YTSEJAM Digest 5837
Today's Topics:
1) Re: legal copying?
by "Dan McCormack" <demccor@clemson.edu>
2) DVD stuff
by Kurt M Hampton <kurt.hampton@juno.com>
3) ROTFL
by CyberDuke <duskob@mol.com.mk>
4) Radiohead
by Chris <cdaley@gmu.edu>
5) Re: ROTFL
by =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mauricio_Mart=EDnez?= <al769526@mail.mty.itesm.mx>
6) Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
by "Dark Majesty" <shadow_majesty@hotmail.com>
7) Re: DVD stuff
by JamesAhab@aol.com
8) Re: Radiohead
by JamesAhab@aol.com
9) Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
by Brad Plumb <bplumb@pi-r-squared.com>
10) Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
by Eric George <edgeorge@geneva.edu>
11) Re: Radiohead
by Robert Muise <robbm@primushost.com>
12) re: DT Keyboard attempted flame war
by DTStonehenge@aol.com
13) ADV: Top Search Engine Rankings
by mike26@msgbox.com
14) Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
by "Carlos A. Alfaro Hernandez" <calfaro@yunque.net>
15) Hair Theater
by "Niall Connaughton" <ytsejam@bigpond.net.au>
16) Re: Hair Theater
by "Paul Tadday" <dreamryche@bigpond.com>
17) Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
by Graham Boyle <gjboyle@optushome.com.au>
18) Re: DT Keyboard attempted flame war
by "michele moran" <michele@johndoe.org>
19) I don't want green eggs & =?iso-8859-1?Q?Spam=AE?=
by "Al @ Switchcraft" <al@isd.net>
20) RE: your domain name
by "InternicWorldWide.com" <internicworldwide@email.com>
21) Interview with NightWish
by "Jan-Michael" <jmsouter@airmail.net>
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:39:39 -0400
From: "Dan McCormack" <demccor@clemson.edu>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: Re: legal copying?
Message-ID: <004b01c0d023$5d119500$702010ac@clemson.edu>
> > no, because he copies CDs that he already owns. you're
> > allowed to do that. :)
> >
> > legally you can make a backup of it if you already own
> > it. Same goes for videogames.
>
> Oh really? Well if that's truly the case, that this IS legal, than the
> whole system is a bunch of crap.
What? Is it really that hard of an idea to understand? If you buy it, you
have the right to make backup copies FOR YOURSELF. If your original copy
should be stolen/destroyed/lost there's no reason why you should have to buy
another one because you already paid for it. Why is it so hard to understand
why *that* is allowed while copying it for someone else who HASN'T paid for
it isn't? Not to say I follow those rules to the letter - I am perfectly
willing to copy a band's CDs for people that I know will support the band if
they like it. I think they should get to hear it and then decide if they
want to buy it, but I don't think that if they DO like it they should just
stay with the copied CD and not buy a real one. So for people who I think
will do this, I don't copy CDs. But that's not the point, I just mention
that so you don't think I'm lecturing you from up on high. I break copyright
laws too, when I think it's not going to hurt the band to do so (or I don't
care about supporting the band because they sell millions of CDs without my
help), but I understand the reasoning behind them, and it's a pretty simple
concept.
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:58:51 -0500
From: Kurt M Hampton <kurt.hampton@juno.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: DVD stuff
Message-ID: <20010428.165851.-557371.2.kurt.hampton@juno.com>
Well,
To answer a question, Mike stated on his website that if sales went well
for this DVD (being as though my 2 buddies still cant get it anywhere Id
say they are going well) they label is intrested in putting LIT/5YIALY on
1 DVD 9dual sided i guess) with bonus footage.
What this could mean is:
LIT complete show (only about 30 mins was missing from the video) the
maybe 5YIALY can start, with the whole rotterdam show.
Kurt can only hope
serisouly though whatever does come of this will be worth it.
Kurt
Kurts Trade Page:
www.geocities.com/kurt_labrie/Startpage.html
Ytsekurt on AOL IM
"Cmon Orlando Shake you f*ckin booty" James Labrie 3/3/00
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 00:00:19 +0200
From: CyberDuke <duskob@mol.com.mk>
To: Ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: ROTFL
Message-ID: <3AEB3D73.2EBC7FDF@mol.com.mk>
> SFAM was useless...am I the only person on
> the jam who doesn't own it?
LOL, this is sick. :)
Take out yer swords boys,
there's gonna be some rockin' in the house tonite. (c) AC/DC
I think this dude is trying to awake the jam.
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:20:34 -0400
From: Chris <cdaley@gmu.edu>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Radiohead
Message-ID: <3AEB4232.5070907@gmu.edu>
I used to completely dislike Radiohead until I heard (and soon
purchased) their Kid-A album. It is absolutely amazing, not
guitar-driven, and if anything...non-commercial. Their new album,
Amnesiac (coming out in June) is equally as good, and quite progressive.
I still don't like their older material from the Pablo Honey days...but
this new stuff is cool.
Chris.
> From: "sdts@sdts.nu" <sdts@sdts.nu>
>
> I'm happy to see some heavier bands in the inspiration corner this time, =
> but I
> REALLY hope they don't get any inspiration from the unbelievable crap (IM=
> O) that is
> "Radiohead", "U2" and "Rage Against The Machine".
> --
> Andreas Skarin
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:25:59 -0500
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mauricio_Mart=EDnez?= <al769526@mail.mty.itesm.mx>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: Re: ROTFL
Message-ID: <001d01c0d029$d2444560$e5a8f094@compaq.net.mx>
i acually hate some SFAM songs-riffs....well, not really hate them, but i
just dislike them.
for example, the riff and drum parts around 4:00 in fatal tragedy really
suck IMO.
mmhh, let's see......beyond this life is pretty boring to me.....except some
riff-drum parts after the very begginning.
through her eyes is kinda slow too.....i know its supposed to be! but it
bores me.
DoE is pretty sick...i like it very much, but after the rag time stuff is
done...well...it gets boring. pure chaos.....this instrumental is NOTHING
like their previous efforts. they tried too hard to make it too complex and
difficult. they succeeded, of course!
and there is some LTE-like stuff that i certainly didnt want to hear in DT's
music....but Jordan brought it with him!
ahh well, i like the album overall, i just commented some negative sides
here, not the positives! for there is more positive stuff, so it is easier
for me to point out the negative side. also, talking shit about DT's stuff
will stir things a little round here! i hope!
Mauricio
----- Original Message -----
]From: "CyberDuke" <duskob@mol.com.mk>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: ROTFL
>
> > SFAM was useless...am I the only person on
> > the jam who doesn't own it?
>
> LOL, this is sick. :)
>
> Take out yer swords boys,
> there's gonna be some rockin' in the house tonite. (c) AC/DC
>
> I think this dude is trying to awake the jam.
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:40:47 -0500
From: "Dark Majesty" <shadow_majesty@hotmail.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
Message-ID: <F198YQYx3G5aYY61LEd00000e92@hotmail.com>
Hear, hear, brother!!!!!!!! Jordan's probably technically better, but I
have never been a real big fan of "how fast can I play?" stuff. I love
Kevmo's mood and emotion. My two cents...
--96
>>>If we need a flame war to get into gear, hey! no problem: Kevin Moore
was the best DT keyboardist, then Derek, then Jordie. They all have
chops. Maybe Jordan can play a few more 64th notes per minute then the
others. Who cares? Kevmo understood atmosphere and texture, not just
10-minute scales. And derek at least looked good.<<<
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:50:05 EDT
From: JamesAhab@aol.com
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: DVD stuff
Message-ID: <3e.ae5ee19.281ca31d@aol.com>
>< To answer a question, Mike stated on his website that if sales went well
for this DVD (being as though my 2 buddies still cant get it anywhere Id say
they are going well) ><
I live in Philadelphia. Now that's a pretty big city, and I don't think
there's one copy of the DVD in the entire city and it's surrounding areas.
I've called every store in the phone book and come up with nothing. However,
it seems to me that every place that doesn't either A) only has it on VHS, or
B) has the wrong release date. Tower doesn't have it coming out until May
8th; Suncoast Video May 3rd. So I don't know what to do. I never had any
problem getting anything by DT on it's release date, and I've always thought
that ordering on-line was the wrong thing to do because it could get lost in
the mail, or get backordered, or just somehow be late. Boy have I learned my
lesson.
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:52:24 EDT
From: JamesAhab@aol.com
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: Radiohead
Message-ID: <2d.ae5921a.281ca3a8@aol.com>
>< I used to completely dislike Radiohead until I heard (and soon
purchased) their Kid-A album. It is absolutely amazing, not guitar-driven,
and if anything...non-commercial. Their new album, Amnesiac (coming out in
June) is equally as good, and quite progressive. I still don't like their
older material from the Pablo Honey days...but this new stuff is cool. ><
I completely and totally disagree. The Bends is one of the 10 best albums I
own, while I think Kid A is unlistenable. There's a fine line between
experimental music and just plain noise, and Kid A crossed it.
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:53:15 -0500
From: Brad Plumb <bplumb@pi-r-squared.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010428175018.026f5910@pi-r-squared.com>
>
>I'll bite KM was good in DT too bad his solo stuff is absolute crap, both
>CK albums
>are 2 of the biggest piles of shit I have ever heard.
>
>graham
Heh... whatever. Man, when I first signed onto the jam a couple years ago,
I would have embraced statements like this about CK or U2 and what
not... but now... well I'll say this: I sure as hell listen to Chroma Key
a lot more often than I do DT.
The two CK albums aren't perfect by any means, but Kevin's definitely on to
something. If he can streamline his stuff, lose the sample oriented songs,
and make it all a bit more personal, I think we're giong to see some great
albums. He hasn't near reached his potential yet... as Korg put it: "I
don't think Kevin's a god, but he has the potential to be one."
Palpatine
www.pi-r-squared.com/brad/
"People in Hong Kong are saying "We finally understand a Kar-wai film!" I
don't know if I like that... I feel like I've let them down."
-Wong Kar-Wai
"God is a girl who won't listen"
-Kevin Moore, Blanket (I buried me wife and I dance on top
of her)
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 19:15:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric George <edgeorge@geneva.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010428191525.14718B-100000@sparcy.geneva.edu>
yup, both of them for that matter.
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Robert Muise wrote:
>
> He did a good job on the Fates Warning cd.
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Graham
> Boyle wrote:
>
> >
> > > If we need a flame war to get into gear, hey! no problem: Kevin Moore
> > > was the best DT keyboardist, then Derek, then Jordie. They all have
> > > chops. Maybe Jordan can play a few more 64th notes per minute then the
> > > others. Who cares? Kevmo understood atmosphere and texture, not just
> > > 10-minute scales. And derek at least looked good.
> >
> > I'll bite KM was good in DT too bad his solo stuff is absolute crap, both CK albums
> > are 2 of the biggest piles of shit I have ever heard.
> >
> > graham
> >
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 19:41:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Muise <robbm@primushost.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: Re: Radiohead
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0104281940290.28365-100000@barrel.ecosoft.com>
I get violent when I hear Karma Police... I will forcibly remove the
source of this wretched song...
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Chris wrote:
>
> I used to completely dislike Radiohead until I heard (and soon
> purchased) their Kid-A album. It is absolutely amazing, not
> guitar-driven, and if anything...non-commercial. Their new album,
> Amnesiac (coming out in June) is equally as good, and quite progressive.
> I still don't like their older material from the Pablo Honey days...but
> this new stuff is cool.
> Chris.
>
> > From: "sdts@sdts.nu" <sdts@sdts.nu>
> >
> > I'm happy to see some heavier bands in the inspiration corner this time, =
> > but I
> > REALLY hope they don't get any inspiration from the unbelievable crap (IM=
> > O) that is
> > "Radiohead", "U2" and "Rage Against The Machine".
> > --
> > Andreas Skarin
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 21:36:46 EDT
From: DTStonehenge@aol.com
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: re: DT Keyboard attempted flame war
Message-ID: <3d.ae7cb2a.281cca2e@aol.com>
> If we need a flame war to get into gear, hey! no problem: Kevin Moore
> was the best DT keyboardist, then Derek, then Jordie. They all have
> chops. Maybe Jordan can play a few more 64th notes per minute then the
> others. Who cares? Kevmo understood atmosphere and texture, not just
> 10-minute scales. And derek at least looked good.
Geez, I don't even know where to BEGIN telling you what's wrong with that.
-- His Bertness :)
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 23:52:30 -0400
From: "Carlos A. Alfaro Hernandez" <calfaro@yunque.net>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz...
Message-ID: <3AEB8FFD.56131CAD@yunque.net>
Hear Hear!!!
Chromakey = mmmm :) forbidden mood music
Brad Plumb wrote:
> >
> >I'll bite KM was good in DT too bad his solo stuff is absolute crap, both
> >CK albums
> >are 2 of the biggest piles of shit I have ever heard.
> >
> >graham
>
> Heh... whatever. Man, when I first signed onto the jam a couple years ago,
> I would have embraced statements like this about CK or U2 and what
> not... but now... well I'll say this: I sure as hell listen to Chroma Key
> a lot more often than I do DT.
>
> The two CK albums aren't perfect by any means, but Kevin's definitely on to
> something. If he can streamline his stuff, lose the sample oriented songs,
> and make it all a bit more personal, I think we're giong to see some great
> albums. He hasn't near reached his potential yet... as Korg put it: "I
> don't think Kevin's a god, but he has the potential to be one."
>
> Palpatine
> www.pi-r-squared.com/brad/
>
> "People in Hong Kong are saying "We finally understand a Kar-wai film!" I
> don't know if I like that... I feel like I've let them down."
>
> -Wong Kar-Wai
>
> "God is a girl who won't listen"
>
> -Kevin Moore, Blanket (I buried me wife and I dance on top
> of her)
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:59:47 +1000 From: "Niall Connaughton" <ytsejam@bigpond.net.au> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Hair Theater Message-ID: <NEBBJFIHCLOKMDCKEKNPOEBLCBAA.ytsejam@bigpond.net.au>
> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:55:26 +1000 > From: "Paul Tadday" <dreamryche@bigpond.com> > To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> > Subject: Re: New DT album > Message-ID: <00ab01c0cf8e$adb06c60$f24136cb@PaulTadday> > > > You are kidding aren't ya?? > You seriously think that how a band looks should have anything to do with > whether or not you enjoy a show?? > Get with the times buddy!! > IF DT ever did come Downunder to play some shows I for one would be front > and centre whether they had long hair, short hair, bald or green mowhawk!!
Bald??
Green???
Mohawk????
Don't give them ideas!
My god, could you imagine Myung with a green mohawk? And James bald? What are they supposed to thrash around on stage if they have short hair? :P Although I'd just love to hear James yell "Come on Sydney, shake your fuckin' bootie!!"
Niall
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:29:25 +1000 From: "Paul Tadday" <dreamryche@bigpond.com> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: Hair Theater Message-ID: <00f001c0d064$f9a7bac0$0e4436cb@PaulTadday>
*L* Well I'd just be happy to see them in any way shape or form! Maybe one day we'll get the chance!! :)
--Paul.
----- Original Message ----- ]From: Niall Connaughton <ytsejam@bigpond.net.au>
> Bald?? > > Green??? > > Mohawk???? > > Don't give them ideas! > > My god, could you imagine Myung with a green mohawk? And James bald? What > are they supposed to thrash around on stage if they have short hair? :P > Although I'd just love to hear James yell "Come on Sydney, shake your > fuckin' bootie!!" > > Niall > >
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:43:34 +1000 From: Graham Boyle <gjboyle@optushome.com.au> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: i ask one thing of you, skadz... Message-ID: <3AEB9BF5.9297292C@optushome.com.au>
Carlos A. Alfaro Hernandez wrote:
> Hear Hear!!! > Chromakey = mmmm :) forbidden mood music
So what's more annoying than spam ? A 2 line reply, quoting the whole msg and a 10 or so line signature......
graham
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 02:50:33 -0400 From: "michele moran" <michele@johndoe.org> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: DT Keyboard attempted flame war Message-ID: <004f01c0d078$b12dde00$b557d03f@w9w4t7>
after pawing through a gazillion-and-one 'jam posts today, this one amused me the most.
:-)
-- michele (who enjoys adding a useless reply to the 'jam every now and again) ----- Original Message ----- ]From: <DTStonehenge@aol.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: re: DT Keyboard attempted flame war
> > > If we need a flame war to get into gear, hey! no problem: Kevin Moore > > was the best DT keyboardist, then Derek, then Jordie. They all have > > chops. Maybe Jordan can play a few more 64th notes per minute then the > > others. Who cares? Kevmo understood atmosphere and texture, not just > > 10-minute scales. And derek at least looked good. > > Geez, I don't even know where to BEGIN telling you what's wrong with that. > > -- His Bertness :)
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 02:57:26 -0500 From: "Al @ Switchcraft" <al@isd.net> To: retaehT maerD <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: I don't want green eggs & =?iso-8859-1?Q?Spam=AE?= Message-ID: <3AEBC966.A736FA84@isd.net>
HJ Rivera wrote: >Excuse me for speaking up, but, that is bollocks! If people want to use >other email accounts, then they should subscribe using those accounts as >well. Allowing incoming messages from subscribers only will be a godsend. >And aside from the laziness of people who want to use more than one email >account without subscribing, I don't see why this rule should continue.
>joe
I couldn't agree more.
-- Al - The Ytse-ProGtologist ^ Switchcraft Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" --Will Rogers
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 06:55:53 -0500 From: "Jan-Michael" <jmsouter@airmail.net> To: <jmsouter@airmail.net> Subject: Interview with NightWish Message-ID: <000501c0d0a3$58817660$0238240a@airmail.net>
Here is an interview that was posted on the NightWish mailing list. Enjoy!
THE OPERATIC VISIONS OF NIGHTWISH Updated: 04/28/01
Nightwish is a very well known band in their native Finland and all over Europe. With their recordings now being released domestically through Century Media, music fans in the States may witness the band's visionary mix of progressive metal and operatic female vocals. Interviewed here is keyboard player and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen
Highwire Daze: Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Nightwish, and tell me how long the band has been together.
Tuomas Holopainen: The band's been together since the beginning of 1997 and I'm the keyboard player and songwriter also. I make all of the songs and the lyrics.
HD: Nightwish has had some great success on the Finnish charts. Were you surprised at first and did you even expect it at all?
Tuomas: I can honestly say that we never expected anything and we are so surprised about all this. The whole thing started as a project and we had no ambition at all. The idea was to make music for fun - not to have a record company and never do any shows live. But in less than two years, it all got out of hand. We started selling gold records, even platinum records and going on world tours. I'm just going with the flow and being happy about it.
HD: Prior to forming Nightwish, what kind of bands were you in?
Tuomas: At first I played the clarinet in a classical orchestra and then I played the saxophone in a jazz band. Then I entered my first metal band at the age of 16 called Dark Woods My Bethrowed and I also played in another band called Furthest Shore. But now I only play in Nightwish.
HD: What made you decide to form this type of band?
Tuomas: Because I was playing in those two other bands and they were real heavy. Dark Woods was more into the Black Metal scene. I wasn't allowed to do songs in those bands and that was the thing that I wanted - to make songs. And that's why I started the whole thing.
HD: How much are you inspired by classical music and what made you decide to start playing the keyboards?
Tuomas: People often thing that I'm a classical music fan and listen to all this classical music - but I'm not. I don't listen to classical music at all. The only classical influence that we have comes from Tarja, the vocalist, because she has a classical education for her voice. I've played the clarinet and piano when I was a kid, so that's why I chose the keyboard for the metal band as well.
HD: Where did you meet Tarja and what made you decide to use mainly female vocals for Nightwish?
Tuomas: We are all old school mates. We all went to the same high school and I have known her since ten years before the band. The same goes for the other guys in the band. The idea of Nightwish in the beginning was to make acoustic mood music and we thought that a soft female voice would fit this kind of material perfect. She had such a dramatic, strong voice, that was the reason we changed the style into metal from the acoustic mood music that we started to make.
HD: What kind of vocal training does Tarja have?
Tuomas: She has studied in a music university here in Finland for the past four years. She started as a church musician playing the organ and taking piano and vocal lessons. But she really didn't like it, so now she's specializing in opera singing, which is her passion. Someday she would like to be a professional opera singer.
HD: On your website in the bios, all the Nightwish members list metal bands as their favorites. Yet Tarja lists Celine Dion as a personal favorite. Do you find that disturbing in a way?
Tuomas: (laughs) Actually, no. I think it's just exotic to have this kind of singer who really doesn't listen to metal music. Before Nightwish, she had never heard a single heavy metal band. She had a lot of prejudice against them. I still think she really doesn't like to listen to heavy metal music, except for some bands with a good singer. But she really enjoys singing with Nightwish, so it's kind of a weird thing. But I don't care.
HD: What are some of your favorite metal bands or any kind of music?
Tuomas: My real passion is film music and movie soundtracks. That's where I draw most of my influence. Like Hans Zimmer is a god to me, Danny Elfman and James Horner - all these great movie composers. I like to listen to soundtracks. But from the metal scene, I listen to all kinds of metal - from Rhapsody to all the Finnish metal bands like Amorphis, Children Of Bodom and Stratovarius. Also the blackish style like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle Of Filth. And I love Pantera.
HD: Where do you get the ideas for the lyrics, especially on Wishmaster?
Tuomas: I'm very selfish with the lyrics. I do all the lyrics just for myself just to ease up my own being. There's no deeper meaning, there's no purpose in changing or saving the world. I don't want to take part in any political or environmental things. I just want to write about my own feelings and my own visions and wishes. There's a few exceptions, like for example the song "The Kinslayer" - it's based on the Colorado massacre which happened two years ago.
HD: I wanted to ask about the song "Dead Boy's Poem." What is that inspired by and is that what the Wishmaster cover is based of off?
Tuomas: Yeah, the cover picture is based off of that one. The "Dead Boy's Poem" is the most personal song I've ever done. For me, it's also the best song that I've ever managed to do. It's just like my own personal testimony to the whole world - I wanted to apologize about things for some people and I figured out that this would be the best way to do it - with a song. On the other hand, it also deals with the fact of what this band Nightwish means to me at the moment.
HD: There's some samples in there too. And some spoken word.
Tuomas: It worked out really well. We just had a poll on our website and the fans voted it to be the best song on the album, which really surprised me. I think the structure on that song is not that catchy - it's kind of a hard song - very artistic. I was really surprised that the fans liked it so much.
HD: What is a live Nightwish show like for those of us who have yet to see you play?
Tuomas: It's very energetic. Live, we have an even more rougher sound. We like to move a lot and we look like an energetic metal band. We just don't stand there and play. We like to move a lot and deal with the audience a lot. We usually play a one-hour set, taking songs from all the three albums.
HD: I understand you've already had your North American debut. How did that go?
Tuomas: We went to Montreal to have two shows. We've never been in the U.S. yet. It was fantastic. Again, I had no expectations about it. I didn't even know that the record had been released in Canada. The first show was sold out and the audience was just fantastic. I hope that it will happen in the States as well. The thing is, we haven't had a license deal in the U.S. - it has been a real big problem for two-three years now. Now it finally happened, so I've got very high hopes for it.
HD: Have you heard anything about Nightwish playing here in the States?
Tuomas: I've heard some rumors, but nothing concrete. I think it will happen sometime next year, not this year.
HD: What do you think of the state of the current metal scene, first in Finland and then the rest of the world?
Tuomas: If we're talking about the metal scene here in Finland, I think we can talk about a phenomenon. Finland is the only country in the world where bands like Nightwish, or even Children Of Bodom, Sentenced, Stratovarius - they all go number one in the charts. We were there for two weeks. Children Of Bodom were in the charts for four weeks in the single charts - they were selling platinum with their "Hate Me" single. Stratovarius went number one. The metal scene is just incredible here. I think in the rest of the world, it's going there as well - slowly. Of course it depends on the country. I have imagined that, for example, in the States, the metal scene is very poor at the moment - but growing up little by little all of the time.
HD: It's definitely getting there. Right now they consider Korn, Godsmack and Limp Biscuit our metal. What do you think about bands like that?
Tuomas: I don't personally like them. They have their good moments. For example, Pantera I like very much. I don't know why, but I really love that band. But I don't like this rap style metal, not at all.
HD: With Wishmaster being released in Finland in May of 2000, how close is the band to releasing new material?
Tuomas: We just finished our DVD project and it took a lot of time for us. And now we are recording a mini-CD, with three new songs, one cover song and two live tracks. But our full-length album is not going to be released until next year, maybe April or May. We have been far too busy touring all over the world, so we haven't had time to make songs or to go into the studio. And that's why we're making this mini-CD, to give a little bit of something for the fans before the full-length album.
HD: Can you divulge what the cover song is going to be?
Tuomas: Gary Moore's "Over The Hills And Far Away."
HD: What made you choose that song?
Tuomas: It's one of my all time favorite songs. I've listened to it since I was a kid and I've always loved that song. We just figured out that it would fit our style pretty good, being a melodic heavy metal song.
HD: If there was one thing you'd like to leave the listener with after hearing the music of Nightwish, what would it be?
Tuomas: I think it would be like a feel of surprise and desire at the same time. It's hard to explain.
HD: Do you have any messages for Nightwish fans or for people who might be interested in checking out your music?
Tuomas: Just keep an open mind, because this music takes a few times to listen before it opens up. Give is a chance!
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