Say DT's next album has a bonus disc. What'd you want?

[RaiseTheKnife]

Individual stems for all the tracks of the main album.

This is my vote!  Love listening to the isolated stems for each track. 

Good thing about it is they don't need to manufacture a CD for it. They could release it on a thumb drive (which I think is cheaper?), like how they released the bonus footage of the MM drum audition in the DT12 box set.  Or a link for digital download.

[Adami]

If they do full stems, I hope they don't group them again.

I wouldn't want drums as a single stereo track and so forth. Give me the stems they way they were recorded/mixed.

[RaiseTheKnife]

If they do full stems, I hope they don't group them again.

I wouldn't want drums as a single stereo track and so forth. Give me the stems they way they were recorded/mixed.

However unlikely, that would be awesome, especially for listening to the vocal harmonies as separate tracks.

[gzarruk]

A DVD of MM playing the whole album, from beginning to end. Yes, I'm serious.

I would love to see that 

[mikeyd23]

If they do full stems, I hope they don't group them again.

I wouldn't want drums as a single stereo track and so forth. Give me the stems they way they were recorded/mixed.

Yeah that would be cool. Periphery did that with their last record. Called it a producer pack. I'm pretty sure it let you drill down to each stem individually, not grouped together.

[emtee]

There are 2 things that would guarantee my pre-order and to pay top dollar, neither of which will happen but why not dream

1) Modern studio version of WDaDU. I know they did WDaDRU but I would really love to have a studio version of this album
that sounds fresh and modern. The songs would come to life!
2) A full cover album of either A) VH debut ~ B)Iron Maiden Powerslave ~ C) Led Zeppelin IV....or each member picks 4 Zeppelin
songs they love and they do a Zep compilation cover album.

[Renzo]

And a full Bohemian Rhapsody cover as the last song..

[Adami]

There are 2 things that would guarantee my pre-order and to pay top dollar, neither of which will happen but why not dream

1) Modern studio version of WDaDU. I know they did WDaDRU but I would really love to have a studio version of this album
that sounds fresh and modern. The songs would come to life!

Nooooo. Not current DT lineup. WDaDU has a huge amount of energy and feeling of spontaneity. Current DT is all about being meticulously calculated and often comes off as pretty sterile. Also MM would change up all the stuff I loved from MPs playing to match his style.

[ToT-147]

There are 2 things that would guarantee my pre-order and to pay top dollar, neither of which will happen but why not dream

1) Modern studio version of WDaDU. I know they did WDaDRU but I would really love to have a studio version of this album
that sounds fresh and modern. The songs would come to life!

Nooooo. Not current DT lineup. WDaDU has a huge amount of energy and feeling of spontaneity. Current DT is all about being meticulously calculated and often comes off as pretty sterile. Also MM would change up all the stuff I loved from MPs playing to match his style.

But wasn't DT12 composed while recording the album?... If that's not spontaneity, Idk what is.. In fact, I remember it being criticized just for that..

Anyways, I'm not sure I'd want a new version of WDADU.. The album already exists.. I'd prefer something new, like.... yeah, this:

A bonus disc with a few improv jams like 'Take this to the Pain'..

[gzarruk]

There are 2 things that would guarantee my pre-order and to pay top dollar, neither of which will happen but why not dream

1) Modern studio version of WDaDU. I know they did WDaDRU but I would really love to have a studio version of this album
that sounds fresh and modern. The songs would come to life!

Nooooo. Not current DT lineup. WDaDU has a huge amount of energy and feeling of spontaneity. Current DT is all about being meticulously calculated and often comes off as pretty sterile. Also MM would change up all the stuff I loved from MPs playing to match his style.

But wasn't DT12 composed while recording the album?... If that's not spontaneity, Idk what is.. In fact, I remember it being criticized just for that..

Anyways, I'm not sure I'd want a new version of WDADU.. The album already exists.. I'd prefer something new, like.... yeah, this:

A bonus disc with a few improv jams like 'Take this for the Pain'..

Completely agree with you on all you said here, man.

[Adami]

Pretty sure no one complained or said that DT12 was too filled with energy and spontaneity.

[tofee35]

A DVD of all the drummer auditions...totally unrelated to the next cd. But, I will always want that.

[ToT-147]

Pretty sure no one complained or said that DT12 was too filled with energy and spontaneity.

I know there was a lot of complaint about it.. And that the album was made that way, the band said it in several occasions..

[Devin Townsend]

Stems can just be a downloadable code.

Disk two, either a "making of" DVD or Metropolis Part 3 demos

[MirrorMask]

Metropolis Part 3 demos

You mean they'd have to come up with the concept, write the songs, and put the eventual demos as a bonus for a, presumably, standard studio album?

[CB]

A "making of" DVD with all band members involved would be great.

Also a CD with acoustic versions of DT songs, like one song from each album.

Going back to the original post, I'd love a JR/JLB piano/voice album, but I don't think it would be ideal for a DT bonus disc, a bonus disc should feature the whole band. If JR and JLB would ever do a piano/voice side project i'd be the first to buy it!

[hefdaddy42]

Here's an idea: bring in some outside musicians/producers/songwriters to sit in and co-create some songs for a bonus disc. 

[gzarruk]

Here's an idea: bring in some outside musicians/producers/songwriters to sit in and co-create some songs for a bonus disc.

They should do that... for the main album 

[pcs90]

Any one or multiple of the following would be good with me:

1. Individual instrument stems for every track, like they did with BCSL.

2. If they write in studio and still jam like they did in the past, recordings of the improv jams would be cool.

3. Studio versions of the extended live versions of songs such as Surrounded, LITS, To Live Forever, etc; and studio versions of their live instrumentals such as Barfbag, Awake Jam, the late 2014 Trial of Tears intro, the various other 1993 pieces... and a full band version of the Easter Egg!

[ToT-147]

3. Studio versions of the extended live versions of songs such as Surrounded, LITS, To Live Forever, etc; and studio versions of their live instrumentals such as Barfbag, Awake Jam, the late 2014 Trial of Tears intro, the various other 1993 pieces... and a full band version of the Easter Egg!

Yeah, this would be cool too.. Only that I don't think they're revisiting the old stuff..

Also, regarding the Easter Egg, they already did a full band version of it: they called it "Surrender, Trust & Passion"..

[Sycsa]

A DVD of all the drummer auditions...totally unrelated to the next cd. But, I will always want that.

Oh, yeah. Man, I want to see how Virgil Donati played the songs so much.

[hefdaddy42]

Also, regarding the Easter Egg, they already did a full band version of it: they called it "Surrender, Trust & Passion"..

What

[Devin Townsend]

Metropolis Part 3 demos

You mean they'd have to come up with the concept, write the songs, and put the eventual demos as a bonus for a, presumably, standard studio album?

Yes, this

[ToT-147]

Also, regarding the Easter Egg, they already did a full band version of it: they called it "Surrender, Trust & Passion"..

What

The melody James sings throughout that section is the same that JP plays in the outro above the piano, and they're both even in the same key (D minor).. He varies it after, and the chords aren't the same, but the main melody is.. So I'd guess the section got inspired by ST&P, but it could've been the other way around.. Anyways, what's for sure is that one section inspired the other..

[hefdaddy42]

That is not in any way for sure.

[ToT-147]

That is not in any way for sure.

Yes, I'm a musician and I assure you it is.. That the melody is the exact same, can't be argued, and neither the fact that both section are in the same song.. It can't just be coincidence.. That's how a composition works most of the times: you get inspired by certain melody or riff or whatever in one song and then developt a following section to complete it..

[Podaar]

 

[RoeDent]

Hmm...certainly the first phrase of that guitar part in the Easter Egg you can pretty much sing "To feel the joy in life" along with it. But it's a big stretch to fit the rest in after that.

[Peter Mc]

Like many others, I would love a re-recording of WDADU with JLB on vocals but that would be a lot of work for a bonus disc and just re-treading old ground so it is very unlikely we will ever see this.  Other than that would just like more songs.

[Robo4900]

A making-of DVD with a 5.1 mix of the album.

Alternatively: A CD of songs from the 30th anniversary mini-tour.

[gzarruk]

Alternatively: A CD of songs from the 30th anniversary mini-tour.

This!

[JLa]

A "making of" documentary!

Really, I have watched the SC documentary more than I have listened to the album. 

[SeRoX]

Something like that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woxbCUpws44

[WDADU]

Definitely a making-of DVD. I'd like to see Dream Theater do something like what Metallica did with the "Black Album" and A Year and Half in the Life of Metallica, where they did a making of the record for Part One, and then Part Two covered the tour.

[Architeuthis]

Video footage from TA tour would be cool.