In case you didn't see the whole video, MM confirmed his solo album, Invisible Signs, to be released in August.
But I'm not sure if he confirmed or not a different setlist for the DreamSonic show from the last european leg of AVFTTOTW tour.
Edit: from his Facebook:
"MY SOLO ALBUM, "Invisible Signs," NEWS IS STARTING, but I'll be focussed on the upcoming Dream Theater Tour and will leak out solo album info in bits as August approaches.
This post contains some words on "Invisible Signs" and its development. There’s old information from older inteviews, so I’m posting to make sure that any interested people know what this thing ended up being as different from how it started.
You can see from older interviews, that it went from being all me on every instrument, to ending up including others who morphed it to be better than I could’ve imagined.
I was able to track every thing via the use of virtual instruments. It then changed as players worked off these tracks and applying their expertise with their real instruments; ones that I cannot play.
Watching Petrucci morph lines written from keyboard, or visa versa helped me learn more about that odd translation from instruments that differ mechanically.
I wrote all the solos on Invisible Signs initially, but observations made it easy for me to know that some of these were better served by an actual soloist, espeically and one that will turn heads : ) Therefore, I only kept a few of mine.
More so, I cannot sing to save my life except one time with a Nuno Bettencourt solo gig in London I sang some background vocals in tune channeling my best Ethel Merman tone. Somehow, he got me to get them right. I've not sung anything right since.
Anyway, I made vocal guides during and after the writing of the initial music. Some songs started with some of these lyrics, not the music. But when the music was first, this was a similar process to the Dream Theater “Room 137” lyrics, except I lightly sang those in person as an outline to John and James and then went on my way knowing they were in good hands.
This time, the final vocalist and I worked together and the parts again morphed. I learned a TON from producing this, especially when I had to change some words to fit how a real singer and different singers actually do what they do and how they differ. It was a really fun experience for me.
I’m really excited about this. Jimmy T., who has worked with me day in and day out with DT for years speaking often about about the intracate balance of every single thing on my drums that only I know. However, I needed his expertise to take my drums up a notch from the YouTube videos you can hear, like “Untethered Angel” for example. The base sound is like that video, but J.T. pointed out what had to morph as the landscape of the instrumentation I used demanded adjustments to the tone of the kit.
Stay tuned. I'm shooting for an August release. In the mean time, DT touring is around the corner, then the JP Camp, then my album.
So there. See you on the road. If I'm smiling all the time, it's because it will be a blast touring with like minds like Devin & Band and Animals."
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