Odd Thing on Rudess's Twitter

[MajorMatt]

is anyone going to respond to anyone else's questions as to what is going on? 

1) Rudess clearly has the option on YouTube enabled that automatically tweets when he likes/comments/subscribes.

2) An automated tweet was sent out earlier stating he has subscribed to a YouTube channel (namely "kyledawg92" 's channel)

3) This channel contains some of DT's music being shared for free (i.e. illegal file sharing).

4) It doesn't take a genius to work out why people find this odd

aside from your condescending tone....

Sorry, didn't mean for it to come across like that

Matt

[Perpetual Change]

You didn't come across like that at all. Some people are just too damn lazy to take the two seconds that everyone else did to see what's going on, or even read the thread, where there's more than enough context clues to put things together.

[tri.ad]

I think what JR has done doesn't deserve half of the fuss it's made about here.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

is anyone going to respond to anyone else's questions as to what is going on? 

1) Rudess clearly has the option on YouTube enabled that automatically tweets when he likes/comments/subscribes.

2) An automated tweet was sent out earlier stating he has subscribed to a YouTube channel (namely "kyledawg92" 's channel)

3) This channel contains some of DT's music being shared for free (i.e. illegal file sharing).

4) It doesn't take a genius to work out why people find this odd

Ruddess obviously doesn't have a problem with it, if he's willing to sub to his page then?

This. Seriously, who cares if Rudess subbed him? Obviously he's okay with the file-sharing, so he subbed. No reason to make a big deal about it.

[Orbert]

I think it's important to analyze every move that every band member makes at this point.  If one of them posts what they had for breakfast, or even lunch, it's entirely possible that there's a hidden meaning in it, otherwise they would not have posted it.  I think we the fans owe it to DT and to ourselves to overreact and stir up rumors, even controversy, over the smallest, most insignificant thing.  What kind of fans would we be otherwise?

Remember, "fan" comes from "fanatic" -- one who is obsessed with the band or artist, and who seeks to add meaning to their own lives by living vicariously through their idols.  Jordan obviously did this to send us, the fans, a secret message regarding who the next drummer will be.  His last message was too overt as was set to Private very shortly thereafter.  We will never know what really happened there, but I think we should suspect the worst.  Given the circumstances, it just makes sense to me.

But Jordan is far too smart to make the same mistake twice.  He clearly has done this in order to get his message out under the radar.  So far, I've only spent about 22 hours altogether analyzing the videos and comments in this guy's YouTube vids, the order of them, the context, the choice of words, etc., but I'm confident that with a little perseverence, a pattern will emerge and the message will be revealed.

[MykeHavoc]

Jordan is pretty open about his absolute disdain with file-sharing.

[TL]

Jordan is pretty open about his absolute disdain with file-sharing.

This. I remember him talking about this in an interview not too long ago, even specifically mentioning people who upload studio versions of other people's songs to youtube. At least at that time, he was not in favor of it.

[Tick]

This thread is the worst.

[JustJen]

I think it's important to analyze every move that every band member makes at this point.  If one of them posts what they had for breakfast, or even lunch, it's entirely possible that there's a hidden meaning in it, otherwise they would not have posted it.  I think we the fans owe it to DT and to ourselves to overreact and stir up rumors, even controversy, over the smallest, most insignificant thing.  What kind of fans would we be otherwise?

Remember, "fan" comes from "fanatic" -- one who is obsessed with the band or artist, and who seeks to add meaning to their own lives by living vicariously through their idols.  Jordan obviously did this to send us, the fans, a secret message regarding who the next drummer will be.  His last message was too overt as was set to Private very shortly thereafter.  We will never know what really happened there, but I think we should suspect the worst.  Given the circumstances, it just makes sense to me.

But Jordan is far too smart to make the same mistake twice.  He clearly has done this in order to get his message out under the radar.  So far, I've only spent about 22 hours altogether analyzing the videos and comments in this guy's YouTube vids, the order of them, the context, the choice of words, etc., but I'm confident that with a little perseverence, a pattern will emerge and the message will be revealed.

Hero.

[Orbert]

*takes a bow

It was my 4000th post, and I wanted to make it a good one.

[FutileShadow]

I think it's important to analyze every move that every band member makes at this point.  If one of them posts what they had for breakfast, or even lunch, it's entirely possible that there's a hidden meaning in it, otherwise they would not have posted it.  I think we the fans owe it to DT and to ourselves to overreact and stir up rumors, even controversy, over the smallest, most insignificant thing.  What kind of fans would we be otherwise?

Remember, "fan" comes from "fanatic" -- one who is obsessed with the band or artist, and who seeks to add meaning to their own lives by living vicariously through their idols.  Jordan obviously did this to send us, the fans, a secret message regarding who the next drummer will be.  His last message was too overt as was set to Private very shortly thereafter.  We will never know what really happened there, but I think we should suspect the worst.  Given the circumstances, it just makes sense to me.

But Jordan is far too smart to make the same mistake twice.  He clearly has done this in order to get his message out under the radar.  So far, I've only spent about 22 hours altogether analyzing the videos and comments in this guy's YouTube vids, the order of them, the context, the choice of words, etc., but I'm confident that with a little perseverence, a pattern will emerge and the message will be revealed.

[darkshade]

is anyone going to respond to anyone else's questions as to what is going on? 

1) Rudess clearly has the option on YouTube enabled that automatically tweets when he likes/comments/subscribes.

2) An automated tweet was sent out earlier stating he has subscribed to a YouTube channel (namely "kyledawg92" 's channel)

3) This channel contains some of DT's music being shared for free (i.e. illegal file sharing).

4) It doesn't take a genius to work out why people find this odd

aside from your condescending tone....

Sorry, didn't mean for it to come across like that

Matt

i apologize too. i havent been on the computer lately to have seen this response, and i was in a bad mood when i posted that, so we cool?

[darkshade]

You didn't come across like that at all. Some people are just too damn lazy to take the two seconds that everyone else did to see what's going on, or even read the thread, where there's more than enough context clues to put things together.

i read the thread, but up till the point where i posted the question, it was not entirely clear what was going on, i looked at his YT page, but i just didnt understand what the fuss was about.

[Ben_Jamin]

is anyone going to respond to anyone else's questions as to what is going on? 

1) Rudess clearly has the option on YouTube enabled that automatically tweets when he likes/comments/subscribes.

2) An automated tweet was sent out earlier stating he has subscribed to a YouTube channel (namely "kyledawg92" 's channel)

3) This channel contains some of DT's music being shared for free (i.e. illegal file sharing).

4) It doesn't take a genius to work out why people find this odd

aside from your condescending tone, i thank you for clearing this up. no one posted anything clear enough as to what was going on, and i dont tweet, or know how to tweet. i think it's all silly.

I do to, I don't tweet as I think it's pointless. JR tweeted something, fanboys took it out of context and now we have this worthless thread. All I care about is their music, not their personal lives.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Twitter's gay. I win.


lol jk

[MajorMatt]

i apologize too. i havent been on the computer lately to have seen this response, and i was in a bad mood when i posted that, so we cool?

we cool

[ariich]

Twitter's gay. I win.


lol jk

Dude, joking or not, please refrain from using "gay" as an insult.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Twitter's gay. I win.


lol jk

Dude, joking or not, please refrain from using "gay" as an insult.

Terribly sorry, man, didn't mean to offend! 

[pmahoney1337]

I really don't think it's a big deal, sure it's "odd", as the thread title implies. If Rudess doesn't have a problem with piracy that's fine with me.

[darkshade]

i apologize too. i havent been on the computer lately to have seen this response, and i was in a bad mood when i posted that, so we cool?

we cool