Systematic Chaos Special Edition DVD

[roburado]

The Repentance solo is good, but I think my favorite JP solos are still the ones from UAGM, Scarred, Hollow Years (Live at Budokan), To Live Forever (Live in Tokyo), Trial of Tears, TSCO, and the one around 17:17 of ACOS off Live Scenes from New York.

 

[jbert]

On of my favs is the solo in Constant Motion - brilliantly constructed.

 

[dwells]

petrucci on this album has just out done him self , he is number one in the world i would think in this point in time and i cant see anyone coming even close to him for all aspects of playing and writing.
ok there s people that can play his stuff but i dont see anyone writing as insane as him !!!
Dream theater are just amazing ......
+ he plays ernie ball what more can i say !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[roburado]

The CM solo is great. The Forsaken solo is great too.

 

[Paul in WV]

Do you see JP banging out some of his solos in one take?

Unreal!!!

Every album he gets better.

UNREAL...a more accurate description wouldn't be possible. The more I listen to him, the more I think that World Domination Mode is possible if you practice enough.

The Repentance solo is good, but I think my favorite JP solos are still the ones from UAGM, Scarred, Hollow Years (Live at Budokan), To Live Forever (Live in Tokyo), Trial of Tears, TSCO, and the one around 17:17 of ACOS off Live Scenes from New York.

When I heard "Hollow Years" on Live at Budokan I was physically shaken. I've watched that particular track at least 50 times.

I've said it a few times...had I not stumbled upon Dream Theater by accident, I doubt seriously that I would have ever had the desire to play the guitar again. I actually didn't even listen to music that much. I attribute my musical reawakening solely to Dream Theater and John Petrucci. I'm probably too old to grow as much as I'd like but I have three kids that see me playing all the time and my hope is that one of them may actually decide that they want to learn. The music system in our local school system totally blows now and I want them to know the joy music has given me over the years.

I'm listening to "Constant Motion" right now and the 5.1 mix is shaking my keyboard as I type!

 

[ernie1966]

So in other words you honestly think that was one take only....you do know that he composes his solos right?
And practices them to get the to pop on the track...personally I like the composed route since you can get it to sound tight.

Aisde from that bit, I wish they cam'd him when he was tracking TDEN's solo...his playing is hot fire on this record tho', and the footage of tracking and jamming is awesome. So many cool layers and things hidden in there...

This is my favorite DT record since 6DoIT....

Ern, I think we're both looking at it from a different take here...for instance, when I think one take, I think go in blow on the track and not hack it up or punch in/out to fix stuff...and not compose. But I digress as i mentioned above composing and getting it right usually works best for me, it doesn't sound as off the cuff but it sounds better...
...I definitely agree about him getting better with every record....it's nutty actually but touring cycles will do that to you...especially if you're out on the road kick'n booty for so long...i think the break actually helped them this time around too....this album has some definite fire to it...

My favorite solo I think JP's ever played is the one in Repentance...

The other thing I noticed is they punch alot of drums...and Mike overdubs stuff at times which is cool....not too many drummers do that texturally...

OC,

I got what you meant after I wrote that reponse. What I meant to say in the first place was that he was banging out the solo straight through, without pausing or punching, not that he nailed the solo on the first take. I know in the past when he recorded his solos, he would kinda piece them out and then practice them later on to get them right for live play. It just shocked me to see him nailing his solos on the video, also those keyboard unisons.
He is definitely at a whole new level that just leaves me awe struck.

 

[roburado]

It looks to me like he's punching in here and there, but still...this is like when Tiger Woods goes home after the end of a season and comes back with a retooled swing that spells doom for the rest of the tour. JP really went to another level this time. Just awesome. I think I read or heard an interview where he said something to the effect that he practiced a lot for this album. Either that or it could be the finger steroids he mentioned in the Live at Budokan video.

 

[spkenn5]

guys did you see where james singin prophets of war with indian accent

lol the guys are fun to be with

 

[Jason5150]

guys did you see where james singin prophets of war with indian accent

lol the guys are fun to be with

That was a funny bit, now everytime I listen to the cd version I keep expecting that Indian voice to come through.

I love the tones that the whole band is getting on this album, especially JM. The whole album is so clean (not their past ones weren't) but they have definitely raised the bar! JM and JP are both crisp & punch through the mix.

Reminds me of a joke about David Lee Roth writing another book and calling it "Just when you thought I couldn't get any better..." Looks like DT have taken that title and delivered.

I can't wait for the tour and even next album

 

[OrangeChannel]

OC,

I got what you meant after I wrote that reponse. What I meant to say in the first place was that he was banging out the solo straight through, without pausing or punching, not that he nailed the solo on the first take. I know in the past when he recorded his solos, he would kinda piece them out and then practice them later on to get them right for live play. It just shocked me to see him nailing his solos on the video, also those keyboard unisons.
He is definitely at a whole new level that just leaves me awe struck.

Oh no doubt. Goodtimes man Dude is definitely at the top of his game, all I was trying to reference is that the video is most likely highly editted so we didn't see the other takes (if there were any). It looks like they had alot of fun in the studio on this excursion. That's my favorite part of being in a band actually...studio antics rule.

 

[Jimothy JP7]

Yes, studio antics. My friends band Ariosa is recording at this studio here in Baltimore called Wright Way Studios, and one of the guitarists was in doing clean tracks by himself and he called the band to tell them the computer crashed and lost all the data, drumtracks, clicks, distortion tracks, everything. He was only pulling legs, but they were freaking out, so the next session came around, and their bassist was laying down his tracks, so we called the guitarist and told him that everything was screwed up, and that the bassist got pissed and threw his bass threw the wall and walked out, all this crazy stuff. I think he learned not to joke about that again, he nearly wet himself haha


Next time I'm there and near the SSL, I'm putting Rock, Suck, and Gay channels on it.