Guys Drummer in this video is Mike Portnoy. Mike played in DT from 1985 to 2010. Then he left the band. In 2023, Mike returned to DT.

Now you need to react to Dream Theater Count Of Tuscany one of their best songs from their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.

Guitarist here who's (sometimes successfully) tried and played DT stuff a while ago: You learn and memorize the riffs one by one, the solos, the little licks until you can play them so good that you don't have to think about them anymore, it's like learning a word as a kid and now you can just say it. Then you learn and memorize the song (most of the time you already know it by heart because you listened to it a lot), basically just when to say which word in the sentence, to stay at the example. Hope that made sense. Also, as I said, when you practice this shit, at some point, you know it by heart; it's a first listen for you, but the allmighty Petrucc, aswell as his group of musical madmen, have played and heard this stuff a million times.

This song, the "Instrumedley", was only performed once for Budokan in Tokyo during their tour supporting their album "Train of Thought". Instrumedley is a mash-up composition of multiple songs from Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment (a side project of three Dream Theater members as well as Tony Levin who has played for Peter Gabriel), and I think some other quirky lines from elsewhere. They already have the basis of memorizing different sections because those sections are already from a song/instrumental that they've written. Piecing it together (arranging), though, was definitely masterfully executed because you'd otherwise never know that this is 13 different tunes. Playing it is a true feat of muscle memory and understanding and internalizing time. It's very cool!

John Petrucci (guitar) and John Myung (bassist) were childhood friends. They attended Berklee school of music together and while walking through the practice area they heard a drummer (mike portnoy) playing along to some Rush songs and had to meet him. Initially they recruited friends Kevin Moore (keyboards) and Chris Collins (vocals) and formed Majesty. They replaced Collins with a singer named Charlie Dominici and later changed the name to Dream Theater. After releasing their first album they changed singers again to James Labrie. After releasing 2 albums with him, Kevin Moore quit and was replaced by Derek Sherinian who had played keys for Kiss and Alice Cooper (and can briefly be seen in Wayne's World). 2 albums later and they asked Jordan Rudess to take over on keys. He was a juliard trained player. In 2010 Mike Portnoy left the band (and recorded the Album "Nightmare" with Avenged Sevenfold after the Rev passed) and was replaced by Mike Mangini who was a professor of drums and percussion at Berklee.

Yeah! It is a medley with all the instrumentals from DT and some from LTE, his name is John Petrucci because it is his camera, there is a version for each musician. Saludos desde Chile!

@inkubuzz

3 ай бұрын

❤🇨🇱

@raynorkorzo

3 ай бұрын

Somos el mejor pais de Chile wn!

They are just some of the best musicians you could ever witness.... I've seen them 7 times live and met John Petrucci and drummer Mike Portnoy. Twice separately.

@RareHarmony

3 ай бұрын

Met them both myself, once. All were great, but Mike was the most interactive.

This is from the 'Live From Buddakan' DVD. The track is called 'Instrumedley'

John Is a mad guitarist, technical precision with a dose classical blood in the punch. Peaster to you boys!

@jhamilton1007

3 ай бұрын

Top 5 guitarist of All-Time in my opinion

DT is insanely talented! Each musician is top notch!!

All of these guys are masters of their craft. Thank God Mike portnoy is back with dream theater after many years of separation

John Petrucci is a Top 5 Guitarist of All-Time in my opinion and Mike Portnoy their drummer is a Top 5 Drummer as well. This band has way too much talent for it's own good.

@travismorse6029

3 ай бұрын

Their keyboardist is recognized worldwide as one of the best keyboardist ever

@jhamilton1007

3 ай бұрын

@@travismorse6029 Oh, I know that.

@MrClassicmetal

2 ай бұрын

@@jhamilton1007 I can agree with what you said about JP, but not the drummer.

Practice... Practice... Practice... Dream Theater and Tool are a completely different universe unto themselves. Apples and Oranges...

Soooo.. 1) How do they do that? They're just that damn good. 2) Do they play it the same, note for note verbatim, every time? Yes, yes they do (I've seen them more than 20 times) 3) How do you get a whole band of players that good? 3 childhood friends, Berkley School of Music and Julliard School of Music. The core three members of Dream Theater are John Petrucci (pronounced PE-true-Chi), Jon Myung (bass) and Mike Portnoy (drums). Their original keyboardist was Kevin Moore. Petrucci, Myung and Moore all grew up in the same Borough of NYC. After High school they all went to Berkley School of Music. There they met Mike Portnoy and started a heavily Rush/Yes influenced band that came to be called Majesty. They found a singer (I feel horrible, but for the life of me I can't remember his name) and put out an album called "When Dream and Day Unite" under the name Dream Theater because Majesty was already taken by another band on the label. By the next album "Images and Words" they had picked up James LeBrie as a vocalist. Kevin Moore left after that album and they picked up Derek Sherinian on keys. He only lasted one EP and one LP. Not because he wasn't a good player, Derek Sherinian is a superb keyboard player, but because the record label dicked them around for 5 years, wanted them to be more "Hair Metal". During that time Petrucci and Portnoy did a side project called Liquid Tension Experiment with their current keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, who was given a scholarship to Julliard when he was 9 for classical piano. After Liquid Tension Experiment, Jordan formally joined DT full time. That's how you get a band that good.... 😁 Sorry to get long winded.....Great reaction, I loved watching your faces, they were priceless. ✌ Edit: I should also add that they had another drummer named Mike Mangini for a decade while there was a bit of a feud between Portnoy and other members. I don't want to leave Mangini out, he is a phenomenal drummer in his own right. Portnoy rejoined Dream Theater late last year.

Dream Theater does have simpler songs without the histrionics like this track... John Petrucci (guitar) said for him, it is more difficult to write a short, simple song than a complicated, epic track. I recommend the simpler Dream Theater songs to check out - 'Another day'... 'Forsaken' ... 'Along for the ride' ... 'You not me' ... 'A rite of passage' ... 🤘🤘🔥🔥

@jocelynbunn

3 ай бұрын

I like Forsaken because it's super straight-forward, easily digestible, still shreds and goes hard AF, and vampires!! lol

Been my favorite band since 1994. They play it note for note all the times I have seen them live. Rush had been my favorite prior. Do Learning to Live the studio version.

They made where at the end of the DVD each member has their own camera on them so you can focus on your favorite member of the band, or you can watch all of them. But get Dream Theater Live at the Buddakan.

You guys need to do "A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater

This is the best example from DT ever. Thanks for doing it.

They are allergic to songs that have a 4/4 time signature…and if they did play a song in 4/4, they would find a way to make the song sound like it’s actually in 12/8, 9/8, 7/4, 5/4, etc….✌️🎤🔥🥁🎸 one of the most talented bands ever!! So glad Mike Portnoy is back with the guys…he’s the perfect drummer for them…his playing style, energy, and talent are always on point…😎

It's one thing to get to play your instrument that way and another to be able to create all that incredible music. For me they are simply the best.

I just love watching and reviewing my favorite songs and headbanging along with you guys! there is a feeling of freshness and newness that makes me smile from start to finish. You know how to enjoy music, no matter the style, and give the songs a new perspective for the bands old fans. Thank you for the work and for the joy you provided! Hugs from Brazil! By the way... don't you think it's time to get back to Nightwish?

It's called the Instrumedly, from the DVD Live at the budokan.

As I read through the comments I see John Petruccis name mentioned again and again, as well as Mike Portnoy - well deserved! BUT don't forget John Myung - an incredible bass player, James LaBrie - an likewise incredible vocalist - and - not least - Jordan Rudess - probably one of the most unbelievably gifted keyboardist of the world.

As a music major who loves DT, it's practice. Their brains aren't different; they just practice a lot. Anyone can do it, you just have to be willing to put 10,000+ hours into it. The trick is love, if you love it, putting in 8 hours a day of serious practice is possible. In the end, you gotta love it and put in the work.

That opening reminds me of some old-school Death, which y'all should check out. 🍻🤘

love that they even threw in some Liquid Tension Experiment

You should really check out Dream Theater - Scene Six: Home or Liquid Tension Experiment ( John Pettruci, Jordan Ruddes, and Mike Portnoy’s side project). LTE - Paradigm Shift or Acid Rain will blow your mind

There are patterns! Just using 7 as an example of an odd time signature/meter. Say "1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3" and then repeat it like a cadence.You can say it as fast or as slow as you want, but when you put that cadence in a metronome you can begin to understand how all this incredible music is made. Rush - Natural Science has a perfect example in the middle of the song of how to count this meter.

Now that youre doing prog metal... for gods sake do Pain of Salvation - On a Tuesday (say it in Smokeys voice)

this sounds a lot like YES!!!!!!!!!

check out The Best of Times by dream theater, its an emotional song written for a band members dying father and it has my favourite guitar solo of all time, its one of the most technically difficult solos you'll find while at the same time being pink floyd esque in its emotionality and melody, its so good its crazy.

Petrucci did two songs(Prologue and Epilogue) for a 96` SEGA Saturn game called Digital PinBall:Necronimicon

Dude check out YES "Tempus Fugit!!!!!!!! Bad Fu**in song you will trip!!!!!!!! and also the intro of "Changes!!!!!!!!

@Easy_Skanking

2 ай бұрын

The "Drama" era of Yes is heavier and some of my favorites of theirs. Excellent suggestions!

Check out Liquid Tension Experiment if you can. Petrucci, Rudess (Keyboards), and Portnoy (Drums) are also a part of this group. In case you're wondering The songs used in order with Time Stamps: 9:07 The Dance of Eternity 10:39 Metropolis Part 1: Miracle and The Sleeper 11:02 Erotomania 12:34 The Dance of Eternity 13:24 Metropolis Part 1: Miracle and The Sleeper 14:20 A Change of Seasons 15:07 Ytse Jam 16:48 The Dance of Eternity 17:33 Paradigm Shift (Liquid Tension Experiment) 18:34 Universal Mind (Liquid Tension Experiment) 19:20 The Dance of Eternity 19:59 Hell's Kitchen The concert in this video was in 2004...20 years ago All of these are songs released before the year 2000 btw...they are currently making a new album as of typing this

Best quartet ever. Seen them 5 times but haven't seen them with Portnoy yet ... yet

The guitarist, bassist and drum all met at Berkeley music school. The singer came from Canada, and they met Jordan through some other musicians.

You guys deserve all the credit to review this fantastic fenomenal incredible guitar player. Good taste. ❤ This was live at the Budokan. 😊 You guys looking good. :P Japan is so super amazing . Man... this guys took esteroids to play that hahahaha. Kidding.

I have worked with these guys at one of the clubs I used to do lighting in.... and they are one of my favorite bands of all time. There is a lot I can tell you bout these guys if you wanna know..

Great stuff!! Gave me strong Between The Buried And Me vibes! I highly recommend covering the first two songs off of Colors Live from them. Great stuff!

Morning guys! Wow!!! That was nuts! Very Kool!! That is some talent! Idk the guitarist's name with the long hair,but he played the last few years in soulfly. Soulfly is one of my fav bands, I saw them the last few years and he was with them! He's really good!🤓👍

Happy belated birthday Lukas!! 🥳🎂🎈

@fmchef25

3 ай бұрын

Thanks shan!!

Petrucci pronounced like Gucci. And they made a song for the video game God of War called Raw Dog.

I would say the reason that they can do all that is practice. Just as a scientist spends his whole life studying astrophysics or something that other people may not understand. I've heard that Petrucci at one point practiced playing guitarlike 8 hours a day. These guys are out of this world.

It’s so awesome that you guys are into this and actually can appreciate what’s going on. Thanks to Tool and others. Banger❤

"they should make music for video games" Petrucci has in fact made a couple of songs for some games

"Acid Rain" by Liquid Tension experiment needs to be on here too.

Petrucci is GOD!!

Daaammmnnn, not doing the multi-camera angle version to give the spotlight to all four musicians?

U guys HAVE to check out their side project - Liquid Tension Experiment's Acid Rain. I CANNOT listen to that in my car without realizing I'm suddenly speeding 🤘😝🤘

@Rappers React... for your understanding Dream Theather became a band by each one of his members goes out of the best musician school back in the day in NYC.thats way you the best of every instrument talented musician together then you got the answer how they can do what they do... Back in the day when the two towers fallen in NYC they played a concent in NyC and I love the performance of two tracks in particular... the spirit carries on ft theresa Tomasson.. they played with the gospel group of one of the most famous church in NYC. That performance it's the best I ever heard and seen.. and the track finally free..every one nailed it you should react to both them... thank you for your great contributions.. I love every react you do. I grateful fan of yours.

True Masters

They actually DID do music for a video game.

@TheBlackQueen

3 ай бұрын

Funny enough, they also had their music in Dragonball Z

@SpeedWarrior93

2 ай бұрын

@@TheBlackQueen Specifically The History of Trunks

i love myung 6 string bass work

Such a pleasure when you guys are high...a..f.... ;-)

You asked if they play it every day (every show) the exact same way every time. The answer is yes. Dream Theater is so complex as it is, they can not confuse other members of the band with something improvised and random and throw them off their game. Also, they admitted that the fans like the music from the CD and they want to play it as per the CD as they recorded it. They can't disappoint the fans by changing or removing their favorite parts.

Look up their song Raw Dog. Its an instrumental that they made for God of War III.

Happy late bday Lukas!!

Dream Theater is the greatest band on the planet. With that being said, please please react to some more. Every member in the band has classical training.

Guys please make The Best of Times your next Dream Theater reaction. It was written by their newly returned drummer Mike Portnoy to his dying father Howard(who came up with the name Dream Theater). This song has so much emotion running through it, you can feel the love and admiration from son to father. The ending guitar solo is the best solo yet recorded by mankind(even though John Petrucci isn't human) it will stick with you long after you listen to it. Keep up the great work! 🤘

You should check out his instrumental cover of Prince's Purple Rain. Phenomenal!

More dream theater guys!!!

So ok.. First of all this is a medley of different parts of DT songs. They also added 2 songs from Mike Portnoy, John petrucci and Jordan Rudess Liquid Tenssion Experience band. So these are the tunes they played many times in their fullest version. Now they did a big medley of it all. So thats how they remember all this insane parts. And happy belated birthday Lucas. Awesome video request.

You need to react to Galneryus live performances.

Y'all know why the Easter Bunny hides the eggs? Because he doesn't want anyone to know he's been f*ing chickens. 🤣🍻🤘

Snarky Puppy is a bad ass band

I would introduce aliens with this art of music.

Dream Theater has an instrumental in the GOD OF WAR 3 soundtrack called RAW DOG. It's PHENOMENAL!! Please check it out. Thanks!!

"Muscle memory"

please react to acid rain by liquid tension experiment live in LA 2008, same members of the band except for the bassis, for me its petruccis most fastest solo

Did you guys already did Liquid Tension Experiment?

These rhythms are repeating, they are just more intricate. Also, get back to the band Nevermore- the final product

Castlevania needs them

Mike Portnoy (drums) of Dream Theater: "I’m just a music lover and I love playing. I’m a workaholic, so it’s what I do. I have no problem juggling all of them, and to me it’s a pleasure. But, yeah, it’s a lot of work and a lot of diversity." People like the members of Dream Theater are dedicated and creative musicians who don't thrive on repetition or patterns... It bores them. Mike Portnoy once said that playing their hit single 'Pull me under' ... for the Xth number of times is boring to him (Portnoy does have OCD, which means his brain is constantly looking for new ways and avenues to engage or entertain him... He admitted it would often drive his bandmates crazy...) But Dream Theater love to experiment and let the music take them places they haven't been... Some bands are like AC/DC and Accept... they make the same record, same style... over and over again... But bands like Rush... Dream Theater ... Deep Purple... Led Zeppelin ... Queen... Judas Priest - they never made another record hoping it was just like the last one. I know hip hop and rap music is all about 1 beat and riding and rhyming to it... But rock music can be more than that... and it is a challenge to experiment and make the track stand out and appeal to the listener by changing tempos... changing rhythms... etc.

Guys need to check out Stryper , Transgressor office vid you like it and their productions

Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland. Ihr seid die Besten!!!!

I read somewhere that they practice a lot...

in this song they basically strung togeter bits and pieces of other songs they have and made on huge thing, also aways search for the songs with Mike portny playing, they are aways better

If you guys are into this kind of stuff you need to do a reaction to Michael Angelo Batio.

Hi guys Flapjack - Reborn All the best from Poland

dream theater is the best progresive band ever

Guys guys guys please please react to jamwayne and Adam Calhoun "ready"

How they do this? Just practice every day and be a muso head your whole life. 😅 The 'just' part is ironical, because not everyone still reaches this level. 😅

They came way before haken...

9 minute intro 💀

As for your IQ discussion I play lots of poly rhythmic stuff, but I doubt my IQ is above 140. I think it's merely about discipline and practice.

So guys…when you talk about how great J5 & Slash, etc, are on the guitar…please think of this performance! Because they are not great players!

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Dream Theater sounding very HAKEN