YTSEJAM Digest 4774

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    Today's Topics:

      1) Tracks and Memory
     by Chris Oates <coates@objectivity.com>
      2) Star Wars, HE Recording (again)
     by Chris Oates <coates@objectivity.com>
      3) Site update: Alyssa Part II
     by Craig Griffith <tarkus@softhome.net>
      4) POO
     by Pat Daugherty <pdaugher@yahoo.com>
      5) Re: RAMdisk and only 12 minutes? No way.
     by "Paul Humm" <phumm@scientech.com>
      6) Spock's Beard tour?
     by CptFufu@aol.com
      7) Watchtower
     by "dreamer" <dreamer@otenet.gr>
      8) re: supergroups
     by "Isaac Trumbo" <inferno_one@hotmail.com>
      9) jarzombek
     by "Isaac Trumbo" <inferno_one@hotmail.com>
     10) Re: 7 octave range
     by Vampyrized@aol.com
     11) Tourniquet Founders Form New Group!
     by "ottfam" <ottfam@lightspeed.net>
     12) Montreal Drumfest 1995, 1997 & 1998 on CD
     by "Kevin Rackley" <KRackley@weidmuller.com>
     13) techno shit
     by Adrian79@aol.com
     14) Re: Spock's Beard tour?
     by Lisa Marie <ytsegirl@pacbell.net>
     15) Re: techno shit
     by Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net>
     16) Big favor: ticket stubs/set lists from Holiday '98 shows
     by Nick Bogovich <bogie@MIT.EDU>
     17) Re: Meanstreak
     by MTeiper@aol.com
     18)
     by "J.T. Beachler" <biggestmuff@yahoo.com>
     19) Re: Steve Morse (bootlegs, please!!!)
     by Peter Tatischev <tatisch@null.net>

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:36:08 -0800
    From: Chris Oates <coates@objectivity.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Tracks and Memory
    Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990326113606.0095c5c0@objypop>

    >128 megs of ram would only hold about 12 minutes of audio, total. if
    >you've got 6 tracks thats about 2 minutes each. 12 tracks, 1 minute. good
    >idea, but you'd need a shitload of ram. moo.

    Actually, double that, since most tracks are mono, and the figure you
    quotes (~10 megs / minute) is for stereo audio.

    Still, 128 megs is not enough for serious recording, which is why I don't
    recommend the Roland units that record to a 100 meg Zip disk. Even with
    2/1 audio compression, if you use a lot of tracks (even if not
    simultaneous, think of multiple takes) you use up that 100 megs really fast.

         ~Chris

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:47:00 -0800
    From: Chris Oates <coates@objectivity.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Star Wars, HE Recording (again)
    Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990326114658.00a91b10@objypop>

    Possible "Phantom Menace" spoiler:

    Hey, that most definitely is Senator Palpatine advising the current "weird
    hair chick" ;) to surrender to the Federation. No one (but, presumably
    the smart ones in the audience) knows that he is also Darth Sidious. Same
    Guy, secret Identity. ooooh.

    More on recording:

    Sure, getting a lot of RAM is neat, but even a basic SCSI drive (not fast,
    wide, or ultra anything) is fast enough. The Akai DPS-12 has an internal
    basic Jaz drive and it's fast enough to play back 12 (mono) tracks of CD
    audio simultaneously. Basic SCSI drives are a lot cheaper than RAM, heck,
    even Ultra2 Wide SCSI drives are cheaper than an equivalent amount of RAM.

         ~Chris

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:14:22 -0500
    From: Craig Griffith <tarkus@softhome.net>
    To: somms@mitvma.mit.edu, ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Site update: Alyssa Part II
    Message-ID: <36FBEA9E.8934A55@softhome.net>

    Hey, folks! I've updated my music page. I've added additional info on
    what musical projects I'm working on and uploaded an entire new song,
    "Alyssa-Part II." So check it out, please. Why? Because I'm a
    pathetic human being! (grins mindlessly)

    http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/2398/index.html

    Dedicated to Lessa; whether far away or closer than I know, you are in
    my thoughts and dreams.

    --
    Craig Griffith: High school student, guitar player, King of Craigland
    http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/8509/
    Music page: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/2398/index.html
    "I may make you feel, but I can't make you think" -Ian Anderson
    

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:20:35 -0800 (PST) From: Pat Daugherty <pdaugher@yahoo.com> To: DT list <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: POO Message-ID: <19990326202035.25645.rocketmail@web104.yahoomail.com>

    >Now. On to business. :) Power of Omens will play a show this >Saturday, March 27, at Midieval Knights in San Antonio, TX. The show >starts at 7:30, and ticket prices are something like $3 or $4. Sorry >kids, but no minors allowed. More info. and directions can be found at >the Midieval Knights Web site: >http://www.flash.net/~fatesend/index.html. I'll be there, and I'll >expect a fair showing from the TX 'Jammers to support this great band!

    $3 or $4???? How can anyone in the area _not go_???? I guess my only chance to see these guys is if they come to Powermad 1999 like they said they would.... Of course Keith will screw something up and piss them off...

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:32:57 -0800 From: "Paul Humm" <phumm@scientech.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: RAMdisk and only 12 minutes? No way. Message-ID: <199903262032.NAA20203@if.scientech.com>

    > > that would work if you didn't want to listen to your other tracks while > > you recorded the new one, but i can tell you from experience that's not > > a very good way to record, hehe :) yeah, whether you're playing or > > recording > > Yes, but you don't need to play back all the tracks if your recording onto > another track, also you don't really need to have it played back in top > quality mode. The program i've used cuts the audio quality when your'e > recording since it's only really required as a guide and although it > sounds awful, it is still good enough to get your track down.

    Couldn't you also mix down all the tracks that you've already recorded onto one temporary track, then play back that one track as you record the next track? For example, if you have drums already recorded, and you're ready to record bass, you could mix all the separate drum tracks onto one track. Then let the bass player listen to that one track as he records. Finally, you could delete the temporary drum mix track. Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. But it seems like this would work.

    -Paul

    ------------- Paul Humm phumm@scientech.com

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:34:38 EST From: CptFufu@aol.com To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Spock's Beard tour? Message-ID: <d66313cd.36fbef5e@aol.com>

    A couple digests back someone said something about a spock's beard tour in the northeast U.S. I checked their site and didn't see anything about it. The only concert plans they said they had was for NEARFest. Just wonderin, because I really would love for this tour to be truth since i can't make it to NEARFest.

    My supergroup:

    vocals: Ray Alder guitar: Joe Satriani bass: Tony Levin keyboard: Jordan Rudess drums: Terry Bozzio

    NP- Spock's Beard "Day for Night"

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:35:03 +0200 From: "dreamer" <dreamer@otenet.gr> To: <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: Watchtower Message-ID: <00f201be77c8$2155fac0$4078a7c3@dreamrealm>

    Ron Jarzombek was a founding member of Watchtower, released 2 cd's, Energetic Disassembly and Control And Resistance, the musicians that played with him were equally SICK and technical, with their singer leaving the band after the 2nd album to form "Dangerous Toys", named after a Watchtower song....Eventually the band broke up, with Ron having meanwhile serious hand problems, but later on he managed to recuperate and moved on to form the band that now is know as Spastic Ink, with their first album being released along with members of Riot. The second album is due to be released anytime now, but the line up is uncertain.

    Anyway, the site that mr. Dr. Mosh was talking about, is http://www.spasticink.com

    so you can find all the info regarding Watchtower and Spastic Ink there...

    Cheers, dreamer

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:39:33 PST From: "Isaac Trumbo" <inferno_one@hotmail.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: re: supergroups Message-ID: <19990326203933.27097.qmail@hotmail.com>

    am i the only one who's sick of supergroups?.. i think it's a great thing when a group of well known talented musicians decide to form a long term unit, but i'm just tired of all these single projects jumping up all over the place..

    inferno NP: Borislav Mitic - Borislav Mitic

    >It seems like there have been a few postings of >'wishful' supergroups. I think I'll add mine on this >one. > >('wishful' supergroups snipped)

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:51:20 PST From: "Isaac Trumbo" <inferno_one@hotmail.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: jarzombek Message-ID: <19990326205120.20652.qmail@hotmail.com>

    his work on Gordian Knot took the roof off.. gordian knot is one of best works i've heard in a very long time and Ron was perfect for it.. yeah.. spastic ink can be very difficult to listen to without being accoustomed to it.. really cool stuff

    inferno

    >Watchtower was one of the pioneers of extreme-technical >metal... Jarzombek is a freakin madman... he plays some >seriously wicked odd time shit...There used to be a >Spastic Ink webpage, but I can't find it anymore... you >should be able to order Watchtower and Spastik Ink from >LaserCD. > >While the stuff is extremely technical, it can become >over-bearingly annoying at times... another band in the >super-technical vein is Seiges Even... they even >followed the Watchtower formula on one album. Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:53:58 EST From: Vampyrized@aol.com To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: 7 octave range Message-ID: <91a681ba.36fbf3e6@aol.com>

    I am pretty sure that that is not true about mariah carey, but i have heard rumors that Jeff Buckley had a 6 octave range. i would believe this, cause he can sing higher than most girls but i have never heard him sing really low. can anyone varify this?

    -Nick

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 99 12:56:36 PST From: "ottfam" <ottfam@lightspeed.net> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Tourniquet Founders Form New Group! Message-ID: <MAPI.Id.0016.00747466616d20203030303630303036@MAPI.to.RFC822>

    Attention Tourniquet fans--

    Tourniquet co-founders Guy Ritter (vocals) and Gary Lenaire (guitar) have= formed a new band called 'Echo Hollow' and have released their first alb= um, entitled 'Diet of Worms', on Geneva records. Bill Metoyer produced = the work. For more information on the band/ordering the CD, go to:

    www.tomorrowland.com/echo

    Early reports described the band's style as heavily reminiscent of classi= c Tourniquet (first 3 albums).....and having recently received a copy of = the CD, I would say that this statement is indeed true in some respects! = As a long-time Tourniquet fan, I was very pleased with the album's conten= ts. The album is heavy, intense and, of course, creative. Guy's vocal = styles are the same ones he used while in Tourniquet, with additional sin= ging dexterity thrown in at times.....while Gary's crunching guitars and = wah-heavy leads are in the vein of his work on 'Vanishing Lessons' and = the more melodic works on the earlier albums. Yes!! While I was disapp= ointed that there were only 7 tracks, 4 of the tracks last over six minut= es and one of the tracks is a cool cover of U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday". = In terms of the other band members, L.A. studio drummer Matt Rosenblum, = while, of course, no Ted Kirkpatrick, delivers powerful drumming that exc= eeded my expectations. Bassist Matt Fallentine holds down the low-end. = One of the recent issues of HM Music Magazine (free access to issues on-= line, but I don't have the URL handy, sorry) has an interview with the = band.

    Ian Ott ottfam@lightspeed.net

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:08:20 -0500 From: "Kevin Rackley" <KRackley@weidmuller.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Montreal Drumfest 1995, 1997 & 1998 on CD Message-ID: <s6fbb113.045@weidmuller.com>

    Thought some of you drummers might find this interesting. I found this on = a great website for finding rare drumming CD's. =20

    http://audiophileimports.com/catalog0127.txt

    I've ordered from them before, they're pretty good. Check it out, there's = more where this came from.

    MONTREAL DRUMFEST- 1996 / 1997 (DBL) Price: 24.99

    1998 release. Collection of live tracks from the 1996 and 1997 Montreal Drumfest including drummers from all over the world, a few of them performing with their own groups. 1996 features Dennis Chambers; Tim Alexander (and group); JoJo Mayer; Paul Brochu (and group); Anton Fig; Virgil Donati; Chuck Silverman; Tony Royster Jr.; Mario Roy & Bruno Roy; Sylvain Grenier (and group); Drums of Black Bottle. 1997 features Chad Wackerman; Will Calhoun; Chad Smith; Mike Mangini; Dom Famularo; Magella Cormier; Horacio Hernandez; Michel Seguin; Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow & Horacio Hernandez.

    MONTREAL DRUMFEST '95 Price: = 16.99 =20 1996 release. Stellar line up of drummers performing live in Montreal Canada November, 1995. Kirk Covington playing with Scott Kinsey and Gary Willis of Tribal Tech, Mike Portnoy, Rod Morgenstein, Steve Smith, Russ McKinnon and Brad Dutz, Virtual Max, Rick Gratton, Alain Labrosse.

    Kevin Rackley Official Soul Reason Website http://members.home.net/soulreason

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:20:52 EST From: Adrian79@aol.com To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: techno shit Message-ID: <26e61211.36fbfa34@aol.com>

    I just heard the new techno cover-version of "Another Brick In The Wall" off of a soundtrack to a new film. I still haven't recovered from that crap! Is there anything worse than discovering that songs you grew up with and always found cool are being covered by some musical idiots? ..I still need some minutes to recover...

    Adrian

    - Keep America beautiful, swallow your beer cans.

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:14:30 -0800 From: Lisa Marie <ytsegirl@pacbell.net> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: Spock's Beard tour? Message-ID: <36FBF8B6.B04E08C8@pacbell.net>

    Most of the dates are unconfirmed, which is probably why there isn't any mention of it on the official website.

    You can find the tentative tour dates on the Spock's Beard mailing list website... http://www.spocksbeard.net

    CptFufu@aol.com wrote: > > A couple digests back someone said something about a spock's beard tour in the > northeast U.S. I checked their site and didn't see anything about it. The > only concert plans they said they had was for NEARFest. Just wonderin, > because I really would love for this tour to be truth since i can't make it to > NEARFest.

    -- Lisa Marie "Jessie" ytsegirl@pacbell.net

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:50:13 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: techno shit Message-ID: <36FC0115.DDD4BB00@caribe.net>

    Adrian79@aol.com wrote:

    > I just heard the new techno cover-version of "Another Brick In The Wall" off > of a soundtrack to a new film. I still haven't recovered from that crap! Is > there anything worse than discovering that songs you grew up with and always > found cool are being covered by some musical idiots? > ..I still need some minutes to recover...

    If youre talking about the song off the sound track for The Faculty..well theyre a bunch of artists from current bands..and that song its NOT techno at all.... wtf does ppl here think is techno anyways?! I mean the cover is a piece of shit..but it bothers me that lots of people on this list refer to techno to anything that is sequenced, or sounds sort of computer-aided.. IMO Chromakey is more techno-oriented than that ABitW cover

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:49:48 -0500 From: Nick Bogovich <bogie@MIT.EDU> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Big favor: ticket stubs/set lists from Holiday '98 shows Message-ID: <4.1.19990326172201.00a6a850@po7.mit.edu>

    Hey everyone,

    I have a big favor to ask of those of you who were able to attend the Christmas '98 shows this past winter.

    If you have either a ticket stub or a copy of the set list (and by copy, I mean the set list in Portnoy's handwriting...not just any ol' text with the set list), please contact me. What I need are:

    Birch Hill (ticket stub / set list) Philadelphia (set list -- I can't find mine!) New Haven (ticket stub / set list) New York (set list) Poughkeepsie (ticket stub / set list)

    If you happen to have a scanner, a high-res scan would be good enough for me. Otherwise, I can give you info on where to send the stub or set list so it can be scanned and sent back to you.

    Also, if you have some interesting memoribilia from the shows like a poster outside the venue promoting the show, a newspaper article, or something else along those lines, contact me.

    Oh, and there will be some sort of payback to be determined if any of you can help me out! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!

    /me gets on his knees... ..on second thought, I'll just stand here at beg.

    bogie!

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:21:40 EST From: MTeiper@aol.com To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: Meanstreak Message-ID: <2afb0cc6.36fc1684@aol.com>

    In a message dated 99-03-25 21:31:20 EST, you write:

    << Hey ya everyone... I was wondering if Meanstreak ever released any CDs or anything, if so, where could I find them? For those of you don't know, a few marital partners of OFB where the members of Meanstreak. I think :) Anyway, if anyone knows, please let me know. Thanks! >>

    Yes, Meanstreak released one album in the late 80's (1987?) called "Roadkill". I don't know about any other online music store, but a mail order place I deal with frequently, RAM Music, has it listed on their web site (www.rammusic.com) as being in stock for $16.99. If would get it ASAP if you're going to do so, because it's out of print now, I believe.

    Anyway, I have the album on cassette, and it's not too bad. 80's power metal type stuff.... it's obvious by listening to the album that the band had some serious talent. The impression that I got was that they needed to fine-tune their writing skills. It's unfortunate that they never got around to releasing another official album, because their ensuing demos got better and better. Some years ago, I bought a couple of demo tapes from a guy on Prodigy (my first exposure ever to the online world) who happened to be dating the lead singer, so he obviously had connections. They had a 4 track demo released in 1989, which the guy taped for me because they were sold out of original copies. This 4 track had some really good stuff on it, including a power-ballad type tune called "The Other Side" which reminds me heavily of the legendary "Beyond the Realms Of Death" by Priest. I would have loved to hear a better recording of this demo.

    In 1992(?), they released another 4 track demo, this one produced by none other than Mike Portnoy. I have an original copy of this demo tape, and it ROCKS. I love it... it features a blistering version of Heart's "Barracuda" that just kills. As far as I know, the band split up while in the process of trying to secure a new record deal with this latest demo. It's a damn shame too, because they were just starting to develop their writing style and playing... oh, what could have been. :-)

    I was first exposed to Meanstreak when they opened for OFB back in 1993 at the Chance in Poughkeepsie, and they really impressed the hell out of me. I was lucky enough to be at that show because I don't think they opened for DT at any other time. I didn't know the band's relationship with DT, and I remember being kinda surprised to see MP on the side of the stage air drumming to Meanstreak's tunes. Now, it all makes sense. :-) (For those who don't know, Mike ended up marrying Marlene the bass player, and JP married Rena the guitar player.)

    Well, that's about all I know about Menastreak. If anyone else has anything to add, please feel free. Are there any other recordings of theirs floating around? (Mike?)

    Gotta run.... Matt T.

    NP: Sodom "Mortal Way Of Live"

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:44:00 -0800 (PST) From: "J.T. Beachler" <biggestmuff@yahoo.com> To: The Ytsejam <ytsejam@axnet.net> Message-ID: <19990326234400.26889.rocketmail@web118.yahoomail.com>

    >ram is NOT and never will be hard drive space.. >128 megs of ram is FUCKING AWESOME.. well..i have 256 >but that's cause

    >i'm special :)

    I hope you're not using Windows because it can only handle 128 Meg of RAM. Maybe I'm wrong though.

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:01:54 +0300 From: Peter Tatischev <tatisch@null.net> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Re: Steve Morse (bootlegs, please!!!) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990326230154.0092c110@messagebox.com>

    Asb the subject of Steve Morse appeared again (as it does every now and then) I'd like to ask if anyone here has got any bootlegs of his recent solo shows or even his clinics (preferrably audio)? I would be !!!RREALLY!!! interesten in trading for those!!!

    Please mail me if you have any of those!!!

    ~Peter 'the Keeper'

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