What song are you listening too v. 3sgto

[donniekak]

I take nothing away from Mangini's ability to play, but I feel that Portnoy's writing has a more dynamic feel/feeling? It may be that the older stuff has more emotional impact on me personally, I don't know.

The writing when Moore was still in the band was the best. Afterward portnoy and petrucci were ok for a while, then when rudess joined there were 2 solid albums, then, stale.

I would say that dream theater is my favorite band though. I also listen to a lot of guitar based music. The largest influence in my playing was Jason Becker. I spent a solid two years playing his material constantly. Now, I may have lost some of the love of his music through repetition, but my playing is extremely technically proficient 15 years later.



I've seen dream theater live 3 times, great show. But, the best show I've ever seen was Steve via in a small club. He played for 3 1/2 hours of pure energy.

[CoopKill]

I have seen Vai twice. Amazing show from top to bottom. He puts the show in show business for sure.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

[CoopKill]

And one of my favs from that album

[CoopKill]

Te man, the mystery, the legend, I present to you BucketHead!

[donniekak]

If you like bucket head, this guy will blow your mind.

I also have the slonimski's thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns that bucket head, and Shawn lane got a lot of their ideas from. It's a never ending treasure trove of ideas.


My wife was a theatrical singer/performer years ago, so she loves music as well, and digs it when I play satiaini, and vai. She says the rest of the heavy stuff I play sounds like alien music, lol.

[Boomer3000]

Local kid I went to school with, Name is Alex. Don't know what he is doing now but I believe he was 17 at the time when they filmed this.. Kid can shred and he has only gotten better.

[CoopKill]

If you like bucket head, this guy will blow your mind.

I also have the slonimski's thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns that bucket head, and Shawn lane got a lot of their ideas from. It's a never ending treasure trove of ideas.


My wife was a theatrical singer/performer years ago, so she loves music as well, and digs it when I play satiaini, and vai. She says the rest of the heavy stuff I play sounds like alien music, lol.

LOL Now you have me going down memory lane on youtube. So many great players that just have not been replaced in todays music.

[CoopKill]

Happened across this little gem of a power package. There are3 versions of this song, all unique, and a good listen. She does a ton of covers. Still looking for an original.

[donniekak]