Dream Theater- Writing train of thought

The DT guys writing train of thought

[@batsc1k]

I love how vocal Portnoy is in the creation of the music, alot of times drummers get thrown to the back seat and its like "write a beat to these riffs". I do wish they would allow LaBrie into the mix as well, I'm not sure how much input he actually gets in the writing of things.

[@batsc1k]

Yeah, it must be interesting to have these musical geniuses all confined in one recording studio, trying to find compromises for all their artistic ideas and the result is just very very smart, good music.

[@kamelotian8520]

well mike this proves that even if you write an album in your fucking sleep, its still gonna be a fucking masterpiece, this was by far the best DT album for me...

[@samdaman994]

wow.. three weeks!!! that album is fucking great and it only took them three weeks! these guys are fucking beasts

[@FanaticDrummer]

Im glad mike kept it the way he played it the first time on Honor Thy Father...up beat...And a Album like that in 3 weeks...Musical genious...

[@hollowoxdvox3896]

3 Weeks . well when you have the chops + the creative talent . and as you could see in the video the fucking drummer has also his saying on the arrangement and writing and was also the co-producer hence the supreme drumsound on this album and previous/later ones . hope 14 will be as defining as this album . the problem with DT today is that they have nothing to prove anymore . the Last album they had to prove something ( ADTOE ) proved to be great :)

[@CompleteProducer84]

Yes ADTOE is amazing!!! In my top 5, and undoubtedly the best of the MM era

[@Diastavrones]

Love Mike's impression of what Jordan does at 4:13

[@jackeddemon]

best album ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FRAPYDO]

3 WEEKS!! YOU DIDNT SPEND ENOUGHT TIME!!!! lol one of my favorites DT album. =)

[@LHondrums]

they worked 24/7 on it and are really talented.

[@Trumavarium]

Lol, it took about three weeks to make this album. (To make all the songs, and make the album look and lyrics.) That's very scary.. just listen to Stream of Consciousness - That song would have been taken like a year to create. So wonderful songs in Train Of Thought. Cool album. (Btw, Honor Thy Father has been changed around five times before he was sure about how he would be playing [in the drum intro]!)

[@sadol11]

ToT is amzing, all songs rock!!!!

[@73hNils]

Why are people thumbs-downing this. He's right. You can see a close-up in the Lifting Shadows - Images book.

[@sourcescience]

The quality of this video is astounding.

[@HOLLOWOXDT1]

+sourcescience Astonishing Quality :D

[@victoriathemew9353]

Better than UFO spottings

[@lucaskramer290]

how to write an epic album in 3 weeks jaja

[@adrumlegend]

i`m glad they took their time discussing about honor thy father, that song is so perfect for me

[@searchlight31]

It is the PRS Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge/Creed) singlecut sig. guitar. Tremonti is a huge fan of Petrucci and I believe they gifted each other with their respective sig. gutiars. JP was just fooling around with it during creative sessions for this album.

[@jolli93]

its only four weeks left omg i will meet them very soon :D im so exalted (Extremly Happy) :D:D:D:D::D !!!

[@SIPxTroy]

It's a PRS Given to him by Mark Tremonti

[@evadesc]

One of my favorite albums of all time. Are there more "behind the scenes" videos of the production of Train of Thought besides this video and the two Recording of Train of Thought videos?

[@Tharg]

That was way cool watching them work SOC.

[@sauceboy01]

Definitely one of the BEST Dream Theater albums and closest to my heart next to Six Degrees of Inner turbulence. My heart breaks everytime I listen to this album because all of the Dream Theater efforts after Train Of Thought i.e. Octavarium & Systematic Chaos just haven't been able to seal the sound that this particular album or even previous albums had produced.

[@Zoury]

Even them were surprised it took only three weeks... they could have done a double album lol

[@73hNils]

Yes, definitely. The Road King's Channels 3 and 4 are essentially, from a Dual Rec. I use a Roadster and it nails it.

[@TheBassBender]

The Drums of Thought may be the best set constructed.

[@steeldragonjovi]

Genious at work.

[@empire0]

Yah, probably my favs too....some crazy keyboard/guitar shreds in both

[@r4ndomn4me]

yah man, lines in the sand and hells kitchen are epic as hell:D

[@Nac117]

Oh yeah, DT is mainstream. Did you see the John Petrucci Pepsi commercial?

[@dylanbradshaw8706]

What is this commercial?

[@Tonatiuth]

They are so good and so fast creating, wow i'm jelous

[@MyEggIsBoiled]

I have yet to hear this whole album.. but I feel I'd stray from the consensus and would love it quite a lot.

[@ballener0]

They all are gods.

[@metaldrummer47]

Lmfaoooo "Yeah yeah! Dats the shit!" God we love you Mike haha

[@TheBrandalorian91]

Yes he is, even though the main lyricist is JP, LaBrie is still there when they are writing, he's a part of the band.

[@darkartist6074]

really interesting. I must say when I heard the album had been written in 3 weeks I was a lil pissed off cause I thought the just jammed mindlessly, but after seeing that I see that they're just really hard workers and luv wat they do.

[@73hNils]

Mesa Boogie Road King Series 1 and a Mesa Boogie Lonestar for cleans.

[@redlabel2112]

Yessssss.....

[@DaUsualSuspact]

they finished writing the album on my 11th birthday. I feel very privileged.

[@TheBrandalorian91]

They aren't in the studio, they are writing and rehearsing, there is a vast difference.

[@birdsbayes]

yeah I thought that in the run up GOOD GOD WAS I WRONG BCSL IS BEST ALBUM EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@73hNils]

Yes. Yes I do.

[@JimNayseum]

7:01 Jordan Rudess is my hero haha

[@shamuel27]

PRS Singlecut, probably a Tremonti model, for the looks of the inlay in the 12 fret...looks like a block over the fret...but definitely a PRS Singlecut in a black sunburst or tricolor sunburst as they call it... or something similar, video quality doesn't allow for the real color to be seen...anyways...check out PRS' website...and as a matter of fact there's a new version of the Tremonti with a very similar color that's just coming out...regards!

[@AhmadNadar]

Holy shit! They wrote Train of Thought in 3 weeks?!

[@glitched2000]

the other guys are masters of their craft, labrie is kinda like the guitarist around the corner that can nail all the notes in flight of the bumble bee, but if you ask him to play with a jam or jazz band, he'd sound like a broken record.

[@KyleJPie10]

A standard disk holds 80 minutes of music. As Portnoy said, they were done as soon as they hit 68 minutes. They could have put one more song on it. And they did NOT write anymore music for the album. They did this in a matter of three weeks and once they had 7 songs they stopped.

[@Schraupe]

actually, then you should LIKE petrucci. He's definitely not only about speed. Just listen to his solo of hollow years on the budokan dvd. It give's the chills everytime I hear it. Of course he does some shredding there too, but he plays melodic too, and his shredding there has a function, It serves as bridge between the calm and the "heavy" part. Just like in "The Spirit Carries On"

[@sharpsh00ter619]

THREE WEEKS!? Their tallent is outrageous.

[@searchlight31]

no prob. That's true, if you play guitar, JP has to be in the list of your fav gutiarists. And for all the fools who think JP is all about speef only -.- I feel sorry for you, try to find acoustic versions of DT's song that JP has done and also, in all of DT's album listen to the types of voicing and chord expressions he uses... he's not just a fast player, he's a VERY musical guitarist. By the way, off topic, but JP's EBMM sig. guitar is amazing, never get tired of that guitar~

[@guitardork1]

Yup. I think it's a PRS Tremonti. Now that I've seen Petruccii play a PRS, all is right with the world.

[@Thiago_Alves_Souza]

And a killer tone on that Mesa with it.

I loveeeee

[@Manny1222]

They wrote the music in 3 fucking weeks? Thats fucking amazing!

[@theshredmaster1]

lol@ mike's ''thats the shit!'' at 4;19

[@j0mpa]

He is playing his Music Man Signature model.

[@DMFChavez]

yeah man. i wish i had a band like this. the band i'm in i'm the only one who can actually write like this. everyone else is just like. Lets play covers and i'm like

[@danohrly]

holy shit 3 weeks.

[@racerx3065]

i think everyone overlooked the size of mike's drum kit! ahh!

[@raifazem]

geniuses at work!

[@Jono_]

It could be just how this was edited, but man was Mike a HUGE part of DT's writing. It's even more apparent that it's missing in the Mangini era now. :/

[@sadol11]

I use to prefer DT 90s albuns.... my favorite is Falling into infinity..... but nowdays i lovo their new albuns.... and ToT is my favorite after falling into infinity

[@IAmRock3R]

Portnoy is so creative at making drum parts :)

[@Neves1903]

my favourite album...hehehe

[@BumBiscuit0]

wow id love to be a part of one of their jam sessions.... mine are always chaos... they are all so good at what they do, and they understands about each others instruments too. Makes me sick lol ;)

[@KyleJPie10]

If they were going that fast they really should have put more than 7 songs on it!

[@Rickchardson]

yeah!! the guitar it's a musicman, one of the brands of ernie ball. the jp custom model

[@WaLTeRDeFiNiS]

he's the one who's holding the camera... you can hear his voice at the end (7:10)... but the guys write the music, James maybe can input some ideas, but he doesn't play any instruments in the band (some percussions sometimes)... but the thing is every song they write they do it thinking that James will be singing it afterwords, and maybe also they can write the lyrics for some songs and do the music next... that's all i gotta say, take care, bye

[@SoundTheorysStudios]

Look up PRS guitars, you'll see how much some of them look a lot like Les Paul models. I also agree with you, it's a great album.

[@killthepixelnow]

Hey, it's great to know how the album was being made in the rehearsal room... I can distinguish some tunes of the album on these practice sessions.

[@LordSM]

"the fans would say we didn't spend much time on it"... so true... fans can be so cruel. Interesting video, but I'd love to see how Petrucci or whoever in DT writes his riffs or lyrics and how the songs are built. In this video they obviously arleady know how the songs are.

[@tabotabojayar]

as i am ftw!

[@Maverician]

Mainstream doesn't mean selling out, though it does mean being in the company of people who sell out and statistically more mainstream people do sell out, but they can be mutually exclusive.

[@panamanian911]

@ozzylaza i recomend buying either images and words or scenes from a memory. Along with train of thought, you can get a good view of what this band is about

[@hydehk]

3 wks omg!!

[@dwasdwas1]

I wish I could get paid to do this.

[@apeonapc]

3 WEEKS?! lol how long did Chinese Democracy take again? DT freaking owns.

[@dragon2712]

i always thought it was his EB 6 string, tuned down a half step from standard (D#). However, these days i think it's his 7 string, and i'm not sure in what tuning.

[@tanpapa]

" yea yea thats the shit!" XD i lol'd

[@ReubenGingrich]

Hey drummers check out CANON IN D(OUBLE BASS)!!

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

@galacticguitarist And that is why they put dream theater in ultimate guitar dot com for top 10 bands of all time.

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

@SpartanLaserCanon Sorry i Meant Dream Theater was featured on Ultimate Guitar dot com in The Top Ten Bands Of The Decade: Metal Continues To Rule Supreme. Go to Ultimate Guitar dot com and look up The Top Ten Bands Of The Decade: Metal Continues To Rule Supreme, search for in Columns

[@edgarjrelevante]

Yup only that it's Mark Tremonti's signature guitar.

[@73hNils]

Yeah, it's freakin' sweet \m/

[@hanzo2238]

I see! Labrie was holding the camera

[@DavemechL1011]

Lmao at 4:19 "yeah yeah, that's the shit!"

[@oli8889]

@tabotabojayar PRS I believe, Mzrk Tremonti signature

[@TheBrandalorian91]

James is operating the camera, I think the person at 1:47 is JP's wife, Rena.

[@ozzylaza]

the only cd by dream theater that i own, anyone can recomend any other albums, or the one that they are best known for , like u know, break through one ?

[@EdouardTH]

@vaxkors95 LaBrie didn't take part in the writting process at all until the last recording session...

[@jackeddemon]

6:38 oh i lol'd at Myung.

[@ChrisCunninghamGuitar]

No way did they write that in 3 weeks. That's a whole song every 3 days!

[@ZrinkoF1]

@Equipe3v Yes, usually playing the keyboards, but not as good as playing the bass

[@Sonarion]

Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory But still, this is a cool album considering that this is their heaviest album.

[@Relentless_lel]

dont think so...you can hear a bass playing while the unknown person talks

[@mannycosmo02]

is true

[@SparklingMilk]

Portnoy knew the date this time. Unlike in making of systematic chaos

[@jolli93]

and i love U for lovin' this album...hahahha no but this album is fucking magic :D.... Dream Theater is the best band in the world....and its just them who can make this kinds of videos....they are so "human" if u know what i mean....they have humour and stufff.....hehe Long Live Dream Theater !!!!!!! :D:D:D:D

[@Morill128]

@ironz18 It's a middle part of "In The Name Of God"

[@jhop5150]

@karabinobi Dude I thinks it's a PRS though... Check out the way the headstock tapers.

[@nicoladewit]

O think the best album of DT is Awake :)

[@Mapon123]

3 weeks is long enuf. God made the earth in one.