YTSEJAM Digest 6649
Today's Topics:
1) Re: home / PP
by "Alexandra O'Connell" <nocalc@yahoo.com>
2) Re: Ytsejam Fantasy Hockey league
by "Alexandra O'Connell" <nocalc@yahoo.com>
3) Re: home / PP
by Coldfire <coldie@bellatlantic.net>
4) Andromeda and ACT
by "Sigit Prabowo" <sigit.prabowo@bni.co.id>
5) Re: Andromeda and ACT
by Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
6) Guitarevolution
by Rick Audet <spine@electricrain.com>
7) NEW DT ALBUM!
by Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
8) Re: Guitarevolution
by Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
9) Re: Guitarevolution
by Coldie <coldie@bellatlantic.net>
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:30:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Alexandra O'Connell" <nocalc@yahoo.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: home / PP
Message-ID: <20030911203035.29186.qmail@web13808.mail.yahoo.com>
>guess what........heheehhe guess who got sick? I'm
>home...and yeah I'm at home trying to shake a fever
>and sore throat! I'm callin ya Plague Alex...just
>kiddign!
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that, Coldie. Now that I've
confessed to being Germ Queen, a couple of other
people have pointed fingers my way too :) I hope that
you get better soon! If I'm in any way an indication,
you should shake it by the end of this week.
Fingers crossed!
~~
Oh, and i just wanted to congratulate Phil Carter on a
great review of the event. That was especially a very
touching story about the Nightwish fan. Thanks for
sharing!
Alex
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:34:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Alexandra O'Connell" <nocalc@yahoo.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: Ytsejam Fantasy Hockey league
Message-ID: <20030911203432.58006.qmail@web13806.mail.yahoo.com>
>Hi all,
>just to inform you that the Ytsejam Fantasy Hockey
>League on Yahoo is allset up.
>The ID# is 8035 and the Password is dream theater.
>Rock on
>sab
Man, if I wasn't such a lazy ass, this would be
totally hot. For anyone who's participated in any of
the fantasy sports leagues, how time-consuming is it?
I mean I'm sure you can allow it to be VERY
time-consuming, but just generally, do you have to
devote a lot of time to it? I'm going to be very busy
this fall...
Alex
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:42:18 -0400
From: Coldfire <coldie@bellatlantic.net>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: home / PP
Message-ID: <3F60EC3A.93A0AD75@bellatlantic.net>
Alexandra O'Connell wrote:
>
> >guess what........heheehhe guess who got sick? I'm
> >home...and yeah I'm at home trying to shake a fever
> >and sore throat! I'm callin ya Plague Alex...just
> >kiddign!
>
> Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that, Coldie. Now that I've
> confessed to being Germ Queen, a couple of other
> people have pointed fingers my way too :) I hope that
> you get better soon! If I'm in any way an indication,
> you should shake it by the end of this week.
Thanks Alex....went back to work Yesterday....and I better be rid of
this by Friday...cause I'm shakin it this weekend ;)
Good to see ya again lady..wish it was not so long between hugs..if yer
ever down near DC......let me kno!
Coldie
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:20:25 +0700
From: "Sigit Prabowo" <sigit.prabowo@bni.co.id>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: Andromeda and ACT
Message-ID: <008201c378d4$6f343c40$0cca17ac@sigitprabowo>
> From: Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
> > But THE progmetal album that's been occupying my listening time is
> > Andromeda's II=I. I like it soooo much that I burned a copy for my car
> > changer and ripped it into WMA for my office PC and Creative Jukebox
Zen.
> :)
> > LeJon is such a talented and versatile drummer, just compare his works
for
> > Andromeda and A.C.T. (another current favorite).
> I still prefer their original first album Extension of the Wish. 2=1 is
> still kickass though. Guitarist and drummer alike are both great. He plays
> for ACT too? Those guys are cool, very upbeat :)
>
Actually I have a hard time deciding which Andromeda album I like best :)
For the sake of simplicity I always refer to the first as 'the DT one' and
the second as 'the PoS one'. I love that vocal chorus for "Extension Of The
Wish", very un-progmetal-like but meshes very well with the whole song. And
yes, the Thomas Reinholdz (sp?) the guitar player is great. I heard that he
has another project, a death metal band called NoExist. Anybody heard this
one?
LeJon plays for ACT in their latest album, 'Last Epic'. I picked up ACT a
bit late, about year ago (their first album was released in 1999). The
movie-poster style CD cover did not really interest me .. but hey, it had a
'nice price' sticker on it, buried somewhere in the aisles of FNAC
Barcelona. What struck me first was the freshness of their music, very easy
on the ears yet certainly not your typical pop tune. They are definitely
talented musicians, yet they obviously don't take the whole music thing too
seriously, having fun at every corner. Herman Saming's voice is a
love-it-or-hate-it affair, but I believe it fits the music very well. And
the humorous lyrics .....
Emily (Ms. Amnesia) (2:00)
Music by: Jerry Sahlin. Lyrics by: Tomas Erlandsson, Ola Andersson & Jerry
Sahlin
Emily, her memory, is not what it ought to be.
Out she goes, without her clothes,
she thought that she was dressed.
Doc:
- Not again, Emily, you need help, can't you see??
Take these pills and improve your memory.
She forgot, what she just thought.
- Am I at home or not?
Her latest move, she can't recall,
her brain is way to small.
Doc:
- Not again, Emily, you need help, can't you see??
Take these pills and improve your memory.
Oh, these two bands and a bunch of excellent others are from Sweden.
If people were ever to record a statistic called "Ratio of Talented Musician
per Capita" for a country, Sweden would certainly be nominated for at least
Top 3.
cheers,
---sgt---
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:53:51 -0400
From: Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: Andromeda and ACT
Message-ID: <015e01c378d9$1884ab50$9b00a8c0@mizz>
Damn right, producing Flower Kings, Opeth, these two bands mentioned below,
PoS, and I'm sure I'm forgetting many others just makes me cringe :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sigit Prabowo" <sigit.prabowo@bni.co.id>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Andromeda and ACT
> > From: Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
> > > But THE progmetal album that's been occupying my listening time is
> > > Andromeda's II=I. I like it soooo much that I burned a copy for my car
> > > changer and ripped it into WMA for my office PC and Creative Jukebox
> Zen.
> > :)
> > > LeJon is such a talented and versatile drummer, just compare his works
> for
> > > Andromeda and A.C.T. (another current favorite).
>
> > I still prefer their original first album Extension of the Wish. 2=1 is
> > still kickass though. Guitarist and drummer alike are both great. He
plays
> > for ACT too? Those guys are cool, very upbeat :)
> >
>
> Actually I have a hard time deciding which Andromeda album I like best :)
> For the sake of simplicity I always refer to the first as 'the DT one' and
> the second as 'the PoS one'. I love that vocal chorus for "Extension Of
The
> Wish", very un-progmetal-like but meshes very well with the whole song.
And
> yes, the Thomas Reinholdz (sp?) the guitar player is great. I heard that
he
> has another project, a death metal band called NoExist. Anybody heard this
> one?
>
> LeJon plays for ACT in their latest album, 'Last Epic'. I picked up ACT a
> bit late, about year ago (their first album was released in 1999). The
> movie-poster style CD cover did not really interest me .. but hey, it had
a
> 'nice price' sticker on it, buried somewhere in the aisles of FNAC
> Barcelona. What struck me first was the freshness of their music, very
easy
> on the ears yet certainly not your typical pop tune. They are definitely
> talented musicians, yet they obviously don't take the whole music thing
too
> seriously, having fun at every corner. Herman Saming's voice is a
> love-it-or-hate-it affair, but I believe it fits the music very well. And
> the humorous lyrics .....
>
> Emily (Ms. Amnesia) (2:00)
> Music by: Jerry Sahlin. Lyrics by: Tomas Erlandsson, Ola Andersson & Jerry
> Sahlin
>
> Emily, her memory, is not what it ought to be.
> Out she goes, without her clothes,
> she thought that she was dressed.
>
> Doc:
> - Not again, Emily, you need help, can't you see??
> Take these pills and improve your memory.
>
> She forgot, what she just thought.
> - Am I at home or not?
> Her latest move, she can't recall,
> her brain is way to small.
>
> Doc:
> - Not again, Emily, you need help, can't you see??
> Take these pills and improve your memory.
>
> Oh, these two bands and a bunch of excellent others are from Sweden.
> If people were ever to record a statistic called "Ratio of Talented
Musician
> per Capita" for a country, Sweden would certainly be nominated for at
least
> Top 3.
>
> cheers,
> ---sgt---
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:14:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Audet <spine@electricrain.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: Guitarevolution
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0309121151300.11737@zot.electricrain.com>
So.
Did any of you jokers catch the Guitarevolution tour with Marty Friedman,
Chris Poland and Alex Skolnick? No? Why not?
I caught them last night at Slim's in San Francisco. There was what seemed
to be a whopping 150 people there, which is kinda sad. Those of you know
know the venue: if you were to pack everyone there tightly together they'd
probably occupy about 1/4 of the place. Not a big crowd. But that's all
the better for me! Because then it's easy get right up in front of the
stage, or wander around with ease, or whatever.
Alex Skolnick Trio opened the show. They played six tunes from the album,
which consists of jazz interpretations of old hard rock tunes (Ozzy,
Aerosmith, Scorpions, Kiss, Sabbath, Deep Purple), and they were
absolutely incredible. The guys he had playing with him were excellent as
well. It was nice to see that at least a few people knew to clap after
solos and not just after the songs ended. Felt like the ol' music school
days. Ah, good times...
Chris Poland was next. He had a pretty impressive effects rack and a nice
CAE switching system. He might as well have been Alex Lifeson, if only
Alex Lifeson could play that well. They sounded great, but I didn't know
any of the material. Chris is a monster guitar player and his technique is
very strange to me. I noticed he used a lot of economy picking, which is
cool, but his left hand is what boggled me. He keeps his index finger
extended stiffly almost all the time and doesn't use it a lot. Almost
everything is played used the other three fingers. Very strange, and very
impressive nonetheless. The guy he had playing bass, Robby Pagliari,
TOTALLY blew me away. Oh my god. I had never heard of this guy before, and
he tore it up on his beautiful made six-string fretless bass. I think it
said "Moses" on the headstock. Absolutely phenomenal player. I ran into
him outside on my way home and commended his performance. He was very
nice.
Finally, Marty Friedman took the stage. With him was Ron Jarzombek from
Watchtower and Spastic Ink. Apparently Marty has a new album out called
"Music for Speeding" or something. I didn't much care for the tunes, and I
was basically bored with their set, finding myself amused by his rockstar
poses and tall shoes. The bassplayer, whatever his name is, had some
interesting poses as well. I decided to split during the encore out of
boredom.
I thought Alex Skolnick Trio took the cake, I bought his CD and had him
sign it, since he spent most of the evening hanging out chatting with
fans by the vendor stand. Very nice guy.
I saw a couple of familiar faces, far fewer than I should have. That guy I
met at a party 5 years ago who claimed he was a better guitar player than
Eric Johnson (yeah right) and that older guy with the embarrassing
comb-over I keep seeing at all the shows, including ProgPower (does anyone
know who he is? He's everywhere!)
Pic available soon, assuming they didn't come out like crap, like most of
my pics do.
Rick Audet
San Francisco
P.S. Does anyone read this list anymore? Does anyone care? OK bye!
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:26:14 -0400
From: Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
To: Costa Stamatelos <csdeth@yahoo.com>, Ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: NEW DT ALBUM!
Message-ID: <021201c37963$bb03af90$9b00a8c0@mizz>
Finally some concrete news! I can't freakin' wait :)
> For immediate release: Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
> (Dream Theater : News)
>
>
> Dream Theater's latest CD "Train Of Thought" is tentatively
> scheduled for release on November 11th 2003.
>
> The track listing is:
>
> 1. As I Am
> 2. This Dying Soul
> 3. Endless Sacrifice
> 4. Honor Thy Father
> 5. Vacant
> 6. Stream Of Consciousness
> 7. In The Name Of God
>
> Produced by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy
> Engineered by Doug Oberkircher
> Mixed by Kevin Shirley
>
> Dream Theater's 2004 World Tour will kick off in Manchester
> England on January 16th 2004
>
>
> Pre-order "Train Of Thought" at CDUniverse.com now!
>
>
> http://www.dreamtheater.net/buy?a=dt_tot
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:29:40 -0400
From: Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: Guitarevolution
Message-ID: <022101c37964$36359e80$9b00a8c0@mizz>
How was Jarzombek? He's one of my favorite guitarists out there, I don't
know others who write music like he does...
I'll have to check out some AST and some Chris Poland, can't say I've heard
of them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Audet" <spine@electricrain.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:16 PM
Subject: Guitarevolution
>
> So.
>
> Did any of you jokers catch the Guitarevolution tour with Marty Friedman,
> Chris Poland and Alex Skolnick? No? Why not?
>
> I caught them last night at Slim's in San Francisco. There was what seemed
> to be a whopping 150 people there, which is kinda sad. Those of you know
> know the venue: if you were to pack everyone there tightly together they'd
> probably occupy about 1/4 of the place. Not a big crowd. But that's all
> the better for me! Because then it's easy get right up in front of the
> stage, or wander around with ease, or whatever.
>
> Alex Skolnick Trio opened the show. They played six tunes from the album,
> which consists of jazz interpretations of old hard rock tunes (Ozzy,
> Aerosmith, Scorpions, Kiss, Sabbath, Deep Purple), and they were
> absolutely incredible. The guys he had playing with him were excellent as
> well. It was nice to see that at least a few people knew to clap after
> solos and not just after the songs ended. Felt like the ol' music school
> days. Ah, good times...
>
> Chris Poland was next. He had a pretty impressive effects rack and a nice
> CAE switching system. He might as well have been Alex Lifeson, if only
> Alex Lifeson could play that well. They sounded great, but I didn't know
> any of the material. Chris is a monster guitar player and his technique is
> very strange to me. I noticed he used a lot of economy picking, which is
> cool, but his left hand is what boggled me. He keeps his index finger
> extended stiffly almost all the time and doesn't use it a lot. Almost
> everything is played used the other three fingers. Very strange, and very
> impressive nonetheless. The guy he had playing bass, Robby Pagliari,
> TOTALLY blew me away. Oh my god. I had never heard of this guy before, and
> he tore it up on his beautiful made six-string fretless bass. I think it
> said "Moses" on the headstock. Absolutely phenomenal player. I ran into
> him outside on my way home and commended his performance. He was very
> nice.
>
> Finally, Marty Friedman took the stage. With him was Ron Jarzombek from
> Watchtower and Spastic Ink. Apparently Marty has a new album out called
> "Music for Speeding" or something. I didn't much care for the tunes, and I
> was basically bored with their set, finding myself amused by his rockstar
> poses and tall shoes. The bassplayer, whatever his name is, had some
> interesting poses as well. I decided to split during the encore out of
> boredom.
>
> I thought Alex Skolnick Trio took the cake, I bought his CD and had him
> sign it, since he spent most of the evening hanging out chatting with
> fans by the vendor stand. Very nice guy.
>
> I saw a couple of familiar faces, far fewer than I should have. That guy I
> met at a party 5 years ago who claimed he was a better guitar player than
> Eric Johnson (yeah right) and that older guy with the embarrassing
> comb-over I keep seeing at all the shows, including ProgPower (does anyone
> know who he is? He's everywhere!)
>
> Pic available soon, assuming they didn't come out like crap, like most of
> my pics do.
>
>
> Rick Audet
> San Francisco
>
> P.S. Does anyone read this list anymore? Does anyone care? OK bye!
>
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:41:43 -0400
From: Coldie <coldie@bellatlantic.net>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: Guitarevolution
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.1.20030912153944.00b9ad88@mail.verizon.net>
At 12:17 PM 9/12/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>So.
>
>Did any of you jokers catch the Guitarevolution tour with Marty Friedman,
>Chris Poland and Alex Skolnick? No? Why not?
cause it's not coming to my town ;)
<snip>
Sounds like a decent time.
>I saw a couple of familiar faces, far fewer than I should have. That guy I
>met at a party 5 years ago who claimed he was a better guitar player than
>Eric Johnson (yeah right) and that older guy with the embarrassing
>comb-over I keep seeing at all the shows, including ProgPower (does anyone
>know who he is? He's everywhere!)
ACK! NOt the dreaded Comb Over man! Nope...I don't recall seeing one of
those when I was out in Cali. And as for PP I was too busy watching music
to watch people.
>Pic available soon, assuming they didn't come out like crap, like most of
>my pics do.
they do? ;)
>Rick Audet
>San Francisco
>
>P.S. Does anyone read this list anymore? Does anyone care? OK bye!
yes. I read it. I care. Okay Bye ;)
Coldie
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