Why is that??? Think Liquid Tension.
I love LTE, but it is (and should be) different than DT, although that experience definitely would be influential in the way that DT wrote and recorded their music. Although it didn't really change the actual music that they wrote, which is a key here.
Perhaps the word jazz is off putting for you, but it shouldn't be.
Nope, I like jazz.
I'm not talking about Glenn Miller for god sake.
I like Glenn Miller.
I guess you've never heard Al Di Meola's Dinner Music for the Gods. Check it out on Youtube.
Condescend much? I love Di Meola.
This is the stuff that has made John Petrucci who he is.
Well, that is PART of what made him who he is.
I guess you forgot that they DID tour with Steve Morse back in 1999/2000 and Yes and the Crimson Project.
I guess you
do condescend much. I remember all of that, thanks. But all of those bands do different music than DT does.
Can't we get a true musician's prog album for a change instead of trying to be all things to all people. They certainly have the musical ability to expand their horizons quite a bit. They don't need to do the ballad metal thing on every album and they did dabble with a bit of Crimson on 6DOIT.
What we get on every album is the album they wanted to make.
As far as I'm concerned Derek's albums have been a lot more interesting than the last five DT albums.
OK. Nothing wrong with that opinion.
I listen to all forms of music and I'm sure they do too. Al Di Meola and Mahavishnu is not that far of a departure from what they do.
I don't know. I think that especially compositionally, it's quite a bit different.
I'd like to hear a bit more of that influence and a bit more maturity musically-wise in the songs they do. Their songs have become too formulaic. I know exactly where they are going before they ever get there.. Dream Theater shouldn't be following the AC/DC format of not straying from their box.
It's obvious that you don't care for the direction they have gone in. That is why I suggested that perhaps this isn't the band for you, given what you would like them to do (which they won't do).
They have more talent than that and they don't need to imitate Symphony X or try to attract 16 year old boys.
I don't think they are doing either of those things.
Let's hear an album that caters to the musicians out there for a change. That is the reason why I came to them in the first place.
Not catering to YOUR particular musical tastes doesn't mean they don't cater to musicians.
I'll say it again NO BALLADS.
Good luck with that. They obviously like writing ballads. They even included a ballad on their straight-up metal album (IMO, it was the best song on the album).
Hey, I like all the music you mentioned. But I don't want DT to sound like all the other bands I like, and I don't want all the other bands I like to start sounding like DT.