My response to Jordan Rudess's "Finish the Phrase" Contest

[RitchieDiamond]

First, let me say that this is amazing and most probably the best entry for the contest. Secondly, creating a whole song in this case is actually providing more than just one variation upon the theme of Rudess, so I do not mind it at all, contrary to some other people on here...

[moelb31]

@RitchieDiamond Thank you sir.

[zZorgZz]

When the drums kicked in. I think it actually sounded a bit like Dream Theater.

Great playing! :D

[playingforbritain]

He said finish the phrase, not the whole bloody song :)

[SonoApparso]

You , for me, are better than Jordan Rudess and other Dream Theater together.

[Artmetropolis]

this is awesome

[KrixPrix]

WOooooow. This is GOING TO BE THE BATTLEFIELD4 SOUNDTRACK !!!

[fredlillo]

Impressionnant le jeu de piano !

Fred L.

[moelb31]

@fredlillo Merci !

[matiquielma]

I think it's unfair that you submit an entry to your own contest Jordan! We know it's you!

jk.-

[SgtZaqq]

@matiquielma he even took Mr. Myung on 2:04! Totally unfair!

[DuxLikeCheese]

sick! you've got this in the bag!

[147pablox]

That was a loooong phrase

[MasterDonut]

nice phrase

[TheBrazenHell]

Amazing amazing! Jordan will love this stuff!

[ShortF1News]

That wasn't a phrase, that was a full song! Great job :D

[OrochiSquad]

darn awesome

[benoitdrums1996]

WTF!

[mitsubachi2]

Jesus Christ! I did not expect this to be so damn good! You are an incredibly skilled keyboardist and this is honestly good enough to be a song off of Feeding the Wheel! I think that I could show this to a couple of my friends and they would honestly think this was Rudess (with only audio, that is). Fantastic job, mate!

[Mithedhel]

I really don't get you people. The contest was names "Finish the phrase", not "Make your own song". It's really unfair for those people who do what they should, finishing it, because now Jordan is probably now going to vote according to the effort more than other thing. I'm sorry man, you play very well but in my opinion this is almost arrogant.

[moelb31]

@Mithedhel Well when I saw several people do more than asked, I thought that Jordan knew this would lead to that, especially since he posted nice comments on long entries. So I felt like "the challenge is to not play" like he said in a video. Eventually, everybody had enough time to perfect their first entries. In my opinion we all responded the way we wanted to, so there is nothing unfair here.

[engraveddrummer]

@Mithedhel WHY YOU GOTTA BE SUCH AN ASSHOLE?!

[DJTriplestar]

That was fuckin bad ass.

[moelb31]

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[RawRib]

I'm gonna slap jordan across the face if you not win ^^  You're a freaking legend!

[ViperRob42]

So Jordan is your dad right? Cuz that amazing talent and beauty either comes from his seed or the world needs to see more of this new original breed...

[rodrigomacias]

666 views 0.o

[JACKOFMAPLEJANDY]

this is incredibly convincing. sounds just like dream theater. even if you dont win, after having spent the last few hours watching these videos, this is certainly the best in my book.

[carace777]

Yeah... You definitely won this.

[garzac00l]

sounds like something out of Liquid Tension Experiment!

[nac3rules]

Woah sick :D

[carlesom]

yeah very very nice!!

It's recorded with a 7D or with a 5DMII by Canon?¿

[moelb31]

@carlesom Yes, Canon EOS 60D.

[alushearo]

What kind of super prog power is this?!

[Bunny0ni0n]

It's finish the phrase not the whole song.

[Viterkim]

Man this is some epic shit, mad props to you.

I really want to make a guitar cover of this >.<

[intooctavarium]

who are you????

[Achw3l]

What the fuck, YOU'RE AMAZING!

[itzik1991]

Wow I want your video camera!!!!!!!!

[moelb31]

@itzik1991 I know what you mean.

[willregnier]

@moelb31 Wich company/model?

[RockyMM]

You blew me away. I might say that you captured the spirit of "early" Jordan perfectly, not even Jordan plays with that kind of spark today.

[moelb31]

@RockyMM Wow, I did not expect that much. Thanks.

[TheNathvar]

Dude this is awesome! I bet Jordan is proud.

[kawas000]

This is amazing! Good job dude

[Bagurz]

Reminds me of "Home" by Dream Theater.. The start atleast :p

[julioreyram]

Wow, this is absolutely cool!

[RichardCombustion]

Awesome! eally cool stuff :D

[RebelliousToast]

Lol you misspelled the title, its supposed to be "finish that song" not "finish that phrase"! Lol great job my friend

[Nigthtale]

Wooooooow! Duuuuuuude! That was bad ass :P

[kid26120]

haha good job ! ^^

[KORGisTheBest]

wow, that was a very good progessive song-version!

[thelonelypianist]

This is SO AWESOME i hope you get the chance to jam it with DT for real...

You just completed the phrase, song and made a resumè of JR's Keyboard Playing Style in DT... in less than 4 minutes D:...

/drool

[moelb31]

@thelonelypianist You got my purpose, thank you. ;)

[elijah514514]

what kind of bass is that?

[moelb31]

@elijah514514 It's just some cheap eBay stuff.

[Erestrepo92]

Awesome! U should do some covers from A dramatic turn of events! Good luck with the contest

[evolutionist79]

crap. where'd you learn to play?

[moelb31]

@evolutionist79 At my house, with these five tools: Guitar Pro, Wikipedia, an infinity of excellent music, Jordan's instructions, and an iron will.

[infernal666deathxxx]

shit, i think i lost



[moelb31]

@infernal666deathxxx Yours is pretty good too, and in quite the same style.

[BlazzyAce]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! This is awesome! :D

[pepefuentest]

This is the best. 

[Makoto1868]

Very good!

But Jordan said "finish the phrase", and not 'finish the song'! hehehehehe

Congratulations, dude.

[leglauque6]

o_O

Just... incredible. Really, great job ! :D

[DOATOfficial]

That is amazing!

[moelb31]

@DOATOfficial Thank you. Spread the love ;).