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Title: Best day of my life
Post by: keys76 on February 17, 2017, 04:35:06 AM
Hi all,

Been lurking this page for ages now and finally found the right moment to start posting again.
As some of you may know I'm a friend of Jordan Rudess and together with some friends I'm running the official Jordan Rudess fanclub.
Last saturday I took my 7 year old son to the DT gig in Düsseldorf and this day was so amazing I just have to share it with you guys, to show you how cool, down-to-earth and nice the members of DT and their crew are.

Before soundcheck we were greeted by JR and he took us for a little tour on the stage.
My son is playing drums now for about 1,5 year and he's a little rocker totally into Mike Mangini. So to see this monstrous kit was a huge thing for him. Eric, MM's tech, was the coolest and allowed my son to have a seat behind the kit (and to play the drum kit, psshhtt...don't tell MM). When we came at JP's world Maddie (JP's tech) gave him a guitar pick and JP showed him some of his guitars, one of them the Special Edition Nomac themed guitar.

We watched the soundcheck from the stage and after soundcheck the moment was there for my son to finally meet his hero. MM was so nice to give him a set of drumsticks and they made some pics together.

We watched the show from FOH and it was awesome. Here's a pic of my son and MM. He will never ever forget this experience, so will I.  :metal

(https://i64.tinypic.com/2ex9dtx.jpg)
Title: Re: Best day of my life
Post by: Art on February 17, 2017, 04:38:05 AM
That is an awesome story!  :tup
Title: Re: Best day of my life
Post by: keys76 on February 17, 2017, 04:40:25 AM
just added the picture...
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Post by: Zydar on February 17, 2017, 04:42:19 AM
Awesome!
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Post by: Madman Shepherd on February 17, 2017, 12:39:51 PM
Wow, man!  That's very cool.  I'm very jealous!
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Post by: gmillerdrake on February 17, 2017, 01:14:18 PM
So happy for you and your son. What an experience!
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Post by: cramx3 on February 17, 2017, 01:25:06 PM
Awesome story,  :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
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Post by: jjrock88 on February 17, 2017, 05:19:53 PM
very cool!
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Post by: ? on February 20, 2017, 10:34:34 AM
Nice! :tup
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Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 21, 2017, 08:36:39 AM
Very nice!
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Post by: Samsara on February 21, 2017, 10:14:56 AM
Great story. Your son will remember that one forever!
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Post by: Mebert78 on February 21, 2017, 12:10:25 PM
Unbelievable.  Kudos to the DT guys for making that happen for you and your family. 
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Post by: gzarruk on February 23, 2017, 10:49:46 AM
That's awesome for you and your son! Also, I love how all the people here who have met/are friends with any of the DT guys will always say the same thing: the're always nice, down to earth and happy to meet their fans. That's priceless.
Title: Re: Best day of my life
Post by: Scottjf8 on February 25, 2017, 01:33:42 AM
That's way awesome!!

What did they play for soundcheck?  Did you jump up and do some backing vocals?