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Dream Theater is not your usual Metal band. I think you are making them out to be more simplistic than they are. John Petrucci (guitarist of Dream Theater) is a real, knowledgable, professional musician, and he has a certificated diploma. These Metal, Pop and Rock musicians are actually real musicians, they write music, they can read music and they are actually quite professional. You are making a quite harsh generalisation if I may say so.
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While R.T.Fs stuff is equally technically challenging, one also has to know theory and its application very well just in order to be able to improvise on it and play it. Chick Coreas understands and articulates in music better than me and you understand and articulate in English combined. Those are musicians on a whole different level. All these metal, pop and rock musicians are "public entertainers", they are not real, knowledgeable, professional musicians.
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Even though Dream Theatre consists of decent musician, they chose to chase the buck and play progressive metal. All their music is based on basic ideas (very simple chord progressions, simple lines and melodies). Any dude who picks up a bit of technique will be able to play D.T music and understand it, just like all other mainstream music. In R.T.F, they play and improvise on songs with complex progressions and changes, like most Jazz and Fusion bands.
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@arthurthegreat
I'm sorry, but in what way would Return
To Forever be superior to Dream
Theater?
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yes.
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fulara too good to play with dream theater? he's good but what are you smoking because i want none of it.
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wow they are all GREAT!! i must say though!!.... Fulara!! im a Huge Fan!!! but i sorta wish you played both with a pick and or finger picking... and then switched it up back to finger tapping style... i think i will give your sound an extra dynamic feel?
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I agree totally. Why are people fussing over comparisons with a bunch of prog rockers (stale ones at that, hardly innovating these days) when we're talking about jazz here? This has nothing to do with prog rock.
Come on... Dream Theatre these days are just cheesy.
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this is the best rendition I've heard! great stuff
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Unforgivingcritic is a mere teenager that is only familiar with the metal scene. He doesn't know what he's talking about yet. Give the kid a break, he's got some musical growing up to do.
To Unforgivingcritic: go listen to some Return to Forever, Pat Metheny band. Maybe after a couple of months listening to these kind of bands you'll understand where Dream Theatre stands comparing to them.
moron i was being sarcastic about them playing the same instrument. you cant fucking compare two musicians who dont play the same goddamn instrument.
Man, normally guys who play fancy two-handed stuff are just impressive and not actually fun to listen to. . .but this guy is so good it's scary and actually manages to make it work in the context of the music. Two thumbs way up (mainly because they are the only fingers not on the fretboard here).