John Myung is BACK!

[MetropolisxPt1]

The Silent Man is no longer silent.

I hope no one else has made that joke already...

Well, you could say he's Awake

Maybe its because images and words are running through his head.

[sneakyblueberry]

train of thought

[Heaven Outcry Angel]

on the backs of angels, that is!

[Guitalguy]

Now that MP's gone I guess Myung is in charge in the rythm section. Not that Mangini's less of a drummer than MP, but he's kinda new at the game. No wonder they push forward what is their strong and secure sides.

I think the drums are a bit too low on this song, but maybe it's just the youtube sound quality or something. We'll see in september..

[sneakyblueberry]

Yeah I think the drums are a bit quiet.  Maybe it shows how much of a hold MP had on the mixing in the past?  I think its a good thing they're down a bit, though.

[KevShmev]

I've listened to the song several times now. Could someone tell me where this bass solo is? I haven't yet noticed it... I love that I can hear him now in general, even on my crappy laptop speakers! Before he was still sometimes inaudible even on my noise-cancelling headphones, which absolutely pump bass.

3:12

Eh?  Does a 2 second part really count as a solo?  I mean, if the guitar did that, we'd never call it a solo, but I guess since a bass guitar so rarely gets a solo, that when one does something like that, it is somehow called one. 

Regardless, he definitely sounds really good on this tune.

[champbassist]

Honestly, I can hear him all the way up to and including Octavarium. It's the SC and BC&SL era where his bass got pushed wayyy to far back. Sure it got harder to hear him after SDoIT, but it was still there. Especially on BC&SL, I forget there is even a bass player when I listen to it.

This. This. This.

Even on a few songs on SC & BC&SL you can hear him especially on the quieter parts. Despite OTBOA, though, I don't think that, mixwise, it's going to go back to the pre-SFAM era for Myung again.

Also +1 to the 'drums are quieter' observation.

[darkshade]

Honestly, I can hear him all the way up to and including Octavarium. It's the SC and BC&SL era where his bass got pushed wayyy to far back. Sure it got harder to hear him after SDoIT, but it was still there. Especially on BC&SL, I forget there is even a bass player when I listen to it.

This. This. This.

Even on a few songs on SC & BC&SL you can hear him especially on the quieter parts. Despite OTBOA, though, I don't think that, mixwise, it's going to go back to the pre-SFAM era for Myung again.

Also +1 to the 'drums are quieter' observation.

Myung might really open up on this new album. Everyone on OtBoA is 100% present.

[Sketchy]

It's where it gets to 7:25 on Breaking All Illusions, and everyone's given up hope of another Myung solo, and suddenly there's a five minute bass solo, followed by "heh, I've always wanted to do that."

[Tunnel Vision]

Try listening to the OTBOA vid that is on Dream Theater's youtube page (Not Roadrunner's page with 900K views). I think that version has a little bit better mix it seems.

Here's a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRcMeVNXpSo&feature=channel_video_title

[Zook]

I can only hope that IF he has a longer bass solo on the new album he'll do a bass solo at the same time he does a bass solo

[Zydar]

[hefdaddy42]