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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: noxon on December 12, 2018, 06:32:44 AM
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Dream Theater will be posting track by track videos for the songs on the album.
Here's the first one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Co1_h0GtAw
Second:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0
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So this is the cool thing announced yesterday! glad to know these are happening, it's a new and exciting thing :metal
I assume these will appear before the February release, right? I decided to not listen to the single but if they discuss new songs I'd be interested to listen to what they have to say even if they don't play them in the videos...
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The interesting bit of info here is that JM wrote the main riff for UA.
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I really enjoyed the song discussion videos leading up to ADTOE.
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That's a great way of building up anticipation for the new album!
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Cool video, great to see the guys doing something like this leading up to the album.
JMX wrote the main riff, which is great and I feel silly but I never connected the clean intro and the outro until JP mentioned it. Good stuff.
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The interesting bit of info here is that JM wrote the main riff for UA.
As a studio geek, I'll always read UA as Universal Audio :biggrin:
Hope they give us insights on all the songs!
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I've always loved these track by track videos, very cool. :tup
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Another cool thing about the "Maiden section" is that they alternate who's doing the higher note and who's doing the lower note.
Usually when two instruments are harmonizing, one is always on top of the other. In this case, they alternate seamlessly throughout
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Really like how they're promoting this album :tup
Can't wait for the video description of the next songs :metal
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I assume these will appear before the February release, right? I decided to not listen to the single but if they discuss new songs I'd be interested to listen to what they have to say even if they don't play them in the videos...
Keep in mind: the song is heard throughout the video in the background.
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Lovely video.
If this time somebody claims that they "have not put enough energy and passion" in the new album I am going to :natalieportman: him..
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Another cool thing about the "Maiden section" is that they alternate who's doing the higher note and who's doing the lower note.
Usually when two instruments are harmonizing, one is always on top of the other. In this case, they alternate seamlessly throughout
And that is one of the signature things about Dream Theater that first pulled me in that I love to this day: They always have lots of subtle changes throughout their songs and sections of songs where there is a LOT more going on than initially meets the eye. Even in a relatively simple song like Untethered Angel, there is a lot more going on than one might initially think. It sounds simple and straightforward. But beneath the surface, there is still a lot of cool stuff to dig into.
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It sounds simple and straightforward. But beneath the surface, there is still a lot of cool stuff to dig into.
One of their best recent ballads, for sure!
;D
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James' humor. :metal :rollin
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Hearing John speak about letting go of fear at the end of the vid is interesting... I wonder if perhaps John has been reading or watching/listening to Jordan Peterson recently. I actually commented to my wife that the lyrics would work well into some of Dr. Peterson's lectures and the broader spectrum of that form of clinical psychology. Just an observation....
I think that these videos are a wonderful way to promote the album! Always enjoy JLB's dry wit.
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I like that James and Jordan clearly shouted out the underrated vocals from LTE. They deserve much more credit.
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I like that James and Jordan clearly shouted out the underrated vocals from LTE. They deserve much more credit.
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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Jordan saying there will be a lot of Hammond organ on this album makes me very happy.
Loved the vocals in LTE too! :lol
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Good insight to the song, and like that JLB mentioned that the word "Untethered" is actually very singer friendly. It shows on the main video of the song when he's singing the chorus.
On another note, I totally dig the sick sweeps JP does in the solo going up the neck, plus the unisons panned left and right.
I suck at sweeps and my guitar gently weeps as a result. The only good sweeping I do is behind a damn shop broom.. :facepalm:
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I assume these will appear before the February release, right? I decided to not listen to the single but if they discuss new songs I'd be interested to listen to what they have to say even if they don't play them in the videos...
Keep in mind: the song is heard throughout the video in the background.
Aw man I just wanted to ask this. I hope the coming videos will not feature the music in the background. I sucks very much for everyone who doesn't want to hear anything. I don't know why they'd include the music in the background. Whoever wants to listen to the song can do so in the "real" video.
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Because most people will have listened to the track. DT -wants- people to listen to the track ;)
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Because most people will have listened to the track. DT -wants- people to listen to the track ;)
I'm not listening, I want a full album experience in February. Come at me DT.
;D
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Because most people will have listened to the track. DT -wants- people to listen to the track ;)
Will the next track commentaries feature the new songs?
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I don't think it will contain anything you don't already have access too.
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Because most people will have listened to the track. DT -wants- people to listen to the track ;)
I'm not listening, I want a full album experience in February. Come at me DT.
;D
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Jordan saying there will be a lot of Hammond organ on this album makes me very happy.
Loved the vocals in LTE too! :lol
I think the vocals on Erotomania are far-and-away better than anything from LTE!
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Jordan saying there will be a lot of Hammond organ on this album makes me very happy.
Loved the vocals in LTE too! :lol
I think the vocals on Erotomania are far-and-away better than anything from LTE!
As far as lyrics go, I'll take TDoE over any other DT song.
B.Lee
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Hope to get a new video today, if they release one every week, we'd get them all short before the release
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Do you think the videos for other songs will come with samples from those particular songs?
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I don't recall if leading up to ADTOE we got snippets of the songs or not.
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I'm going to guess we'll get another song a little after the new year, and then another video shortly after that. Then after the album drops in February, we'll get them every couple of weeks for the remaining tracks. But that is purely a guess on my part.
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Do you think the videos for other songs will come with samples from those particular songs?
We did. And I remember OTBOA being released, then a snippet of one of the ballads (Beneath the Surface?) and Lost Not Forgotten.
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I'm going to guess we'll get another song a little after the new year, and then another video shortly after that. Then after the album drops in February, we'll get them every couple of weeks for the remaining tracks. But that is purely a guess on my part.
Track by track after the album is published :mehlin
Who is interested? ???
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I'm going to guess we'll get another song a little after the new year, and then another video shortly after that. Then after the album drops in February, we'll get them every couple of weeks for the remaining tracks. But that is purely a guess on my part.
Track by track after the album is published :mehlin
Who is interested? ???
Who wouldn't be interested?
I certainly don't have any interest in hearing them talk about a song I haven't yet heard, and I really don't think they're going to release all of the songs individually before the album drops.
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You know what would be cool?
They release videos of them discussing the songs but with no clips of the songs.
Then they have a contest for who can write a song, based on the description, that is closest to theirs. Youtube prog dudes will be all over that.
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Well, that's basically how Redemption was formed in response to the SOC songwriting contest.
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Well, that's basically how Redemption was formed in response to the SOC songwriting contest.
I knew something similar was done in the past. So, in the spirit of DT trying to retread old territory on this new album, maybe they should do the same with the song writing thing. :)
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Hey, if another band of the same quality as Redemption comes of it, bring it on!
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That would actually be pretty awesome. There were a few very well-written pieces that were created as a result last time.
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I'm going to guess we'll get another song a little after the new year, and then another video shortly after that. Then after the album drops in February, we'll get them every couple of weeks for the remaining tracks. But that is purely a guess on my part.
Track by track after the album is published :mehlin
Who is interested? ???
Who wouldn't be interested?
I certainly don't have any interest in hearing them talk about a song I haven't yet heard, and I really don't think they're going to release all of the songs individually before the album drops.
It would be very strange to say we’re going to do videos discussing each track on the album, release the first one now and then wait 3 months to release the others. They don’t necessarily have to include audio from those songs, just leave the Untethered Angel audio as the background music.
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I'm going to guess we'll get another song a little after the new year, and then another video shortly after that. Then after the album drops in February, we'll get them every couple of weeks for the remaining tracks. But that is purely a guess on my part.
Track by track after the album is published :mehlin
Who is interested? ???
Who wouldn't be interested?
I certainly don't have any interest in hearing them talk about a song I haven't yet heard, and I really don't think they're going to release all of the songs individually before the album drops.
+1
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All songs in ADTOE had a 1 minute snippet except for BMUBMD, and OTBOA and Outcry
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I'm going to guess we'll get another song a little after the new year, and then another video shortly after that. Then after the album drops in February, we'll get them every couple of weeks for the remaining tracks. But that is purely a guess on my part.
Track by track after the album is published :mehlin
Who is interested? ???
Who wouldn't be interested?
I certainly don't have any interest in hearing them talk about a song I haven't yet heard, and I really don't think they're going to release all of the songs individually before the album drops.
It would be very strange to say we’re going to do videos discussing each track on the album, release the first one now and then wait 3 months to release the others. They don’t necessarily have to include audio from those songs, just leave the Untethered Angel audio as the background music.
Doesn't seem strange to me at all. They recorded 10 songs and released the first one and are going to wait three months to release most of the others. Maybe we'll get one or two more songs before the album is released, but it wouldn't bother me if UA was the only one we get. Why would they do anything different with the videos in which they discuss the songs?
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I take your point but I think it’s two different things. No one expects them to release all the songs months before the album comes out. People are on here though waiting expectantly for the next track description video to be released imminently. Makes sense as a promotional tool to keep people excited over the coming weeks and months to drip feed information to us.
You may be right of course but there’ll be far less interest in these videos once we have the album in our hands as opposed to now when we’re desperate for any little morsel of information about the album.
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there’ll be far less interest in these videos once we have the album in our hands as opposed to now when we’re desperate for any little morsel of information about the album.
I'm assuming you haven't canvassed any significant portion of the fan base, so I'm uncertain on what basis you're asserting this. I can only speak for myself and say that I will be far more interested in these videos if I know what the songs sound like. Also, and while I realize that some folks are "desperate for any little morsel of information about the album," I am not at all desperate for that. I'm looking forward to the new album, and I enjoyed UA quite a bit (as indicated in another thread), but I'm perfectly content to wait for commentary videos until after the album is released.
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We’ll just have to agree to disagree and see what happens.
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there’ll be far less interest in these videos once we have the album in our hands as opposed to now when we’re desperate for any little morsel of information about the album.
I'm assuming you haven't canvassed any significant portion of the fan base, so I'm uncertain on what basis you're asserting this. I can only speak for myself and say that I will be far more interested in these videos if I know what the songs sound like. Also, and while I realize that some folks are "desperate for any little morsel of information about the album," I am not at all desperate for that. I'm looking forward to the new album, and I enjoyed UA quite a bit (as indicated in another thread), but I'm perfectly content to wait for commentary videos until after the album is released.
I'm in the same boat. I'd rather hear the songs in their entirety a few times, then watch videos about how the songs were created. I'll be skipping these videos for now.
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Is this still happening? It's been almost a month since the first (and only) one was posted.
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Is this still happening? It's been almost a month since the first (and only) one was posted.
I think they’ll release the 2nd single first, then the track description and the rest will probably drop after the album.
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I hope they don't abandon uploading these like they did with the themes from The Astonishing videos.
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there’ll be far less interest in these videos once we have the album in our hands as opposed to now when we’re desperate for any little morsel of information about the album.
I'm assuming you haven't canvassed any significant portion of the fan base, so I'm uncertain on what basis you're asserting this. I can only speak for myself and say that I will be far more interested in these videos if I know what the songs sound like. Also, and while I realize that some folks are "desperate for any little morsel of information about the album," I am not at all desperate for that. I'm looking forward to the new album, and I enjoyed UA quite a bit (as indicated in another thread), but I'm perfectly content to wait for commentary videos until after the album is released.
Really well said and couldn't agree more.
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there’ll be far less interest in these videos once we have the album in our hands as opposed to now when we’re desperate for any little morsel of information about the album.
I'm assuming you haven't canvassed any significant portion of the fan base, so I'm uncertain on what basis you're asserting this. I can only speak for myself and say that I will be far more interested in these videos if I know what the songs sound like. Also, and while I realize that some folks are "desperate for any little morsel of information about the album," I am not at all desperate for that. I'm looking forward to the new album, and I enjoyed UA quite a bit (as indicated in another thread), but I'm perfectly content to wait for commentary videos until after the album is released.
Really well said and couldn't agree more.
I think it could go either way.
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there’ll be far less interest in these videos once we have the album in our hands as opposed to now when we’re desperate for any little morsel of information about the album.
I'm assuming you haven't canvassed any significant portion of the fan base, so I'm uncertain on what basis you're asserting this. I can only speak for myself and say that I will be far more interested in these videos if I know what the songs sound like. Also, and while I realize that some folks are "desperate for any little morsel of information about the album," I am not at all desperate for that. I'm looking forward to the new album, and I enjoyed UA quite a bit (as indicated in another thread), but I'm perfectly content to wait for commentary videos until after the album is released.
Really well said and couldn't agree more.
I think it could go either way.
That was exactly the point of what I wrote. "Peter Mc" was asserting that there would be less interest in the videos once the album is released. My assertion was that Peter's assertion had no basis in fact and was assuming his feelings are typical of the fan base as a whole. To the contrary, some fans (like Peter, apparently) may be more interested in the videos before the album is released, and some fans (like me) will be more interested in the videos once we know what the songs sound like. It's nothing more than that.
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Of course some will go one way and some the other, many won’t want any preconceptions going into the album and will avoid promotional material, I get that but I think they are in the minority, I did not deal in absolutes though and I will watch the videos whenever they come out. I just thought it’s human nature to be more curious to watch a video breaking down an album I’m desperately waiting for than an album I’ve already heard. That’s why I thought the videos would get more views if released before the album comes out and be a promotional tool rather than released after the album (like the ill fated Astonishing breakdown videos).
I will say though that it would appear that they are delaying releasing any more videos at the moment so they may well be waiting until the album comes out. If not I’d have thought we’d have seen another one by now and they’d be released regularly in the weeks leading up to the album.
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New video: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/news/dream-theater-release-lyric-video-for-new-single-fall-into-the-light/
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Assume we'll get another track descriptor video with the band soon?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0&feature=youtu.be Part 2
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Holy shit JM. Get on with it! :lol
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From Youtube comments:
Wow, that is some amazing CGI on Myung's mouth. It really does look as if he is speaking. The voice actor also is very good. Great job you guys
:rollin
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Poor JM he looks so uncomfortable speaking. I can't wait to see the rest of these once they see the light of day.
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Yeah I felt bad watching that video. Not only could you tell he felt uncomfortable but he really didn't do a good job a articulating anything.
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I know it’s an old joke and all, but, really, to me JM always just seems in peace while talking, not uncomfortable.
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Good to see JMX involved with the track by track videos. A different voice and perspective is always good.
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Good to see JMX involved with the track by track videos. A different voice and perspective is always good.
Looks like he was in this video because he wrote the lyrics, though I learned almost nothing about the lyrics in the video except that it was challenging to write.
I expect James to show up in the At Wit's End and Out of Reach videos
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For those wondering, this does contain snippets of FITL so avoid if you are seeking to stay spoiler free.
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For those wondering, this does contain snippets of FITL so avoid if you are seeking to stay spoiler free.
Thanks, I wast just going to ask. Man I wish they would release these videos without music in them. That way the people who don't want to listen to singles could watch those videos too. If you want to listen to it, just watch the actual video to the single.
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But if you want to avoid spoilers, why would you watch a video of the band talking all about the new songs? Music or not, it is full of spoilers by definition. I don't get it. ???
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Well, it's still a way to keep track of the album without actually listening to new music. I refuse to listen to the singles until I will have bough the album and yet I'm following these threads and I'm reading the review. I really can't explain it, it's just that while I like to avoid new stuff until I have the new album, I still can't hold back the curiosity to read what other people think of the songs or of the album.
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Well, it's still a way to keep track of the album without actually listening to new music. I refuse to listen to the singles until I will have bough the album and yet I'm following these threads and I'm reading the review. I really can't explain it, it's just that while I like to avoid new stuff until I have the new album, I still can't hold back the curiosity to read what other people think of the songs or of the album.
If you are reading the threads about people discussing the singles, you've pretty much found out more info than what's been in these videos. I mean, they are cool, but nothing too crazy.
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Well, it's still a way to keep track of the album without actually listening to new music. I refuse to listen to the singles until I will have bough the album and yet I'm following these threads and I'm reading the review. I really can't explain it, it's just that while I like to avoid new stuff until I have the new album, I still can't hold back the curiosity to read what other people think of the songs or of the album.
Makes sense to me. Sometimes it's cool to have things hyped up before you hear a single note, especially since hearing youtube clips is not the ideal way to listen to new music at all.
Actually, I wish I had your self control and I would probably do it your way too.
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Well, it's still a way to keep track of the album without actually listening to new music. I refuse to listen to the singles until I will have bough the album and yet I'm following these threads and I'm reading the review. I really can't explain it, it's just that while I like to avoid new stuff until I have the new album, I still can't hold back the curiosity to read what other people think of the songs or of the album.
Makes sense to me. Sometimes it's cool to have things hyped up before you hear a single note, especially since hearing youtube clips is not the ideal way to listen to new music at all.
Actually, I wish I had your self control and I would probably do it your way too.
Well, I'm on the same boat as Mirrormask. Won't listen until album release. At the beginning, it was hard, now, I have a tendency to forget there's even an album coming out! :lol So, it's easier...
B.Lee
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rIWUE13Kls
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JP's favourite sport is soccer?! Really cool to know that! Maybe influenced by Cosmos, once he cited Pelé and Beckenbauer.
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I thought JM was fleeing from the interview for a second there...
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That was certainly a very different style of interview. But very fun and interesting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rIWUE13Kls
That was cool, interesting way to interview the guys.
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Sorry to start with that again, but is there any new music in the video?
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I thought JM was fleeing from the interview for a second there...
... by jumping from the second floor in total dispair! :rollin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rIWUE13Kls
"How you doin' breh? "...DEADPOOL!"
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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Sorry to start with that again, but is there any new music in the video?
Yes, from 17.00-->
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Sorry to start with that again, but is there any new music in the video?
Yes, from 17.00-->
Important to note that it seems like it's just Jordan improvising and may not be from the new album
Sorry I misinterpreted what you meant. Yes, there is music at the very end
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Very funny JM trying to escape :biggrin:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5TbGbalPs&feature=youtu.be
Pt.3 Paralyzed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5TbGbalPs&feature=youtu.be
Pt.3 Paralyzed.
Interesting. From the videos and interviews, we have:
Song 1: At Wit's End
Song 2: Paralyzed
Song 4: Untethered Angel
Song 6: Fall Into the Light
Song 10: S2N
Does anyone have any info for Songs 3,5, and 7-9?
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well, that left something to be desired.
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I thought it was lovely! I thought MM wrote the riff on a guitar, so it's funny to think of him bringing loads of self-produced midi demos to the writing sessions and contributing like that.
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I think Room 137 was the track number 5, cause on the their FB live they said Mike had come up with a concept for song 5.
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Well, we now know Mike can't sing!
But also, he once again shows his passion for this band and I love it! It's pretty cool to hear about how they are handling the writing and including participation from him.
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Its nice to see him so excited to be able to be more involved and contributing a lot.
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Yeah that was very cool. Mike is a very creative person and giving him the space to contribute is important.