Parasomnia Timeline Thread

[Trav]

I found it interesting that LaBrie specifically didn't want to play The Alien.

[Zydar]

I found it interesting that LaBrie specifically didn't want to play The Alien.

Yeah, he even wrote the lyrics for it (I'm assuming the vocal melodies too?).

[OpenYourEyes311]

I found it interesting that LaBrie specifically didn't want to play The Alien.

To be fair, they just did two years of opening shows with that song. He could just be sick of it right now.

[Trav]

To be fair, they just did two years of opening shows with that song. He could just be sick of it right now.

True.

[gborland]

Anyone got the full interview text? It's behind a subscribe-wall.

[pg1067]

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dream-theater-album-tour-interview-1234998171/

Paywalled....

[MinistroRaven]

Anyone got the full interview text? It's behind a subscribe-wall.

Here's the PDF

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-5TGTFeGKNNkj9kFS8R7E5Bu6DUnkISg/view?usp=sharing

[gzarruk]

So just a little over one hour of music for the new album.
It's most probably 6 songs, so that means that the duration of each is about 10 mins.
I wanted something around the 70 min mark, but as they said, they have to have completed the album around late summer so that dictated the album length.
Oh, and James seems that he lost some pounds since they came together 2 months ago.

The article says the interview lasted about an hour, not the album itself.

[bosk1]

I found it interesting that LaBrie specifically didn't want to play The Alien.

He could have just been joking in his typical deadpan style.

[illusionist]

The article says the interview lasted about an hour, not the album itself.

Oh i thought one hour was the album's duration.
So that leaves the possibility of it being longer than an hour open.
Thanks for the clarification 👌

[gzarruk]

Oh i thought one hour was the album's duration.
So that leaves the possibility of it being longer than an hour open.
Thanks for the clarification 👌

Another little detail that's kind of buried in the article is that it seems like Petrucci is the only one producing the album.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Then he could no longer effectively pimp his beard products.

Also, what an odd take.  Who cares if he has a beard or not?  It's his face.

That's mainly the reason, I would like him to focus on guitar and not beards. Also he's welcome to not shave, just saying I wish he'd do it

[Trav]

He could have just been joking in his typical deadpan style.

I thought of that too. In a written article it's hard to tell.

[Trav]

That's mainly the reason, I would like him to focus on guitar and not beards. Also he's welcome to not shave, just saying I wish he'd do it

Gear wise, he puts out a new signature guitar every year. Musician wise, in the last four years he's put out a solo album, LTE album, a Dream Theater album and is currently making another. He has puts on a guitar camp every summer for the last idk how many years. Exactly what part of "guitar" is he not focused on enough for you??

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Here's the PDF

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-5TGTFeGKNNkj9kFS8R7E5Bu6DUnkISg/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for posting this, I was able to read it now. Thought it was weird that the YouTube videos didn't play though, when I clicked the "play" button it seemed frozen.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Gear wise, he puts out a new signature guitar every year. Musician wise, in the last four years he's put out a solo album, LTE album, a Dream Theater album and is currently making another. He has puts on a guitar camp every summer for the last idk how many years. Exactly what part of "guitar" is he not focused on enough for you??

fair point, I didn't realize he did a summer camp. Any info on how to sign up and meet the man himself? Do you camp out in his backyard?

[hefdaddy42]

That's mainly the reason, I would like him to focus on guitar and not beards. Also he's welcome to not shave, just saying I wish he'd do it

How much time do you think he is spending on beard product?

Besides, it's good and healthy to have more than one main interest, not to mention more than one stream of income.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

How much time do you think he is spending on beard product?

Have you seen the size of mans beard? The care alone everyday probably adds up to several hours a week. Think of all the scales he could be playing instead

Besides, it's good and healthy to have more than one main interest, not to mention more than one stream of income.

That's fair

[Trav]

fair point, I didn't realize he did a summer camp. Any info on how to sign up and meet the man himself? Do you camp out in his backyard?

Yeah. He moves the lawnmower out of the tool shed and puts bunks in there.

[HOF]

Has Rolling Stone ever done a feature like this on DT before? Kind of wild.

[MoraWintersoul]

Think of all the scales he could be playing instead

I feel like maybe John Petrucci plays too many scales a week he can knock a couple out while he's smoking briskets outside anyway, that's his only other hobby I know of!

[Setlist Scotty]

Yeah. He moves the lawnmower out of the tool shed and puts bunks in there.

Has Rolling Stone ever done a feature like this on DT before? Kind of wild.

Well keep in mind this is the website, not the magazine, and I don't think this will appear in print. But there's been a couple other major features that have appeared on the website, but both were just interviews with JP:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-dream-theaters-wildly-ambitious-new-concept-lp-57856/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dream-theater-john-petrucci-interview-distance-over-time-755486/

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Yeah. He moves the lawnmower out of the tool shed and puts bunks in there.

[sfam2112]

Well keep in mind this is the website, not the magazine, and I don't think this will appear in print. But there's been a couple other major features that have appeared on the website, but both were just interviews with JP:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-dream-theaters-wildly-ambitious-new-concept-lp-57856/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dream-theater-john-petrucci-interview-distance-over-time-755486/

They also streamed DT12 on RS just before it came out, if memory serves. 🤔

[Puppies_On_Acid]

Have you seen the size of mans beard? The care alone everyday probably adds up to several hours a week. Think of all the scales he could be playing instead

You've clearly never had a beard before...

[Progmetty]

Is there a thread for the new Rolling Stones interview or we doing all the diving here?

[nobloodyname]

Is there a thread for the new Rolling Stones interview or we doing all the diving here?

It's sort of in the tour thread. But there's not actually been that much discussion of it, really.

[gborland]

The interview gave me warm fuzzies.

[illusionist]

Mods can now officially remove 'writing continues' in this thread's title

[Max Kuehnau]

Mods can now officially remove 'writing continues' in this thread's title

I'm not a mod, but I updated it to include most recent information

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

You've clearly never had a beard before...

I actually have had a beard for well over 10 years now. I don't grow it out tho, too much work

[Dream Team]

No matter what the music is on this new record, most of all I just want it to sound great. Breathing room for all instruments. Will be interesting with JP as the sole producer if MP is not fond of the final drum sound. But ultimately I want the rhythm guitar to sound like a real guitar and not over-processed to death.

[SeRoX]

The part where James and Mike first met up after the split and how they behaved to each other... the first hug, calling him, "come here, brother..." in that interview just made me cry and smile at the same time. That is a huge AWWWWW moment for sure.

[crystalstars17]

The part where James and Mike first met up after the split and how they behaved to each other... the first hug, calling him, "come here, brother..." in that interview just made me cry and smile at the same time. That is a huge AWWWWW moment for sure.

Yes, and this shows their integrity and substance as human beings. So many of these situations with (other) bands involve gargantuan egos incapable of showing such grace. This shows that our boys are better.

[MrMike]

Was the RS interview recorded and will audio of it be available?  I'd *really* like to hear the "specifically this" riff!