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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5705 on: June 25, 2013, 06:08:27 PM »
Quote from: DreamerTV on June 25, 2013, 05:43:49 PM

"We're mixing it as we speak. It's all very, very exciting. One of the cool things about Dream Theater is, we don't slow down, and I don't mean just work-wise. You see some of these groups that have been around, and sometimes they drift away from their core fundamental styles. They get a little tired or their chops get tired.

"With our group, that isn't the case. I don't know how everybody does it, but we all stay energized, excited, focused. We practice, and we're into it. I really see us as being more vital than ever before. I'm listening to the new record, and it's giving me chills. It's that great! And I have to say that sonically we've never sounded better."

"That's right. And you can tell. He's totally dialed in. People will be smiling when they hear this. There's so much Mangini on this album. [Laughs] To me, in a lot of ways, this is his album, because he's now a total member of this group – the shining star."

"We really feel as though we got to this level where the music is what we truly are. Even though we've had a long career, and some of the albums are really, really good, at this place in time we felt like this record is so representative of what we want Dream Theater to be and who each of us is, both as individuals and collectively. We felt like we could honestly say, 'This is Dream Theater.' That's what it's about. We wanted to make a strong statement, and we felt proud enough and secure enough to announce to the world, if you will, 'This is what it is. This is who we are.'"

This really gets me excited, all of it.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5706 on: June 25, 2013, 06:10:17 PM »
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I'm 100% sure there WILL be a single - even if DT didn't want to release one, Roadrunner would demand it.

What if the band doesn't feel any of the songs are "single worthy", like maybe outside the context of the album, the song isn't as strong?

Well, I HOPE the band didn't write a song just for the express purpose of it being a single. Instead, hopefully they just wrote 9 or so great songs and decided after "ok, this one will be a good teaser for the album".
Well last time, the 'single' was On the Backs of Angels, which they released in full. When they release singles these days, it's 100% targeted at the internet, and possibly satellite radio.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5707 on: June 25, 2013, 06:22:36 PM »
Quote from: DreamerTV on June 25, 2013, 05:43:49 PM
From this JR interview
https://m.musicradar.com/news/tech/jordan-rudess-talks-new-apps-keyboards-pledgemusic-and-dream-theaters-next-album-579066

And on top of all of this, you're finishing the new Dream Theater album. What can you tell me about it at this point?

"We're mixing it as we speak. It's all very, very exciting. One of the cool things about Dream Theater is, we don't slow down, and I don't mean just work-wise. You see some of these groups that have been around, and sometimes they drift away from their core fundamental styles. They get a little tired or their chops get tired.

"With our group, that isn't the case. I don't know how everybody does it, but we all stay energized, excited, focused. We practice, and we're into it. I really see us as being more vital than ever before. I'm listening to the new record, and it's giving me chills. It's that great! And I have to say that sonically we've never sounded better."

This is the second album with Mike Mangini. On the last album, he was definitely "the new guy," but now he's played many, many shows with you –

"That's right. And you can tell. He's totally dialed in. People will be smiling when they hear this. There's so much Mangini on this album. [Laughs] To me, in a lot of ways, this is his album, because he's now a total member of this group – the shining star."

The record is self-titled. What went into that decision?

"We really feel as though we got to this level where the music is what we truly are. Even though we've had a long career, and some of the albums are really, really good, at this place in time we felt like this record is so representative of what we want Dream Theater to be and who each of us is, both as individuals and collectively. We felt like we could honestly say, 'This is Dream Theater.' That's what it's about. We wanted to make a strong statement, and we felt proud enough and secure enough to announce to the world, if you will, 'This is what it is. This is who we are.'"

:jawdrop:

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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5708 on: June 25, 2013, 07:16:31 PM »
They are setting the expectations very very high. I'm not gonna get caught up in the hype. I will buy the album, like all other DT
albums and I will find a place where I can listen alone and uninterrupted. And I'll let the music do the talking.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5709 on: June 25, 2013, 07:27:51 PM »
Quote from: emtee on June 25, 2013, 07:16:31 PM
They are setting the expectations very very high. I'm not gonna get caught up in the hype. I will buy the album, like all other DT
albums and I will find a place where I can listen alone and uninterrupted. And I'll let the music do the talking. turn the water into wine.

I do this way too often. XD
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5710 on: June 25, 2013, 07:46:36 PM »
Quote from: emtee on June 25, 2013, 07:16:31 PM
They are setting the expectations very very high. I'm not gonna get caught up in the hype. I will buy the album, like all other DT
albums and I will find a place where I can listen alone and uninterrupted. And I'll let the music do the talking.

I "believed the hype" over ADTOE and was totally let down.  But more MM really sounds promising, also the fact that they put their "name stamp" on this album.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5711 on: June 25, 2013, 07:52:34 PM »
No offense, but Jordan has a tendency to be aware of what fans are saying and speak to the crowd. I love JR, so don't take this as a slight, but I still remember the interviews where he said that BC&SL was more dynamic sounding and that JP had taken to writing lyrics about "real things" again :D
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5712 on: June 25, 2013, 07:58:45 PM »
Quote from: Perpetual Change on June 25, 2013, 07:52:34 PM
No offense, but Jordan has a tendency to be aware of what fans are saying and speak to the crowd. I love JR, so don't take this as a slight, but I still remember the interviews where he said that BC&SL was more dynamic sounding and that JP had taken to writing lyrics about "real things" again :D

Well car accidents, the Illuminati, writer's block, and Tuscan Counts are real things.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5713 on: June 25, 2013, 08:02:55 PM »
Quote from: Zook on June 25, 2013, 07:58:45 PM
Quote from: Perpetual Change on June 25, 2013, 07:52:34 PM
No offense, but Jordan has a tendency to be aware of what fans are saying and speak to the crowd. I love JR, so don't take this as a slight, but I still remember the interviews where he said that BC&SL was more dynamic sounding and that JP had taken to writing lyrics about "real things" again :D

Well car accidents, the Illuminati, writer's block, and Tuscan Counts are real things.

FTFM  ;D
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5714 on: June 25, 2013, 08:20:01 PM »
Quote from: Perpetual Change on June 25, 2013, 07:52:34 PM
No offense, but Jordan has a tendency to be aware of what fans are saying and speak to the crowd. I love JR, so don't take this as a slight, but I still remember the interviews where he said that BC&SL was more dynamic sounding and that JP had taken to writing lyrics about "real things" again :D
Well, ya know, he's not completely wrong about that. Sure the lyrics can be pretty lame, but JP did start writing about real things again. And I think BC&SL is far more dynamic than SC.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5716 on: June 25, 2013, 10:26:52 PM »
Quote from: Perpetual Change on June 25, 2013, 07:52:34 PM
No offense, but Jordan has a tendency to be aware of what fans are saying and speak to the crowd. I love JR, so don't take this as a slight, but I still remember the interviews where he said that BC&SL was more dynamic sounding and that JP had taken to writing lyrics about "real things" again :D

In all fairness, he was correct. 
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Re: DT in the studio again!
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5718 on: June 25, 2013, 11:13:30 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on June 25, 2013, 10:26:52 PM
Quote from: Perpetual Change on June 25, 2013, 07:52:34 PM
No offense, but Jordan has a tendency to be aware of what fans are saying and speak to the crowd. I love JR, so don't take this as a slight, but I still remember the interviews where he said that BC&SL was more dynamic sounding and that JP had taken to writing lyrics about "real things" again :D

In all fairness, he was correct.

I agree with this, especially when compared to the SC as was mentioned previously by another poster.  Though I can also understand the reasoning behind not getting to carried away by the hype...but for me personally I just can't help it  :lol
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5719 on: June 25, 2013, 11:17:11 PM »
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What a loser.

So why don't you kill him ?  ::)

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It takes a wikipedia article to explain that?    ::) Kids these days.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5720 on: June 26, 2013, 01:55:58 AM »
Quote from: DreamerTV on June 25, 2013, 05:43:49 PM
We felt like we could honestly say, 'This is Dream Theater.' That's what it's about. We wanted to make a strong statement, and we felt proud enough and secure enough to announce to the world, if you will, 'This is what it is. This is who we are.'"
Awesome to hear!  :tup
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5721 on: June 26, 2013, 02:02:28 AM »
Damn you, Jordan! I'm trying not to be overly hyped about this and then you go and say something like that...  :lol
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5722 on: June 26, 2013, 02:24:19 AM »
This makes me even more excited!
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5723 on: June 26, 2013, 02:51:52 AM »
That's it.

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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5724 on: June 26, 2013, 02:54:10 AM »
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5725 on: June 26, 2013, 02:55:49 AM »
Quote from: Meatrose on June 26, 2013, 02:02:28 AM
Damn you, Jordan! I'm trying not to be overly hyped about this and then you go and say something like that...  :lol
Yeah...
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5726 on: June 26, 2013, 06:39:53 AM »
Quote from: The Stray Seed on June 26, 2013, 02:55:49 AM
Quote from: Meatrose on June 26, 2013, 02:02:28 AM
Damn you, Jordan! I'm trying not to be overly hyped about this and then you go and say something like that...  :lol
Yeah...

I have now officially embraced the hype... Can't go back now...  :biggrin:
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5727 on: June 26, 2013, 09:33:37 AM »
You think hype is your ally? You merely adopted the hype.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5728 on: June 26, 2013, 09:58:55 AM »
Quote from: liran95 on June 26, 2013, 02:51:52 AM
That's it.



That's actually quite funny pic because there is over +30 celsius degrees here in Finland right now. And you know that Finland is not the hottest country in the world...
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Re: DT in the studio again!
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5730 on: June 26, 2013, 10:12:08 AM »
The intro of The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun (on repeat) is helping to ease the not being able to wait for something.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5731 on: June 26, 2013, 10:17:48 AM »
Quote from: Lucien on June 26, 2013, 10:12:08 AM
The intro of The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun (on repeat) is helping to ease the not being able to wait for something.

Haha, you're really liking it aren't you? :biggrin:
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5732 on: June 26, 2013, 10:19:12 AM »
It is an excellent intro and the whole song is awesome :)
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5733 on: June 26, 2013, 10:55:37 AM »


:D :D :D

I'm so freaking happy right now  :metal :metal
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5734 on: June 26, 2013, 11:06:50 AM »
Quote from: Lucien on June 26, 2013, 10:12:08 AM
The intro of The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun (on repeat) is helping to ease the not being able to wait for something.
What if that + the lyric sheet was the single?
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5736 on: June 26, 2013, 11:15:53 AM »
Quote from: YtseJamittaja on June 26, 2013, 09:58:55 AM
That's actually quite funny pic because there is over +30 celsius degrees here in Finland right now. And you know that Finland is not the hottest country in the world...
Now as in today? That's funny, in Norway it's cold and rainy today. +12 right outside Oslo, which is ridiculously cold considering its June and all. If this is the summer standard this year it may even start snowing before DT12 comes out, lol.
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Re: DT in the studio again!
« Reply #5737 on: June 26, 2013, 11:39:46 AM »
^It hasn't been 30 degrees in the part of Finland where I live today, but hot enough.

(sorry for the OT)
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