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

[Kotowboy]

I am completely fine with those lengths.

[RMGadelha]

I couldn't be happier with these lengths.

[chrisbDTM]

i love that none are long just for the sake of it

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

This reminds me a lot of Octavarium's track lengths. Lots of "shorter" songs and one epic. Nice stuff.

[Orthogonal]

Perspective is everything. There are 6 tracks greater than 6 minutes in length, so they aren't terribly short in real terms, but perhaps slightly under the DT average track length. Excluding the intro, which is its own beast, there are only 2 tracks coming just shy of 5 minutes which is still quite long compared to traditional music out there. Not too concerned with the length of this album, if it means they trimmed some "fat" to make the song-writing as tight as possible, I'm all for it.

[Kotowboy]

This reminds me a lot of Octavarium's track lengths. Lots of "shorter" songs and one epic. Nice stuff.

[dongringo]

Good stuff here. The thing that struck me the most is the word 'dark' to describe the album. I've been wanting more of a dark sounding album from them. When I look at the album cover it's dark, so if the music reflects the cover, bring it on!

[liran95]

cyberdrummer, I've got a question:

How high would you rank TBP among other DT ballads?

[Malt Licky]

Cyber, can you describe JM's bass solo?

[aprilethereal]

Cyber, can you describe JM's bass solo?

bassy

[COB55]

What song has the heaviest guitar riff on the album? Are there better riffs than on TEI? I found the riffs in that song a little unsatisfying.

[cyberdrummer]

cyberdrummer, I've got a question:

How high would you rank TBP among other DT ballads?

Impossible to say.

Cyber, can you describe JM's bass solo?

Good.

What song has the heaviest guitar riff on the album? Are there better riffs than on TEI? I found the riffs in that song a little unsatisfying.

Not sure about the first question, but there are definitely better riffs than anything in TEI.

[noxon]

Whenever people refer to tbp as a ballad I have to think... It's the heaviest ballad I've ever heard the easiest comparioson is probably the ministry of list souls without the instrumental parts...

[wasteland]

Whenever people refer to tbp as a ballad I have to think... It's the heaviest ballad I've ever heard the easiest comparioson is probably the ministry of list souls without the instrumental parts...

A ballad then

[aprilethereal]

Is TEI the heaviest song?

[cyberdrummer]

Probably.

[aprilethereal]

Thanks

[Estiui]

Do you think that TEI, as a single, is representative of the heaviness and darkness of the album?

[mikemangioy]

Could you describe Along for the ride better?

[noxon]

Beneath the surface 2 with double bass drums

[YtseJamittaja]

Beneath the surface 2 with double bass drums

I don't know why but I immediately thought about this:

Until one day I stop caring
ROOOAAAAOAOAORRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

[?]

"Nothing you can do to change me
But accept me as I am
As I aaaaaammmmm
YEAH!"

[Kotowboy]

Beneath the surface 2 with double bass drums

I don't know why but I immediately thought about this:

Until one day I stop caring
ROOOAAAAOAOAORRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

That reminds me of every Machine Head song that has *something* grolwed when the band kicks in.

It was a staple of the nu-metal era.

*intro riff*

*drum filll and whole band kicks in*

FUCCCKKKKKIIIIIITTTTTTUUUUPPPPPPPPPP

[RoeDent]

Surprised that FAS is as short as it is. As a multi-movement piece, I expected it to be 12-13 minutes. At this length, each movement will be well under a minute.

[aprilethereal]

Beneath the surface 2 with double bass drums

I don't know why but I immediately thought about this:

Until one day I stop caring
ROOOAAAAOAOAORRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

"Nothing you can do to change me
But accept me as I am
As I aaaaaammmmm
YEAH!"

@ both

[Tis BOOLsheet]

How about BTV? I'm disappointed that didn't make as big of an impression on people

[Tomislav95]

Thank you Cyberdrummer
One question: that french named movement in IT, does it contain french lyrics (probaby not but I'm just curious)?

[TheGreatPretender]

How about BTV? I'm disappointed that didn't make as big of an impression on people ?

Considering that's the one song they're releasing stems for.

[morkie]

I'm sorry if I missed the thread where this was mentioned but, how did this come about?

This discussion starts with 'so I got back' and I was thinking, from where? What happened?=)

Apologies if I missed that part, I looked. And MANY thanks for posting and putting up with all our questions! So appreciated, the excitement is already so great.

[Ben_Jamin]

I knew it....6DOIT. Most experimental since that album.

[Zydar]

I'm sorry if I missed the thread where this was mentioned but, how did this come about?

This discussion starts with 'so I got back' and I was thinking, from where? What happened?=)

Apologies if I missed that part, I looked. And MANY thanks for posting and putting up with all our questions! So appreciated, the excitement is already so great.

Cyberdrummer and a couple of others went to a listening party in London for the new DT album. JP, JLB and JR was there too.

[Kotowboy]

Jordan, John and James were said to have "enjoyed" the album, but were surprised by how short the songs were.

[morkie]

I'm sorry if I missed the thread where this was mentioned but, how did this come about?

This discussion starts with 'so I got back' and I was thinking, from where? What happened?=)

Apologies if I missed that part, I looked. And MANY thanks for posting and putting up with all our questions! So appreciated, the excitement is already so great.

Cyberdrummer and a couple of others went to a listening party in London for the new DT album. JP, JLB and JR was there too.

Thanks so much for that, I'd heard of a listening party (near me) in NYC but wasn't sure about this one.

Excitteeddd!

[noxon]

How about BTV? I'm disappointed that didn't make as big of an impression on people

It's because it's a pretty straight rocker, kinda like black album era Metallica in the riff department with some anthemy vocals. It's a song that could just as well have existed on sc.

[dvargas]

Cyberdrummer.... Any segues in the album?