Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater

[damagedbraincell]

just wondering, is there a particular reason why this is played in d minor instead of the original c# minor? it's also really nice to see that you're going for cleanliness of each note before speeding up. just a little advice, loosen up, you seem a bit tense

[scottwbutler]

i like me some french fries

[ArTHuRdagUITaRrIST]

I didnt like the solo part .. sorry.. but it was a nice try... keep it up!

[dxjaymz]

I liked it, good job..

[lucasmanning]

hey aweosme stuff you can play blues and metal all rounder awesome man... play some trivium!

[nobbiestyles]

Are you John ?

great

[corovanmoro]

Are you MetalVox?

[jwwetzel]

corovanmoro - nope?

[corovanmoro]

Sorry, you just look a lot like this acquaintance of mine, have the same age, and very similar playing style.

Good job, by the way. Sweet solo.

[sawdaw123]

thats perfect.!

[giNsus]

hey man, didnt expect this one to be in your list of covers :) i guess your into progressive stuff.. are you also a fan of metal? cause i noticed you have some pretty awesome skills. i would love to see some more metal covers from you :) 5 *'s

[guitar0ne]

that was a realy good cover

[jwwetzel]

guitar0ne - thank ya :)

[nopedopes]

Where'd you learn this from? looks like an official DT book? which one? I asked because i'm also learning this, but from the tabs from Ultimate guitar. It's not always accurate.

good luck with guitar and phys at iowa, both are interesting and will keep you busy in your free time.

[jwwetzel]

nopedopes - it would be the DT book for the train of thought album, i believe that's the album with this song - haha yes, the little free time i have haha :) rock on man! I actually just graduated and will be continuing into the graduate program in the fall!

[Flixion]

I have watched a few of your video's and the kind of music you play is so different from what I play, yet I like it alot, and it looks like it's not even a big deal for you to play this good :o!

Spare me some skills xD? Keep it up!

[jwwetzel]

Flixion - hahaha thanks man!! we all got our own styles for sure!

[thewall1982]

u ever gonna make a video for instrumedley?

[jwwetzel]

thewall - probably not, but that's a great medley!

[thewall1982]

fuckin john petrucci

[jwwetzel]

thewall - he rocks don't he?

[thewall1982]

haha yes, i want to be that man

[jwwetzel]

agreed :)

[tarkan555]

I am learning this song, and I just wondre, how long did it take for you to learn the fast solo? There I stopp, its very hard:P

Sorry for my english.

[jwwetzel]

tarkan - a few hours! hope it's goin for you well!! rock on!

[thedarkflowkiller]

very nice, not bad impro on the mid solo, and better than a lot of other cover, YOUR SOUND, you have a sound very close to JP, 978stars !

[jwwetzel]

thedarkflowkiller-Thanks man!!!

[Joe0728]

SICK!!!!!!!! good stuff James! i think its smooth....

i like your guitar clock.

[jwwetzel]

haha it glows :D thanks man!! glad ya checked it out

[Joe0728]

any time bro, any time....

[wunshiin]

try out sacrificed sons next time~ hahahaha that'd be realli great~:P

[jwwetzel]

haha i can play em all! whatever you want!!

[WestonMossman]

yeah but if you had something like gearbox so that you could just go straight from your amp to the guitarport and bypass the gearbox effects, then it would be straight sound, no mic needed.

[jwwetzel]

oh i see what you're saying, you mean if i used the output on my amp to bypass the amp's speakers and just go straight into the computer. i have a tascam US-122 that I use with 1/4 inch jacks on it for direct line recording, but compared to the sound of a live amp, well, there's really no comparison

[WestonMossman]

your good with chords, but your solos lack feeling and get a little rushed at times.

also, play straight to your computer so you dont get the tinny sound of your room.

[jwwetzel]

there's actually a mic in the front of my amp, recording straight to my computer. My room wouldn't make the sound tinny, it would actually deaden it quite a lot from all of the absorbent materials! .flv files don't exactly have the best compression algorithms so it's hard to get a quality sound out of it.

considering i'm reading the music i'll give ya that it sounds rehearsed and lacking life haha

[nikoonz]

very nice.. ;)

nice tech

[jwwetzel]

thanks!

[fingerboy18]

9 out of 10 bro. It could be a little smoother, but not by much. Awesome job, keep it up.

[jwwetzel]

thanks dude! and yea, it definitely could be smoother--- thanks again :)

[dreamysidro]

WOW! Nice!

[jwwetzel]

thank yA!

[aerie21]

this is my favourite song. one of these days i will upload my video. do give ur comment ok.

[jwwetzel]

you bet i will!

[aerie21]

great guitar player

[jwwetzel]

thanks playyyyyer

[golliathh]

What book did you learn this from? id like to get my hands on a copy :P That was a sick cover, you ALMOST nailed the sweeping lol, maybe you should record a new version? but it's fine

[jwwetzel]

yea--it's really hard to get it all in on 1 take haha--they have the official book out there somewhere, you can find it on WorldWideWeb dot dreamtheater dot net

[fastguitar6]

yeah... I konw that is difficult... 5 stars

[jwwetzel]

haha thanks

[GuitarPickinman05]

Mad props to the sweep picking. That was pretty amazing dude.

[jwwetzel]

haha thanks man, it could use some work :/

[WrathS01]

As good as it can get short of being Petrucci. 5'd

[Isodig]

That's killer man. Brave to take on Dream Theater tunes. Was waiting for the rock at around 3m and wow..you ripped it up. Petrucci is such an unselfish player, but when it's he steps up he STEPS UP..

[jwwetzel]

ya, john is the perfect example of tasteful shredding, musical shredding--he doesn't just play scales, he writes melodies.. he just plays them extremely fast :)

[TheLastHumanOnEarth]

ROCK!!