YTSEJAM Digest 6760 Today's Topics: 1) SoC Contest by "Dan Costello" 2) Best of 2003 by =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_N=F6jd 3) London tickets for sale by Graham Borland 4) Press Release - Magellan Impossible Figures Rare Korean Version by "Francesco Racioppa" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 14:22:03 -0500 From: "Dan Costello" To: Subject: SoC Contest Message-ID: >They still haven't published the SoC songwriting contest results? Anybody >got news on this one? Although I'm pretty sure Brian Wherry will be the winner. I think that might be a bit unfair - he's almost semi-pro, isn't he? From what I've heard, he's supposedly writing a couple tunes for an upcoming LaBrie album. I hope that wasn't supposed to be a secret. -Dan. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:50:56 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_N=F6jd To: Subject: Best of 2003 Message-ID: <001601c3d570$b634e880$5e89b5d4@hempc> >By the way, now that 2003 is over, why don't you guys and girls mention >your personal top 10 releases of the year? This year was packed with great >cds, so it's going to be hard (at least for me) to come up with my list >(which I will do later after giving it some thought). > > Alexis OK I'll give it a go: 1. A.C.T - Last epic Man, do I love their very special style. Great songs but also with very innovative stuff going on. This is THE album of 2003 imho. 2. Dream Theater - Train of thoughts No explanation needed. I just think that A.C.T's album is better :-/ 3. Kamelot - Epica Power metal isn't a genre I like that much otherwise, but Kamelot has something extra. Probably Roy Khan on the vocals and better songs, I guess. 4. O.S.I. - Office of strategic influence Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos - sooooo damn good atmosphere on this album (similar to Fates Warning's APSoG). 5. Arena - Contagion Was blown away when I saw Arena live in Stockholm in beginning of December. Contagion is definitely one of Arena's top albums. 6. Dreamtide - Dreams for the daring Excellent melodic rock. Can't put my finger on exactly why I like it so much. Sort of 'going for the goal' attitude, positive and energetic. 7. Astral Doors - Of the son and the father Growing up listening to Rainbow, Dio and Deep Purple this really recalls great memories. Definitely best hard rock album for 2003. 8. Frameshift - Unweaving the rainbow Hasn't grown onto me fully yet, but still it is worth being placed into the top 10 of 2003. LaBrie sounds excellent on this album. 9. Masterplan - St This album would do nothing for me without Jorn Lande on vocals. Hmmm, this is also power metal which I said I don't particularly like... strange. But it rocks. Alot. 10. Derek Sherinian - Black utopia Derek seems to have found his place nowadays. This is what he was destined to do. There ya go, 2003 was a very good year when it comes to releases. I probably forgot some albums, and my opinion will probably change over time. /Thomas ---YTSEJAM-FILTER: This message was posted using the YML command ------------------------------ Date: 08 Jan 2004 09:30:42 +0000 From: Graham Borland To: Ytsejam Subject: London tickets for sale Message-ID: Two tickets for sale for the DT show in London on 17th January. Seated tickets, C13 and C14. #50 for the pair including first-class postage in the UK. -- Graham Borland email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 06:49:00 +0100 From: "Francesco Racioppa" To: Subject: Press Release - Magellan Impossible Figures Rare Korean Version Message-ID: <013e01c3d5ac$43081440$b0271b97@z9m1u7> Dear Staff, Last Magellan effort "Impossible Figures" is now available also in Korea (through Sail Music - http://www.sailmusic.co.kr ) in a limited, rare, edition with 5 bonus Track. these bonus (Hallucination, Jab for Jab, Mozambique, A Drummer's Prayer, Football Soul) are unfinished demos recorded in the studio session of Impossible Figures. You could donwload audio files of these songs at http://www.magellanweb.com/magrarities3.htm . In the same page you could find some links of websites where the album could be purchased!! It will be very great if you added these in your news!! Thanks in advance Best Regards Francesco Racioppa Webmaster of: MagellanWeb.Com Magellan Official Website http://www.magellanweb.com email_address_removed ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 6760 ************************** === 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 ===