Regarding Kevin Moore, I will point out that he was one of JP's closest friends growing up, and even though they may have grown apart, I still get the sense that John holds him in VERY high regard. So I highly doubt he, for one, would have been on the "KM is overrated" bandwagon. I can't claim to know John Petrucci well. But from my interactions with him, here's one thing I have observed about his personality: He is very much a leader and has very strong opinions on things. But at the same time, he isn't the type of person who often feels the need to assert his opinions if he doesn't see a need to. Publicly, he much prefers to stay away from ANYTHING controversial, and if asked something controversial, will instead deflect from the controversy and say things that are very professional, uplifting, and classy. But if asked the same thing privately, and if it is something he feels strongly about, although he will STILL be professional, uplifting, and 100% classy, he will not shy away from being direct and showing how passionate he is about whatever the subject is. He's just very kind and intensely loyal, but keeps a pretty firm wall between his public and private personas and is pretty careful about what he lets out into the public domain. And although I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here on the public vs. private thing, my main point is in how, from what I have seen, even if he is passionate about something, if he does not see a reason to speak up and challenge something, and believes it to be in the best interests of everyone involved, I think he often subordinates his own feelings and just keeps them to himself if there is nothing to be gained. So I could very well see him taking that approach with the KM discussion and just keeping quiet. He feels how he feels about KM, and nothing will change that, and probably just felt (and feels) that it isn't really his job to jump into that discussion.
Topic: The Mike Portnoy Appreciation/Discussion Thread (merged) (Read 313166 times)
