YTSEJAM Digest 6751 Today's Topics: 1) RE: Intro to DT by "Souter, Jan-Michael" 2) Re: Intro to DT by Mike Shetzer 3) RE: Getting started on DT by "Souter, Jan-Michael" 4) RE: Intro to DT by "Niall Connaughton" 5) Re: Intro to DT by Mike Shetzer 6) new years thoughts by Mike Shetzer 7) Frameshift by Alexis Ramos 8) RE: Frameshift by "Souter, Jan-Michael" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:43:02 -0600 From: "Souter, Jan-Michael" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: RE: Intro to DT Message-ID: Rob - it was the band's intention to make this album the way they did. It was in the interviews of the band before the CD came out. To make a classic metal album. Look at it this way - they got that out of their system and will be on track to progressing even further on the next CD. Your copy of Pull Me Under stops suddenly? May wanna get your CD player looked at ;) -----Original Message----- From: Rob P [mailto:email_address_removed My intro was back in 1992, a mutual friend of my wife and me was into Yes as I was and she (Jen Albert) recommended Dream Theater. She said that they had a new CD coming out in a few weeks and had another one that was already out of print. So I picked up Images and Words that Tuesday that it came out. I can still remember running into the living room when Pull Me Under ended suddenly thinking my damn CD player was fucking up AGAIN! Too funny really. It took me a few listens before I had it down. And yeah I do miss those days! ToT is still hitting on 4 of 7 cylinders for me but on the plus side, I can get through it without getting pissed off. Still, it's a shame when I listen back to the older stuff and realize what they can do if they take the time. LOL! Horrible pun. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:41:55 -0500 From: Mike Shetzer To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Intro to DT Message-ID: <004301c3ce4c$32489600$9b00a8c0@mizz> --Boundary_(ID_4JbWP5fjP3dko0vYp7AOjA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I often wonder what Rob wonders. What if the boys spent a whole month or two writing the album? As one of the likers of TOT, I think if they could make that insane album in 2 weeks, just IMAGINE!! Throw in an outside producer and guest musicians maybe? ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: Souter, Jan-Michael To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: RE: Intro to DT Rob - it was the band's intention to make this album the way they did. It was in the interviews of the band before the CD came out. To make a classic metal album. Look at it this way - they got that out of their system and will be on track to progressing even further on the next CD. Your copy of Pull Me Under stops suddenly? May wanna get your CD player looked at ;) -----Original Message----- From: Rob P [mailto:email_address_removed My intro was back in 1992, a mutual friend of my wife and me was into Yes as I was and she (Jen Albert) recommended Dream Theater. She said that they had a new CD coming out in a few weeks and had another one that was already out of print. So I picked up Images and Words that Tuesday that it came out. I can still remember running into the living room when Pull Me Under ended suddenly thinking my damn CD player was fucking up AGAIN! Too funny really. It took me a few listens before I had it down. And yeah I do miss those days! ToT is still hitting on 4 of 7 cylinders for me but on the plus side, I can get through it without getting pissed off. Still, it's a shame when I listen back to the older stuff and realize what they can do if they take the time. LOL! Horrible pun. --Boundary_(ID_4JbWP5fjP3dko0vYp7AOjA) ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:41:17 -0600 From: "Souter, Jan-Michael" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: RE: Getting started on DT Message-ID: I think one of my top fave songs by DT is "To Live Forever". Watching that video tape with the extended guitar section still freaking blows me away. JM -----Original Message----- From: Paul W. Cashman [mailto:email_address_removed I'll always have a soft spot for I&W in my heart, and it's easily one of the five most influential CDs of the prog-metal genre, but due to its production iffiness, I prefer SFaM slightly, or several bootleg live recordings, since they sound more "organic" than I&W. Favorite song might still be "Learning to Live," although it varies by mood. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:57:34 +1100 From: "Niall Connaughton" To: Subject: RE: Intro to DT Message-ID: Special guest guitarist/keyboardist/singer/writer Daniel Gildenlow = teh Win! :P It was a bit disappointing he didn't get much spotlight on the TA DVD... I know he wasn't part of the band, but hey, he's on stage, tucked up the back, and hardly shown. Anyone who didn't know who he was would have thought he was some random session musician picked off the streets. Niall > -----Original Message----- > From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of > Mike Shetzer > Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2003 8:02 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Intro to DT > > > > --Boundary_(ID_4JbWP5fjP3dko0vYp7AOjA) > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > I often wonder what Rob wonders. What if the boys spent a whole > month or two writing the album? As one of the likers of TOT, I > think if they could make that insane album in 2 weeks, just IMAGINE!! > Throw in an outside producer and guest musicians maybe? ;) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:32:58 -0500 From: Mike Shetzer To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Intro to DT Message-ID: <01c801c3ce5b$b5da6340$9b00a8c0@mizz> --Boundary_(ID_DlATmDayf+NbIP5qtHDiTQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT As thought everyone when he toured with The Flower Kings. He rocked on the percussion / guitar and keyboards! :) I'm excited for TPE part 2 and BE from PoS.... waiting for some news on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Niall Connaughton To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: RE: Intro to DT Special guest guitarist/keyboardist/singer/writer Daniel Gildenlow = teh Win! :P It was a bit disappointing he didn't get much spotlight on the TA DVD... I know he wasn't part of the band, but hey, he's on stage, tucked up the back, and hardly shown. Anyone who didn't know who he was would have thought he was some random session musician picked off the streets. Niall > -----Original Message----- > From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of > Mike Shetzer > Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2003 8:02 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Intro to DT > > > > --Boundary_(ID_4JbWP5fjP3dko0vYp7AOjA) > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > I often wonder what Rob wonders. What if the boys spent a whole > month or two writing the album? As one of the likers of TOT, I > think if they could make that insane album in 2 weeks, just IMAGINE!! > Throw in an outside producer and guest musicians maybe? ;) --Boundary_(ID_DlATmDayf+NbIP5qtHDiTQ) ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:26:11 -0500 From: Mike Shetzer To: Erpnotes Subject: new years thoughts Message-ID: <000801c3ce84$ac9ea970$9b00a8c0@mizz> --Boundary_(ID_airIJfRQtCkqoxtpjjlo6A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Now that the new year is almost upon us, I wanna thank all of you for your relentless ramblings, your hilarity and most of all your music recommendations! I have succeeded in becoming one of those poor bums who lives on the street but has garbage bags full of CD's. Happy new year and all that crap! :) --Boundary_(ID_airIJfRQtCkqoxtpjjlo6A) ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 04:44:50 -0800 (PST) From: Alexis Ramos To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Frameshift Message-ID: Happy Holidays everybody! I recently got the self-titled album from the "band" Frameshift, and I am certain that this will be THE album of the year for me. What an amazing album!!! Musically, it's progressive yet accessible, with some slow, incredibly beautiful and catchy songs, and some heavier tunes that balance the cd perfectly. The songs are extremely well crafted, with no excess fat that one would think needed to be trimmed off. I think this album has a feel similar to that of Conception's "Flow", perhaps mixed in with a tiny bit of Spock's Beard or Neal Morse. The musicians are incredibly good, especially Henning Pauly who plays almost everything. There are no wasted notes on this album, despite the fact that it lasts for over 75 minutes. And, to leave the best for last, the vocals are simply stunning!!! This is definitely one of James' best performances, period. There's a lot of feeling on his delivery, he sings all along his incredible range, and simply shows a masterful control of his voice. The main focus of this album is definitely on his voice and the message he's expressing through the lyrics, evidenced by the fact that there are no long instrumental passages (which, by the way, are not necessary and I'm glad they did it that way). The topics dealt with in the lyrics are all related with evolution. It's pretty weird at first to listen to scientific lyrics, but the topics are so interesting (at least for me) that one gets used to this weird feeling. This album has a lot of highlights, but I think THE highlight of the album is the song La Mer. Stunningly beautiful, with a catchiness that just makes you try to sing it screaming off the top of your lungs, with goosebumps all over your body!!!!! This album is amazing, a masterpiece that everybody needs to have in their collection. And this wasn't a paid advertisement :-) Alexis __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 07:21:45 -0600 From: "Souter, Jan-Michael" Subject: RE: Frameshift Message-ID: Great review Alexis.. I got this CD several days ago, but have yet to listen to it. Been very busy with work, but I'm sure over New Years this will find its way to the CD player. jm -----Original Message----- From: Alexis Ramos [mailto:email_address_removed Happy Holidays everybody! I recently got the self-titled album from the "band" Frameshift, and I am certain that this will be THE album of the year for me. What an amazing album!!! Musically, it's progressive yet accessible, with some slow, incredibly beautiful and catchy songs, and some heavier tunes that balance the cd perfectly. The songs are extremely well crafted, with no excess fat that one would think needed to be trimmed off. I think this album has a feel similar to that of Conception's "Flow", perhaps mixed in with a tiny bit of Spock's Beard or Neal Morse. The musicians are incredibly good, especially Henning Pauly who plays almost everything. There are no wasted notes on this album, despite the fact that it lasts for over 75 minutes. And, to leave the best for last, the vocals are simply stunning!!! This is definitely one of James' best performances, period. There's a lot of feeling on his delivery, he sings all along his incredible range, and simply shows a masterful control of his voice. The main focus of this album is definitely on his voice and the message he's expressing through the lyrics, evidenced by the fact that there are no long instrumental passages (which, by the way, are not necessary and I'm glad they did it that way). The topics dealt with in the lyrics are all related with evolution. It's pretty weird at first to listen to scientific lyrics, but the topics are so interesting (at least for me) that one gets used to this weird feeling. This album has a lot of highlights, but I think THE highlight of the album is the song La Mer. Stunningly beautiful, with a catchiness that just makes you try to sing it screaming off the top of your lungs, with goosebumps all over your body!!!!! This album is amazing, a masterpiece that everybody needs to have in their collection. And this wasn't a paid advertisement :-) Alexis ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 6751 ************************** === Contributions to ytsejam: ytsejam@torchsong.com === === Send requests to: ytsejam-request@torchsong.com === === More information at: http://www.dreamt.org/local/ytsejam.php === === Brought by the ghost of ytsejam@arastar.coms past === === Reach the owner of this list at: ytsejam-owner@torchsong.com ===