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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: RodrigoAltaf on November 20, 2018, 06:09:24 PM
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Conducted by yours truly: https://lotsofmuzic.weebly.com/home/its-surprising-how-prolific-and-how-fast-things-were-coming-together-in-the-writing-of-the-new-album-dream-theaters-james-labrie-discusses-the-writing-of-the-new-album-distance-over-timeand-more
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Edit: Audio portion here: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-kevin-james-labrie/
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Website not working
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I just clicked on it and it's working! What message do you get?
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Had a decent read, very nice interview mate. Well done.
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Thanks! The audio will be published tomorrow somewhere else. I'll post the link here!
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Awesome, good job! Makes sense that they are doing the American leg of the tour first before the festival's in Europe. I noticed no mention of a second N American leg to hit the big cities they will be missing on the first **cough** Seattle, and many more.
Great to hear his involvement in the writing process and the approach they took to making this record. I'm so stoked to hear it!! I hope this will be a momentous year for DT...
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Awesome, good job! Makes sense that they are doing the American leg of the tour first before the festival's in Europe. I noticed no mention of a second N American leg to hit the big cities they will be missing on the first **cough** Seattle, and many more.
Great he hear his involvement in the writing process and the approach they took to making this record. I'm so stoked to hear it!! I hope this will be a momentous year for DT...
He does say he doesn't know what they're gonna do after the festivals, he will know in a couple months.
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So this will be the first time James writes lyrics to more than 2 songs?
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Blabbermouth picked up the article: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dream-theaters-james-labrie-on-distance-over-time-album-each-track-is-very-very-exciting-and-very-very-unique/
Thankfully they were respectful this time and used a decent headline. Since JLB mentions MP in the interview, they could have just as well twisted the whole thing and written "Mike Portnoy handled his duties in DT admirably".
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Thanks once again, Rodrigo! :)
So, 2 out of 5 done. ;) Three more to go!
(Or have you interviewed Mike/the Johns?)
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Thanks once again, Rodrigo! :)
So, 2 out of 5 done. ;) Three more to go!
(Or have you interviewed Mike/the Johns?)
I haven't...but that's the goal!!! Heheh
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Nice to get the Ytsejam question in there!
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Nice to get the Ytsejam question in there!
Oh man, he laughed at it...you'll hear it when the audio is published. I'll post it here!
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:clap: Great Job, really. Thanks for doing that :tup
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Interesting that Guillory is the limiting factor in James' band working on future projects. I would have thought James was the one with the busiest schedule they had to work around.
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Thanks for doing this Rodrigo, it was a great interview!..
Interesting that Guillory is the limiting factor in James' band working on future projects. I would have thought James was the one with the busiest schedule they had to work around.
I think he was talking only about the present time.. James (or DT's schedule really) was obviously the main factor why they hand't toured since 2005!.. But hey, they still managed to release five albums in 14 years!.. That's something..
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James should get together with Neal Schon and make an album.
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I just clicked on it and it's working! What message do you get?
It's not working for me neither. Any link you ever post from that site never works for me :/
It says that the page could not be loaded, and that it took too long to respond.
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Great interview! thanks Rodrigo :tup
James is always pleasant to read.
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Great interview! Thank you Rodrigo!!!
Now I'm a bit worried, cause I don't know how much I have to wait to see them in Europe with the "An evening with..." format. James says they're gonna do big festivals, but maybe it doesn't mean they're doing only festivals...
About recording all the shows from the ADTOE tour: it would be great if they release something like the "Christmas gift" in the next future. I'd love to have a live version of TA!!!
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I just clicked on it and it's working! What message do you get?
If you use a US proxy, it should work.
It's not working for me neither. Any link you ever post from that site never works for me :/
It says that the page could not be loaded, and that it took too long to respond.
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I just clicked on it and it's working! What message do you get?
If you use a US proxy, it should work.
It's not working for me neither. Any link you ever post from that site never works for me :/
It says that the page could not be loaded, and that it took too long to respond.
Thanks! I tried an online proxy thingie, and it works fine through it.
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I just clicked on it and it's working! What message do you get?
If you use a US proxy, it should work.
It's not working for me neither. Any link you ever post from that site never works for me :/
It says that the page could not be loaded, and that it took too long to respond.
Thanks! I tried an online proxy thingie, and it works fine through it.
Great! Now you can check out the interview with Jordan too!
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About recording all the shows from the ADTOE tour: it would be great if they release something like the "Christmas gift" in the next future. I'd love to have a live version of TA!!!
TA live would be great! I wonder if these recordings are all audio only, or is there some video footage of these shows with just a couple cameras or something?
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:clap: Great Job, really. Thanks for doing that :tup
Yes! I second this.
James mentioned doing the lyrics on the "bonus track." Has anyone been talking about this? I generally understand the term but I'm curious about the specifics. Is it like a hidden track that doesn't show up anywhere? Is it a proper song?
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James:
I was in a band called Winter Rose before Dream Theater, which everyone knows, or most fans of Dream Theater would know.
I did not know this.
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The audio is live here: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-kevin-james-labrie/
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The audio is live here: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-kevin-james-labrie/
Ha! Beat me to it.
About one of the songs he wrote lyrics for being a "bonus track" - I was really surprised about that, but was a bit self conscious not to probe too much about the new album. I would like to hear your impression of that after listening to the audio, but for me James was VERY friendly but somewhat reserved too, and there were times where, as much as we had great rapport, I felt somewhat careful of not breaking any barriers.
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Great job! I liked the props he gave to Portnoy.
"Mike handled those duties admirably, there's no doubt about it"
Would love to see Portnoy do a song or two with them on stage down the road but not come back to the band. Mangini is phenomenal!
Anyhow, great questions and great flow to the interview.
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Great job! I liked the props he gave to Portnoy.
"Mike handled those duties admirably, there's no doubt about it"
Would love to see Portnoy do a song or two with them on stage down the road but not come back to the band. Mangini is phenomenal!
Anyhow, great questions and great flow to the interview.
Thanks, man! When I was doing the transcript, for a second I had the usual tempting thought "hmmm...how about going down the Blabbermouth route and use what he said about MP as the headline?". But no, I always choose a quote that is relevant in the context of the WHOLE interview, and not a clickbait.
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Good call, also considering how the fact that MP was the king of extra stuff is hardly headline 8 years after he left.
If James had said something about their personal relations, or how he wishes he'd show up for an encore, now that would have been a legitimate temptation to go for a clickbait title, but to make it all about "singer said that drummer 8 years ago followed a lot of cool stuff for the fans" is weird to say the least.
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Nice to get the Ytsejam question in there!
Oh man, he laughed at it...you'll hear it when the audio is published. I'll post it here!
Related to that question, interesting that James only mention live recordings. What I would like to hear more are demos and making of albums.
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Great job! I liked the props he gave to Portnoy.
"Mike handled those duties admirably, there's no doubt about it"
Would love to see Portnoy do a song or two with them on stage down the road but not come back to the band. Mangini is phenomenal!
Anyhow, great questions and great flow to the interview.
Thanks, man! When I was doing the transcript, for a second I had the usual tempting thought "hmmm...how about going down the Blabbermouth route and use what he said about MP as the headline?". But no, I always choose a quote that is relevant in the context of the WHOLE interview, and not a clickbait.
DT Frontman: "Mike [Portnoy] Performed His Duties Admirably"
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Great job! I liked the props he gave to Portnoy.
"Mike handled those duties admirably, there's no doubt about it"
Would love to see Portnoy do a song or two with them on stage down the road but not come back to the band. Mangini is phenomenal!
Anyhow, great questions and great flow to the interview.
Thanks, man! When I was doing the transcript, for a second I had the usual tempting thought "hmmm...how about going down the Blabbermouth route and use what he said about MP as the headline?". But no, I always choose a quote that is relevant in the context of the WHOLE interview, and not a clickbait.
DT Frontman: "Mike [Portnoy] Performed His Duties Admirably"
"Gene Simmons Responds To Mike Portnoy Performing His Duties Admirably".
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Great job! I liked the props he gave to Portnoy.
"Mike handled those duties admirably, there's no doubt about it"
Would love to see Portnoy do a song or two with them on stage down the road but not come back to the band. Mangini is phenomenal!
Anyhow, great questions and great flow to the interview.
Thanks, man! When I was doing the transcript, for a second I had the usual tempting thought "hmmm...how about going down the Blabbermouth route and use what he said about MP as the headline?". But no, I always choose a quote that is relevant in the context of the WHOLE interview, and not a clickbait.
DT Frontman: "Mike [Portnoy] Performed His Duties Admirably"
"Gene Simmons Responds To Mike Portnoy Performing His Duties Admirably".
"Gene Simmons says he owns the right to Performing His Duties Admirably."
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Great job! I liked the props he gave to Portnoy.
"Mike handled those duties admirably, there's no doubt about it"
Would love to see Portnoy do a song or two with them on stage down the road but not come back to the band. Mangini is phenomenal!
Anyhow, great questions and great flow to the interview.
Thanks, man! When I was doing the transcript, for a second I had the usual tempting thought "hmmm...how about going down the Blabbermouth route and use what he said about MP as the headline?". But no, I always choose a quote that is relevant in the context of the WHOLE interview, and not a clickbait.
DT Frontman: "Mike [Portnoy] Performed His Duties Admirably"
"Gene Simmons Responds To Mike Portnoy Performing His Duties Admirably".
"Sammy Hagar weighs in on Mike Portnoy x Dream Theater feud"
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About recording all the shows from the ADTOE tour: it would be great if they release something like the "Christmas gift" in the next future. I'd love to have a live version of TA!!!
TA live would be great! I wonder if these recordings are all audio only, or is there some video footage of these shows with just a couple cameras or something?
Audio only, but there's definitely some pro shot footage that hasn't been released yet that they could use (High Voltage 2011, Wacken 2015, Budokan 2017, etc).
James:
I was in a band called Winter Rose before Dream Theater, which everyone knows, or most fans of Dream Theater would know.
I did not know this.
With none other than Rich Chycki on guitar.
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About recording all the shows from the ADTOE tour: it would be great if they release something like the "Christmas gift" in the next future. I'd love to have a live version of TA!!!
TA live would be great! I wonder if these recordings are all audio only, or is there some video footage of these shows with just a couple cameras or something?
Audio only, but there's definitely some pro shot footage that hasn't been released yet that they could use (High Voltage 2011, Wacken 2015, Budokan 2017, etc).
James:
I was in a band called Winter Rose before Dream Theater, which everyone knows, or most fans of Dream Theater would know.
I did not know this.
With none other than Rich Chycki on guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobUs2zvN7o
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Only had a chance to glance at the interview but it looked awesome. Glad you asked lot of deep questions instead of the same old boring surface level stuff. Thanks for getting everybody's input as well.
I wish I would have remembered to ask if you could ask the one burning question I have been dying to know for years. How did James and John write Caught in a Web together? In a band that rarely shares writing credit, that sort of stands out.
Anyway, looking forward to listening to the audio later.
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Only had a chance to glance at the interview but it looked awesome. Glad you asked lot of deep questions instead of the same old boring surface level stuff. Thanks for getting everybody's input as well.
I wish I would have remembered to ask if you could ask the one burning question I have been dying to know for years. How did James and John write Caught in a Web together? In a band that rarely shares writing credit, that sort of stands out.
Anyway, looking forward to listening to the audio later.
If/when I interview JP, I will ask him! Keep your fingers crossed, and share the interviews with Jordan and James on social media - that will help!
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Awesome! Thank you!
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Fantastic interview!
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Fantastic interview!
Thanks, man!
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James always gives the most interesting interviews of all the guys in the band. As usual, some of it might be a bit general, but it's a pleasant read.
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good job
lol'd at "Sometimes when you go for high notes, you stick your tongue out a lot. What's your objective when you do that?"
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good job
lol'd at "Sometimes when you go for high notes, you stick your tongue out a lot. What's your objective when you do that?"
Hahah...was that too ridiculous?
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Great job. Thanks for your input.
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I really enjoyed the interview.
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Nice job! I enjoyed listening :metal
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Thanks again guys!
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“Mastered by Tom Baker”??????????
If this is the same ass clown that mastered the self titled Queensryche album a few years ago, this will be the WORST sounding DT album in history! :facepalm: >:(
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Yeah, let's get mad about the album sounding even before actually hearing it!.. :lol
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Yeah, let's get mad about the album sounding even before actually hearing it!.. :lol
But this isn't based on nothing. Have you *HEARD* the QR album? This is based on solid precedent. I can't believe that guy even has work after that atrocity.
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Yeah, let's get mad about the album sounding even before actually hearing it!.. :lol
But this isn't based on nothing. Have you *HEARD* the QR album? This is based on solid precedent. I can't believe that guy even has work after that atrocity.
One album never gets equal another one, even if the same people are producing it. There's so much factors in that it's impossible to recreate the details. A lightning never strikes twice the same place. It can reach close, but not the same place :lol
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Very nice interview! Would have loved to be in the room with James, Rik and Alex...
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Yeah, let's get mad about the album sounding even before actually hearing it!.. :lol
But this isn't based on nothing. Have you *HEARD* the QR album? This is based on solid precedent. I can't believe that guy even has work after that atrocity.
So was the mix bad on that album? Because if the mix is bad, there's only so much they can do as far as mastering. You can't fix a bad mix in a mastering studio.
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The mix (to me) sounded fine. It was just so brickwalled that it made Vapor Trails and Death Magnetic sound like Dark Side of the Moon by comparison.
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this will be the WORST sounding DT album in history! :facepalm: >:(
It seemed to me that you were talking about the DT album.. ;)
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That's because you left out the "IF" qualifier when you quoted me.
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Only in my quote, but I read the entire comment, and it still doesn't make any sense.. You're basically complaining about something that didn't happened yet..
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It's like if you heard that DT had hired Lou Reed to write their new rock opera and perform duets with JLB for the entire album. *IF* that were true, you would immediately have your reservations even though you hadn't heard a note of the final product. (yes, I know he's dead now, but this is hypothetical)
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Except your "IF" in this is not about who's gonna master the album (that has been confirmed) but about who he is.. Either way, you are getting mad about it months before the release of the album..
Anways, as someone else mentioned before, there are many factors that make the sounding of an album, not just the guy that's doing the mastering..
And, besides this, I personally don't have any "reservations" at all about things I'm so impatiently waiting for, nor think everyone would immediately do something like that based on poor evidence.. I just don't see the point of doing that..
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Except your "IF" in this is not about who's gonna master the album (that has been confirmed) but about who he is.. Either way, you are getting mad about it months before the release of the album..
Not really. I'm saying that *IF* Lou Reed had been "confirmed", you WOULD have reservations. A known hack HAS been confirmed for the mastering job, therefore I have reservations. That is all I am saying.
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I didn't know Doctor Who knew how to master albums...
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Except your "IF" in this is not about who's gonna master the album (that has been confirmed) but about who he is.. Either way, you are getting mad about it months before the release of the album..
Not really. I'm saying that *IF* Lou Reed had been "confirmed", you WOULD have reservations. A known hack HAS been confirmed for the mastering job, therefore I have reservations. That is all I am saying.
The one thing I take comfort in. If you are right about this guy and the mastering sounds like crap, I would think that the band would give it a listen with a stamp of approval before releasing it. I'm sure JP knows what sounds good and what doesn't since he's had a lot of experience in production.
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Except your "IF" in this is not about who's gonna master the album (that has been confirmed) but about who he is.. Either way, you are getting mad about it months before the release of the album..
Not really. I'm saying that *IF* Lou Reed had been "confirmed", you WOULD have reservations. A known hack HAS been confirmed for the mastering job, therefore I have reservations. That is all I am saying.
The one thing I take comfort in. If you are right about this guy and the mastering sounds like crap, I would think that the band would give it a listen with a stamp of approval before releasing it. I'm sure JP knows what sounds good and what doesn't since he's had a lot of experience in production.
The last few albums suggest otherwise unfortunately...
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The last few albums sound fine to me, especially TA. Nothing wrong with DT12 or ADTOE either.
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The last few albums sound fine to me, especially TA. Nothing wrong with DT12 or ADTOE either.
Nothing wrong until you compare to the previous albums.
But still, it's good if you are not bothered by production issues. Indeed TA sounds pretty good, if you ignore the kick drum which sounds quite triggered.
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I was re-reading it and I noticed how James laid out this timetable as example:
Let's just say, since we're starting the tour March 20th, more than likely those guys would be together, from around the 12th or 13th of March rehearsing. I would come in around maybe let's just say the 16th or 17th and rehearse a couple of days and then there's a day before the show where everything's kind of like down and we're not doing anything, and then you kick off the tour.
It's just like that? no discussions about the stage production, the light show, a dress rehearsal to see how it all syncs up? If he says it of course I believe him but I thought there was more preparation time into it.
And a funny thing:
No, if I'm not sitting in my tent stretching I can go right backstage and jump around just to keep the blood flowing, and humming here and there
I misread "humming" into BUMMING, and I imagined for a moment James bumming aroud the backstage area and the closed off sections of the venue, wandering aimlessly without nothing to do asking to himself how long 'til JP finishes to shred :lol :lol :lol
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Except your "IF" in this is not about who's gonna master the album (that has been confirmed) but about who he is.. Either way, you are getting mad about it months before the release of the album..
Not really. I'm saying that *IF* Lou Reed had been "confirmed", you WOULD have reservations. A known hack HAS been confirmed for the mastering job, therefore I have reservations. That is all I am saying.
No, man.. I was talking all along about Tom Baker's case, not your other example.. Anyways, this is leading to nowhere.. You just think in a VERY different way from me and other people, that's all..
I was re-reading it and I noticed how James laid out this timetable as example:
Let's just say, since we're starting the tour March 20th, more than likely those guys would be together, from around the 12th or 13th of March rehearsing. I would come in around maybe let's just say the 16th or 17th and rehearse a couple of days and then there's a day before the show where everything's kind of like down and we're not doing anything, and then you kick off the tour.
It's just like that? no discussions about the stage production, the light show, a dress rehearsal to see how it all syncs up? If he says it of course I believe him but I thought there was more preparation time into it.
I guess if they do like to discuss a lot those kind of things (which maybe they don't), then it's all through virtual chats.. Besides, they already have spend lots of time together to have defined at least most of those aspects, if they prefer to be behind all of that anyway..
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"You just think in a VERY different way from me and other people, that's all.."
Not super-nice, imo. You may not agree but referring to "other people" without qualification implies all other people, which you can't speak for. A friend of mine once said, "it's nice to be nice" ...
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Appreciated.
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"You just think in a VERY different way from me and other people, that's all.."
Not super-nice, imo. You may not agree but referring to "other people" without qualification implies all other people, which you can't speak for. A friend of mine once said, "it's nice to be nice" ...
Agreed It's not super nice, but "other people" doesn't include all other people, it only means "some" other people. But It's just semantics. Anyways, yeah, the remark is not super nice to begin with.
B.Lee
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GREAT interview :tup
Also to the mastering conversation - it’s no where near as simple as a guy mastered a record and it was brick walled therefore he shouldn’t master other records cause they will sound bad.
Usually a brick walled album that’s over the top (Death Magnetic was mentioned) has been screwed up at other parts of the production process. Ted Jensen mastered Death Magnetic and he’s a great mastering engineer, he’s on record saying that the mixes were already brick walled when he got them. At any point post-tracking the sound of an album can be shaped and in some cases can paint the mastering engineer into a corner.
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Thanks again, man.
I found out today that the interview was used as a reference to the "Distance over Time" entry on Wikipedia. Always a great feeling when that happens: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_over_Time
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Thanks again, man.
I found out today that the interview was used as a reference to the "Distance over Time" entry on Wikipedia. Always a great feeling when that happens: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_over_Time
You're becoming a star, Rod! :metal :hefdaddy
B.Lee
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Thanks again, man.
I found out today that the interview was used as a reference to the "Distance over Time" entry on Wikipedia. Always a great feeling when that happens: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_over_Time
and I put the reference in there. Out of respect towards you. You deserve it
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Thanks again, man.
I found out today that the interview was used as a reference to the "Distance over Time" entry on Wikipedia. Always a great feeling when that happens: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_over_Time
and I put the reference in there. Out of respect towards you. You deserve it
Oh, thanks!!!
On becoming a "star": my idea was just to be paid to do these interviews and articles, which is not the case at the moment. We'll see...
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"You just think in a VERY different way from me and other people, that's all.."
Not super-nice, imo. You may not agree but referring to "other people" without qualification implies all other people, which you can't speak for. A friend of mine once said, "it's nice to be nice" ...
Nope.. As Bertielee said, saying "other people" doesn't imply saying "all other people"... it implies saying "other people".. So please don't twist my words..
I mean, doesn't he, or me, or you or everyone else think very different to other people about certain things?.. Not being nice or rude here, just being realistic..
Also to the mastering conversation - it’s no where near as simple as a guy mastered a record and it was brick walled therefore he shouldn’t master other records cause they will sound bad.
Exactly..
On becoming a "star": my idea was just to be paid to do these interviews and articles, which is not the case at the moment. We'll see...
That sucks man.. I hope they pay you soon!..
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Thanks again, man.
I found out today that the interview was used as a reference to the "Distance over Time" entry on Wikipedia. Always a great feeling when that happens: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_over_Time
and I put the reference in there. Out of respect towards you. You deserve it
Oh, thanks!!!
On becoming a "star": my idea was just to be paid to do these interviews and articles, which is not the case at the moment. We'll see...
If I would be receiving any money for these you know I would pay you, but you know I am not getting any money out of this.
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Thanks for posting the interview. I thought the part about LaBrie's vocals being better suited to his solo stuff was very interesting.
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Conducted by yours truly: https://lotsofmuzic.weebly.com/home/its-surprising-how-prolific-and-how-fast-things-were-coming-together-in-the-writing-of-the-new-album-dream-theaters-james-labrie-discusses-the-writing-of-the-new-album-distance-over-timeand-more
Any comment is highly appreciated. And if you feel like helping us further, please share it on your social media!
Edit: Audio portion here: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-kevin-james-labrie/
Great interview. Thanks Rodrigo! And thanks to JLB for doing it!
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Great interview Rodrigo! I always look forward to your interviews and you do a great job!
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Finally got a chance to listen to it. Great interview, thanks man!
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Thanks again for all the compliments guys! I'm hoping to interview JP when we get access to the album.
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Thanks again for all the compliments guys! I'm hoping to interview JP when we get access to the album.
That would be amazing, hope you can make it happen!
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Thanks again for all the compliments guys! I'm hoping to interview JP when we get access to the album.
Fingers crossed!