YTSEJAM Digest 612
Today's Topics:
1) Re: Fans/Material etc. etc.
by Michael Bahr <garion@indirect.com>
2) DT in the press
by ACW1066@aol.com
3) Looking for Picture
by soeryant@egr.msu.edu
4) "First Time"
by BABS@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu
5) Fates Providence tape...
by Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu>
6) Re: YTSEJAM digest 611
by "Mark A. Parker" <parkerma@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu>
7) Promotional gaffes
by <jeremy@grove.ufl.edu>
8)
by
9) Re: YTSEJAM digest 611
by jeremy@grove.ufl.edu
10) Subscribe
by "Scott Snyderman" <sas220@psu.edu>
11) Santa Ana show... possible SPOILERS
by drkhoe@netcom.com (Dr. Mosh)
12) Santa Ana Show Spoilers!
by garcia@cogsci.UCSD.EDU (Michelle Garcia)
13) Coincident ?
by q94hg@thn.htu.se (Henrik Gustafsson)
14) Re: YTSEJAM digest 607
by "Dan Tshin" <danman@io.org>
15) Trade request -
by Randy Haskin <strega@u.washington.edu>
16) Radio Stations...
by "tdb" <tdb@SMTPGwy.microsim.com>
17) Industrial Bluegrass?
by donnell@epx.cis.umn.edu
18) Re: YTSEJAM digest 604
by "tdb" <tdb@SMTPGwy.microsim.com>
19) Re: YTSEJAM digest 610:Gif, Queensryche, DT
by "Dan Tshin" <danman@io.org>
20) Lillian Axe
by LAxe13129@aol.com
21) tapecovers
by ACW1066@aol.com
22) THE PROGRESSION OF JOHN PETRUCCI
by Godsize@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 01:32:33 -0700 (MST)
From: Michael Bahr <garion@indirect.com>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: Fans/Material etc. etc.
Message-ID: <199412090832.BAA27117@bud.indirect.com>
> Robert and other jammers,
>
> This is my first posting to this daily dialog. Please tell me more about Dance
> of Eternity (both the single disc import and the double disc set you refer to).
> What I mean here is as follows:
>
> For all of you that create bootleg video and audio tapes of these guys and
> others, you're infringing on the rights of the band. Now, before you all
Why, then, did you just ask about how to get bootleg CDs in the
paragraph above? You seem pretty contradictory to me. :) TDOE is a
bootleg, Lost in the Sky is a bootleg... etc. See my discography
(available via FTP from ftp.netcom.com, /pub/drkhoe/dt/discog.dt) for
info on what the legit releases are.
> decide to flame me for getting on your case, let me explain. While I can
> appreciate the motivation to have as much material as possible, unless the band
> approves, you're limiting their ability to develop and market the stuff THEY
> want the public to have. Face it, the only way these guys can survive to make
Well, let's examine this. I've met Dream Theater. Half the band
is into bootlegs: Mike Portnoy and John Myung were both very enthusiastic
about talking and trading boots with me. (For Mike, enthusiasm is an
outpouring of words and a smile, for John, a raised eyebrow and the
blessing of continued conversation instead of a blowoff.) Meanwhile,
James Labrie and John Petrucci hate bootlegs and were a bit miffed that I
had Mike and John Myung sign my bootleg CDs at the show. What, then,
would the appropriate moral decision be?
> new music for us all, is if they have sufficient revenue coming in from
> legitimate offerings THEY choose to provide. I'll accept the possibility that
> this is done solely to increase an individuals portfolio of DT material and
> that any subsequent duplication for other jammers is done for free to give us
Not only this... but nobody even gets into bootlegs until they
already have all the band's recordings... I have all the DT, Rush, Zep,
and Metallica albums, hence the desire for "more"...
> all more to enjoy. I hope I'm right about this but what I believe would be
> more appropriate would be to get the band and/or their label to package more of
> their early work for general sale (maybe a boxed set with the demos etc.).
If they do it, I'll buy it, and I suspect other bootleg fans will
do the same. We've told Rush this a hundred times, but they most of all
hate bootleggers.
> the are lights/sound etc. including creation of tour videos and live CD's). I
> think this could really help the band breakthrough to a larger audience (which
> some of you seem to dread).
I want them to break through because they've earned it... because
I think they can actually pull off what Rush did: megastardom with no
subsequent loss of integrity.
While all your points have validity in their own right and you
back up your position fairly well, you seem a bit misinformed as to the
composition and direction of bootleg collectors and of bootlegging in
general. We would suggest you practice it for a bit before condemning it
with the standard lawyerspeak sermon. I don't intend this as a flame
because your original message was neither a flame nor flamebait. This is
just my genuine feelings on the matter, added to my experience and to the
experiences of other Ytsejammers.
Most of the trading is free anyway, and when money IS involved,
it's to cover the cost of making the physical item. Ever notice that when
someone's buying bootleg copies from me, they pay the same for an
ultra-rare collector's Rush tape from 1974 as they do for a common-bones
Dream Theater Dance of Eternity copy... this is because those of us who
DO offer boots for money just want to cover costs, while at the same time
helping out a fan in need who has no collection to work from. There is no
"royalty fee" or anything that would indicate we're making money from the
content itself.
Recently I offered a Rush Video Montage to the Ytsejam list. It
was a single VHS tape comprised of all the unreleased pro-shot Rush video
that had accumulated over the years. Over 100 people purchased the tape.
I ran a profit margin of about nineteen cents on each tape. Was I a
profit-hounding bootlegger? As IBM says... "You make the call."
What I'm getting at is that what you've said above is good and
fine... for places like the computer software industry, for
counterfeiters (not to be confused with bootleggers, counterfeiters
actually release counterfeit versions of regular releases by bands), for
film industry pirates, and the like. What the internet bootleg community
is more like, is the japanimation collectors, and the used-videogame
traders, just out to help each other enjoy the hobby at a reasonable price.
Besides, I bought two copies of Awake (one Japanese, one US), so
I think DT won't mind my spending my money elsewhere for a little while. :)
Mike Bahr, garion@indirect.com
your friendly FAQ and discog guy
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 08:56:31 -0500
From: ACW1066@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: DT in the press
Message-ID: <941209085629_1486418@aol.com>
Guitar School magazine's January 1995 issue includes in its transcriptions
"Caught in a Web" - if this is repeating information, sorry.
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 09:07:09 -0500 (EST)
From: soeryant@egr.msu.edu
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Looking for Picture
Message-ID: <9412091407.AA04142@frith>
I accidently deleted the last Ytsejam (610). Could someone who posted the
picture of DT logo on the Ytsejam 610, email me?
Thanks
Christina
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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1994 09:29:44 -0500 (EST)
From: BABS@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: "First Time"
Message-ID: <01HKFNQAC1KY000KNB@sgenva.CC.GENESEO.EDU>
Hello fellow DT fans (hopefully there are some girls on the list as well),
my name is BABS and this is my first posting (if it goes through). I wanted
to share my first DT experience. The first song I heard was "Pull Me Under"
and it just left me with this real intense feeling like you had to hear it
again right away. I called the radio station to find out the bands name and
went out looking for the cassette (sorry I still don't have a CD player yet).
Luckily we have a real cool music store in town and they had it for me in
two days. I've never seen them live, but I get a radio station out of
Buffalo that aired them live from IMPACTS (a club in Buffalo). I taped/
bootlegged it and like an idiot I gave it to a guy (guitarist) that I really
liked and then lost touch with him. Do you all think that it would be in
"poor taste" to ask for it back? I would really like to hear them live
again, so I guess that sometimes you have to humble yourself to get something
you really want, eh? See ya.
-BABS
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 10:10:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com (Ytsejam SERVER)
Subject: Fates Providence tape...
Message-ID: <199412091510.KAA11638@pearl.cs.brandeis.edu>
For anyone interested, I just got a copy of the Fates show from
Providence. The show is muffled (the guy taping it had to have it in
his jacket... he was about 4 feet from the stage) but it is a show
without DT, so it is their complete set list, including accoustic
tracks. Anyone interested, email privatly... but keep in mind, I
probably won't be able to dub it until after winter break (Jan 17)
--
+--------------------------------+---------------+---------------------+
| I never bared my emotions | Dream Theater | Michael Burstin |
| My passion always strong | Scarred | Brandeis University |
| I never lost my devotion | Awake +---------------------+
| but somewhere fate went wrong. | Get AWAKEned today, in stores now |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
For info about Dream Theater, finger mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu
http://cs.brandeis.edu/USER/UGRAD/mikeb/home.html
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:34:55 -0500
From: "Mark A. Parker" <parkerma@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 611
Message-ID: <199412091634.LAA00719@o200c-1.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu>
>p.s. Mike asked about When Dream and James Unite. I guess
> that's his vote for the name.
whoops! how'd that get in there? what disk is that?
Never heard of it.
Makes one wonder what everyone else in the band thinks
of the idea...
Dom'ny
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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 11:53:18 -0500
From: <jeremy@grove.ufl.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Promotional gaffes
Message-ID: <199412091653.LAA03085@bay.circa.ufl.edu>
Here's some more proof of the stupidity of record stores. How is
someone supposed to become a *real fan* against this kind of misinformation
(I only recently got enough stuff to be considered a *real fan* <sarcasm>)?
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DREAM THEATER Awake EAST WEST
These progressive rockers gather all the essentials into
*their second album* with textural complications, unexpected
hooks and articulate playing in cuts like "Lie."
See? Dream Theater only has two albums.
--
jeremy (jeremy@grove.ufl.edu)
Only waiting to die.
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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 13:13:41 -0500
From: jeremy@grove.ufl.edu
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 611
Message-ID: <199412091813.NAA12075@bay.circa.ufl.edu>
Yay! Industrial Bluegrass! Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are all truly
masterful musicians. On their latest album, _Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest,_ track 8 (I don't remember the name), Roy Wooten plays an entirely
electronic piece on his Drumitar.
It's not a great song, in my opinion, but any reference to the Flecktones
deserves a cheer.
--
jeremy (jeremy@grove.ufl.edu)
Only waiting to die.
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 13:18:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "Scott Snyderman" <sas220@psu.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Subscribe
Message-ID: <47924.sas220@email.psu.edu>
My name is Scott A. Snyderman and I would like to subscribe. Dream Theater
is my favorite band. Their music blows me away, technically and
spiritually. Please send me info.
Scott A. Snyderman
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:37:22 PST
From: drkhoe@netcom.com (Dr. Mosh)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Santa Ana show... possible SPOILERS
Message-ID: <199412091937.LAA28302@netcom10.netcom.com>
Well, went to the Sanata Ana show, and tonight I'm there at the LA show...
the show was excellent.
The sound was MUCH better then when I saw them during Images and Words.
Song list was largely from Awake and I&W, nothing else, no WDADU stuff or
special songs except for the new jam and the RIPPING/KILLER new intro to
the Mirror...
Fates Warning opened and kicked some serious butt!
After the show, hung out with Mike Portnoy for a while. Me and him talked
about bootlegs, he has copies of all the shows because they run a DAT
recorder throughout the entire tour. Talked about how his record company
should get the rights to WDADU and get em NOW... heheheh
Talked to James and talked about the EP and ACoS, I casually mentioned
that I couldn't wait to see ACoS done live, and he commented "Oh, you will
eh?? When?" and then I laughed and said, soon hopefully.
Talked to John Myung about not playing any song
from WDADU and he said "we should move on" most of the bands attitude was
that they didn't enjoy playing the earlier songs because most of the
people did not recognize them so therefor
there wasn't enough crowd feedback to warrant playing those songs.
It's a shame I say.
Still no Scarred, I casually mentioned that to all the boyz and they said
basically they would play it on the next leg of the tour in the spring.
The mystery still stands, is it Sherinian or Sheridian, I forgot to ask
him. But his keyboard cases say Sherinian but James LaBrie called him
Sheridian...
After that, I went to hang out with Fates Warning... bunch of cool guys...
especially Frank Aresti and Joe DiBiase. Got to talk with the master of
the drums himself, Mark Zonders, and Jim... Ray was hiding somewhere...
they couldn't believe the amount of stuff that goes through the YTSEJAM
list....
Well, again, thanks to C-man for the passes!
Tonight will be another night!
-The Doc
--
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 12:54:42 -0800
From: garcia@cogsci.UCSD.EDU (Michelle Garcia)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Cc: garcia@cogsci.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Santa Ana Show Spoilers!
Message-ID: <9412092054.AA11881@rosalind.ucsd.edu.UCSD.EDU>
Okay, my first time posting so here goes. Saw DT and FW at the
Galaxy concert theatre last nite 12/8. OH MY GOD! It was completely
amazing! I just got into DT this past year and this was my first
show. I was in ecstacy. The Galaxy was tiny, 400 people so it
was great seating all over. We got there at 5, so excited because
we were third in line at the door, but we found that dinner
reservations were needed for all tables in the front floor. Argh!
No one told us that when we got our so-called general admission
tickets. Anyway as I said seating was great no matter where one
sat but we looked longingly at the people who sat directly in front
of the stage having made dinner reservations a month ago. FW was
awesome, especially Monument, and some strange things kept flying
out at the band members hitting them as they performed. The
ghost came out with a broom and Mike Portnoy recited a going away
limerick for FW. Ray kept tripping out on the fact that people
were sitting down eating dinner as they played and told us to try
the swordfish. They played an awesome 45 minute set.
DT opened with Pull Me Under and the sound quality was great.
I was in a daze most of the time especially during Take The
Time (oh Petrucci!) and Voices. They also did 6:00, Lifting
Shadows, an amazing acoustic of The Silent Man (did I mention
it was amazing?) and a new instrumental which we had never
heard. I made friends with a couple of security guys and
managed to worm my way within 1 foot of stage and made such
a spectacle of myself that John P. came and played right in
front of me (I saw the face of God.) Oh yeah during one of the
songs a couple of FW guys dressed in elf suits brought out an
18" model of Stonehenge and proceeded to dance a jig around
it (hee hee!)
We waited in zero degree weather for DT to come out after the
show. FW came out right away and Ray had fun racing his little
model car (he had also race it onstage with DT.) Three fraggin'
hours later James and John M. show and stuck around to say hi
and take a picture. This was one of the best nites of my life
despite having to recover from hypothermia at a Denny's halfway
home to San Diego. I'll never wash the hand that John Petrucci
shook until I do. Thanks for listening!
Michelle Garcia
University of California, San Diego
garcia@rosalind.ucsd.edu
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 22:16 NFT
From: q94hg@thn.htu.se (Henrik Gustafsson)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Coincident ?
Message-ID: <m0rGCfq-0000GcC@tellus.thn.htu.se>
Talk about strange things
Jens Johansen ( the keybordist to be (?)) once started his career in a band=
=20
called " Rising FORCE ".
The similarity with the thing ANDY said is somehow odd:
I just picked up a CD by a band called Rising Power with 17 year old=
=20
Mike Portnoy on drums. The CD is called Power For The People. It's =
=20
actually not bad
But i must definately be a coincident, (or this just another example about=
=20
how small our world is ?)
Henrik Gustafsson Dream Theater
Drottninggatan 62 c 7 Q-40 Toni Holgersson
461 33 Trollh=E4ttan Just D
0520-155 98 IE-91 Fish
070- 719 89 64 Carl Orff
=20
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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 16:08:24 +0000
From: "Dan Tshin" <danman@io.org>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 607
Message-ID: <199412091821.NAA03522@io.org>
>From: drkhoe@netcom.com (Dr. Mosh)
>
>By they way, did I mention the King's X sampler I received just recently?
Huh!! What? Sorry about cluttering up the DT list with King's X
questions, but anyone, please e-mail me with info on how to get it...
THx
-------------------------------Dan Tshin------------------------------+
. . "gO aGaInSt ThE fLoW" | _ _ |
. /o--\/ ----> danman@io.org <---- | ( /V\ ) |
\___/\ Shad Valley Carleton '94 SuRvIvOr %-{{>) | M |
Shad WWW: http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/Shad/homepage.html | | |
Shad Bio http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/Shad/dtshin.html | |
=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-=+ "Ryche" |
Peace comes through thinking with our hearts and not with |
words. Until then we'll light another candle for this world. |
Love is the Dance of Eternity - Dream Theatre "Images and Words |
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 10:56:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Randy Haskin <strega@u.washington.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Trade request -
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91a.941209105040.18662D-100000@saul1.u.washington.edu>
I'm looking to trade for tapes of any performance (of B+ or better
quality) of "O Holy Night" from the last tour. I also want to trade for
a copy of the "Dream Theater Unplugged" tape ( which has silent man and
others (?) on it). Finally, I would like to get ahold of a CD copy (or
good tape copy) of the complete Majesty demos, as well as some of the
vocalist demos...
I can trade copies of -
Dance of Eternity (2CD version)
Lost in the Sky
Dream Out Loud
Lords Of Sound
Please reply via email - thanks!
Randy Haskin
strega@u.washington.edu
P.S. Jason, your tapes are in the mail!!!!
Thanks for waiting!
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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 10:48:12 PST
From: "tdb" <tdb@SMTPGwy.microsim.com>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Radio Stations...
Message-ID: <9411097869.AA786999602@SMTPGwy.microsim.com>
All this talk of radio stations...
Well, what I think is wierd is that Los Angeles will
be losing it's only Hard Rock station in February.
KNAC ("Pure Rock") has been bought by a Hispanic station.
(Maybe, we'll hear some metal from that Spanish group whose name
translates to "The Victims of Dr. Brain"...)
-- Tim
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 13:59:08 -0600
From: donnell@epx.cis.umn.edu
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Industrial Bluegrass?
Message-ID: <0012ee8b70c024914@epx.cis.umn.edu>
Does that mean they'll enlist the aid of the mighty electric rake virtuoso,
Eugene Chadborne, and have Al Jourgenson produce it? :) :)
For some really fun stuff that might be as close to this genre Mike was
kidding about, check out Eugene's work that features the rake (especially,
"Achey Rakey Heart" (you guessed it - a *fine* cover)).
This man takes the common yard implement to a whole new twisted dimension
- definately music for the other moods... :)
obDTcontent: aaah... we too waitied outside for a better portion of a
couple of hours (and a damn cold couple at that in Minneapolis) for the
boys to come out after the show. And, before any of the rest came out,
Derek was the first to show - what a kewl guy! They need to hire the man
on full time. Not only was his playing incredible, but he's a really
friendly guy - and with a character like Mike in the band, his laid back
attitude and consideration of the fans (he was out twice after going back
in to give us updates as to when the other members were coming out) would
make him a perfect fit. This guy does not need any Bee-bop to keep him in
line with the DT sound (as ever evolving as it is)...
l8r!
-brian
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BRIAN DONNELL (DIST.COMP.SERV, UNIV OF MINNESOTA) DONNELL@EPX.CIS.UMN.EDU
(the economy sig........."finger donnell@epx.cis.umn.edu" for the luxury model)
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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 11:25:58 PST
From: "tdb" <tdb@SMTPGwy.microsim.com>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 604
Message-ID: <9411097870.AA787001403@SMTPGwy.microsim.com>
I saw DT and FW at the Galaxy in Santa Ana, CA last night. I won't
post a set list because Tom Tubbiola should be doing that. (I think
he nabbed a copy off one of the stage monitors.) Instead, I'm going
to give a short-attention-span, nonmusical review...
Fates Warning:
Did you see any Tom Cats on stage?
A limerick from Mike Portnoy.
A guy in a sheet in the 11th Hour.
FOOD FIGHT!!!
(I had never heard FW before, but I was impressed enough that I'm
going to get a couple of their albums.)
Dream Theater:
Dog shit on stage for JLaB.
RC Car (I want to know what the postcard said)
Stonehenge and dancing elves.
Gave up my seat for a while so a guy on the crew could shoot some
video.
Mike Portnoy is a more difficult target than I thought.
(They were Dream Theater - what else can I say...)
-- Tim
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 15:43:00 +0000
From: "Dan Tshin" <danman@io.org>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 610:Gif, Queensryche, DT
Message-ID: <199412092109.QAA19880@io.org>
Hi, regrards to the gif file sent by <HuntNKill@aol.com>... It's ALL
black!!! Hmmm Maybe my viewer got screwd up!! I'm using Lview 3.1
says that it is 320x200x256 colours... change the value (of HSV) and
you'll get something... Is there a better gif that isn't all black??
>Does anyone around here like Queensryche? I listen to their music constantly
>and they are my favorite band of all time. I would like to here from all you
>fellow Rychers out there.
>NO ONE CAN HEAR WHEN YOUR SCREAMING IN DIGITAL!!!!!!!!!
> --QUEENSRYCHE
Yeah, I'm here!! I believe many on this list are also Queensryche
listeners. There was a question a little while back for the address
to their mailing list. It is called "Screaming in Digital", edited by
Dan "shag" Birchall and the addresses:
Subscription changes: qryche-request@arginine.umdnj.edu.
Contributions: qryche@arginine.umdnj.edu.
Administration: qryche-owner@arginine.umdnj.edu.
Official Fan Club: qryche-fanclub@arginine.umdnj.edu.
WorldWideWeb access: http://130.219.44.141/qryche/
Sorry for the not-so-DT content...But I'll make up for it:
Since many people are describing their "first experiences with DT" I
thought it was about time to share mine.
I first heard their song "Pull Me Under" like many here!! Pretty soon
after that, I saw many guitar magazines talking about Petrucci and
later Myung... they called him a "god" and similar synonyms. Since I
am still in high school and have not much time (nor money) to grab
too many CDs I kind of put that back in my mind. I guess I was
content with my Queensryche, King's X, Galactic Cowboys, and other
assorted stuff (I still am!!) Soooo... My local library has a
collection of CDs and tapes and I put in a request for Dream Theatre.
I saw WDADU!!! Yeah, get this, at this library where I can't get much
Queensryche (namely Rage) they have WDADU. I had a listen and really
enjoyed their playing (I won't ramble on about it.) Ne-ways. A few
weeks later the I&W CD arrives and I dub that. It seems that DT needs
quite a few listens before I could really enjoy it. Now, that was
about a month or two ago. Now I am really blown by their playing.
Their music is just incredible. The rhythm is tight and Petrucci's
playing astounds me!! I *try* to play his stuff... (cough, hack) but
I'll mostly sit back and listen away. Right now I&W is my favorite CD
and I have been recommending it to my friends. I haven't gotten AWAKE
and am planning to do so soon...the local stores don't have it though
:(
Well there's my .02!
-------------------------------Dan Tshin------------------------------+
. . "gO aGaInSt ThE fLoW" | _ _ |
. /o--\/ ----> danman@io.org <---- | ( /V\ ) |
\___/\ Shad Valley Carleton '94 SuRvIvOr %-{{>) | M |
Shad WWW: http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/Shad/homepage.html | | |
Shad Bio http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/Shad/dtshin.html | |
=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-=+ "Ryche" |
Peace comes through thinking with our hearts and not with |
words. Until then we'll light another candle for this world. |
Love is the Dance of Eternity - Dream Theatre "Images and Words |
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 18:36:50 -0500
From: LAxe13129@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Lillian Axe
Message-ID: <941209183649_1916412@aol.com>
Anyone know of any online mailing lists, fan clubs, etc for Lillian Axe? If
so, please E-Mail me or reply.. Thatx, this is VERY inportant to me.
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 21:16:47 -0500
From: ACW1066@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: tapecovers
Message-ID: <941209211646_2040024@aol.com>
Anyone have acopy of a program that prints tape covers? I have a PC with no
pagemaker or anything like that. I have tons of non-DT stuff, and I want to
computerize it, but I don't have a program.
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 23:23:19 -0500
From: Godsize@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: THE PROGRESSION OF JOHN PETRUCCI
Message-ID: <941209232319_2146647@aol.com>
Well guys our English 1101 teacher let us do our research paper on anything
that we wanted to so of course I picked John Petrucci. So I thought that I
would share it with some of the other world's biggest DT fans. Without
further a due (sp -5).
THE PROGRESSION OF JOHN
PETRUCCI
By: Trey Ashcraft
If you were to ask someone
today what is the most popular style of
music, they would probably say, "It's
like grunge or alternative or something
dude." With so many bands that play
these styles of music, it is refreshing to
hear of an explosive new band called
Dream Theater and the man behind
them, who lit the fuse, John Petrucci.
Over Dream Theater's short three album
career, Petrucci has already proven
himself to be an excellent and versatile
guitar player.
Petrucci started off on guitar
like most guitarists do, by sitting up in
his room all day just learning songs
(Stix 37). In Petrucci's high-school,
there were four or five different bands,
so there were always "Battle of the
Bands" shows (96). These regular live
shows gave Petrucci an introduction to
performing on stage, which is not easy.
It was also in high-school that Petrucci
realized he had talent and chops but
really lacked direction and mimicked
other players styles (Prown 96). He
then took two years of music theory in
high-school and decided to attend
school at The Berklee College of Music
for one year:
"I went to Berklee and
learned more about the theory end of
things. And I think I'm still searching for
an identity, but as I get older and get
more experience from life, my own style
is starting to come through. (96)"
On Dream Theater's most recent album
Awake, one can definitely hear his
influences, but at the same time parts
of his works are very original.
While at Berklee, Petrucci, and
long time friends, keyboardist, Kevin
Moore and bassist, John Myung, met
drummer, Mike Portnoy to form the core
of Dream Theater. After their first
album Dream Theater added their
current singer James LaBrie.
Influenced by bands like Rush, Yes, and
The Dixie Dregs, Dream Theater
became the newest addition to the
progressive rock genre. Dream Theater
plays very precise, textured music using
odd meter riffs and lightening quick
doubled keyboard and guitar runs to
create epic melodies (Widders-Ellis 77).
The precision, difficulty, and length of
Dream Theater's music, quite frankly,
puts other bands to shame. In fact,
Dream Theater's music has gotten so
complex that the band members find
normal instruments restraining.
Petrucci has switched from a six-string
electric guitar to a seven-string Ibanez
Universal, Myung has switched to a six-
string bass, and Portnoy's drum kit gets
larger every day.
Unlike some guitarists, Petrucci
is not afraid to show off his
considerable ability and is proud of his
technical skills (Stix 34). Using a variety
of different techniques,
Petrucci adds melody, mood, and
texture to his songs. "Petrucci also
plays with just as much emotion and
soul as guitarists who use simplicity as
there emotional conduit" (34). Some of
the techniques you will find Petrucci
using are sweep picking, alternate
picking, chromatics, and arpeggios.
Along with all of these abilities, Petrucci
is also known as one of the fastest
soloists in the business and could be
the savior of shred guitarists. When he
was asked why he played fast, Petrucci
responded: "You can get exhilarated
from it. Sometimes I'll hear guys play
so good, so tasty, and the band is
cooking along and they are as high as
they can go and as intense as they can
get; in Dream Theater that's when I'll
just push it over the edge and start
ripping. (40)"
Even though Petrucci is a great soloist,
he is also a model figure of restraint. It
would be possible for Petrucci to
indulge in a solo in every Dream
Theater song, but instead, one of the
other band members steps fourth and
takes a solo, or the whole band will
perform a unison instrumental jam.
By now, Petrucci has probably
influenced his fair share of young
guitarists or made someone purchase a
guitar and start practicing. When asked
who his influences were, Petrucci
proudly cites many of todays best
guitarists such as Steve Morse of the
Dixie Dregs, Alex Lifeson of Rush,
Yngwie Malmsteen, and Al Di Meola
(Prown 90 and Stix 34).
Out of all of these guitarists, Petrucci
notes that it was Steve Morse who had
the greatest affect on his playing: "I
was listening to typical metal stuff when
I was younger, like Sabbath, Priest, and
Maiden, and then some one played me
`The Bash' by the Dregs and I had never
heard anything like that before (Prown
96)."
So far, Petrucci and Dream
Theater have received a number of
awards from the guitar magazines. In
the 1993 readers poll for Guitar For The
Practicing Musician, Petrucci received
the awards Breakthrough Guitarist of
the Year and Most Underrated Guitarist
(30, 86). Petrucci was also Guitar
World's pick as the 53rd Most important
person in guitar (Tolinsky 72). In the
1993 Guitar For The Practicing
Musician reader's poll, Dream Theater
was awarded Breakthrough Band of the
Year, Album of the Year (Images and
Words, Atco), and Songwriters of the
Year (86). Dream Theater's second
album, Images and Words, was also
voted the fourth greatest shred album of
the modern era by Guitar World
(Tolinsky 67).
Despite all of his success,
Petrucci is very modest about his
accomplishments, still maintains a
sense of humor, and still has a love for
music. After Petrucci heard he was the
53rd most important person in guitar he
said: "Being looked at as a guitar hero
is very flattering, but being singled out
away from the rest of the band doesn't
appeal to me. I'd prefer to have people
view me as a talented musician in a
good band--not as some flashy soloist.
(B.T. 72) "
After Petrucci made this comment the
interviewer jokingly replied, "Not a
chance." (Tolinsky 75). Also, in an
interview, Petrucci did with Guitar For
The Practicing Musician he was asked
what life on the road was like and he
made a comment on Parisian showers:
"They have a nozzle, but nothing to hold
it up; you'd think the French might have
figured this one out by now." (Prown 90)
As for his love of music, Petrucci said,
"If we have two or three weeks off and I
don't write something new, the time
seems wasted" (Widders-Ellis 80).
After years of hard work and
excellent guitar work, Petrucci has risen
through the ranks of the elite guitarists
to become a poster boy for the "Practice
makes perfect" slogan. He has also
helped launch Dream Theater to the
tops of the charts with his deadly
rhythms and flashy solos. With this in
mind, one should remember that
Petrucci is only 26, this is just the
beginning of his career, and just the tip
of the iceberg of his life as a guitarist.
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