DT15: A View From The Top Of The World (Timeline for DT15)

[MirrorMask]

I think d/t was inspired more by The Astonishing, and the need to be everything The Astonishing was not, than Images and Words.

Maybe this time around since they played SFAM a lot of times it will inspire their songwriting and we'll get a short acoustic intro song, a one minute piano piece and a song with sex noises 

[gzarruk]

Maybe this time around since they played SFAM a lot of times it will inspire their songwriting and we'll get a short acoustic intro song, a one minute piano piece and a song with sex noises 

[Zydar]

Maybe a follow-up? Metropolis Pt 3: The Virus And The Vaccine.

[krands85]

Maybe a follow-up? Metropolis Pt 3: The Virus And The Vaccine.

Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Immunity

[Architeuthis]

Maybe a follow-up? Metropolis Pt 3: The Virus And The Vaccine.

Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Immunity

[Dedalus]

Maybe a follow-up? Metropolis Pt 3: The Virus And The Vaccine.

Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Immunity

Scene Eight: The immunoglobulin carries on

[hunnus2000]

Maybe a follow-up? Metropolis Pt 3: The Virus And The Vaccine.

Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Immunity

Scene Eight: The immunoglobulin carries on

Scene Nine - Finally Free..

Hey - it's certainly appropriate!! 

[Architeuthis]

Maybe a follow-up? Metropolis Pt 3: The Virus And The Vaccine.

Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Immunity

Scene Eight: The immunoglobulin carries on

Scene Nine - Finally Free..

Hey - it's certainly appropriate!! 

TAKE OFF YOUR MASK NICHOLAS!!!

[Mladen]

It would be odd to have the Overture 2020 released in 2021. It's wouldn't be that long ago.

[MustActFastToCoverUp]

Scene Nine - Finally Free..

Hey - it's certainly appropriate!!

As is Scene Six: Home

This thing writes itself.

[GasparXR]

It would be odd to have the Overture 2020 released in 2021. It's wouldn't be that long ago.

Overture 2019 would be more appropriate, since that's when the first cases showed up in China IIRC.

[fadetoblackdude7]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

[gzarruk]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

I think we'll get some updates in the coming weeks, but my bet is that they don't want to announce a lot of stuff around the same time LTE3 is being promoted, so that the announcements don't blur with each other or that one steals the spotlight from the other.

Also, LTE3 is being released at the end of March, so I don't expect DT15 to be released before late May/early June at best, specially with no touring untill, apparently, much later in the year.

[fadetoblackdude7]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

I think we'll get some updates in the coming weeks, but my bet is that they don't want to announce a lot of stuff around the same time LTE3 is being promoted, so that the announcements don't blur with each other or that one steals the spotlight from the other.

Also, LTE3 is being released at the end of March, so I don't expect DT15 to be released before late May/early June at best, specially with no touring untill, apparently, much later in the year.

Right I heard somewhere that they're planning a fall release

[Ben_Jamin]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

They're probably doing that, but, JP is busy at the moment with the LTE3 promotion, like interviews. And him and Jordan are likely preparing for the Premiere of "Images, Words, And Beyond: Live In Japan" After-Show Q&A.

But I would, for certain say, after that premiere, or even during the Q&A, there will be more information about the album released.

[gzarruk]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

I think we'll get some updates in the coming weeks, but my bet is that they don't want to announce a lot of stuff around the same time LTE3 is being promoted, so that the announcements don't blur with each other or that one steals the spotlight from the other.

Also, LTE3 is being released at the end of March, so I don't expect DT15 to be released before late May/early June at best, specially with no touring untill, apparently, much later in the year.

Right I heard somewhere that they're planning a fall release

Hopefully not that far in the year, though 

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

The guys have not been chatty at all regarding their production processes these past 10 years, so no surprise here.

[Kotowboy]

On one hand I enjoy bands who do constant daily updates and video logs etc - so you feel like less time has passed.

On the other hand - Metallica were constantly saying the album was ' in the works ' - then BAM - one day they released the

song Hardwired. The video. And ALL the album details in one go. AMAZING. I was so excited.

[fadetoblackdude7]

I wonder how far along they are with the tracking process. They have to be done with guitars at this point(?) They haven't given us any updates or anything, it's like TA

The guys have not been chatty at all regarding their production processes these past 10 years, so no surprise here.

Wouldn't go that far cuz we had many V logs during DoT's production process

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

True, those snippets were cool. I was thinking more in line with huge documentaries in the lines of their previous Making Of series, such as Systematic Chaos.

[Kotowboy]

True, those snippets were cool. I was thinking more in line with huge documentaries in the lines of their previous Making Of series, such as Systematic Chaos.

Now they have their own studio - it's high time we had another 90 min Studio DVD

[gzarruk]

True, those snippets were cool. I was thinking more in line with huge documentaries in the lines of their previous Making Of series, such as Systematic Chaos.

Now they have their own studio - it's high time we had another 90 min Studio DVD

IIRC, JP did say they were filming most of their writing process for DT15 and were planing to release a documentary with the album.

[Kotowboy]

Let's hope so. I think Systematic Chaos was the last decent one we had. There were just occasional snippets for DT12 as far as I can remember.

Astonishing had nothing. And Distance Over Time had next to nothing.

Even if it's a full length documentary uploaded to YouTube - like Mastodon do - it's Something...

Mastodon did a huge Crack The Skye DVD and Emperor Of Sand had a long making of too.

Even Once More had a few episodes of them in the studio.

[Max Kuehnau]

Updated to include most recent info.

[Max Kuehnau]

True, those snippets were cool. I was thinking more in line with huge documentaries in the lines of their previous Making Of series, such as Systematic Chaos.

Now they have their own studio - it's high time we had another 90 min Studio DVD

John mentioned that there will be a documentary included with DT15. The process is being filmed. (he mentioned it during one of the Q/As leading up to Distant Memories.)

[Sebastián Pratesi]

Astonishing had nothing. And Distance Over Time had next to nothing.

Actually, there were many video updates while the band wrote/recorded the album.

You can find links in the first post of this thread from 2018:
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52849

[Max Kuehnau]

Updated to include most recent information. Jordan is recording.

[TAC]

Can anyone blow up the music pages Jordan has open in front of him?

[jonny108]

Guess we're looking at a May/June release?

[IDontNotDoThings]

Can anyone blow up the music pages Jordan has open in front of him?

Instagram doesn't seem to have a "Save image as..." option, so here's what I could get with Snipping Tool:


I don't think anything's legible from that, but messing with the levels in paint.net, I got this result which may be able to show us more

[gzarruk]

Guess we're looking at a May/June release?

I'm guessing June/July.

[JLa]

I never really understood why Jordan uses sheet music on stage. I can see the point while they write and record, everyone learns differently, but surely he knows all those 16's and 32's by heart by the time they hit the big stage. Personally I would just be super stressed trying to follow along to a note sheet in a blazingly fast song – if I knew the music anyway!

[RoeDent]

That's the way he's done it for years. He must be used to it by now.

[Mladen]

Maybe he is keeping it there in case his brain gives up for a second. 

[JLa]

That's the way he's done it for years. He must be used to it by now.

Yeah, I know he's "always" done it this way, I just don't understand why! Wish someone could ask him about it one day.