YTSEJAM Digest 2117
Today's Topics:
1) earplugs and swearing
by akyuz@ltp.dmx.epfl.ch
2) Present
by Graham Borland <graham@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk>
3) Digested Digests !?!
by Henrik Gustafsson <henrik@thn.htu.se>
4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2112
by Henrik Gustafsson <henrik@thn.htu.se>
5) Violence, Poison, Italy
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
6) Stanley Jordan
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
7) For all readers in the Rhein-Main-Area
by wagner@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
8) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2108
by "Eddie J Cooper" <eddie@abacus.co.uk>
9) New album?
by Aviad Shkolnikov <shkola@mail.snunit.k12.il>
10) Keyboards
by Graham Borland <graham@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk>
11) Re: another stupid fight about to start...
by Drummnstan@aol.com
12) Re: Jap PPV vid, potty mouth DT?, and Damon
by tq0139@mail.doshisha.ac.jp (Keiji Nishihara)
13) comments
by jefffalk@bu.edu (Jeffrey Falk)
14) other bands
by trevorw@ms.kallback.com
15) YVNE SINEP
by nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop)
16) subject lines that are way too damn long are good for getting your attention, though aren't they? :)
by Jon Parmet <jonp@mailstorm.dot.gov>
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:27:43 +0100
From: akyuz@ltp.dmx.epfl.ch
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: earplugs and swearing
Message-ID: <v03007800aedab559e0b0@[128.178.99.38]>
Damon wrote:
>Liberty Bell. I had the plugs in. Maybe I should get better plugs? What do
>you guys think. They're not the squishy hunting/shooting foam plugs, they are
>meant to filter out loud noises, I bought them in a music store. They should
>be good and they usually are, except at DT concerts. Hey, guys, turn the
>music down just a little, please next year.
Get hold of some Hearos. They're cheaper, and they're so efficient you
could almost hear your brain at work during a Manowar concert (well in
fact, NO, since people who go to Manowar concerts don't have brains :^)
Above all, they have a more homogeneous frequency response than others who
tend to cut out just the lows or highs. I use them in rehearsals and gigs
alike.
Also check out HEARNET, whose catalog ranges from cheap classic foams to
tailored frequency response and personally anatomically shaped (yes, from
an imprint of your ear provided by your doctor!!) plugs. They're at
http://www.hearnet.com
someone else wrote:
>>I was disappointed when I heard that James says "shit" in one of the
>>new songs. Not that I don't listen to stuff with naughty words in it,
>>but I just always thought DT was above that sort of stuff. DON"T
>>STOOP TO RAP'S LEVEL!!!! whoa sorry about that.
he says fuck all the time in the I&W interview.
.............................................
D A V E K I N G
b a s s & v o x
M T 2 0
p r o g m e t a l
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:39:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: Graham Borland <graham@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk>
To: YtseJam <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Present
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.961216093828.11769A-100000@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk>
OK, so who else thinks that "Opening Message" and "Closing Message" are
two of DT's greatest ever performances? ;-)
Graham B.
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 11:23 NFT
From: Henrik Gustafsson <henrik@thn.htu.se>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Digested Digests !?!
Message-ID: <m0vZaCW-0002gWC@tellus.thn.htu.se>
Hi
I have a wish, now that we are closing in for Christmas. Since a lot of us
are going home for the holidays, just to get back on again in January, I
feel that all of us would want to know what's been said upon here. And we're
gonna ask you, before skimming through those fifty digests, because we
always tend to, don't we?.
So I'm asking any of you to make a digested digest,
or just give me/us the adress to subscribe for VOICES during the holidays.
And to you active Ytse-jammers remind that Christmas may be a bad time for
starting interesting threads since you will get fewer replies and opinions.
Have a happy holiday, wherever you may be
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Henrik Gustafsson Box 957 461 29 Trollha:ttan
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 11:47 NFT
From: Henrik Gustafsson <henrik@thn.htu.se>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2112
Message-ID: <m0vZaZx-0002iBC@tellus.thn.htu.se>
Hi
(This is not to you Damon in personal, I know you are having a
pretty rough time, right now, ey? And I had to make it in Dig 2112, in some=
way)
>yeah, but there is such a thing as rediscovery. Hopefully, one day,=
somebody
>will rediscover true musical ability and we can stop this mindless top 40
>alternative stuff.=20
I've said this before, and I'll say it again. STOP thinking that we
are so special and intellectual, just because we prefer DT to Oasis. It's
called Hybris, and you shouldn't be doing that, it's one of the worst
diseases of them all. If you are talking about something that subjective as
music, there can never be any better nor worse. There is one thing called
well-accepted high-standard culture, like operas, the classic paintors or
authors, but in no sense that is better than anything.=20
And I really doubt all of you are deeply into vanGogh, Dali, Strindberg,
Hemmingway or Nietsche. Guess you all are reading easier litterature,
watching late-shows and soap-operas, liking Beavies and stuff. See! are you
that special in your taste?!? I'm not at all saying this as a flame, since
I'm not the most cultural human beeing, I even prefer comics. But neither do
I flame people for liking boys2Men or Roxette, if they are into deeper art
in other fields.=20
( and Damon I was in favour of your original post about keyboardist getting
to little appreciation, but I'd rather not put any more cents into that,
since it went overboard.)
happy Hanecckar ( or what the %#=A4 Mike is saying...)
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 02:56:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Violence, Poison, Italy
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.961216021840.62608H-100000@dante15.u.washington.edu>
I just KNOW there's some way to tie all those things together...
---- > From: "Jonathan Dery" <metropolis@net1plus.com> > Subject: Providence Show > > There were about four really bulky *dumb* guys that, right before DT got > on, started charging their way up front. They were the epitome of > crude. They were beyond wasted. > > When DT took the stage, they started hitting people-- not just moshing, > but PUNCHING people in the the back of the head. This infuriated me.The next time this list organizes itself to attend a show in mass numbers, those in attendance should group together as a collective unit on the floor of the venue and STICK TOGETHER. Deal with these problems like an army of killa bees on a swarm. Everyone start buzzing really loudly and poking the loud guys in the ribs and stuff. Then whip out the Majesty- brand from the cover of WDADU and go to work. If the neanderthals protest, get yer forty fists together and GET READY TO RUMBAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLE!!!
Or perhaps I'm just venting because I had to miss all the festivities...
Really, though, the only reason I lived through BH'95 was because I was huddled in with about a dozen people who had a reasonable idea of who the others were. None of us were elbowing each other or doing what you say those freaks were doing this time around. Plus I was right next to Al "Skin Torch" Balkiewicz with the quickdraw-cigarette action to burn off those pesky mosquitos. Wait... Maybe I'm just imagining that he was igniting people... Al, am I dreaming things up again???
---- > From: Partha Mukhopadhyay <ahtrap@umich.edu> > Subject: coupla questions > > to bafu: > who's the flamboyant person in Poison, bringing down which talented > musicians??
I was referring to lead vocalist Bret Michaels. I didn't think he was very talented, back when Poison was a relatively new band and had the potential to be taken seriously and hang around for another ten albums or so. I thought his puckery self smashed all hope of Poison ever going the distance based on genuine fan support and general respect from the music world. I know the occasionally-glaring bassist and blurry drummer weren't influencing very much of what the public thought. I really think Michaels brought down an otherwise spectacular set of players - Rikki Rockett and C.C. Deville, both of whom I thought were extremely talented. (They probably still are, I just haven't heard anything from them in a while.)
After seeing them live and hearing solos from both Rockett and Deville, I started to wonder why Poison didn't have more fans who played instruments and looked up them. Finding a guitarist at the time (or today) who thought highly of DeVille was a rarity, the same could be said of drummers and Mr. Rockett. A lot of folks laughed at both them, when the real problem was not that they couldn't play their instruments but that the sparkly Brian-Froud-himself-couldn't-draw-better-elves image was too high and overshadowed much of what they did. In my opinion Bret Michaels had more to do with this than the other three members. (now don't ya'll go thinking the makeup disappeared because DeVille left the band) Poison stripping down and grabbing Richie Kotzen was about as effective in re-vamping their image as when the New Kids On The Block released "Hangin' Tough." I wasn't convinced in either case.
Back to the main post, Kip Winger and Mike Tramp had similar effects on their respective bands. At least that's what I think. Now what do YOU think?
---- > From: "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu> > Subject: Re: Guitar vs. keyboard > > You're all misunderstanding my original post. > > My main premise here is not to compare guitarists to keyboardists. My > gripe is why keyboardists get the same respect guitarists get.
Yeah, that's my gripe, too...
D'OH!! :)
---- > From: "Roland (Shred) Rupp" <al765518@academ01.mty.itesm.mx> > Subject: Re: CD ROM, Seven Strings > > I just got a Dream Theater Bootleg from italy that features lots of > mistakes, mainly from petrucci...
All bootlegs from Italy have lots of mistakes. And a really loud person taping the show.
Bafu Vai
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 02:58:26 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu> To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Stanley Jordan Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.961216025638.62608I-100000@dante15.u.washington.edu>
> From: "NEVANS.US.ORACLE.COM" <NEVANS@us.oracle.com> > Subject: That DiMeola Guy > > Back to guitar, check out Stanley Jordan for a unique, two-guitars- > simultaneously-all-hammers-no-picking approach to playing. The man > accompanies himself, comping chords with one hand and soloing with the > other. Unbelievable.
Here it should be pointed out that Stanley Jordan's two-guitars- simultaneously-all-hammers-no-picking approach is quite a bit more jazzy and melodic than MICHAEL. ANGELO.'s.
Bafu Vai
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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 22:40:44 +0200 (METDST) From: wagner@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de To: ytsejam@ax.com (ytsejam) Subject: For all readers in the Rhein-Main-Area Message-ID: <199606022040.AA105158045@priamos.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>
Hi guys, this is a message to all progressive-fans living in the Rhein-Main- Area in Germany. On th 4th of Jannuary a Cocert with three underground Band will take place in the Hafenbahn in Offenbach. The Bands are: Annon Vin (released their Debut 8 Month ago, sound sometines like a mixture between Watchtower and Yes), Chased Crime (Progressive Power-Metal) and Tell Tale Heart (which are influenced by Dream Theater, Rush, Queensryche, Fates Warning and Savatage).
Maybe I meet some of you there. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- "Since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and -- -- all sinners go to hell. If everyone goes to hell, then you will meet all -- ---- your friends there.Heaven must be populated with some rather strange ----- -- creatures if all they lived for was to go to a place where they can stump -- --------------------------- harps for eternity." ------------------------------ ------------------ Anton Szandor LaVey -- The Satanic Bible ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Freedom belongs only to those without video screens for eyes and mouth ---- --------------------- Queensryche - Screaming In Digital ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Till 'Tillroy' Wagner <wagner@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> Elisabethenstr. 42f; D-63225 Langen; Germany
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:33:35 +0000 From: "Eddie J Cooper" <eddie@abacus.co.uk> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2108 Message-ID: <9612161131.AA18721@sphinx>
On 14 Dec 96 at 7:33, ytsejam@ax.com wrote about YTSEJAM digest 2108:
> ..would it be legal copyright/trademark-wise to name a band Dream > TheatRE? Does Dream Theater own the rights to band names that > *sound* like their own?
I think that while it wouldn't automatically be in breach of copyright, any court would probably rule that you had chosen that name for the purpose of, or with the effect of misleading the public into thinking they had something by the real DT...
But then again, maybe I'm talking crap...
Laterz Eddie
- "Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked." - "Boy, life takes a long time to live..."
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 12:45 +0300 From: Aviad Shkolnikov <shkola@mail.snunit.k12.il> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: New album? Message-ID: <199612161150.DAA28791@proxy1.ba.best.com>
HI. Could somebody please tell me if there's a new DT album on the way, or if one is out already? I live in Israel, so it's hard to be updated. It's also impossible for me to subscribe to the list.
Thanks
- Aviad
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:07:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Graham Borland <graham@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk> To: YtseJam <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Keyboards Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.961216120421.13829A-100000@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk>
Let's start another argument.
Are musical keyboards better than computer keyboards? Is a computer monitor better than a stage audio monitor?
Do women really like having sex with guitars?
Graham B. _______________________________________________ | o o | | Graham Borland |:: | graham@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk |:: | http://grelb.src.gla.ac.uk:8000/~graham |:: |_______________________________________________|:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 07:17:24 -0500 From: Drummnstan@aol.com To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: another stupid fight about to start... Message-ID: <961216071723_1887173661@emout18.mail.aol.com>
In a message dated 12/16/96 12:48:11 AM, you wrote:
<< Um... I don't know which copy of LatM you have, but on mine the intro to TKH was AH not TLF. This would tend to poke holes in your theory that you are right and that other guy is wrong. Sorry about that, but you being newly subscribed and all, I felt it necessary to defend the elder.
BTW, welcome back to the ytsejam. Enjoy your stay :) >>
hey woot, thanks for backing me on this like i said i dont know what this guy is hearing but between the version on wdadu and latm and any other versions of KH and TLF i see no similarity, as do you. thanks for the ytse-backup
stan
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:00:35 -0800 From: tq0139@mail.doshisha.ac.jp (Keiji Nishihara) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Jap PPV vid, potty mouth DT?, and Damon Message-ID: <9612161301.AA13171@mail.doshisha.ac.jp>
At 4:14 PM 96.12.15 -0800, Ytse-Kurt wrote: >LRW wrote: >> >> hey everyone. Excuse my ignorance, but does anybody know which tragedy it >> was that called for the 15 seconds of silence? That vid rocks. >> > It was because of the Kobe earthquake..which had happened like days >before i think..and it killed a lot of people.. >
Yes! That's right. We had DT Awake tour Jan.1995. But in the early morning of their day 2 in Osaka,we suffered huge earthquake. So their show was cancelled. Tons of people died for it,so they had 15 sec. of silence at Urawa city (live on aired show).
Speaking speed? The reason is I think, woman on that vid is TV(Wowow) anouncer so she speaks too fast. We don't speak as fast as other Asians do. If you have Jap. friends,ask about them.
Take Care! -Keiji Nishihara Kyoto,Japan tq0139@mail.doshisha.ac.jp Keiji.Nishihara@ma1.seikyou.or.jp
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 08:42:44 -0500 From: jefffalk@bu.edu (Jeffrey Falk) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: comments Message-ID: <v01540b00aedafc560d84@[128.197.9.180]>
>No, for the record, once again, I did not go blind by playing with my weinie. >I repeat. I did not go blind by playing with my weinie. Steve Vai might have, >but I didn't. Thank you, drive through. Excuse me for my ignorance, but how can you read this list if you're blind? Do they have special devices for blind computer users?
>this is completely false. if this were true, everyone would play the >chapman stick. look at http://clever.net/stick/stickwire/. the stick >is the single most phallic instrument in existence, except possibly >for those flutes that are actually sculpted to look like penes. > >how often do you see people playing the stick? For what it's worth, I've studied with one of the best stick players in the world. (I didn't study the stick though). His name is Greg Howard.
>I was disappointed when I heard that James says "shit" in one of the >new songs. Not that I don't listen to stuff with naughty words in it, >but I just always thought DT was above that sort of stuff. DON"T >STOOP TO RAP'S LEVEL!!!! whoa sorry about that. Generally, I'd agree with that. I don't mind "shit" once in awhile though. I think James was right for asking Portnoy to change that stupid "mercyfuck" line. Incidentally, for someone who's so concerned about the lyrics, LaBrie says "fuck" an awful lot on stage.
>On a classical note..... >Has anyone on the Jam heard of composer Vaclav Nelhybel? If so, lemme know. :) Yes. You probably didn't want to hear it from me, but I played on his "Praise to the Lord" when I was a french horn player in concert band in high school.
>I sure hope that DT picks up a producer that likes Images and Words >so he can help them re-work the new stuff a little. Most of >them had the CIAW-feel to them. A bunch of connected, rhythmic, >riffs. Sounded like White Zombie. Not enough of Images and Words >era DT. The new stuff didn't sound as ... hmmmm... majestic as >the older stuff. I know it's almost impossible to digest a DT >song on one listen so I'll try not to be too critcal until >I hear the final versions on the album a couple of times. That's almost exactly what I said a few digests ago. Not that anyone pays attention to what I say.
>"Birch Hell" just isn't an appropriate nickname, IMHO. Every time I've >been there to see DT, the show has been great Sure, it's a Dream Theater show. Only they could give that inferno any appeal (except for a few other good bands).
>ps- Huichi, D-Man, Elliott, Jon P., Jeremy, Binky, Mike B., ...... all >you guys are coming next time, even if I have to pick you all up >myself! :) What about me, Wherry? Aren't I invited? Have I been banished from the Association of Boston Area Ytsejammers? I know I'm not the nicest guy, but I do pay a lot for gas (just ask Mr. Burstin).
Jeff Falk Box 3208 700 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02215 (617) 352-8639 jefffalk@bu.edu
"Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential. . . . It does not matter that only a few in each generation will grasp and achieve the full reality of man's proper stature-and that the rest will betray it. It is those few that move the world and give life its meaning." Ayn Rand, "Introduction," _The Fountainhead_
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 06:02:18 -0800 From: trevorw@ms.kallback.com Subject: other bands Message-ID: <199612161402.GAA00151@ms.kallback.com>
thanks, mika n, for the suggestions. i got both ivanhoes and SG.
mika also suggested sympony x, psychotic waltz, Heads or Tails, Sieges Even, Superior. Some other bands I hear floating around, Vauxdvihl, Lethal, Heir Apparent, Altura, Helstar, Angra, Tourniquet.
Which of these bands are MOST like DT, SG and Ivanhoe? Just trying to maximize my listening pleasure, while not wasting money. Trevor
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 96 15:51:15 +0100 From: nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop) To: ytsejam@ax.com Cc: nga@server3.software-ag.de Subject: YVNE SINEP Message-ID: <9612161451.AA00778@sundoc13.software-ag.de>
Hi all
I'm very, very sober, and I'm very, very bored.
Nothing else to do today (our super-expensive text authoring system has been laid low by a hardware failure) so I thought I'd write a couple of things that the past jams have caused to bubble up through my cess-pit of a brain.
1. The guitarist/keyboarder thing. You're all wrong. Go and see a band called Sadist and you'll see why. The guy in Sadist plays guitar and keyboards at the *same* time, and does a bloody good job, too.
2. So guitarists are phallically challenged, and only play live so that women (what about gays?) can wonder at their mighty hard-ons? If that is true, then Freud would have a field day with keyboarders: playing with their organs in front of all those people. And as for putting your organ into a Leslie...
3. I went to the supermarket on Saturday, and when I paid at the check out, the bill came to exactly...DM 21,09. Ha ha, fooled you all.
4. Spock's Beard is selling well in this bit of Germany. Three of the guys I usually drink with after work were so impressed by the album, they've gone out and ordered it. As one of them put it "great music, and at long last a singer who doesn't sound like he's got his balls in a vice". Too true. By the way, the person who was shocked because James used the word shit isn't going to like Spock's Beard: they use the ever-so-naughty F word ten times in one song. What the fuck's the world coming to?
5. Does anybody know if there is a mailing list for Anathema? Let me know by personal e-mail.
6. Type O Negative and Moonspell tomorrow. I promise my gig report will not include any of the following: - what I ate before the show and where I ate it - the size of my car's fuel tank - how long it took me to get there and how many polar bears I saw en route - the age, height and weight of the people standing nearest to me - a list with the names of all the Ytsejammers I didn't meet.
7. Today's bit of wisdom comes from that grand old man of British music, Roy Harper - it may be December outside, but it's always August under your arm.
Right, the system still isn't working, so I'm off to get pissed as a ferret. Cheers.
stay safe and happy listening Neil Gallop (nga@software-ag.de) Currently playing: Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 15:07:10 +0000 From: Jon Parmet <jonp@mailstorm.dot.gov> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: subject lines that are way too damn long are good for getting your attention, though aren't they? :) Message-ID: <32B5659E.15FB@mailstorm.dot.gov>
> From: "Jonathan Dery" <metropolis@net1plus.com>
> I didn't here anyone else shout "Please Don't Go" during ACOS.
Skadz did, he just had his silencer installed, so it only carried about 5 feet or so :)
> From: jefffalk@bu.edu (Jeffrey Falk)
> Of course, if you were just kidding, don't take the above personally. I just > wanted to clarify something that has been in issue with me for awhile.
That was my understanding of what the ":)" was used for.... :) I should have put it in upper case, I guess :\
> From: Pat Sullivan <psull@ici.net>
>> To those who thought it was too busy at the Trinity to go inside, you >> were right: it WAS "busy" :)
> I'm not even going to ASK what that's supposed to mean.
Well, let's put it this way: You should have gone! That's all that's left in the clue department.
Anyone interested in .tab files may want to check this page out. It's chock full of 'em. Something for everyone, young and old:
http://www.danmansmusic.com/newsongs/
Re: guitar/keyboards
One group that immediately comes to mind is Genesis. When I saw them live on 'And then there were three' tour (many, many a fortnight ago :), the keyboard was more dominant than the guitar. Notice I didn't say that they got the notoriety they deserve; I just meant that it is possible to put out a decent rock sound and not have the guitar be the central dominating reason.
Jonny's Jazz starter kit for the DT listener :
For something a little more 90's, I would recommend Fourplay. Bob James on keys, Lee Ritenour on guitar, Nathan East on bass and some guy named Harvey Mason on drums :). It ain't hard, it ain't heavy, but these guys can compose! I'd start with their first seff-titled one (From magicisland page: "33 weeks at the No. 1 spot on Billboards contemporary jazz chart. RIAA Certified Gold")
Of course, there's always Return To Forever's 'Romantic Warrior' :)
Jonny's Fusion starter kit for the DT listener:
Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse solo shtuff, Alan Holdswroth, Brand X, etc...
If you can find it, I highly recommend Larry Coryell/Alphonse Mouzon. Can't remember the name of the album, but I imagine there can't be too many :) Two incredible musicians...
Enough,
Jon
*------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | jonp@mailstorm.dot.gov | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------*
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