Dream Theater is one of the most prominent progressive metal group in the world today. Founded by Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci and John Myung, they have released eight studio albums, four live recordings and one short album (EP). Their first album, When Dream And Day Unite recorded with Charlie Dominici on vocals and keyboards Kevin Moore as a player. Dominici was much older than the other members and wanted to play other music, so he was then out of the group. They then search for the ideal replacement for 2 years until finally met with James LaBrie, lead singer of Canada through the audition.
Together they recorded LaBrie Images And Words that catapulted their name into the international ranks with the hit "Pull Me Under" and "Another Day". Awake is their last album with Moore who was later replaced by Derek Sherinian for the album Falling Into Infinity. In the end Sherinian also replaced by Jordan Rudess and this formation still persist until the end of 2010. Because Mike Portny whose real name is Michael Stephen Portnoy has decided to exit from Dream Theater. They have launched a concept album Metropolis 2: Scenes From A Memory and a double album Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence. In 2003 they decided to record a non-concept album Train Of Thought is very influenced by thrash metal groups like Metallica.
Their latest album titled Octavarium issued on June 7, 2005 and in addition is the eighth studio album also contains eight songs.
After the Dream Theater released their album Live in the 20th anniversary of Dream Theater was formed, entitled score recorded on April 1, 2006 at Radio City Music Hall, U.S.. They again preparing to launch their ninth album with new record label brought flag that is Roadrunner Records, they have completed the Systematic Chaos album that contains 8 songs and was launched on June 5, 2007 in the U.S.
Together they recorded LaBrie Images And Words that catapulted their name into the international ranks with the hit "Pull Me Under" and "Another Day". Awake is their last album with Moore who was later replaced by Derek Sherinian for the album Falling Into Infinity. In the end Sherinian also replaced by Jordan Rudess and this formation still persist until the end of 2010. Because Mike Portny whose real name is Michael Stephen Portnoy has decided to exit from Dream Theater. They have launched a concept album Metropolis 2: Scenes From A Memory and a double album Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence. In 2003 they decided to record a non-concept album Train Of Thought is very influenced by thrash metal groups like Metallica.
Their latest album titled Octavarium issued on June 7, 2005 and in addition is the eighth studio album also contains eight songs.
After the Dream Theater released their album Live in the 20th anniversary of Dream Theater was formed, entitled score recorded on April 1, 2006 at Radio City Music Hall, U.S.. They again preparing to launch their ninth album with new record label brought flag that is Roadrunner Records, they have completed the Systematic Chaos album that contains 8 songs and was launched on June 5, 2007 in the U.S.
Dream Theater history
Dream Theater was formed in September 1985, when guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung decided to form a band to fill their spare time while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston. They then found a drummer, Mike Portnoy, in one of the rehearsal rooms at Berklee, and after two days of negotiations, they managed to invite Mike Portnoy to join. After that, they all want to fill the two vacant places in the band, and Petrucci asked his friend the band, Kevin Moore, to be a keyboard player. He agreed, and when Chris Collins were invited to be a vocalist, the band was complete.
With five members, they decided to name the band by the name Majesty. According to the documentation DVD Score, five of them were lined up tickets for the Rush concert at the Berklee Performance Center while listening to Rush with a boom box. Portnoy and said that the ending of the song (Bastille Day) sounded very "Majestic". That's when they decided Majesty is a good name for a band, and remained good until now.
At the time - time, Portnoy, Petrucci and Myung is still struggling with their studies, also by working part time and teaching. Their schedules become tight tips so they must decide between pursuing a career in music or terminate the band Majesty. But eventually Majesty win and the three of them came out of Berklee to concentrate on her musical career. Petrucci comment about this in the documentation DVD Score, said that while it is very difficult to ask their parents to go to music school. And more difficult to convince her parents that she should drop out of school.
Moore is finally out of school, SUNY Fredonia, to concentrate with the band.
With five members, they decided to name the band by the name Majesty. According to the documentation DVD Score, five of them were lined up tickets for the Rush concert at the Berklee Performance Center while listening to Rush with a boom box. Portnoy and said that the ending of the song (Bastille Day) sounded very "Majestic". That's when they decided Majesty is a good name for a band, and remained good until now.
At the time - time, Portnoy, Petrucci and Myung is still struggling with their studies, also by working part time and teaching. Their schedules become tight tips so they must decide between pursuing a career in music or terminate the band Majesty. But eventually Majesty win and the three of them came out of Berklee to concentrate on her musical career. Petrucci comment about this in the documentation DVD Score, said that while it is very difficult to ask their parents to go to music school. And more difficult to convince her parents that she should drop out of school.
Moore is finally out of school, SUNY Fredonia, to concentrate with the band.
Songwriting Technique
Several unique songwriting techniques have been performed by Dream Theater, which mostly occurred in the period - the present, when they can experiment with their own record label.
Starting with the Train of Thought, Dream Theater have started inserting elements - small and hidden elements in their music, and includes these elements to the more fanatical enthusiasts. Characteristics of the most famous (the so-called "nugget") hidden in the "In The Name of God", which is a morse code of "eat my ass and balls" (eat my ass and my cock), which is the word - the famous words of Mike Portnoy . Since then, many enthusiasts - enthusiasts Dream Theater began trying to find things - little things that usually do not appeal to ordinary enthusiasts.
Some of them are well-known techniques include:
* Voice of the phonograph in the suffix of "Finally Free" on the album Scenes from a Memory is the same sound in the prefix of "The Glass Prison" on the next album, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. And the final key suffix in "As I Am" same key used on the next album, Train of Thought. Also, the piano being played in the suffix "In the Name of God" in the 'Train of Thought is not the same with the opening of "The Root of All Evil" on the next album, Octavarium.
* The three parts of "The Glass Prison" on Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, two parts of "This Dying Soul" at the Train of Thought and the two parts of "The Root of All Evil" on Octavarium show's first seven points of the twelve points - points in the program Alcoholics Anonymous by Bill Wilson, whose program was followed by Mike Portnoy. He also said that he would make a song - another song which includes five other programs, which will be directed to Wilson
* Dream Theater song writing sometimes uses techniques in which part - part of a song is developed each time they played. For example, the song "6:00" from Awake. After leading a song, they almost play the chorus, but to repeat the song from the prefix again (at minute 1:33). And when the chorus was supposed to be played at the next moment, they repeat again from the prefix, at minute 2:11. This technique can also be found in "Peruvian Skies", "Blind Faith" and "Endless Sacrifice"
* The use of repeated notations - also re-used, which are well known from the songs - songs of Charles Ives, for example:
o The theme song "Wait for Sleep" appears in "Learning to Live" (minute 8:11) and also appeared twice on "Just Let Me Breath" (minute 3:39 and 5:21)
o The theme song "Learning to Live" appeared in "Another Day" (2:53 minutes)
o The theme song "Space-Dye Vest" is used several times in the album Awake.
o The theme of the opening of "erotomania" used in "Voices" in Awake (4:51 minutes).
o One of melody - a melody in "Metropolis Pt 1 (The Miracle and the Sleeper)" is repeated in the second chorus in "Home" from Metropolis Pt 2 (Scenes From A Memory), by just changing one word. Some lyrics from "Metropolis Pt 1" just used in the "Home". Basically, the whole album "Scenes From A Memory" is full of musical / lyrical / conceptual variations of elements - musical elements of "Metropolis Pt 1" and "The Dance of Eternity" is actually constructed from variations - variations in the elements of music in songs - songs in album.
o Section - baguan of each song on the album "Octavarium" has been used in the fifth section of the same titled song, "Octavarium".
* Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, their sixth studio album, contains six songs and have character - character number six in the title - the title song. Train of Thought, their seventh studio album, contains seven songs. Octavarium, their eighth studio album includes eight songs and the album title is taken from the word octo, which is a Latin word that means eight, meaning that one octave of the musical term, which is the distance from one note to another note are eight notes in scales diatonik . More titles of this CD is 24 minutes, a multiple of 8. The front page of the album also contains the character - a character associated with 5 and 8. For example, a set of boxes - white boxes and boxes - black boxes, have the meanings an octave of the piano.
* The song "Octavarium" used to want to end with an echoing flute similar to the prefix of the song. But the piano is replaced with the same prefix from the album Octavarium. Mike Portnoy has said that the series prefix - suffix album will stop here, because the upcoming ninth album will be preceded by the suffix "Octavarium"
* Detailed analysis of the "nuggets" in "Octavarium" (called by Mike Portnoy as "a giant nugget") has been published in an independent site.
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