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Rita

About Me

staff writer @ Ytsejam.com Your Progressive Rock One-Stop

My Interests

having fun, conducting interviews, visiting concerts.....

Next Concerts:

Paul Gilbert - Bochum / Matrix / May 24, 2007
Dream Theater - Bonn / Museumsufer / June 16, 2007

Dream Theater SYSTEMATIC CHAOS EPK

The Mirror and Roadrunner Records presents: An Interview with MIKE PORTNOY

I'd like to meet:

Your MUSIC! Your NEWS! If you have any music that you think I should add to our download-database, any NEWS that you think I should spread on the web, please don't hesitate to send your info forward by clicking the "Submit News link" here or contact me via email/message.

Planned Interviews....

Jürgen Steinmetz (Silent Force, Rock Ignition), Vivien Lalu, Russell Allen (Symphony X), Alex Holzwarth (Sieges Even, Rhapsody of Fire, Dol Ammad), Kristoffer Gildenlöw (ex-Pain of Salvation, Dial), Mattias Norén (Art & Graphic designer).......

Latest interview: DAVE KILMINSTER

- April 16th - Cologne / Roger Waters Tour (read part 1 of the interview at ytsejam.com )

Dave Kilminster is a highly regarded UK guitarist whose radical technique and mesmerizing sounds were featured alongside rock luminaries John Wetton (former ‘ASIA’ and ‘KING CRIMSON’ vocalist/bassist), drummer Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and (ex ‘Uriah Heep’ keyboardist) Ken Hensley on international tour and on recordings. He was also writing, recording and touring with keyboard legend Keith Emerson who complimented Dave’s playing in the press: “Dave is a marvelous guitarist,” Keith told one journalist, indicating that Kilminster challenges him musically. “He’ll speed up Hoedown by a third and I’ll think What? Okay! We’ll go there.”
Since Dave won the first, prestigious “Guitarist of the Year” competition in 1991, he wrote, transcribed and recorded for practically every issue of Guitar Techniques in the last years, as well as hosting his own ‘Killer Licks’ column in Guitarist. Furthermore he has his own Sky TV series called ‘Killer Guitar’ on the Musicians’ M-Channel featuring both his electric and acoustic playing and he’s a featured instructor at the Academy of Contemporary Music in the UK.
In 1996 Dave Kilminster recorded the classical guitar album ‘Playing With Fire’ along with former student Fraser T-Smith. Recently he released his highly acclaimed sophomore album: Scarlet.

His latest effort is a song orientated rock album. All tracks - written, sung, performed and co-produced by Dave , featuring the amazing Phil Williams and Pete Riley (e.g.KEITH EMERSON BAND) on rhythm instruments, his multi talented girl friend Anne-Marie Helder on backings, who complements Dave on vocals brilliantly and even a string quartet. Guitar heroes are known primarily for their instrumental pyrotechnics of course, but some wizards like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have stepped out –have taken on lead-vocals and lyric-writing duties. On ’Scarlet’ Dave Kilminster has embraced this practice as well. Musically speaking, ‘Scarlet’ radiates a variety of surprises. Dave has not included a certain type of songs on ‘Scarlet’ his fans might have expected, but the stuff that comes from his honesty and sincerity. He made very conscious efforts to expand his vocabulary on vocals. Although this is a song orientated rock album, ’Scarlet’ showcases that he’s still madly in love with the guitar and playing it. It’s hardly possible to recommend one particular track - you can’t listen to the wrong song because each one has its specific musical highlights and unique charm.
You can listen to excerpts of 'Rain','Liar,Liar', 'Angel' and 'Brightest Star' from Scarlet here .
Since June 2006 Dave Kilminster is touring with Roger Waters. THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TOUR features an all star big band line-up, a veritable who’s who of the session world namely: Andy Fairweather - Low Guitar; Snowy White – Guitar; Dave Kilminster - Guitar and Vocals; Graham Broad – Drums; Jon Carin- Keyboards; Harry Waters – Hammond; Ian Ritchie – Saxophone; Katie Kissoon, PP Arnold, and Carol Kenyon - Background Vocals.

Musicians I'd like to interview somewhere along the way:

Vangelis Papathanassiou, Peter Hammill, Peter Gabriel, Paul Gilbert, David Bowie, Bruce Dickinson, RAMMSTEIN / all guys, Russell Allen, Mike Portnoy, Keith Emerson, Paul McCartney, Mike Garson, Peter Murphy, Jason Becker....
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Music:

This exclusive footage from DREAM THEATER was taken during the recording of "The Dark Eternal Night" from SYSTEMATIC CHAOS
Arjen 'AYREON' Lucassen - Track: Loser / The Human Equation
Ayreon - Loser

Heroes:




My Blog

Conversation with DAVE KILMINSTER about touring with Roger Waters

A conversation with DAVE KILMINSTER Part 1: Roger Waters  The Dark Side Of The Moon Tour 2006/07 By Rita Bayer Dave Kilminster is a highly regarded UK guitarist whose radical technique and mesmeriz...
Posted by Rita on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:02:00 PST

A conversation with Arjen 'AYREON' Lucassen Part 1: The Electric Castle Studio

..>..>..> ..> A conversation with ARJEN LUCASSEN  The Mastermind of AYREONEpisode 1  The Electric Castle Studio By Rita Bayer photo: myspace.com/ayreonauts   Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Du...
Posted by Rita on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:49:00 PST

PAIN OF SALVATION / March 8, 2007 / Interview

A Conversation with Pain of Salvation's Daniel Gildenlöw & Johan Hallgren by Rita BayerYesterday (March 8, 2007) I caught up with Daniel Gildenlöw and Johan Hallgren (who participated in our conve...
Posted by Rita on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:38:00 PST

A Conversation With Arno Menses - The voice of SIEGES EVEN

Interview with Arno Menses  frontman in SIEGES EVEN & drummer in TURD By Rita Bayer I spent the last weekend in Holland conducting interviews with Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen (has to be continued ...
Posted by Rita on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:49:00 PST

Interview with Chris Jonker (MANGROVE & DIAL)

Interview with Chris Jonker - Keyboardist from MANGROVE & DIAL (Live) By Rita Bayer Photos by Peter Vroon Roland van der Horst (guitars, vocals) and Joost Hagemeijer (drums, vocals) start in 1...
Posted by Rita on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:45:00 PST

A Conversation With ZOLTAN FABIAN From AGE OF NEMESIS

Interview with Zoltan Fabian from Age of Nemesis By Rita Bayer & Tommy Hash For years they were Hungary's best-kept secret in the progressive metal world, but after last years Psychogeist, they ...
Posted by Rita on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:08:00 PST

KALLE WALLNER (RPWL, BLIND EGO) Checks In

*5 Quick Ones* with Kalle Wallner By Rita Bayer As you all know in the meantime, I've sent *5 Quick Ones* to several musicians. Charlie Dominici, Kristoffer Gildenlöw and Arjen Lucassen ...
Posted by Rita on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:15:00 PST

ARJEN LUCASSEN Checks In

*5 Quick Ones* with Arjen Lucassen By Rita Bayer As you might know in the meantime, I've sent *5 Quick Ones* to several musicians last week. Charlie Dominici, Kristoffer Gildenlöw already have been s...
Posted by Rita on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:24:00 PST

KRISTOFFER GILDENLÖW checks in

*5 Quick Ones* with Kristoffer Gildenlöw By Rita Bayer As you might know, I've sent *5 Quick Ones* to several musicians during the week. Charlie Dominici already has been so kind to get back on me, n...
Posted by Rita on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:04:00 PST

CHARLIE DOMINICI the original voice of DREAM THEATER checks in

*5 Quick Ones* with Charlie Dominici By Rita Bayer I've sent *5 Quick Ones* to several musicians during the week. Charlie Dominici has been so kind to get back on me immediately.A big *Thank Y...
Posted by Rita on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:53:00 PST