My thoughts on 'Dream Theater' (***SPOILERS***)

[TheGreatPretender]

Seriously though, most of these questions are about the music itself. I don't think there'd be a point of asking DT, "How would you rate Illumination Theory among the rest of your epics?" or "Hey, JP, did you write any stand out, must hear guitar solos?"

[Kotowboy]

HEY JP - ARE YOU A LOT LESS FATTER THAN YOU USED TO BE ? CHEERS.

[RMGadelha]

Seriously though, most of these questions are about the music itself. I don't think there'd be a point of asking DT, "How would you rate Illumination Theory among the rest of your epics?" or "Hey, JP, did you write any stand out, must hear guitar solos?"

If that last question were to be made to Mikael Åkerfeldt, he would probably answer it like: "No, they are all shit." 

EDIT: Or do the complete opposite and say: "They are all masterpieces".

[TheGreatPretender]

HEY JP - ARE YOU A LOT LESS FATTER THAN YOU USED TO BE ? CHEERS.

 

[cyberdrummer]

Right, bedtime. I'm shattered, but what an evening! I look forward to answering a new raft of questions in the morning.

[Kotowboy]

Right, bedtime. I'm shattered, but what an evening! I look forward to answering a new raft of questions in the morning.

Shattered For Us !

[TheGreatPretender]

Right, bedtime. I'm shattered, but what an evening! I look forward to answering a new raft of questions in the morning.

Shattered Fortress

FLY NOW BE FREE!!!

[Kotowboy]

Yes. that was what I was implying

[TheGreatPretender]

Yes. that was what I was implying

Oh. Well, then. Clearly I half-understood, and half misunderstood.

[jonnybaxy]

I remember JP(?) saying the songs segued into eachother...

Did they all flow into eachother? and if so how? (effects (ala 8VM) or musically?)

[noxon]

They don't segue. At all.

[Kotowboy]

Maybe JP likes to listen to the album whilst riding a segway.

We just don't know.

[TheGreatPretender]

Maybe he meant the album is well organized and feels like a whole journey, as opposed to just a bunch of songs thrown together.

[jonnybaxy]

Not even likeBMUBMD into LNF? just horses?

[noxon]

There are no horses on dt12.

[The Fatal Tragedy]

I have a few questions. As many may or may not know, I'm the one who created/transcribed that MIDI file. I have a list of a few questions regarding the accuracy of it.

-Based on the notes that I plotted in my midi, how accurate is my transcription? (Using a percentage)

-Does the MIDI contain a lot of missing notes compared to the real song?

-Approximately at what point during the song does the part from my midi begin at?

-What kind of instrument patch is used during the part of my MIDI? (Orchestral strings? Piano?)

-Is the actual speed of that part faster, the same, or slower than the speed at which I chose for the MIDI?

-As you know, that recent audio/video snippet of MM playing a part from FAS in Ep. 4 of DT's studio mini-series and my MIDI file are from the same song. Does that snippet come in before or after the MIDI I created?

-Lastly, did anyone in the listening party mention anything about the MIDI I transcribed? 

Also, is the weird vocal scatting heard in the 3rd episode of DT's "In the Studio" mini-series present anywhere on the actual album? If so, then which song does it occur in?

[TheGreatPretender]

I doubt he'll be able to answer even one of those questions ^ haha. (cyberdrummer I mean. Noxon might though.)

[noxon]

I could probably answer it with great accuracy but I've not heard the midi and I'm not sure I'm allowed to answer those kinds of details (by the mods here - I'm allowed to talk about what I've heard, just been asked not to publish my detailed review yet )...

[lightbug]

At this point it's not necesary a review, I just need "something" >= snippets  (maybe Noxon Review )

[bosk1]

There are no horses on dt12.

I KNEW IT!  FINE, I'M NOT BUYING IT THEN! 

[senecadawg2]

Some interesting questions here.  You guys should keep a lot of these questions in mind for future use.  In case, you know, you guys get a chance to ask the members of DT some questions some day.  Hypothetically.

Dawg, I'm picking up what you're throwin' down.

[johncal]

There are no horses on dt12.

I KNEW IT!  FINE, I'M NOT BUYING IT THEN! 

There could be Donkeys.

[As I Am]

The only question I really have is, "how much better would the recording have been if MP  was doing the drums and writing"? I assume, "much"?
Sorry, couldn't help myself

[TheGreatPretender]

The only question I really have is, "how much better would the recording have been if MP  was doing the drums and writing"? I assume, "much"?
Sorry, couldn't help myself

See? That's the kind of question you should save for the actual band.

[Kotowboy]

^ The drumming would have been boring and predictable.

[jonnybaxy]

There are no horses on dt12.

I KNEW IT!  FINE, I'M NOT BUYING IT THEN! 

There could be Donkeys.

IT'S NOT THE SAME!!

[DreamerTV]

Some interesting questions here.  You guys should keep a lot of these questions in mind for future use.  In case, you know, you guys get a chance to ask the members of DT some questions some day.  Hypothetically.

 

[TheGreatPretender]

There could be Donkeys.

IT'S NOT THE SAME!!

Wait, no! It'll be even better! Better than horses, even.... Zebras!

[jonnybaxy]

There could be Donkeys.

IT'S NOT THE SAME!!

Wait, no! It'll be even better! Better than horses, even.... Zebras!

You couldn't be more wrong... Everyone knows..

Donkeys < Zebras < Horses < Unicorns

[TheGreatPretender]

Nah, Zebras are way cooler. Zebras are like Progressive Horses.

[Orthogonal]

Nah, Zebras are way cooler. Zebras are like Progressive Horses.

You mean Prog Horses. 

[Mosh]

Yea. Horses are like Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Zebras are like Close To The Edge.

[Mister Gold]

Yea. Horses are like Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Zebras are like Close To The Edge.

I take it that means Unicorns are like Relayer?

[hefdaddy42]

Some interesting questions here.  You guys should keep a lot of these questions in mind for future use.  In case, you know, you guys get a chance to ask the members of DT some questions some day.  Hypothetically.

Hypothetically, of course.

[Mosh]

Yea. Horses are like Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Zebras are like Close To The Edge.

I take it that means Unicorns are like Relayer?

Nah, I'd say Drama.