YTSEJAM Digest 6458 Today's Topics: 1) YtsejamDC Information by "Mark Philpot" 2) My Devin recommendation by "Alexis, Axel, Tony" 3) Devin Townsend by Luke Bateup 4) Arena by email_address_removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:57:26 -0500 From: "Mark Philpot" To: "Ytsejam" Subject: YtsejamDC Information Message-ID: <000901c2d075$78a18ec0$e1f91098@griphiam> Hey everyone, So a couple of months into the experiment, there's been a good, dedicated turnout for the Ytsejam Direct Connect Community. There's usually about 7 to 10 people there constantly with a diverse collection of live and rare material (not just Dream Theater), including other collections of diverse music. Collectively we're averaging nearly 400GB of files! And the great thing about this system is that you don't have to worry about remaining connected if someone is downloading; the file(s) are queued, and will resume when you connect again. People are pretty good about sticking around, and leeching is at a minimum (compared to other file sharing networks). Anyway, if you are interested in joining the network, send an email to email_address_removed and include what you want your username to be. Then download the software at http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/ I'll then send you an email confirming your username and password and give you the server address to connect to. If you have any questions, send an email to email_address_removed We look forward to seeing you =) Mark Philpot Duke University - 2003 http://www.duke.edu/web/DUMB http://www.musiccreations.n3.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 18:16:48 -0400 From: "Alexis, Axel, Tony" To: Subject: My Devin recommendation Message-ID: <001001c2d088$fcd08990$0201a8c0@Tony> Well, my first Devin experience was with Sex and Religion as well, which I happen to like a lot, but his solo music, like someone else said, is very very different from that. His solo music inclines a lot less towards showing off, concentrating almost completely on creating moods and portraying emotions. My first Devin album was Ocean Machine, which I think is a very good starting point because it's probably the least crazy of his releases, although it still sounds very original and emotional. Infinity is the next in line, and it's probably my favorite one (maybe tied with Terria). This album is one of the most original and emotional albums I've ever heard. Physicist is the next release, and it's very very heavy. It inclines more towards the Strapping Young Lad style, but it's great as well. More screaming and less clean vox (although the screaming is melodic). The next one is Terria, which is his most progressive album up to date. Very emotional and running the gamut from heavy to soft. So, I think you should buy his albums in the following order: Ocean Machine, Terria, Infinity, Physicist. Whatever order you get them in, you're in for a treat. By the way, I heard the new SYL song they have up at the Century Media website, and the drumming on that song is intense. Gene Hoglan is a beast. Still, I'd rather hear Devin singing cleanly than screaming his ass off. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:27:25 +1000 From: Luke Bateup To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Devin Townsend Message-ID: > how does his work with Vai stack up on the "Devin Scale"??? thanks. Nothing like his solo albums. Or SYL. I HIGHLY reccomend getting both Terria and Ocean Machine (having only purchased them recently myself). You will not be dissapointed. The SYL albums and Physicist are also worth getting if you like Terria and Ocean Machine, but don't expect the sweeping, melodic grandeur of these albums to be present. As Devin has said himself, SYL sounds like: "dump trucks driving through Antarctica with a beat underneath", or something to that effect. Nevertheless, they've still come from Devin's eccentric and brilliant mind so they're a far notch above any other bands trying to pull off the same thing. (Soilwork an exception). I have yet to purchase Infinity. Luke Bateup Bond Media Production Bond University +61 7 55954098 mailto:email_address_removed.au ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 21:17:34 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Arena Message-ID: --part1_1dd.228d5c9.2b7865be_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Jammers, For a review of the new Arena album, Contagion, use the following link. For progressive rock information, I go to the Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Lots of reviews, news, links, etc... I believe I first heard about it hear years ago, so many of you probably already use the site. http://www.dprp.vuurwerk.nl/reviews/200304.html See ya, The Krewzman --part1_1dd.228d5c9.2b7865be_boundary ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 6458 ************************** === Contributions to ytsejam: ytsejam@torchsong.com === === Send requests to: ytsejam-request@torchsong.com === === Brought by the ghost of ytsejam@arastar.coms past === === Reach the owner of this list at: ytsejam-owner@torchsong.com ===