Jordan Rudess Gear & interview

[bleh151]

Looking at his beard, that the fact it was like that about 6 years ago, now its a gotee.

[MrDeylen07]

Jordan looks like he's wearing a bald wig here.....

[NerdyKidWithGlasses]

That beard.

[Socioistic]

Please go back to that awesome beard/stache, Jordan.

[metalband1000]

he looked yonger

[Gopher622]

Continuum = Fretless Keyboard

[jokerjun1]

what is up with his facial hair?!

[beatkraftz]

That's right. I am also interested in learning more about his signal path, whether it's digital or analogue, why he takes his audio signals first to his own dedicated onstage mixer and then feeds into the master mixer and all the stuff like that. Jordan, please make us wiser on how and why u do things that u do. Thanks.

[arthurkitchen]

While a very cool vid, I, as any gear head, wants to know about the patch bay to his left, any pedals, settings, direct boxes, in-ears, monitors, how many sends to the board, what he is hearing in his monitor, etc. literally every last thing involved with his set up.

[EleventhDecibel]

I love his Continuum. Gives some of the coolest sounds in their music.

[nightshadetheexorcis]

Every single part of his setup is over 2 thousand bucks

[SBeliy]

1:55 "one of the great things about my ku... my koorg..."

he loves his kurzweil, can't forget about it.

[SilkyMuggs]

I would love to see/hear Jordan play a Harpsichord instrumental.

[chordboard]

I wanted to see him play something!

[TheMetalRiffer]

I honestly don't get how you can dislike this video. It's just a dude talking about his gear. He's not insulting you or anything. James LaBrie himself said, "I say get a life and maybe work on making your life a better one instead of thinking the answer lies in cutting someone else up to raise your miserable spirit."

[EleventhDecibel]

@TheMetalRiffer

Ain't that the truth... I can't stand people like that and I refuse to be around them.

[IMaiden89]

if you like the continuem download jordens iphone app MORPHWIZ

[YourDailyLaughz]

This guy defines awesome.

[pgstroedan31]

whats the name of the song on the begining??

[Nihilanth666]

@pgstroedan31 Octavarium somewhere around 12 min

[lolololni]

one of the great things about my kurz... my korg is

[MarvinSheats]

Jordan is just very cool and very innovative!!!

[Tracebebo]

where's this at in Rome?

[ditoprabowo]

that is one hell of a beard.. JR, JP and MP should make a DT oddbeard club..

[NaKkU14]

How do you change keyboard sounds fast with the Korg m3? I'm trying to cover some DT songs but i dont know how he assigns to foot pedals. =/

[thericecrispy2]

@NaKkU14 He probably sets it to just go down a list every time he hits the foot pedal.

[BeggarsAndArson]

Wow... I'm so jealous of jordan rudess right now. I'd practice all day if i had all his equipment! But that's probably how he got all his equipment... By practicing all day... Haha

[JoeNewham]

This is where Jordan sleeps... He crawls in... He refers to himself in the third person... And he is God of all keyboard-dom.

[Aldoz97LTE]

My name is John Petrucci NO i'm Jordan Rudess! XD

[metalandi]

the continuum is just badass.

[ThenextPetrucci]

it's so amazing to see his gear! There's only one thing I don't want to see...

...and that's the price tag!

But JR is the best, wierd beard, keybordist in the world today! :D

[nightshadetheexorcis]

@ThenextPetrucci lol ur right man. he has about a 10 thousand dollar set up

[Typh0nMagi1]

This make me want a Haken Continuum so bad now!

[guenwhar]

9:03 i wanna see this!

[DreamTheater2269]

whatsup with that beard thing ? lol

[ibanez1592]

the answer lies within :) !!!

[dregomaug]

wat was he thinking .. MY NAME IS JOHN PETRUCCI NO JORDAN RUDESS...HA HA .... but he is the best keyboardist ever...

[damnedkeys]

one of the greatest thing of my kur... my korg

LOL! :|

[DreamTheaterStuff]

So that's his secret! He uses a Kurkorg to get those amazing sounds and powers!

[poopyfaceification]

is james in the background at 4:20?

[MISTIKRAIN88]

no isn't

[mr4y]

5:54 is that Mario noise, lol

[TheKirkYates]

He looks kinda creepy with the mustache and sideburns

[Sebastian1633]

I want that guy in my band.

[PhantomSocke]

nice equipment mister petrucci/ruddes

[THEDEFOCATOR]

He breaks the stereotype that all musicians are stoner /slackers who can't hold a job.

[TerrorAndmore]

@THEDEFOCATOR

I think it's easy to say all members of Dream Theater breaks that stereotype

[gombie]

@THEDEFOCATOR

That's not a stereotype and those are not musician stereotypes, those are wannabes.

[Guitarplayer22222]

@THEDEFOCATOR I think thats just pianist in general.

[88segovia]

@THEDEFOCATOR all of dream theater does

[caressxofxsteel]

i will own a continuum someday! i dont care if theyre 3500 bucks and up lol

[shipuuga]

haha, i hold the same belief

[hellowelcomehome]

I honestly believe that Jordan Rudess is one of the most skilled and well-rounded musicians of the last hundred years--bold claim, I know, but just listen to Dream Theater's material starting in 1999 to the present--MIND-BLOWING KEYBOARD WORK

Rudess had an extensive career before joining Dream Theater in 1999--"Listen," from 1993, is an incredible display of Rudess' talent

[sth209]

"the greatest thing about my kur... my korg is"

i lol'd.

[raymondothedoors]

This video was recording on the PALALOTTOMATICA in ROME (Eur Rome)during Octavarium Tour.

ROMAVARIUM DVD

[HabboUniversal]

and this is my audience button i can pres it if the audience is beign really fucking badass... and when i press it ... JEJEJEJEJE

[StreamOfMetal]

"This is the most amazing peace of equipment that i can even think about use...I can cook, I can check my e-mails, and its connected to my brain, thats where I keep all my 2500 gb of music i´ve learned trough years and shit like that" xD xD I LO VE U JORDAN FUCKIN RUDESS

[hutchman3001]

Fuckin' Legend!

[KTX234]

"it has a touch screen so i can go.... i can touch the..... the screen"

[dannicron]

yeah that was hilarious xD

like: "well this is my toilet.. i can go.. i can use the .. toilet"

[Chileanskies]

"one of the great things about my kurz...korg equipment"

he almost screwed it up there! haha

[TheHorrorInside]

This is my refrigerator... i can store... i can eat my food.

[abhimuscat]

@KTX234 haha thats almost as awesome as JMX's "there's a bass solo in a song called Metropolis.....where i do a bass solo"

[ck3300910]

he's funny!

my name's JP

[EludeTheSunshine]

hes my idol

[Adamfort08]

look at that massive modular synth!!!!

[carlibass]

the music pad pro,I want one!!!

[rob11rod]

that continuum(?) looks and sounds cool!

[Rocklobster933]

bloody hell its like a super piano

[GebhardLied]

Thanks a lot for uploading. These videos never get old! :)

[fluentinsound]

rockin the handlebar tash. go jordan

[rgseries320]

Funny guy.. haha

[UnforgivingCritic]

Jordan is such a funny man,=D. LONG LIVE DT.

[mirosotoz]

that guy never gets laid.

[nemogre]

hehe why not? he is in a rocknroll band after all! maybe he bangs some keyboard nerd chicks... dont be a fool! these guys are rich! they can fuck you if they like!

[mirosotoz]

well yeah u got a point there. but why all people say that he cant never get laid. Just because he plays keyboards. Dream theater rocks!!!

[nemogre]

bull.... i dont think any of them does! its the nature of the band... but who knows? not you and me for sure!

[mirosotoz]

sure. some mexican looking guys LOL.

Petrucci n portnoy rocks da house!

[martythedwarf]

lol, all of them are married... So technically you are both wrong... and right. xD

[thunderinblack]

hes been married since before he was in dream theater

[Massoyer]

"Getting laid" is a heartless endeavor.

[camiraun]

Lol a 7:20 he reminds me of rob halford. probably just the leather

[Electric1Shadow5]

he doesnt even talk about all the modular gear?!?!?!??!

[27hifives]

Jordan Rudess is freakin amazing!

[korgm3]

JOHN PETRUCCI??????????lol

[granpastreetz]

What song is playing at the very beginning?

[JoaoLuisOliveira]

At the beginning of the video it's Octavarium (Full Circle chapter).

[granpastreetz]

thank you.

[Petrucci2812]

Does anyone else think that he looks a lot like Hugh Laurie from Dr. House??...Just without the hair.

Incredible musician. By far my favorite keyboard player.

[AdamDallas]

Wow, i've never noticed that, but now that you mention it... he does!

[Petrucci2812]

Does anyone else think that he looks a lot like Hugh Laurie from Dr. House??...Just without the hair.

Incredible musician. By far my favorite keyboard player.

[tpcardoso]

i like the red-surface instrument =p

[joshallica]

'the great thing about my Kur.. Korg'

wrong company, jordan :]

but seriously, what an inspiration.

[ebmm999]

different beard though hahaha i like the white one, no moustache

[Scrub206]

"and theres a very large screen which is a touch screen, where i can go and... touch the screen"

[pantera86]

There you have folks: a real musitian allied with technology, creativity and profesionalism.

[robertronics]

hmmm

creativity?

I don´t see too much in him

[capeguy63]

A true class act.

[metalrichmusic]

Jordan Rudess = John Petrucci!?!?!?!

[FanaticDrummer]

I want a Continuum!

[joelioes]

Myung always woke up before 9.30am ?!?!?!?! wow !! i believe he practice in the morning ??? lol

[fedroger]

Complete professional.  Never panics, absolute genius.

[Mikhail101]

sadly he only uses the continuum in one song

[daniellarsmike]

The solo in the outro of The Dark Eternal Night is done on the continuum

[arturinxo]

It's also used in Raise The Knife(score)

PS:I Speak spanish so my english sucks xP

[daniellarsmike]

Yo tb hablo español.

[alejoriggi]

in sacrificed sons uses it too

[drunkhas]

nah, it0s use in never enough, live versions of raise the knife (as you can see on score) the dark eternal night, and there's more, but i don't remember right now

[myheadissore]

my name is john petrucci LMAO

[MerlinofChaos]

Yeah, that was rather, funny :D

[Drakett]

Lol My name is John petrucci no jordan rudess lmfao nice job jordan...

[sfz5]

He is a great player and knows his technology. However, he never answered why he went to the Korg Oasys from the Kurzweil. Every feature that he talked about with the Oasys can be done on the Kurzweil K2600 - except the sliders light up. LOL! You could just get a light over the keyboard.

I always wonder if the artist succumbs to an offer from a music equipment company - and they make those offers. Like Michael Jordan wearing Nikes. I guess if someone offered up an Oasys to me, I'd take it, too.

[MerlinofChaos]

You should look into the Oasys yourself, look into the karma technology and look up into other different features of the oasys, and you'll figure out why he chose the Oasys ;) There's a reason to its price tag ;)

[MarioK20]

Korg does sponsor but they don't give out free keyboards. Jordan had to buy each of his three Oasys keyboards. Jordan himself said that he had to get a new keyboard because he was running out of memory with his Kurzweil.

[Adilinar9000]

He does get free keyboards from Korg, because he is sponsored, thats the whole "point" of being sponsored.. He changed from Kurzweil because Kurzweil keyboards didnt had enough memory , and the OASYS has a lot of memory.

[UnforgivingCritic]

yeah.,Kurzweil occupies almost 1/35th of the entire memory of OASYS.

[malawigw]

lol he doesent even know his namne

[BrennenCurtis]

its a touch screen so i can go here and touch....the screen...haha, very articulated john, i mean jordan. amazing keyboardist.

[6digit]

Jordan is god !

[jmlc777]

do they really sleep in that crappy set of beds?

[rudessfan88]

LOL at the world's greatest musicians being stuffed into tiny holes to sleep :)

[shadzudh]

by golly, petrucci really lost his hair :)

[iunowhu]

How come that Oasys thing sounds like a piece of shite?

It's astronomically priced, but I yet have to hear a decent sound out of it.

[mooselord12345]

watch the oasys demo by him to here it at its best

[iunowhu]

I've tested the Oasys. My TR-Rack contains the same sounds, if not better. All the other bells and whistles have nothing to do with music. They're just there to keep customers happy and to be so called "innovative". The Oasys goes into history as the most overrated instrument of all time.

[DannySoisSage]

The only thing I would counter that with is that if one of the world's greatest keyboardists decides its the best way to express himself, who am I to argue. The other thing is that in its role as the master controller, I'm not sure how much sound is actually produced by the Oasys. If its good enough for Jordan, its good enough for me.

[Pectiniculus]

he must be the cutest guy in the band. like a child trying hard to explain things.

[Pectiniculus]

so the continuum gives harmonics when you slide vertically on the screen.

[tehdreamer]

John petrucci, oh noo Jordan Rudess!! lool

[MetalGearDude]

Cheap joke, but got me laughing XÞ

[jashawa]

always bragging about his setup with his little switch pedal..lolol hes my hero.

[PaddyShadow]

yeah that pedal rules. it's so much better then taking a hand off the keys to switch sounds. also with pre-programmed sound order its easier as you don't need to think "what button do i hit for the next part?" ^^

[marc2008ln]

do you know what model the pedal is?

[PaddyShadow]

Boss FS-5U I guess. But the functionallity itselfhas to come from the keyboard. it's just a standard footswitch.

[Jabbolinski]

I really appreciate the work that goes into Dream Theater...They make great artistic tapestries of sound...it's nice that one that does not understand the music can come to youtube and see this art...hopefully they "get" it afterwards.

[stevelp646]

i have a psr e403 :s is an excelent keyboard, but is not like a korg oasys

[PaddyShadow]

at least it's a good start :)

[DeathknighT1986]

the instrmnt of steve's where does jr use this at album?

[guitarklown]

He uses it on the Octavarium intro.

[stevelp646]

ehm, i want one of that ._.

[invisiblekid123]

"it's a touch screen so i can.. you know.. touch the screen", hahaha, funny

[TALGARD]

great musician and great comediant xD

[thiagotecnico]

yeah hahaha it's near 1:55. its my kur...korg.

THE NEWEST KURG KORZWEIL.

from now he will use casio keyboards

ROFLMAO

[mortenmat]

i have a casio keyboards! lol!

[TheDaimon]

I have both a casio and a kurzweil :D

I started with a hammond when I was a child, then I bought a shulze-pollman vertical piano, then a non-weighted casio which sucks a year ago and now a kurzweil k2500X which is orgasm XD

[gori914]

lol, "one of the thinks of my kur.... korg" xD

[trongs01]

my kurzweil oh i meant my korg

[ezlow2]

jp... no.. jr.. lol.. it's just an p'r thing.. =D

[rolilla]

very cool vid!.. he should show more about the continuum and his instrument like the one steve howe from "yes" has!

[FRETPICK]

The amazing!! Cheers for that. Now for the JP one.lol

[sadmachine]

thanks very much for posting this. dude's my hero.

[501W]

That was great!

[ScifiSaints]

Thanks!! Love it

[sonnetg]

cool.thanks for posting.

[Knightmetal]

I love this guy, i had the opportunity to get a pic with him and he's really cool and friendly, PS:he also autographed my guitar :D

[ReNeGaTe]

My name is John Petrucci... huh no Jordan Rudess.

lol JR is really the man!

[SteveFeces]

gnarly

[cangus]

Nice ... I'd love to see more

[JapJackson]

He does a superb job of making everything interesting, he's the man!

[brakkum]

good stuff, thanks

[m0pX]

Not really into keyboard, piano or any digital audio stuff, but that Continuum thing was damn cool.