN a progressive metal/rock band? Message-ID: If that's the case, visit www.progmetal.net/musicians There you'll find loads of prog musicians' requests that are looking for musicians to start a band or bands' requests for band members. All the best, Michael M. ps. Contribute to the Encyclopedia of Progressive and Experimental Metal even by giving info for your own band. Visit www.progmetal.net ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 22:46:19 +0200 From: Marcel Berkhout To: email_address_removed Subject: NDTC: NEW RACER X ALBUM!! Message-ID: <37CEE21B.63D65ED2@xs4all.nl> HOLY COW! THIS IS FU$#%ING UNBELIEVABLE!!! I couldn=B4t believe it when I first read it, but it=B4s true, check out Paul Gilberts website. http://www.paulgilbert.com/paulgilbert/news.html Later, Marcel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 18:04:32 -0400 From: "indii" To: Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5051 Message-ID: <000b01bef58f$238ca1a0$a883cbcf@matts> If anyone wants to hear Steve Vai playing on his new signature series amp, Carvin Legacy, then just follow this site.. http://www.carvin.com/vai/settings.html also go to www.vai.com to check out his homepage... but make sure you get flash before you go .. it makes the site that much cooler... indii IM indii 20 icq 20280371 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 00:10 +0200 From: email_address_removed.SE To: email_address_removed Subject: Mayadome - Near Life Experience Message-ID: --- Inkommet fr=E5n INFODATA.SVA0193 +46 670 160 60 99-09-03 00.10 MAYADOME - Near Life Experience SWEDEN Rating: * * * * (out of 5) 1999 SIEGEN SR-0013 Playing time: 49:09 Mayadome: Bassel Elharbiti: Lead Vocals Fredrik Kj=F6rling: Lead Guitar Erik Grandin: Bass Sebastian Okupski: Keyboards Teddy M=F6ller: Drums & Vocals Tracks: 1. Restorepair (7:21) 2. Scent Of Lilac (5:18) 3. Praise Me For I Have Sinned (6:31) 4. Able To Feel (8:50) 5. Pride Painted Grey (6:22) 6. Angina Closing In (6:44) 7. Near Life Experience (8:17) This is the second release from the Swedish neo-classical progressive metal band Mayadome. Their first album was called "Paranormal Activity" and it was released in 1996. I'm surprised that I haven't heard about them before, as they are very talented musicians and their music is technically blending and extremely tight. They also have an excellent singer, Bassel Elharbiti. Their music is a mix between Dream Theater, Helloween, Iron Maiden, King Diamond, Yngwie Malmsteen, Pain Of Salvation, Power Of Omens, Vanden Plas and Queensryche. My favourite tracks are "Praise Me For I Have Sinned", "Able to Feel" which contains a nice guest appearance by Tina Gunnarsson on vocals and "Near Life Experience". I'm sure that Mayadome got what it takes to be Sweden's next big music export in the progressive metal genre together with Pain Of Salvation. Mayadome is a Near Life Experience! -Reviewed by Greger R=F6nnqvist- Email: email_address_removed.se Snail Mail: Greger Ronnqvist Risselasvagen 66 B 833 35 Stromsund Sweden ICQ No: 17275819 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the Prog-Reviews Mailing List: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/prog-reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------ For contact / info / booking: Phone: +46(0) 18 363973 Fax: +46(0) 18 363978 E-mail: mayadome@swipnet.se Website: http://home.swipnet.se/mayadome/ Here's how to order Near Life Experience: E-mail: email_address_removed or visit the Seigen website: http://websnet.com/global The album will be distributed shortly. ---- 99-09-03 00.10 ---- S=E4nt till --------------------------- -> ytsejam(a)ax.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 00:49 +0200 From: email_address_removed.SE To: email_address_removed Subject: Tiles - Tiles Message-ID: --- Inkommet fr=E5n INFODATA.SVA0193 +46 670 160 60 99-09-03 00.49 TILES - Tiles USA Rating: * * * * =BD (out of 5) 1995 STANDING PAVEMENT SPR-94001 Playing time: 47:21 Tiles: Mark Evans: Drums, Percussion Chris Herin: Electric and acoustic guitars, Keyboards Paul Rarick: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals Special Guest: Kevin Chown: Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Track Listing: 1. Analysis Paralysis (5:11) 2. Token Pledge (6:40) 3. Retrospect (2:12) 4. Trading Places (4:27) 5. Bridges of Grace (4:44) 6. Dancing Dogs (5:46) 7. Scattergram (5:38) 8. Dress Rehearsal (4:56) 9. Supply and Demand (6:11) This is the debut CD from the progressive symphonic rock band Tiles. They have released two CDs after this one, and both of them are very impressive and so is this debut. The band sounds so professional and they are playing with a skill and confidence not often heard on debut CDs. Even the production is very professional for being an independent release. The album has a very clear sound. Their music is reminiscent to Dream Theater, Galahad, Queensryche, Rush, Saga, Triumph and Yes, especially Rush. It's very melodic yet technically brilliant. The guitarist Chris Herin sounds like Alex Lifeson of Rush and the vocalist is great. My favorite tracks are "Analysis Paralysis", the marvelous "Token Pledge", "Bridges of Grace", "Dancing Dogs", "Scattergram" and "Dress Rehearsal" that are very complex. This is a wonderful album that is a pride in every record collection. Definitely worth checking out! -Reviewed by Greger R=F6nnqvist- ------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM THE ARCHIVES: ------------------------------------------------------------------ TILES - Fence the Clear USA Rating: * * * * * 1997 STANDING PAVEMENT SPR 97001 Total Time (57:44) (Japan - 74:16) Track Listing: 1. Patterns (4:31) a. The Balancing Act b. Patterns, 2. Beneath The Surface (5:00), 3. Cactus Valley (6:32), 4. Another Hand (6:24), 5. The Wading Pool (6:20), 6. Gameshow (3:40), 7. Fallen Pieces (1:25), 8. Changing the Guard (7:18), 9. Gabby's Happy Song (0:50), 10. Checkerboards (14:43), 11. Splinters of Truth* (0:50), 12. No Failure* (5:38) * Japanese Bonus Tracks Tiles are Mark Evans on Drums and Percussion, Chris Herin on Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin and keyboards, Paul Rarick on Lead & Backing Vocals and Jeff Whittle on Bass Guitar. They are all talented musicians. Paul Rarick is a powerful singer, Chris Herin a splendid guitarist, Jeff Whittle a skillful bassist and Mark Evans a competent drummer. Tiles are playing tight progressive hard rock / Prog Metal in the same vein as Rush, Dream Theater, Queensryche, Leger De Main and Yes. This is their second CD and it's technically amazing and complex, with mood shifts and odd tempo changes. It also got a very good and clean production. Here you can find fine tunes such as "Patterns" with its jazzy intro and Yes influenced riffs, "Beneath The Surface" is a good rock song, "Cactus Valley", "Another Hand" with its marvelous instrumental passage, acoustic guitar based ballad "The Wading Pool", "Gameshow", the instrumental classically inspired "Falling Pieces" that is played on a moog synth, the symphonic "Changing The Guard", the instrumental acoustic "Gabby's Happy Song" and the 15-minute progressive masterpiece "Checkerboards" with its many time changes that is closing the album. This is a record for all fans of Dream Theater and Rush, and a milestone in progressive rock. An extra + for the great cover and the 12 page CD booklet. I recommend you to buy this album right away. -Reviewed by Greger R=F6nnqvist- ------------------------------------------------------------------ TILES - Presents Of Mind USA Rating: * * * * February 1999 INSIDEOUT / LMP / SPV SPV 085-31382CD Playing time: 52:27 Additional musicians: Kevin Chown - Bass Matthew Parmenter - Violin Sonya Mastick - Percussion Mark Evans - Drums Tracklist: Static (5.43), Modification (3.44), Crossing Swords (1.06), Facing Failure (5.42), The Learning Curve (4.42), Ballad of the Sacred Cows (6.58), The Sandtrap Jig (0.48), Taking Control (5.13), Safe Procedures (7.04), Reasonable Doubt (11.22). This is the third album from the four-piece US band Tiles, and it's almost as good as the previous album "Fence The Clear" from 1997. Still you can hear the reminiscences to Queensryche and Rush although they aren't that obvious any longer. Perhaps you could compare this album though with Queensryche's "Promised Land" and "Hear in the Now Frontier". The music is intricate progressive metal with good melodies and arrangements. The singer is really good and the guitarist is a real maestro. The highlights are the opener "Static", "The Learning Curve", "Ballad of the Sacred Cows", "Taking Control", "Safe Procedures" and the last track "Reasonable Doubt" that contains violin played by Discipline's Matthew Parmenter. As said in the press info "the lyrics focus on how the human mind adapts to the many different and changing situations life presents". The cover artwork that is displaying the music very well is made by Hugh Syme, known for his work with Aerosmith, Arena, Fates Warning, Bon Jovi, Kiss, Megadeth, Queensryche, Rush and Whitesnake among others. I recommend you to buy this CD immediately. -Reviewed by Greger R=F6nnqvist- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tiles Discography: Tiles (1994) Fencing the Clear (1997) Presents Of Mind (1999) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Information regarding TILES' performance schedule, merchandise, compact discs and cassettes is available from: Standing Pavement Entertainment. P.O. Box 75, Trentin, MI 48183. USA Website: http://www.tiles-music.com/ Email: email_address_removed or email_address_removed or email_address_removed. There is also "Tiles Files" the official Tiles newsletter published by S.P.E. and is available upon request. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Best wishes, Greger Ronnqvist Email: email_address_removed.se Snail Mail: Greger Ronnqvist Risselasvagen 66 B 833 35 Stromsund Sweden ICQ No: 17275819 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the Prog-Reviews Mailing List: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/prog-reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 99-09-03 00.49 ---- S=E4nt till --------------------------- -> ytsejam(a)ax.com ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5052 **************************