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@TSJMajesty, pretty slick playlist of Petrucci stuff here-



Some clinics I haven't seen an apparently some promo vids for the JPM.

Jim Henson’s John Petrucci Babies.

 

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I got a chuckle out of him opening with Paradigm Shift. Coincidentally, around the same time as this clinic, I caught Mike Portnoy at a local drum clinic where he played Paradigm Shift using the stems, but sans-drums.

 

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So that "banger", TSMI, how does that "calypso" piano break sound to you now? (I love it! And it's not ragtime. )

Hmmmm.......

I am less triggered by it than I was initially.

I love the transition out of it, though---that is tight!

 

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Damn this guy has his kit DIALED IN! Love that snare!
He's apparently a huge DT fan. (My kinda guy. )

 

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Worst chorus ever of any Dream Theater song IMO.

 

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Worst chorus ever of any Dream Theater song IMO.

Yeah, even after many spins, it's still too abrupt, and weird, of a change. BUT I STILL DIG IT!!

Plus, a bad chorus on this album still beats most anything off of The Astonishing.

 

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Damn you and your 8 string, John Petrucci.

You still contemplating a 7, @TSJMajesty ??

 

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Damn you and your 8 string, John Petrucci.

You still contemplating a 7, @TSJMajesty ??

Yes, I do want one. There's so many DT/JP songs I mess around with that would be theoretically easier (provided I can handle that extra string) on a 7, as opposed to using the VC in the Axe III.

Like this run in JLMB:


Which on a 6 string, goes like this:

with a very fast shift to grab that 12th fret. (I could shift it in other places too, but ya gotta do it somewhere.)

But on a 7 it becomes:

And then turn the VC back on, etc.

 

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One week!

And I’m proud to admit that I haven’t watched any videos of the current tour, nor have I checked out the setlist.

 

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That run in The Shadowman Incident right before the Calypso solo from Jordan
is so f'ing good.

Timestamped.....

 

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Calypso solo

So is Calypso the new Ragtime?

 

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That run in The Shadowman Incident right before the Calypso solo from Jordan
is so f'ing good.

Timestamped.....

It's actually not too hard to play too! But it is fast!

It's diminished:

2x's (the the open E riff in btw:

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2x's

then:

It's got a similar vibe to this part in Octavarium (cued):

 

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So is Calypso the new Ragtime?

I actually give Jordan and the guys props---because that Calypso Piano Solo
is really the only outlier I can hear on the entire Album, and it is very brief.

No wanna-be Elfman Escapades. No Ragtime. No Jellyrolling.

 

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It's actually not too hard to play too! But it is fast!

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It's got a similar vibe to this part in Octavarium (cued):

Sweet! Thanks, Tom.

 

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The first 3 minutes of The Shadow Man Incident:

 

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The last 3 minutes of The Shadow Man Incident:

 

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I think Midnight Messiah is my favorite song on the album. I actually really like the abrupt transition into the chorus and the nods to old school thrash

I may have been wrong about Dead Asleep. There is a lot in there I really like after another listen. I’m always a fan of polyrhythms, and I love all the duple juxtaposed over triple stuff. Cool riffs, and I like the flanger use.

It’s just the vocal melody that kills it towards the end.

Wake……………. Up……………. I……. was…….. dead……… asleep……….

 

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4 more days!

 

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4 more days!

6 more days!