YTSEJAM digest 4094

From: ytsejam@ax.com
Date: Thu Jul 23 1998 - 15:26:18 EDT

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    Today's Topics:

      1) UACM / Re: Ytsejam For Piano
     by Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
      2) Great to be here, some questions
     by sunioj@southwind.net
      3) RE: Bass Solo's
     by "Giannotti, Nick" <GiannottiN@hanscom.af.mil>
      4) DT on Usenet/DT on Radio?
     by Jon Parmet <jon@parmetpc.volpe.dot.gov>
      5) Metropolis drum lick
     by YtseSryche@aol.com
      6) the fan club? autographs?
     by "MEMKIL" <memkilun@earthlink.net>
      7) Re: Ayreon
     by "Bj?rnar Bevolden" <bjornar.bevolden@hm.telia.no>
      8) Awesome drums!
     by "Adam Saunders" <coreysa@bellsouth.net>
      9) re: Portnoy clinic charges???
     by AEllis1222@aol.com
     10) Of hackers and insane clowns...
     by Jason Earle <026831@bah.com>
     11) Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio?
     by Scott Andrews <sha3u@unix.mail.virginia.edu>
     12) Finding Empty Tremor, cheap. (NDTC)
     by JE78674@ltu.edu
     13) Re: ibanez giveaways (digital man)
     by TheCowGod <dmc@dreamt.org>
     14) Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio?
     by Scott Andrews <sha3u@unix.mail.virginia.edu>
     15) Re: Chops on Loan; Laser's Edge
     by TheCowGod <dmc@dreamt.org>
     16) Nick B., I can't find the Output option in Winamp!!! Help! (NDTC)
     by JE78674@ltu.edu
     17) Re: Immaturity & MP3 Encoding Help
     by TheCowGod <dmc@dreamt.org>
     18) $10 off at CDnow
     by "Paul Gregory Humm" <humm@levy.com>

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:01:44 +0200
    From: Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
    To: "'Ytsejam'" <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: UACM / Re: Ytsejam For Piano
    Message-ID: <01BDB664.3A291E40@89.153.dialin.mxs.nl>

      Robert MacAusland asked :

    > Has anyone downloaded the MP3 found below? I've downlownded it
    > twice, and on both occasion it came up garbled (sounded like a
    > recording overdubbed with running water)

      That's because you're using Netscape. Either download the file
      with a REAL browser ;) or check out Under A Cyber Moon's sound
      clips page. You can download "uncook.exe" or "phix.exe" there.
      Either program can be used to fix the MP3. Personally, I would
      suggest installing GetRight... Depending on the server you are
      downloading from you can pause downloads and finish them later
      or resume broken downloads.
    _____

      Oh yeah, http://www.dreamtheater.net/ is working again, thanks
      to my hero George Szumski. :)

      Mark Bredius
      _______________________________________________________
      Under A Cyber Moon - The Official Dream Theater Website
      http://www.dreamtheater.net/ E-mail: itchy@dreamt.org

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    Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:23:32 +0000
    From: sunioj@southwind.net
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Great to be here, some questions
    Message-ID: <199807231625.LAA19707@onyx.southwind.net>

    Been lurking for awhile, pretty busy. I'm interested in trying to
    develop some type of strategy for getting radio play for DT. I know
    it can be difficult, but I'm begining to notice my local station is
    playing some new hard rock more often. I wonder if anyone has noticed
    this in their area (I'm in Wichita), and if they have any ideas. I
    believe an organized effort, even if the record company isn't
    involved, can work. I've made requests many times to my local staion,
    and it really does seem to come down to the numbers. Also, any ideas
    on how to develop a weekly radio show, devoted to P-Rock. Any help
    would be appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Pat

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:39:22 -0400
    From: "Giannotti, Nick" <GiannottiN@hanscom.af.mil>
    To: "'ytsejam@ax.com'" <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: RE: Bass Solo's
    Message-ID: <36E02D8151FFD1118C1C00600808ACE52860B5@HAMSXHA2>

            
            Hmm... this is interesting. I'm not a fan of bass solos, even though
    I'm a
            bassist, but there are some that stick out in my head:

            'NV43345' by Billy Sheehan
            'Snake Soda' by Vital Tech Tones with Vic Wooten on Bass
            'Monkeysuit Businessman' by Michael Manring
            'The Peanuts Theme' by Stu Hamm
            'Waterfall Cafe' by Mark Egan
            'Erotomania' by John Myung (not really a bass solo, but you know
    what I
            mean).

            Most of the stuff that sticks out in my head, in terms of bass, is
    the
            melody as opposed to a solo, though. I could go on for hours about
    that...
            :)

            Nicholas Giannotti
            JointSTARS Contracts
            giannottin@hanscom.af.mil
            "Avoid Alcohol and Calculus - don't drink and derive."
            

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:43:01 +0000
    From: Jon Parmet <jon@parmetpc.volpe.dot.gov>
    To: Jam <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio?
    Message-ID: <35B76815.640D@parmetpc.volpe.dot.gov>

    Thought this portion of a thread I've been reading on Usenet would be of
    some interest, if not amusement. Sorry but the expire on our server for
    r.m.p. is set to a minute or two :), so I don't have all the articles
    which began the thread. Deja News should have all of it though.

    > Subject: Re: Watchtower/was: Why Dream Th. are prog? Why Boston not?
    > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:28:21 +0200
    > From: Kjartan Almenning <kjaalm@vestdata.no>
    > Newsgroups: rec.music.progressive
    > References: 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7

    > Scott Andrews wrote:
    >
    > > Kjartan Almenning wrote:
    > >
    > > : Problem is - all four mentioned bands lack what is considered such an
    > > : important factor in progressive music - the feel, the mood, the atmosphere.

    ]From what I've been told, Birch Hill has plenty of atmosphere :)

    > > i disagree strongly - they all have a feel and a mood and an
    > > atmosphere. it happens to be one of heavy mathematical
    > > complexity, but it's still there. just because you might not
    > > like it does not mean that it is not present. just because
    > > it's metal does not mean it can't have as much mood and
    > > atmosphere as lighter technical rock.
    >
    > Of course. E.g. black metal has a lot of atmosphere. Spastic Ink and Watchtower
    > do not. Or if they do, it's certainly waaaaay back in the background where you
    > can't notice it unless it happens to be the only thing you listen to.

    It seems that whenever Dream Theater is mentioned on r.m.P., it
    invariably brings out some fairly heated debates about music in general.
    It's as much of a battle for recognition and respect in there as it is
    for the band in real life. Many of the self-proclaimed experts who post
    there seem to feel the need to keep reminding the world that Dream
    Theater is not progressive, labelling them 'Pop Rock', 'Popular Hard
    Rock', just about anything without the word 'progressive' in it. Just a
    guess, but I think the Balls 'N Chunk scares them :)

    I laughed when I saw the 'black metal' label :) How many songs by DT has
    that guy listened to?

    It got me to thinking though (I know, I know, run and hide!). What if
    the guys did a song that was just truly wrong. Some kind of
    Death/Thrash/Black/Angst kind of song, with sick feedback/distortion,
    Derek stabbing his keys Emerson style, John M shouting some obscenity,
    Mike completely ruining a drum set, James growling. Forget about chops,
    forget about complexity, just torture the electronics! You get the idea
    :)

    Perhaps the title of the song could be "Too Much Spice, Girls"

    This might get significant airplay. We're talking album sales here,
    peeps! Pacify the machine by giving the appearance of selling out. Not
    to worry, the rest of the disc would contain more conventional songs
    like Metropolis II :)

    -- 
    *------------*----------------------------*--------------*
    | Jon Parmet | jon@parmetpc.volpe.dot.gov | 617-494-2851 |
    *------------*----------------------------*--------------*
    

    "I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning."

    - Aleister Crowley, "The Book of Lies"

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:43:22 EDT From: YtseSryche@aol.com To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Metropolis drum lick Message-ID: <7cfe761e.35b7682b@aol.com>

    Hey, I'm kinda new to drumming, and I'm wondering if someone could maybe help me out with a part from metropolis. I've only got a five piece, so that may cause some need for improvising, but here's how I'm doing it on my five piece now. It's the part that starts about a minute into the song, with the toms, it's also during the "I was told..." verse. (sorry that this looks so stupid, and so big, it's the best I can do....)

    F= floor tom T= first tom TT= second tom S= snare B= bass drum X0= open high hat on the four and closing on the "e" (if that makes any sense, I'm not sure I really know what that is... I could be off in wording on that )

    XO T T TT S S

    F F F F F F B B B

    That's the best I can do to get it to look almost right, if anyone has any clue what I'm talking about and knows how to play it correctly, any e-mail or posting on the ytsejam would be grately appreciated. Thanks!!!!

    Tony C

    "I'm not so sure that enjoy this journey, they've got their guns to my head." -shadow gallery

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:49:17 -0700 From: "MEMKIL" <memkilun@earthlink.net> To: <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: the fan club? autographs? Message-ID: <01bdb659$d4b94c60$043d1c26@MEMKIL.ix.netcom.com>

    The fan club section on Itchy's page needs to be updated. First of all, it says that you get a signed photo of the band, but Neil had responded with a negative for any signed material. Second, it says that you need $15 to join, but the price is up to $18 now. Third and most importantly, this address thing is pissing me off. There's no way in hell i'll send anything overseas, and there's no way for me to rejoin the club. I'm not the first to comment on this, and if there's anyone who could add something to this, especially if you are currently in the club, please do so. Thanks.

    Mike (Erotomaniac) Kilun

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 19:02:48 +0200 From: "Bj?rnar Bevolden" <bjornar.bevolden@hm.telia.no> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Ayreon Message-ID: <35B76CB8.CED3395B@hm.telia.no>

    Hello ! Yes, the Ayreon album is a superb album and much better than their second album, although that one is great too. The main man behind this cd is Arjen Lucassen from Vengeance. The album is a concept album and has an undertitle as a rock-opera, but don`t expect any opera singing. The album in itself is build up as a opera with different characters, and the main character is Ayreon. A lot of different styles is to be heard on this album, where the aor, symphonic, progressive and melodic metal style is the most dominating. And even elements from different musical epoches is to be heard. A lot of different musicians makes this cd a special one. I think that if you like symphonic metal with progressive elements to it (as i know you do) you will probably love this. Great production too.=20 A must have. =20

    Bye, Bj=F8rnar, Norway !

    NP: Trivial Act: Mindscape (Jap)

    Volodya wrote: >=20 > Hello Jammers, > Has anyone heard Ayreon's "The Final Experiment" album? I think= it's a > rock-opera with lots of different musicians. How is it? Any opinions? >=20 > Take care, > Volodya. >=20 > OPEN ALL NIGHT [ OAN ] RECORDS > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/9326/oan.htm > e-mail: provibe@club-internet.fr > kingofswing@hol.fr

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:19:59 -0400 From: "Adam Saunders" <coreysa@bellsouth.net> To: <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Awesome drums! Message-ID: <000901bdb65e$1fe7ade0$8cb8d6d1@default>

    We just got in the new CD by progressive metal band Power Of Omens. If you are into Mike Portnoy or Mark Zonder (Fates Warning), you've got to hear this CD. The drummer is the most amazing rock/metal drummer I have ever heard. There's a song on there that is around 20 minutes long that is unbelievable. The guy actually took lessons from Mark Zonder and it shows. He's taking it to a new level, though. The rest of the band is awesome, too. The CD is a cross between DT's 'Images and Words' and Fates' 'Perfect Symmetry'. The vocals are very similar to Geoff Tate. I've got a couple of RealAudio files up on the website, but they do not do justice to the CD.

    Adam ============================================== The Arena Online CD Store http://www.arenamusic.com mailto:mail@arenamusic.com

    We specialize in progressive metal! ==============================================

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:30:56 EDT From: AEllis1222@aol.com To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: re: Portnoy clinic charges??? Message-ID: <2c610f59.35b77351@aol.com>

    <<<None of the clinics thus far have been charging admission,>>>

    Both of the New Hampshire clinics were $5

    ~~Arr

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:40:36 +0000 From: Jason Earle <026831@bah.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com, rbrito@linux.ime.usp.br Subject: Of hackers and insane clowns... Message-ID: <35B73D54.3E95D9C6@bah.com>

    > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 04:41:51 -0300 (EST) > From: Rogerio Brito <rbrito@linux.ime.usp.br> > To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> > Subject: Re: Immaturity & MP3 Encoding Help > > What does 3733t mean?? > > []s, Roger...

    I've wondered that also...I think it's hacker-speak for being "Eleet", or elite. Guess it's supposed to mean boss, rad, gnarly, funkritudinal, and all that other stuff. Probably with emphasis on technology.

    Can anybody back me up on this one?

    By the way, Roger, what does "[]s" mean?

    -Jason "Looeee" Earle

    NP: "Bugz on my Nugz" - ICP

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:24:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Andrews <sha3u@unix.mail.virginia.edu> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? Message-ID: <199807231824.OAA72952@node10.unix.Virginia.EDU>

    According to Jon Parmet: > > > Thought this portion of a thread I've been reading on Usenet would be of > some interest, if not amusement. Sorry but the expire on our server for

    i was in this thread. you missed the DT related part, that was an earlier thread arguing about how progressive DT was.

    this later sub-thread was talking about watchtower, asptic ink, meshuggah, and cynic.

    > > Subject: Re: Watchtower/was: Why Dream Th. are prog? Why Boston not? > > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:28:21 +0200 > > From: Kjartan Almenning <kjaalm@vestdata.no> > > Newsgroups: rec.music.progressive > > References: 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 > > > Scott Andrews wrote: > > > > > Kjartan Almenning wrote: > > > > > > : Problem is - all four mentioned bands lack what is considered such an > > > : important factor in progressive music - the feel, the mood, the atmosphere.

    this is me here.

    > > > i disagree strongly - they all have a feel and a mood and an > > > atmosphere. it happens to be one of heavy mathematical > > > complexity, but it's still there. just because you might not > > > like it does not mean that it is not present. just because > > > it's metal does not mean it can't have as much mood and > > > atmosphere as lighter technical rock. > > > > Of course. E.g. black metal has a lot of atmosphere. Spastic Ink and Watchtower > > do not. Or if they do, it's certainly waaaaay back in the background where you > > can't notice it unless it happens to be the only thing you listen to.

    > I laughed when I saw the 'black metal' label :) How many songs by DT has > that guy listened to?

    he was not talking about DT at all, he was complaining that the four technical metal bands i mentioned above have no atmosphere or feel. i was arguing that they do.

    scott andrews biophysics research sha3u@virginia.edu chemistry department ****************************************************************** --- http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sha3u --- info & CD reviews | Ibanez | soundclips of of major & underground | 7 string | my prog-thrash progressive/thrash metal | guitar info | metal band ATAXIA ****************************************************************** "metal isn't dead, it just smells funny." -Zappa paraphrase

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:27:09 -0400 (EDT) From: JE78674@ltu.edu To: YTSEJAM@ax.com Subject: Finding Empty Tremor, cheap. (NDTC) Message-ID: <01IZQRHYA7WY9BVZOA@LTU.EDU>

    Hello,

    Chances are, Arash is going to see this and probably will have the info I need. So, here I go. I want to buy the young fellas' CD, but frankly CDNOW's price is outrageous. After postage, it's about $27. Any alternatives so I can get it at $20 or less?

    Thanks,

    Jeff E.

    NP: Lunar Crush - http://www.detroitmusic.com/artists/lunarcrush

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:31:32 -0400 From: TheCowGod <dmc@dreamt.org> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: ibanez giveaways (digital man) Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980723143132.006b137c@mail.clemson.edu>

    >hey ibanez did once do a give away (in 93) where you could win an real usa >custom shop jp model with johns sign and a private lesson (of course the

    ibanez can afford it, yeah. at the steve vai clinic i saw, they gave away 2 JEMs. that's a lot of money :) and at least one of em (maybe both, i don't remember) he played that night, so it wasn't even just getting a free guitar. it was getting a guitar that steve vai had played. woo. my ticket was 2 off - i almost won it. damn.

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:33:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Andrews <sha3u@unix.mail.virginia.edu> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: DT on Usenet/DT on Radio? Message-ID: <199807231833.OAA54306@node10.unix.Virginia.EDU>

    According to Scott Andrews: > > this later sub-thread was talking about watchtower, asptic ink, > meshuggah, and cynic.

    that misspelled band name would be Spastic Ink - a brilliant instrumental record by the 2nd watchtower guitarist, Ron Jarzombek.

    scott andrews biophysics research sha3u@virginia.edu chemistry department ****************************************************************** --- http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sha3u --- info & CD reviews | Ibanez | soundclips of of major & underground | 7 string | my prog-thrash progressive/thrash metal | guitar info | metal band ATAXIA ****************************************************************** "metal isn't dead, it just smells funny." -Zappa paraphrase

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:34:32 -0400 From: TheCowGod <dmc@dreamt.org> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Chops on Loan; Laser's Edge Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980723143432.006ae424@mail.clemson.edu>

    >you. I ordered nine discs via credit card once and it took a month and a >half for the order to get to me. My advice is to pay by check; I got my >discs in two weeks when paying by check.

    doesn't check take longer cuz it has to clear? maybe it was coincidence... or the fact that it was 9 discs so it took a while to get em all, or sumfin, i dunno. but i'm not too sure about credit card being SLOWER than check.

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:45:23 -0400 (EDT) From: JE78674@ltu.edu To: YTSEJAM@ax.com Subject: Nick B., I can't find the Output option in Winamp!!! Help! (NDTC) Message-ID: <01IZQS7EAD0Y9BW2MI@LTU.EDU>

    Nick,

    I checked and could only find the Input tab under options->preferences. What am I missing here?

    Thanks,

    Jeff E.

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:46:39 -0400 From: TheCowGod <dmc@dreamt.org> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Immaturity & MP3 Encoding Help Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980723144639.006b6188@mail.clemson.edu>

    > What does 3733t mean??

    hacker slang for eleet (elite - good :). but i believe it's 31337. No, i'm not. :) Moo.

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:07:26 -0800 From: "Paul Gregory Humm" <humm@levy.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: $10 off at CDnow Message-ID: <199807231908.MAA07730@baygate.bayarea.net>

    Hey all,

    I was just browsing "The Onion" (www.theonion.com), and I saw they had an advertisement for $10 off at CDnow. The offer expires on August 4, and is good only on orders of $19.99 or more. Here's the link:

    http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/redirect/leaf=from=mad:w:oni:reag:yswst

    Sounds like a great opportunity to pre-order Explorers Club!

    Paul

    P.S. I apologize if this information has already been posted.

    ----------- Paul Humm humm@levy.com

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