YTSEJAM Digest 5426 Today's Topics: 1) Planet X tour by Graham Borland 2) Nottingham Show (5th April) by email_address_removed 3) Re: YC2 by "Kez" 4) Re:YTSEJAM digest 5425 by "Awake ." 5) amusing DT biography by Chris 6) New Millenium by "Fran Brennan" 7) Re: New Millenium by "Michael Pruchnicki (DE)" 8) CDs for sale (NDTC) by WB Henderson 9) DT is Jericho by Robb Muise 10) Looking normal by Paul Weiss 11) DT in the public eye....sorta by "tomas valodka" 12) My Website by "Nathan Wilhelm" 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5425 by email_address_removed 14) Caught in Amsterdam by Alexandro Talamini 15) James in Canoe. by email_address_removed 16) Re: Music Colleges in Northern US by "Matt Molite" 17) Question and fun(?) new thread by "tomas valodka" 18) Satch in Philly, Vai in the background, and LTE on the radio!!! by Dan Costello 19) Re: DT is Jericho by email_address_removed 20) Re: JP Cover - Purple Rain MP3 by email_address_removed 21) After Forever (new group) by "Jan-Michael" 22) I'm back! by Shai Yallin 23) Time by Pam Nazer 24) The Gathering by "Dave Thomas" 25) ytseamp skin... by "Alex O'Connell" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:49:21 +0100 From: Graham Borland To: Ytsejam Subject: Planet X tour Message-ID: I just happened to notice the European tour dates for Planet X - seems to be more of an intensive and detailed tour of Holland than anything else. :-) I don't think I will be able to make it down to the London show. :-( -- Graham Borland Picsel Technologies Ltd email_address_removed Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:12:34 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Nottingham Show (5th April) Message-ID: Does anyone have a recording of the Nottingham show? I am desperate to get hold of it since I attended it. If anyone has a recording, please E-mail me privately with details. Thanks, Tom White ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:38:19 -0400 From: "Kez" To: Subject: Re: YC2 Message-ID: <003301bfa2f2$09026340$0200005a@Kez> Bafu responded to Pellaz thusly: > Of course! All people who post boring, normal-looking things on Ytsejam are > really unorthodox and wild-looking in real life! Just look at Brian Keys! ;) I'm not sure, but this may have been a reference to me. If so, Bafu, please check your YtseJammer rolodex, as you really butchered my name. But that's okay. With a last name like yours, it must be tough to remember anyone else's. :) > > Just remember, it was because our vacancy-seeking spokesman Trey looked so > scruffy and wild that we were REFUSED a hotel room. Normal-looking people > have a place in this world. :) Yes, Bafu, but it's a very SMALL place. We are few, but we must be strong. We must resist the constant temptation to color our hair a hideous shade of green or purple, adorn our bodies with ink borne of dirty needles, and poke holes in ourselves for ornamentation. We must resist. We must stand together, for our's is a worthy fight. The fight of the common, normal man. Your's in brotherhood for all time, Kez P.S. This post is intended for the humor enabled only. All others please move on, the park is closed, big moose out front should have told you. ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 2000 14:32:24 -0000 From: "Awake ." To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re:YTSEJAM digest 5425 Message-ID: >From: Andreas Skarin - SDTS >Subject: Is James for real? >I had a couple of cents lying around, and I thought it >would be interesting to hear your views about this. >Maybe someone has got information about what's really >going on in the studio when Dream Theater is recording? Actually, this reminds me of something I wanted to ask of anyone else who was at Manchester - possibly the other shows too, I don't know. On a couple of songs (Home and BTL I'm sure of, can't remember any others) there was definitely some sort of processing on the vocals; I was wondering if maybe it was a pitch shifter or something? It was making James sound weird, almost like some sort of fucked-up Cradle of Filth thing. Anyone else notice that? Oh, and if anyone has the URL for the MadTabber's Petrucci Files, I'd appreciate it, it's gone missing. ~Simon Sign-up for free Buffy the Vampire Slayer e-mail at http://www.buffymail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:36:33 -0400 From: Chris To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: amusing DT biography Message-ID: I'm sure somebody has posted this already, but, I just thought this was pretty funny. This is the UBL bio for DT... --- Dream Theater Genre - Jazz/Jazz Vocal, Metal Elektra Records Originally known as Majesty, the nucleus of the band is comprised of John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums), who met at the Berklee School of music. Dream Theater's music is an interesting thrash-influenced brand of progressive rock. After being dropped by MCA following the failure of their 1989 debut album, vocalist Charlie Dominici quit the band, and it appeared doubtful that they would be able to make it. However, the band somehow broke through on MTV with an edited version of Images and Words' "Pull Me Under." Petrucci has been hailed as a guitar hero of the future, being one of the few technically proficient guitarists to emerge in the '90s. Among Dream Theater's other releases were 1995's Change of Seasons and When Dream and Day Unite . Once in a Livetime followed in 1998, trailed a year later by Scenes from a Memory . Steve Huey, All Music Guide --- Chris. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:15:54 PDT From: "Fran Brennan" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: New Millenium Message-ID: That said, it was really cool to hear Acid Rain, and New Millennium too (which is something I never expected them to air again, since it's really a Sherinian-Myung composition Does Myung play the stick on this one? If not, how do they do it live? -Fran np: Senser - Stacked Up (hey UK jammers! Are these guys still around?) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:26:39 +0200 From: "Michael Pruchnicki (DE)" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: Re: New Millenium Message-ID: > Does Myung play the stick on this one? If not, how do they do it live? They don't really play that stick-driven instrumental part. As for the rest, mostly it's not a problem on a "regular" bass guitar. Myung uses some tapping on a few parts, but nothing spectacular. - Mike ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:43:06 -0400 From: WB Henderson To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: CDs for sale (NDTC) Message-ID: I've got the following discs for sale. All three are $5 a piece, which includes U.S. shipping, and are the non-remastered versions of the albums. Deep Purple -- Perfect Strangers Jethro Tull -- Thick as a Brick Marillion -- Brave Please contact me if interested. First come, first served. Brian ================================== WB Henderson email_address_removed WIXQ ON-LINE: http://www.wixq.com Automaton Hit Parade (progrock radio): http://www.millersville.edu/~wixq/Automaton ================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:49:16 -0400 From: Robb Muise To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: DT is Jericho Message-ID: This from Chris Jericho's newest commentary; Last week I asked you your theories on who killed Mary in Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime. Now I wanna know your theories on Dream Theater's Metropolis 2-Scenes From A Memory. What do you think happened? anyone feel like breaking the official word to the brother ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Robb Muise "An it harm none, do as ye will" Shore.net Network Operations Center Email:email_address_removed Phone:781-593-3110 ext181 Cell Phone: 978-884-6423 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:03:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Weiss To: The Dance of Ytinrete Subject: Looking normal Message-ID: *Sigh* it's a curse isn't it? Bafu wrote: >Well okay, it's actually a square, a big red square that never >washes off. But it makes me look menacing. You mean it isn't from the concrete sidewalk square you sleep on? How disappointing. >(4) You were in the wrong city, since I lived six miles north in a place >called "Bethesda." Oh, you mean North Chevy Chase? Or is Chevy Chase really South Bethesda? ;) Andreas worried: >popular artists using several backup vocalists, and >advanced computer software to enhance their voices What!? And they didn't bust Cher for that "Believe" song? How depressing? Or was it too obvious? Hmmm... paul NP Chris Cornell: Euphoria Morning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul's biweekly musical quote: Nobody ever lives forever/ So you give it one more try/ To wave goodbye ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:07:16 -0400 From: "tomas valodka" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: DT in the public eye....sorta Message-ID: I guess I'm not the only jammer with keen ears. I was watching my Heat playing the Knicks (boo hiss)on TV a few weeks ago. They were either coming back from half time or a time out, but very clearly in the backround you could hear the intro to Met pt1. That first tom hit was echoing all over the place. I haven't heard DT or LTE for traffic or anything around here, but glad to hear that some stations are actually updating their Surfing... era Satriani loops. ;) I did hear new Satch on that Ushaia show and LTE in the backround of something on TLC. Speaking of nature type stuff, (nice seque way, eh?) is it just me, or do other people REALLY want to see that australian idiot actually die ????? and for an australian, his accent sounds ridiculously fake. "Oi, mate. Never fondle the genitals of the saltwater croc. It's very dangerous and only an expert such as myself should SNAP!!!!!!GULP!!!BUURRRRPP!!!!!!!" Hope is the only thing that keeps me tuning in. That's my 2 cents, but do you think I could get change back? Dream Theater newsletter - http://www.dreamtheater.net/uacmmail/ ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:57:14 -0500 From: "Nathan Wilhelm" To: Subject: My Website Message-ID: <001c01bfa30d$df435f20$message_id_removed> I was wondering if some of you could check out my website http://dtmetropolis.virtualave.net and give me some feedback on what I should do to make it better. It is still in the process of being made so some of the stuff is not quite right. I would appreciate any suggestions that you might have. You can privatley email me back at email_address_removed rather than send it to everyone if you would like. Thanks, Nate ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:17:05 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5425 Message-ID: In a message dated 4/10/00 6:19:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ytsejam@torchsong.com writes: << I went to Madison Square Garden to see my Flyers kick the shit out of the Rangers this Sunday...they announced the Flyers and they came out...then they announced the Rangers and Metropolis Part 2 Started Playing "Overture 1928" to be exact...I went nuts and everyone thought I was A Rangers fan in a Flyers Jersey...just thought I would pass the note along..see yas >> That's cool! Does it get any better than the Dream Theater and the Flyers together?! GO FLYERS!!! -Mike C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:01:28 -0300 From: Alexandro Talamini To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: Caught in Amsterdam Message-ID: <1EC071008C02D4118B8D0020484030574423F5@CORREIO> Hi there, Just wanted to know what you jammers think about the bootleg called CAUGHT IN AMSTERDAM, on 04.14.97, when DT played some unrealesed tracks (for that era) that would make it on the FII albun. How's the performance?? How's the sound quality?? How's the set list?? Is there any noticeable difference on the new songs?? Alex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:12:28 -0600 From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: James in Canoe. Message-ID: Found this while getting hyped for the Avs. Enjoy. http://cgi.canoe.ca/JamMusicMetal/oct31_dreamtheater.html Eric in Denver ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:25:23 -0400 From: "Matt Molite" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Music Colleges in Northern US Message-ID: <> Actually Chris, I want to go to Berklee because I'm interested in taking their Composition major. One of my life goals as a musician is to be able to compose classical music for orchestra and integrate it into my own progmetal music the way Andre Matos does with Angra, and he had stuided at a music college to learn to do that. Also, Berklee seems like a very openminded school and not a stuffy "PLAY CLASSICAL OR DIE" academy (hell, any music college that has a metal department is one that I want to go to :-), plus I really like the area and the school (the mugging thing doesnt scare me, you could just as easily be mugged attending Juliard or NYU). Also, in my original post I never suggested that Berklee is what gave Dream Theater their musicianship, I only brought up the fact that they went there because I'd have thought that any musician into DT would have known they had gone there by now and was just informing him of the fact if he didnt know that already. Matt ============================= Now you've got your voice Your own speech Don't wait 'till Someone else agrees -Rafael Bittencourt, Angra ============================= Dream Theater newsletter - http://www.dreamtheater.net/uacmmail/ ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:01:53 -0400 From: "tomas valodka" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Question and fun(?) new thread Message-ID: First, a question for everybody. I asked this before and got pointed to a great site. Anyone know any good sites for prog/metal mp3's? Is there one out there that lets you search by category? I'm trying to catch up on all this new prog so I can't really search for bands by name. Any help would be greatly appreciated to make me feel less behind the times. O.K. spur of the moment, I just thought of another question. (i'm wacky like that) Any info on Rush out there, besides that they're going into the studio this oct.? Is there a new site since N.M.S. seems to have died? O.K. just for fun, let's hear what covers you would like DT to play live. Can be serious, can be funny, maybe even both. Maybe Mike will see the suggestions and give the guys some ideas for that summer U.S. tour that I just KNOW they're planning right now(you are, aren't you? please!!!!!!!)or maybe he'll just get a chuckle out of it like we will. My humble suggestions: the theme to Scooby Doo, and "Natural Science" by Rush."Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer would be pretty sweet too. Dream Theater newsletter - http://www.dreamtheater.net/uacmmail/ ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:03:55 -0400 From: Dan Costello To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Satch in Philly, Vai in the background, and LTE on the radio!!! Message-ID: Anybody going to see Satriani at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on April 29th? Does anybody know if this is an 18+, 21+ or all-ages show (the electric factory web site sucks) > On my way to school yesterday i turned on the Radio...97.9 the loop for all > the Chicago jammers that need to tune in to this...and the music playing > during the traffic report was Kindred Spirits!!!!!!! from LTE 1 I was in > shock!!! they played half the song!!!! good way to start off the day...looks > like LTE is getting more Radio play than DT these days!!! One of the local classic rocks stations around here routinely uses Steve Vai songs for the bockground music on commercials they produce for local businesses. I also heard a couple snippets from Merry Axemas vol 1 & 2 around Christmas time. -Dan. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:58:21 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: DT is Jericho Message-ID: >< This from Chris Jericho's newest commentary; Last week I asked you your theories on who killed Mary in Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime. Now I wanna know your theories on Dream Theater's Metropolis 2-Scenes From A Memory. What do you think happened? anyone feel like breaking the official word to the brother ? >< There is no official word. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:29:32 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: JP Cover - Purple Rain MP3 Message-ID: In a message dated 04/10/2000 6:29:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ytsejam@torchsong.com writes: << The actual version of Purple Rain was released on a guitar compilation album...but I haven't heard it yet. >> It's AWESOME, trust me! :-) Definitely worth checking out if you haven't already. The whole CD is actually pretty cool as well, but Purple Rain is definitely the highlight. Laterz... Matt T. NP: Iced Earth "Alive In Athens" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:08:01 -0500 From: "Jan-Michael" To: Subject: After Forever (new group) Message-ID: <002a01bfa352$62da9080$033788cf@jammer> Ok, I've gone to http://www.afterforever.com and listened to the Sample Audio link and heard several of their songs. For those who do not know about "After Forever" yet, they are a new rising band that sound similar to NIGHTWISH. The band plays moderate metal while the singer does Opera-type vocals like Nightwish. The singer is only 19 years old. I started out kinda disappointed because their band isn't as heavy and tight as Nightwish, but the more songs I heard by them the more I got into it. Their CD comes out this month and I think I may make this purchase. It's not Nightwish, but it's a good alternative with similar sound. Check them out - make up your own mind. But give them a listen........... http://www.afterforever.com Jan-Michael César Zolhof wrote: > WOWWWWWWW!!!!! > > What a voice!! I loved this band (hehehe, i'm a great Gathering and Lacuna Coil > fan, need to say more?), and i'd like to know more about them. > > And tell me... the chick, is she hot?? Hehehe. Check out their page on http://www.afterforever.com I only know that she's just 19 years old.... BTW: You also know Within Temptation? When you like The Gathering, Lacuna Coil and After Forever, you have to listen this. -- Greetingzzz Harry (who will meet the Lacuna Coil chick next friday...;-)....) harry.kuipers@home.nl ICQ: 18767952 Author of 'The Legendary Pages' at: http://rhapsody.mypage.org Author/member of 'Team Jedi' at: http://come.to/teamjedi Moderator of the Holy List. To subscribe, send an empty message to: email_address_removed __________________________________________ | See the blood of the bodies spilling onto the floor... | | How could people applaud it? | | It's madness, it's all so insane! | |__________________A.Matos_________________| ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:35:58 +0200 From: Shai Yallin To: Ytsejam mailing list Subject: I'm back! Message-ID: Hey all, I'm back (at least for a while) in the jam, and not many things have changed (except for a new list server)... For those who are really interested, I've been through a lot in the past year. in August '99 I joined the army (in Israel, where I come from, military service is compulsury) and was trained as an Anti-Aircraft warrior. In January 16th I had an accident during a military practice in which my 5th finger of my left hand got smashed. Since then I'm home enjoying the life of a civillian once more... Anyhow, I have a couple of new songs I've made in the past year and a third coming soon, at http://www.geocities.com/yauzza/samples.html My CD collection has just reached 100 CDs, which is not-so-bad for a 19-years old... anyhows, have a great time, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Shai Yallin aka Kurush | | ICQ #16353527 | | http://www.geocities.com/yauzza | | | | Keyboard player | computer programmer | high-school graduate | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:14:03 -0500 From: Pam Nazer To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Time Message-ID: Greetings... Someone had mentioned DT appearing in an article in Time. Please help!!! I have looked through several time magazines and can not find the article. If some one could post the date of that issue, what's on the cover, page number of article, etc. It would be greatly appreciated. ____ Just picked up Transantlantic, and I agree with all the others...this is an excellent album. There is a special kind of energy I am picking up from this cd..does anyone agree? Have they announced any touring plans besides the nearfestival? ____ Thanks for the Gathering recommendation. I found Always for $3.99. Please recommend other titles by this group. At first the vocals(the mother of all cookie monster vocals) turned me off, but I gave them another try and I would like to hear more. Pam ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:36:27 -0700 From: "Dave Thomas" To: Subject: The Gathering Message-ID: <002801bfa35e$bdf88f60$046400c0@Laptop> > -----Original Message----- > From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of > Pam Nazer > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 7:25 PM > > Thanks for the Gathering recommendation. I found Always for $3.99. > Please recommend other titles by this group. At first the vocals(the > mother of all cookie monster vocals) turned me off, but I > gave them another > try and I would like to hear more. I think you might want to check out the CDs where Anneke became the vocalist. I've actually never heard the "death" version of the band, as I'm not really into that vocal style (I like Opeth, though). Anyway, for The Gathering, I'd recommend "Nighttime Birds", then "Mandylion". These are the best two, with the first being one of the best CDs I've ever heard. I also like "How To Measure A Planet" but it's very different from their other work. They move away from their heavy sound to a more open, sometimes more electronic/techno/industrial sound. If this kind of music annoys you, you might want to steer clear of that CD. The band also has a live CD out called "Superheat" that I have not heard. I'd go with the studio stuff first. Hope this was helpful. Dave Thomas - Editor, Pixel Planet Reviews of books, music, comics, movies, games, CG software, programming tools and more! http://www.pixelplanet.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:09:53 -0400 From: "Alex O'Connell" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: ytseamp skin... Message-ID: Hey folks... this isn't exactly music-related, but.... a while back someone mentioned they had created a SFaM skin for winamp. I went to the site and downloaded the first DT skin I could see, which was also a SFaM one. Now, it's not functioning.. that is, I can do all the things you normally would do to select a skin (it's even in there as an option!) but no skin appears on my winamp. Any of you techies/winamp freaks got any words of wisdom for me? I am dying to hear them! Alex "Remains identified; Police believe victim died" ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5426 **************************