YTSEJAM Digest 2025
Today's Topics:
1) Sound Bytes
by "Susan Ostroske" <spatz13@msn.com>
2) win.dat
by Pat Daugherty <pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com>
3) Real Audio files...
by "OCdt S FORTIN" <FORTIN-S@banyan.rmc.ca>
4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2024
by "God of Thunder" <pillsbur@HUMnet.UCLA.EDU>
5) What's in a name??
by Thomas Quigley <Thomas_Quigley_at_~PGRSM16P@ccmail.bms.com>
6) Re: Real Audio files...
by "Vincent G. LuPone" <vgl@u.arizona.edu>
7) Re: G3 and the fucking idiots who saw it
by "R. Hailey" <pass@u.washington.edu>
8) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2024
by Andrew Rittner <adr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
9) band names
by psull@ici.net (Pat Sullivan)
10) Whoo-Hoo! I'm first!!
by Andrew Rittner <adr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
11) Answer to the Petrucci .ra files
by Rob Barker <ibanez@wicked.stigmata.org>
12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2023
by Charles D Harrison <cdh191@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
13) Re: Answer to the Petrucci .ra files
by Tymoteusz Altman <altman@sfu.ca>
14) Public Enemy/rap in general
by Charles D Harrison <cdh191@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
15) Yngwie <sp?>
by "Devil's Plaything" <papined@pr.erau.edu>
16) Providence Show
by edwilk@juno.com (Ed J Wilk III)
17) From vs. --------------- which is easier to type?
by Jon Parmet <jonp@mailstorm.dot.gov>
18) Re: Answer to the Petrucci .ra files
by Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net>
19) chan z
by RipZero <ripzero@dreamt.org>
20) Ytsejam #2112, YtseBug and DT-Poll
by Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
21) G3, Joe Satriani, Stu Hamm, The Encore
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 96 18:01:16 UT
From: "Susan Ostroske" <spatz13@msn.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Sound Bytes
Message-ID: <UPMAIL08.199611141805340788@msn.com>
Heydee Doodles!
I would appreciate it if you Jammers who are into MIDI would e'mail me. The
ol'd DR-5 is great, but I'm out of memory way too soon. So, part of my
vacation will be spend CONDIERING buying a new computer to dump MIDI onto.
Please answer this PRIVATELY!! Thanks!
Suz
Spatz13@msn.com
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:10:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Pat Daugherty <pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com>
To: Dream Theater Mailing List <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: win.dat
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961114130748.3333B-100000@bdmserver>
Whoever keeps sending the WIN>DAT crap, don't post anymore until you can
figure out how your mail system works. That crap is really getting annoying.
People have fixed it before so will someone tell whoever how to do it
since he can't seem to do it himself?
Sorry about the ranting...
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| Pat Daugherty pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com |
|=======================================================================|
| "Every breath leaves me one less to my last" --Dream Theater |
| "That is not an option, Mr. Mulder" --X-Files |
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| Hail to the Redskins 7-3 ** Congrats to the 1996 MLS Champs-DC UNITED |
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 96 13:24:54 EST
From: "OCdt S FORTIN" <FORTIN-S@banyan.rmc.ca>
To: <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Real Audio files...
Message-ID: <vines.ua29+qDqWmA@bansvcs.rmc.ca>
I've just download two Real Audio files on the NET about songs like Raise The
Knife. The problem is that I'm not able to listen to them. My computer says
that he can't decode the files. What do I need for that and where can I find
it.
Another qeustion I was wondering about is: where can we find a
version of Eve with lyrics on it? I've search for it, but it's worhtless.
Can anobody tell me about this one too. I saw the lyrics in the Songbook,
but I'd like to hear it with those.
Stef
Le Dragon
DREAM THEATER rulezzzzzzz!
"Look in the mirror my friend"
-Awake-
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:49:34 PST
From: "God of Thunder" <pillsbur@HUMnet.UCLA.EDU>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2024
Message-ID: <F0B4174AA3@113hum2.humnet.ucla.edu>
My current and only band I've been in (7 years...it's a labor of love...)
is called Thermonuclear Love Triangle, which kinda limits our
membership.. hehe.
Glenn
^Mirror
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:45:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Thomas Quigley <Thomas_Quigley_at_~PGRSM16P@ccmail.bms.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: What's in a name??
Message-ID: <9610148480.AA848012166@ccgate0.bms.com>
Slainte fellow jammers!!
Ive seen a few posts regarding the DT name on tickets. I just
purchased my tickets for the Birch Hill, NJ Dec 14 show. What the
hell is up with the "Theatre". Same goes for the local music print.
Someone needs to do a little homework. Next they will print the
songlist to include "Life in a Northern Town", the eighties hit (sic)
from Dream Academy.
Any other takers for the Birch Hill??
____________________________________________________________
"I'm sick of all you hippocrites......holding me at bay,
I dont need your sympathy, to get me through the day...."
____________________________________________________________
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:57:10 -0700
From: "Vincent G. LuPone" <vgl@u.arizona.edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Real Audio files...
Message-ID: <199611141857.LAA24584@kitts.u.arizona.edu>
At 10:29 AM 11/14/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I've just download two Real Audio files on the NET about songs like Raise The
>Knife. The problem is that I'm not able to listen to them. My computer says
>that he can't decode the files. What do I need for that and where can I find
>it.
Where did you get these files from? I'd like to get my own copies.
> Another qeustion I was wondering about is: where can we find a
>version of Eve with lyrics on it? I've search for it, but it's worhtless.
>Can anobody tell me about this one too. I saw the lyrics in the Songbook,
>but I'd like to hear it with those.
Those "lyrics" to Eve were actually overdubs played while the band
was playing a live show once. I think it was only once. I dunno. No
actual "lyrics" per se, just overdubs.
Peace be with you and God bless.
~Vince
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:21:33 -0800 (PST)
From: "R. Hailey" <pass@u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Re: G3 and the fucking idiots who saw it
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.95.961114110926.52959B-100000@homer27.u.washington.edu>
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Bafuzi wrote:
> Someone I spoke to at the show thought Vai "relied too heavily on the
> whammy bar," which makes little sense to me because the whammy bar is
> attached to Vai's guitar. It's a permanent fixture.
what are you trying to say here? that I'm a FUCKING IDIOT!?!
there can be only one ;)
I stand by my comments,
but I will not try to argue with *the* Fucking Idiot (tm).
I do have to admit that Vai's use of his whammy suits his personality.
Another Day, he wrote about Eric Johnson:
> There was a lot about his basic technique that was over my head. His
> technique made mine look like tar (thick, sloppy, and with no fluidity
> whatsoever).
you forgot the part about black.
making the 'Jam a better place,
r.christopher hailey
it is not the earth that the meek will inherit...
pass@u.washington.edu http://weber.u.washington.edu/~pass
...but the dirt.
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:37:53 +0500
From: Andrew Rittner <adr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2024
Message-ID: <yam6892.2655.36066584@uconnvm.uconn.edu>
On 14-Nov-96, ytsejam@ax.com wrote:
>Rock/Prog/Metal) AND Dream Theater. This is just my opinion.
>See ya!
>Tony
>P.S. Anyone else planning to go to the Providence show?
Me! Me! Well, and seven friends of mine from four different states... Now I
just have to get there from UConn...
Andy Rittner
adr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~adr93001
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:44:21 -0500
From: psull@ici.net (Pat Sullivan)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: band names
Message-ID: <199611141937.OAA14655@uhura.ici.net>
>Of course, there's always the classic name of "Free Beer" or "No Cover, Free
>Draft." Other classics include "I Forgot" or "I Don't Know" in case you were
>announced on the radio.
I always thought "Boy Do They Suck" would be a cool name for a band. That
way, you would always be able to dis the band you were opening for.
Fan #1: Who's playing tonight?
Fan #2: Dream Theater and Boy Do They Suck. :)
(please no flames....this as meant as an EXAMPLE ONLY and does not reflect
my true opinion of DT. They certainly DON'T suck - not even a little).
-----
I would also like to say that I visited The Strand's website to check on
info about DT's show there in December, and they spelled it Theatre. (I can
understand the mistake because the Strand Theatre spells it that way).
Nevertheless, in an e-mail message asking for further info, I kindly pointed
out the misspelling. Haven't gotten a response yet, though.
-----
__<psull@ici.net>__http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/psull/psull.html
This space for rent...No pithy quotes need apply
_________________________________________________________________
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:13 +0500
From: Andrew Rittner <adr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
To: YtseJam <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Whoo-Hoo! I'm first!!
Message-ID: <yam6892.656.36066584@uconnvm.uconn.edu>
Hey everyone! Not to brag, but I thought this was soooo cool. I just rese=
rved my ticket for the MP/JP clinic in Danbury, CT, and I was the first o=
ne! They had just received the tickets like, seconds before I called. So =
I got #1! Almost as cool as an end-of-`Jam!
If anyone else is going to this thing, let me know, it'd be cool to get a=
chance to meet some Jammers after all this time...
Andy Rittner
adr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~adr93001
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:55:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Rob Barker <ibanez@wicked.stigmata.org>
To: ytsejam <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Answer to the Petrucci .ra files
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961114145031.11174A-100000@wicked.stigmata.org>
The Petrucci .ra files in question on the mesa boogie home page
are music that he wrote for the sega video game called Necronomica. He
did write and record these himself. Also at the clinic where I first
heard these two pieces I also remember him saying that the drums were a
drum machine and he played the keyboards and bass himself. D-man and
company were at that clinic in NY with me. So, if I am wrong someone
speak up. But I sam pretty sure that is waht Petrucci said. And you are
right, they are pretty darn cool.:)
Rob(Ibanez)
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:03:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Charles D Harrison <cdh191@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2023
Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.93.961114135922.12052A-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
Since we are talking about guitarists lately, I need to add my 2 cents. I
am not a guitarist, but for my money, Jimi Hendrix was way ahead of his
time and my favorite guitarist. Man, to think that he got so much sound
out of his guitar BACK THEN is crazy. How does he rate among everybody
else's best? Also, I'm curious what you all think about:
1. Kirk Hammett
2. Eddie Van Halen
3. Vito Bratta (White Lion)
Take it easy,
Charlie Harrison
cdh191@merle.acns.nwu.edu
"Having a sensitive member of the audience; it's like having another
member of the band..." -John Coltrane
"Even if our plans fall to pieces, I can still find the courage with the
promise I found in my Faith" -Dream Theater
*DREAM THEATER*JOHN COLTRANE*Miles Davis*Art Tatum*Nudeswirl*Napalm Death*
*Rush*Death*Internal Bleeding*Braindance*Oppressor*Broken Hope*I.D.K.*
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:12:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Tymoteusz Altman <altman@sfu.ca>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Answer to the Petrucci .ra files
Message-ID: <199611142012.MAA02417@fraser>
>
> The Petrucci .ra files in question on the mesa boogie home page
> are music that he wrote for the sega video game called Necronomica. He
hmm...then why did the people at Sega totally unaware of that when i asked
them about it last week? i sent email to the sound department of sega
and they said it was the first they've heard of petrucci. weird.
tim
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:15:05 -0600 (CST)
From: Charles D Harrison <cdh191@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
To: To the Perfect Strangers <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Public Enemy/rap in general
Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.93.961114141052.15492B-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
Just a quick comment.
I happen to be a Public Enemy fan and I understand that no one can like
everyone else's music. But just because most DT fans (I believe) are not
rap fans is no excuse to put down PE in a condescending tone. They are
one of the "founding fathers" of a music that means a lot to a lot of
people, and deserve a little more respect than what the 'Jam has given
them lately. And let's not forget that Portnoy is huge into rap...
Take it easy,
Charlie Harrison
cdh191@merle.acns.nwu.edu
"Having a sensitive member of the audience; it's like having another
member of the band..." -John Coltrane
"Even if our plans fall to pieces, I can still find the courage with the
promise I found in my Faith" -Dream Theater
*DREAM THEATER*JOHN COLTRANE*Miles Davis*Art Tatum*Nudeswirl*Napalm Death*
*Rush*Death*Internal Bleeding*Braindance*Oppressor*Broken Hope*I.D.K.*
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:18:17 -0700 (MST)
From: "Devil's Plaything" <papined@pr.erau.edu>
To: Ytsejam List <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Yngwie <sp?>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961114131700.8377A-100000@moon.pr.erau.edu>
Ing-vay is a wife-beating, draft-dodging, pot-smoking, WANKER!!!
..oops, forgot IMHO! 8}
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Its always the same...wake up in the rain...head in pain...hung in shame
..a different name...same old game...love in vain...and miles and miles and
miles and miles and miles away from home again.
THE CURE
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++ THE DEVIL'S PLAYTHING ++
++ papined@pr.erau.edu ++
++ David Papineau ++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:56:32 EST
From: edwilk@juno.com (Ed J Wilk III)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Providence Show
Message-ID: <19961114.155310.4639.0.EdWilk@juno.com>
>jam is because they are not really doing too much right now, even though
>they are doing 5 shows in December. I enjoy the jam more than voices
>because I get valuable info about other related bands (Hard
>Rock/Prog/Metal) AND Dream Theater. This is just my opinion.
>See ya!
>Tony
>P.S. Anyone else planning to go to the Providence show?
Myself and two of my friends are going. Where are you coming
from? I can't wait!! My first DT show.
"Hey, friend I can feel your pain,
even heroes cry in the rain..."
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:29:02 +0000
From: Jon Parmet <jonp@mailstorm.dot.gov>
To: YtseSpasms <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: From vs. --------------- which is easier to type?
Message-ID: <328B8F1E.6488@mailstorm.dot.gov>
Just two words regarding this whole bootlegging thing: Situational
Ethics
From
> A controversial, yet low-stress thread. :-)
Day ain't over yet :)
*------------*------------------------*--------------*
| Jon Parmet | jonp@mailstorm.dot.gov | 617-494-2851 |
*------------*------------------------*--------------*
"yeah, there are assholes out there, but maybe you should try ignoring
them instead of being one. the anti-theory jerk can be every bit as
pretentious as the theory jerks, and often even moreso." -- William T
Bajzek
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:30:06 -0400 (AST)
From: Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Answer to the Petrucci .ra files
Message-ID: <199611142130.RAA04315@mail.caribe.net>
At 12:20 PM 11/14/96 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>> The Petrucci .ra files in question on the mesa boogie home page
>> are music that he wrote for the sega video game called Necronomica. He
>
>hmm...then why did the people at Sega totally unaware of that when i asked
>them about it last week? i sent email to the sound department of sega
>and they said it was the first they've heard of petrucci. weird.
>
>tim
>
my brother did the very same thing..and received the same answer as you
did.. wierd indeed..
We Can Learn From the past..but those days are gone..
We can hope for the future..but there may not be one...
DREAM THEATER: A CHANGE OF SEASONS
WOWOWOWWWWWW hoooo wowoW WOWWwwwwww hoooo -Devin Townsend
Email: Calfaro@Caribe.net
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:46:48 -0600
From: RipZero <ripzero@dreamt.org>
To: Heavy Metal Computer Nerds <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: chan z
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961114214648.006705b0@mail.inlink.com>
just picked up quite a many cds, since most of them are recommendations from
the jam in one way or another, i wont go into detail, but there is one band
that i came across myself that i'm wondering if anyone has heard these guys
- Channel Zero. i got Unsafe, a 1994 metal blade release. they've got some
really cool grooves and stuff, if anyone wants a new metal band to check out
you may wanna peek into them. anyone else heard these guys?
~Rip
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:03:41 +0100
From: Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
To: "'The Ytsejam'" <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Ytsejam #2112, YtseBug and DT-Poll
Message-ID: <01BBD27F.60C7B180@Borg.startrek.GlobalXS.nl>
Bill Huston said :
> So when do you think we'll hit #2112? At the present rate, I think
> we'll hit it about mid December. I'm not after a poll or anything,
> it was just a thought. Anyone have an idea when TNMS will hit 2112?
:-> I just wrote yet *another* little program :-> It collects the
dates at which I received my Ytsejams and uses that information to
predict the *date* for any given digest number, or the *digest* we'll
receive on a specific date :-D
I used Jams #1787 through #2019 for my calculations... Afterwards I
let it predict the dates for all of those digest numbers and it was
*three* days off at the most (most predictions were *zero* days off).
According to my program we'll get Ytsejam #2112 on December 11th, 1996.
Of course, *everyone* will try to post to that digest, so I think we'll
get #2112 a few days earlier than that.
Some more predictions :
YtseDate | Ytsejam
------------+---------
02-16-1995 | 1 Can anyone tell me how much it's off ?
12-31-1996 | 2175 New Year's Eve '96
01-01-1997 | 2178 New Year's Day '97
02-14-1997 | 2318 Valentines, my birthday :-D
07-25-1999 | 5150 Van Halen's 5150 :->
01-01-2000 | 5658
09-27-2003 | 9999
I *know* the date for digest 1 is *way off*, because the Ytsejam went
.from 1-2 digest(s) a day to 4-5 over the past few months...
~~~~
[almost!]
About that "from" at the beginning of a line in your message thing...
I've known about that bug for months, because it seriously phuqed up my
"Most Frequent Poster" program until I found out what the problem was...
I just didn't post about it, because there are always dicks who use it
to phuq up the list, or wanna find out if really *does* mess up the
program that puts together the digests... Trust me, it *does* :->
Oh yeah, don't forget to enter the DT-poll on my homepage ! A few days
ago my ISP totally phuqed up, so I didn't receive most of the votes.
If you already voted, but your name isn't on the following list,
*please* vote again :
Jeremy Hyde, saveur, Jeff Forte, William Campbell, Gustavsson,
antti nyrhinen, Syrinx, Rudy van IJzendoorn, Mika Lietzen,
Knut Aavatsmark, Brett Lane, Ken McWatters,
Mike (pellerim@river.it.gvsu.edu)
I'm sorry about listing your names, but I don't want you guys going
through the trouble of re-entering for nothing...
The poll closes on December 1st, 1996. If I get enough votes in the
next few days, I *might* put together a list of the results *before*
the closing date.
Itchy, King of the YtseLists
_______________________________________________________itchy@dreamt.org__
All of us get lost in the darkness _ _____ ___ _ _ _ _
Dreamers learn to steer by the stars /=][_===_]/==_][=\_/=](=]_[=)
All of us do time in the gutter RUSH | | [ ] ( (_ | _ | \ /
Dreamers turn to look at the cars THE PASS [_/ [_/ \___][_/ \_) [__/
____________________________________________________bredius@globalxs.nl__
Maintainer of the Freaks, Ytsejam and Voices "Most Frequent Poster Lists"
http://www.prognosis.com/itchy http://www.globalxs.nl/home/b/bredius/
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:18:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: G3, Joe Satriani, Stu Hamm, The Encore
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.95.961114135109.88920C-100000@homer29.u.washington.edu>
Joe "It's All About Groove" Satriani was appropriately the last performer.
Having no keyboardist or rhythm guitarist, he was the easiest to hear all
evening...with the obvious exception of Adrian Legg. His set was all about
milking every note for all it was worth. He hit more screaming harmonics
than I previously thought possible. He hit the highest ones as naturals at
the TREMOLO, not down near the headstock, something I gotta try now. :)
Joe was without a doubt the most relaxed, in-the-pocket performer of the
evening (again, with the obvious exception of Adrian Legg, perhaps I
should say "electric performer"). I mean, Vai was obviously having fun and
was feeling very carefree and jubilant about the whole situation, but like
a shark, he NEVER stopped moving. Joe, with his cooler-than-thou black
sunglasses and feet-together stance, reminded me of a store-window
mannequin at times...except that there was a terrifying array of noises
emanating from his guitar.
And Stuart Hamm, man what a solo. Nothing riles a crowd quite like the
"Star-Spangled Banner." Many people were saluting through the entire
thing, myself included. Then there was the "Peanuts" theme song which got
everyone screaming. Then he broke into this quick country riff that got
the entire crowd clapping along, and we KEPT clapping until the end. Yes,
I can understand how someone might say "he stole the show!"
"Satch Boogie" tore the roof off the sucker. I mean the top of the
Paramount Theater just spontaneously combusted in a great ball of fire and
we were all sucked out to the faraway land of the Silver Surfer. Satriani
seemed almost like a combination of Vai and Johnson, having the ease of
motion and technical command of his instrument of Vai and the soft-spoken
manner and humility of Johnson.
When the three (plus Stu) jammed at the end, the antics began with Mike
Keneally doing his part to ruffle feathers by spraying everyone with
silly-string.
"It's time to JAM." --Satriani, getting the crowd on its feet
(As Satriani said this, Vai began playing the opening riff of "Satch
Boogie," which drew much laughter from the crowd.)
Anyway. Joe was the only one who seemed capable of staying in the
pentatonics and really nailing DA BLUES. Eric was continually doing one of
two things: (1) moving chords around like a jazz player, or (2) playing
sixteenth notes all over the place. It was melodic and of course part of
his beautiful style, but really didn't fit in with, say, "Red House."
(It's always neat watching players of a particular style force their
melodic sense into a style of music that naturally rejects it. That
major-scale stuff against the I-IV-V backdrop almost hurt.) Wearing huge
black headphones and staring at his hands throughout the entire encore of
three songs, it seemed like Johnson wasn't on the same plane of existence
as everyone else. Vai and Satch and Stu fit together like candles on a
cake, but to my ears Johnson was the odd one out, and to my mind Johnson
would have been better off with his own tour.
Vai would always begin with something bluesy, then after about, oh, TWO
SECONDS he'd fly into something crazy. Nothing like the focus he displayed
on "Brother." He didn't seem to care much for simplicity. :) :) :) He
pushed every limit on what could be called "blues" by always returning to
the lick he began with and staying away from wild harmonics. Otherwise he
stayed true to himself, regardless of what the others were doing: a
virtuoso.
Satriani, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind whipping out harmonics
that made my ears bleed. (You could say the man knew how to hurt brains.)
He would go last, always third when it came time for the soloing, and
clean up with a masterfully tasteful blues-lick extravaganza. He wasn't
afraid to do a lick twice. Or repeat it about a dozen times in the fashion
of many blues guitarists.
R. (Chris Hailey, the fellow I went to G3 with) and I concluded that a G4
(G6, G73, whatever) would be a cool idea. Maybe when us Ytsejammers go our
separate ways (into the inevitable stardom we're all destined for) we can
re-unite in twenty years and do a Y3...no, a Y800 or something...
Bafu
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