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    Today's Topics:

      1) DT Mp3 Ftp Sites
     by CLIFFBUR10@aol.com
      2) Re: to prog or not to prog
     by "Matt Molite" <ytsejam11@dreamtheater.zzn.com>
      3) re: burning, learning, twisting and turning: wait for sleep
     by Rachel Goldenberg <wisha@li.net>
      4) Randoms
     by "Giannotti, Nick" <GiannottiN@hanscom.af.mil>
      5) band called Evolution?
     by DragynLMC3@aol.com
      6) el waito for el sleepo
     by Chris Oates <coates@objectivity.com>
      7) re: WFS/LTL connection
     by Bert Baldwin <rcb@vectorbd.com>
      8) re: Keyboard Wizardry
     by Bert Baldwin <rcb@vectorbd.com>
      9) Re: el waito for el sleepo
     by Brad Plumb <bplumb@pi-r-squared.com>
     10) prog, prog, prog
     by JamesAhab@aol.com
     11) Portnoy & Petrucci Clinics
     by Portnoy420@aol.com
     12) Re: prog, prog, prog
     by TheCowGod <demccor@clemson.edu>
     13) fw and symph x
     by "Isaac Trumbo" <inferno_one@hotmail.com>
     14) Re: prog, prog, prog
     by Frank Benenati <fmb@frontierlogic.com>
     15) FW: Portnoy & Petrucci Clinics
     by "Mark Bredius" <bredius@globalxs.nl>
     16) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4791
     by "jason braswell" <funkbreath@hotmail.com>
     17) Re: fun DT moment today
     by Dale R Newberry <schnapster@juno.com>
     18) Imminent doom is, um... well, imminent!
     by "Secret_of Area_51" <mysterx51@hotmail.com>
     19) Why Derek is gone.
     by "Korg Ecksthrey" <korgx3@safelink.net>
     20) Re: Keyboard wizardry
     by Damon Fibraio <dfibraio@home.com>

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:07:29 EDT
    From: CLIFFBUR10@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: DT Mp3 Ftp Sites
    Message-ID: <4945136.243e4a61@aol.com>

    I was curious if anyone knew of any dt mp3 ftp sites.?? all i know of is one,
    and if anyone could email me back about others i would appreciate it
    thanks!!
    cliffbur10@aol.com

    Master Of The Internet
    http://members.xoom.com/CLIFFBUR10/Pick.html

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:07:12 -0400
    From: "Matt Molite" <ytsejam11@dreamtheater.zzn.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Re: to prog or not to prog
    Message-ID: <199904081107384@ytsejam11.dreamtheater.zzn.com>

    <<i just followed all this talk about prog/not prog and DT/QR. The only true=20
    prog bands I've found are DT, YES, RUSH, Empty Tremor and Spock's Beard >>

    uhh...Genesis? King Crimson? Pink Floyd? ELP? Marillion? a whole shitload of others? Methinks you should check that progressive backcatalog again before making such absurd statements.

    Matt
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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:35:21 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Rachel Goldenberg <wisha@li.net>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: re: burning, learning, twisting and turning: wait for sleep
    Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.990408142629.4619A-100000@linet01>

    Hi. My boss isn't here today so I can say something, even if nobody cares.

    Someone wrote:

    >Just to be really precise: The whole of Wait for Sleep is based on part
    of
    >Learning To Live. The story i heard is that they wanted to do a piano
    >"intro" to LTL based on that part, and it mutated into a whole short
    song.

    Well. I don't know how WFS came about, but it was the first DT song that
    really clicked with me. I bought the cd not having heard any of the songs,
    and was quite surprised with what it was. My only complaint about Images
    and Words, is that Wait For Sleep is too short. Come on. Not like DT can't
    throw out a long song.

    be well
    -Rachel

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:05:12 -0400
    From: "Giannotti, Nick" <GiannottiN@hanscom.af.mil>
    To: "'ytsejam@ax.com'" <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: Randoms
    Message-ID: <390762D98D63D2118C280060081358CC8F4B34@hamsxha2.hanscom.af.mil>

    1. To the person who said that "Operation: Mindcrime" should be titled
    "Operation: Mindcrap" - you smoke pounds of weed every day.

    2. To the person that said APSOG is a masterpiece - you smoke pounds of weed
    every day.

    3. I have determined that Meshuggah's "Chaosphere" album is the rough
    equivalent of what would happen if you ran a live human through a wood
    chipper. Slowly. Very interesting stuff.

    4. Page 5 of the latest issue of Bass Player has a nice shot of Myung with
    his signature series bass (the RBX6JM), for anyone who's interested.

    Nicholas Giannotti x6745
    Joint STARS Contracts
    giannottin@hanscom.af.mil
    ----------------------------------
     Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax
     materiam possit materiari?

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:33:16 EDT
    From: DragynLMC3@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: band called Evolution?
    Message-ID: <3f8bc231.243e5e7c@aol.com>

    Hey people!
      I just d/led some MP3's from Evolution?'s webpage [
    <A HREF="http://www.ascensionet.com/zirk/evolve.htm">Evolution? World Wide
    Web Home Page</A> http://www.ascensionet.com/zirk/evolve.htm ] and i must say
    they sound pretty damn good! I've chatted a bit with their drummer Mike
    (coinsidence? i think not) and hes pretty kewl too, so like, go check them
    out and stuff! If I like it then SOMONE else on here probably will. They're
    heavier than DT, but their singer actually sings. '(Intorduction To)
    Corruption' is the longest song, at 9+ minutes. Give em a shot! And, no I am
    not a member of this band, but merely an independant listener :}

    ~Lisa puts the MP3s on repeat

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    Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest. -Shakespeare

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 12:43:22 -0700
    From: Chris Oates <coates@objectivity.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: el waito for el sleepo
    Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990408124321.00ab5570@objypop>

    >>Just to be really precise: The whole of Wait for Sleep is based on part of
    >>Learning To Live. The story i heard is that they wanted to do a piano
    >>"intro" to LTL based on that part, and it mutated into a whole short song.
    >
    >That's what I used to think too. But in interviews with Kevin, (you can read
    >the quotes in the faq) he says that Wait for Sleep is not lyrically,
    >thematically, or conceptually linked to LTL at all. It's one of those things
    >that just happened I guess.

    Sorry, I only meant "intro" in terms of the music. Yes, the lyrics have
    nothing to do with LtL, but the music is all just parts from the end of LtL.

    >>llama A.I.D.S. VIRUS. Destruye la memoria, tarjeta de sonido,
    >
    >Heh. I didn't know computers could get AIDS! Jeez. I guess I should wear
    >a condom when interfacing with my computer from now on. VD via modem.

    Whee. Spam "Join The Crew" warnings in Spanish. The Jam has reached a new
    plateau. A pleteau of what, I don't want to know.

    >What'll they think of next?

    A quake virus, where if you get killed in a deathmatch, you really die!

         ~Chris

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:44:25 +0000 (UTC)
    From: Bert Baldwin <rcb@vectorbd.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: re: WFS/LTL connection
    Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.95.990408194349.20558A-100000@vectorbd.vectorbd.com>

      And the big 10 point winner is... Just Let Me Breathe!! What do I get?
    :)

                    -- Bert

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:57:20 +0000 (UTC)
    From: Bert Baldwin <rcb@vectorbd.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: re: Keyboard Wizardry
    Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.95.990408195548.20558D-100000@vectorbd.vectorbd.com>

      Yeah, I ordered the video. It's quite good. It talked abut a lot of
    stuff I already knew, but I've been playing for a long long time (at least
    for my age). And a lot of it was very helpful in just recently breaking
    me out of the musical rut that I've been in recently. So, yes. All in
    all, I'd say it's definitely worth it.

                    -- Bert

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:20:40 -0500
    From: Brad Plumb <bplumb@pi-r-squared.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Re: el waito for el sleepo
    Message-ID: <2.2.32.19990408202040.006d0ddc@pi-r-squared.com>

    At 12:46 PM 4/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
    >
    >>>Just to be really precise: The whole of Wait for Sleep is based on part of
    >>>Learning To Live. The story i heard is that they wanted to do a piano
    >>>"intro" to LTL based on that part, and it mutated into a whole short song.
    >>
    >>That's what I used to think too. But in interviews with Kevin, (you can read
    >>the quotes in the faq) he says that Wait for Sleep is not lyrically,
    >>thematically, or conceptually linked to LTL at all. It's one of those things
    >>that just happened I guess.
    >
    >Sorry, I only meant "intro" in terms of the music. Yes, the lyrics have
    >nothing to do with LtL, but the music is all just parts from the end of LtL.

    Well.. I think Kevin's point was that they are two completely different
    songs which have nothing to do with eachother musically or lyrically
    (besides the obvious). Seeing that Kevin basically wrote all of WFS himself
    (it's only piano and vocals) then my guess would be that the solo in LTL is
    made up of parts from WFS and not the other way around... Then again that
    could just be my mind responding to the way WFS comes on before LTL ;) Kevin
    had a tendency on both I&W and Awake to become obsessed with a keyboard line
    and use it over and over (or maybe he simply thought it gave the albums a
    common thread).. I guess my point is that I don't think either song is an
    intro to eachother (though I used to.. and it does sound like it on the cd)
    and that is simply another case of the "reusable riff phenomenon".

    Palpatine
    Co Founder of Pi-R-Squared productions: www.pi-r-squared.com
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    "Perhaps god gave the answers to those with nothing to say"- Savatage:
    Somewhere in time

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:06:38 EDT
    From: JamesAhab@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: prog, prog, prog
    Message-ID: <3b810629.243e664e@aol.com>

    >< I think a big factor in how progressive a band is, is the musical
    background of the musicians. I see it that bands like SX and Savatage are
    bands that come from a metal background and got turned onto more complex
    structures and harmonies. DT comes from a very educated background, having
    studied at university, and making educated rock/metal. ><

    So you have to have studied music at a college in order to write intelligent
    music? Yeah...

    >< Each time I listen to a DT song I discover a new detail, may it be in
    the bass, guitar, drums, keyb. or the vocals/lyrics. That doesn't happen when
    I listen to QR,FW,SX... ><

    Then you're not listening hard enough.

    >< 2. To the person that said APSOG is a masterpiece - you smoke pounds of
    weed every day. ><

    Not a masterpiece?! You must smoke pounds of weed every day.

    Jim

    NP - Charisma

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:24:44 EDT
    From: Portnoy420@aol.com
    To: Portnoy420@aol.com
    Subject: Portnoy & Petrucci Clinics
    Message-ID: <c29590df.243e6a8c@aol.com>

    Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci will be doing 3 clinics together in May.
    The information is as follows:

    Tuesday, May 18 @ Daddy's Albany
                      1770 Central Ave.
                      Village Square Shopping Center
                      Colonie, NY 12205
                      518-452-9431

    Wednesday, May 19 @ Daddy's Manchester
                      1279 S. Willow St.
                      Manchester, NH 03103
                      603-669-9346

    Thursday, May 20 @ Daddy's Boston
                       159-165 Massachusettes Ave.
                       Boston, MA 02115
                       617-247-0909

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:43:16 -0400 (EDT)
    From: TheCowGod <demccor@clemson.edu>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: Re: prog, prog, prog
    Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990408164200.28940A-100000@hubcap.clemson.edu>

    > From: JamesAhab@aol.com
    > Subject: prog, prog, prog
    >
    >
    > >< 2. To the person that said APSOG is a masterpiece - you smoke pounds of
    > weed every day. ><
    >
    > Not a masterpiece?! You must smoke pounds of weed every day.

    ok, while i agree with jim that APSOG is truly a masterpiece if you listen
    for all the subtleties and nuances, this "is too!" "is not!" "uh huh!"
    "nuh uh!" thing isn't the best way to argue your point :) moo.

    --
    

    "You are what you eat, you fucking cannibal!" -- KorgX3

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:49:50 PDT From: "Isaac Trumbo" <inferno_one@hotmail.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: fw and symph x Message-ID: <19990408204950.80624.qmail@hotmail.com>

    i'd agree with you on promised land but what were you smoking.. the question is how are APSoG and Twilight in Olympus NOT progressive... both albums albums have taken prog to new hights; twilight being technical and APSoG conceptual..

    maybe you should listen to those albums again after you clean your ears out :)

    inferno NP: meshuggah - destroy erase improve

    >I bought PSOG by FW, Promised Land by QR and Twilight in >Olympus by SX Although I like all these albums i would never >consider them prog.

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 16:58:04 -0400 From: Frank Benenati <fmb@frontierlogic.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: prog, prog, prog Message-ID: <370D185C.D472655A@frontierlogic.com>

    > Not a masterpiece?! You must smoke pounds of weed every day.

    I dunno,

    Not that I advocate the use of recreational chemicals, But if one could get away with smoking 'pounds' of weed every day, while maintaining a good quality of life, more power to em!

    -mojoman -- /\ /\ \_\/_/ / _ _ \ |\ \(*)(*)/ /| #-----------------OOO- \oo/--OOO------------# # Frank Benenati - fmb@frontierlogic.com # # "Some of the nicest people are dogs" # # - Richard Dean Anderson # #__________________________ooo______________# ooo (_) (_)

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 23:25:05 +0200 From: "Mark Bredius" <bredius@globalxs.nl> To: "Ytsejam" <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: FW: Portnoy & Petrucci Clinics Message-ID: <7726F135A28.AAA556F@Iguanodon.big-orange.net>

    I'm not sure if Mike posted this here too, so just in case...

    > Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci will be doing 3 clinics together in May. > The information is as follows: > > Tuesday, May 18 @ Daddy's Albany > 1770 Central Ave. > Village Square Shopping Center > Colonie, NY 12205 > 518-452-9431 > > Wednesday, May 19 @ Daddy's Manchester > 1279 S. Willow St. > Manchester, NH 03103 > 603-669-9346 > > Thursday, May 20 @ Daddy's Boston > 159-165 Massachusettes Ave. > Boston, MA 02115 > 617-247-0909

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:01:09 PDT From: "jason braswell" <funkbreath@hotmail.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4791 Message-ID: <19990408220110.77042.qmail@hotmail.com>

    >A petition to get unreleased songs would be a slap in DT's collective face. A >petition to the label to get them in the studio is one thing, but after the >band has stated many times that they don't plan on officially releasing >demos, and then for the fans to turn around and say `that's not good enough` >after all they've done for us. how disrespectful is that? so to anyone who >isn't satisfied until they release these demos...tough shit. they're on >bootlegs, trade for them like every other fan.

    For one thing, I agree with this, and for another, goddamm, we've all heard these songs in some form or another; am I the only one who is more curious about how DT's compositions will change with Rudess around than anything else?!? Listen to the bootlegs, and let's let DT work on new shit! jason

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 18:11:29 -0500 From: Dale R Newberry <schnapster@juno.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: fun DT moment today Message-ID: <19990408.181226.3414.0.schnapster@juno.com>

    Hey, I had a cool DT moment earlier today. I was at work (in the Columbia (MO) Mall) when I overheard a girl saying something about what I thought was Dream Theater. I immediately stopped and said "what did you just say" and she told me. She said her ex-boyfriend, or something like that, was practically in love with the band, so I was like "hell yeah." :) Nothing really substantial, but it was cool hearing someone else mention them withouth me starting the conversation.

    Dale R. Newberry

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 17:00:34 PDT From: "Secret_of Area_51" <mysterx51@hotmail.com> To: Ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Imminent doom is, um... well, imminent! Message-ID: <19990409000035.63019.qmail@hotmail.com>

    As the followers of Ytsejam kiss the feet of The Ambassador among them, they notice an enemy ship approaching. It is yellow. And it cannot see. This is an Airtouch situation. Oh, shit! There are no cell phones in this galaxy!

    "Never fear," says I. "Nelaskon will free you!"

    So I summoned the force of another. The USS Fleetwood. As the enemy ship buckled under the pressure, they soon realized they could no longer make lemonade. They decided to go their own way.

    But that was not enough. They want fruit, I'll give them fruit. Tangerines, in fact. They would always rue the day they fired on the USS Theater...

    --To Be Continued--

    Secret Of Area 51

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 18:09:51 -0600 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" <korgx3@safelink.net> To: <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: Why Derek is gone. Message-ID: <002501be821d$4b7d06e0$4e0d84d0@default>

    >Hey, I had a cool DT moment earlier today. I was at work (in the >Columbia (MO) Mall) when I overheard a girl saying something about what I

    Fun shit happens all over. :) I had something to comment about this, but I.... can't. Remeeeembeeeer.... *in his perfect Lane Stayley voice*

    Anyway, I dunno if this violates copyright laws (I'm too lazy to check) but you guys asked:

    ]From the interview with Mike Portnoy courtesy of Your Majesty, the French Fanzine...

    Part 4: What Happened With Derek?

    Derek was a full scale drug addict and was gay and we didn't think his image suited the band. He also sucked at keyboards and we had a hard time trying to play with him live because everything he played live was totally sequenced. So in turn we just bagged his ass and sent him packing as soon as Jordan was available! As you can tell we got the better end of the bargain!

    I'm too lazy to spell-check or proof that or anything, but that's it. Touch-typing rules as long as it's slightly legible. :) Anyway, if you want to read the rest, join the f'n fan club already!

    Hasta la chinchilla -- KorgX3 logs onto EverQuest to kill pumas and lions. NP: Angra: Fireworks

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    Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 20:29:37 -0700 From: Damon Fibraio <dfibraio@home.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: Keyboard wizardry Message-ID: <4.1.19990408202752.0091f070@mail.avnl1.nj.home.com>

    I have ordered the video and am patiently waiting for its arrival. Unfortunately my review may not be valid since I only have one half of the thing to go by: the audio, since I can't see the video, but hopefully there won't be too many visual examples in the thing. If so, i will just have to have Jordan come to my house and show me personally. :) Stay tuned, a review is coming once I get it. Also, stay tuned, I went on a CD buying frenzy and bought three spock's beard CDs, U.K.'s first CD,a nd Ivanhoe's CDs. Can't wait. Also got the elp tribute album and Royal Hunt's latest and Shadow Gallery's latest and will probably do a bulk review for everybody when everything comes in. At 03:43 AM 4/8/99 , you wrote: > > Hi all keyboardists! > > Has anyone ordered the Jordan Rudess video? Is it worth buying? > And is the Mediusvision a reliable company? > > > Peace, > *------------------------+-+----------------------+* > *| Sami Poimala |*|**********************|* > *+-----------------------+*|* Dream Theater *|* > *| spoimala@st.jyu.fi |*|*www.dreamtheater.net*|* > *| www.jyu.fi/~spoimala |*+----------------------+* > *+-----------------------+*|* Uriah Heep *|* > *|University of Jyv=E4skyl=E4|*|* www.uriah-heep.com *|* > *+-----------------------+-+----------------------+* > HOT: www.jyu.fi/~spoimala/clarity/thex.htm > > The piece of today: > New Millennium

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