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Let's write a song in the style of Dream Theater! Featuring members of Witherfall.
Stream/download the song "Theater Kid" here: bit.ly/THEATERKID
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[@dreamtheaterofficial]

This is so awesome, thanks Gear Gods! 😂

[@_purplejigglypuff]

This video is officially DT approved

[@_purplejigglypuff]

So can we all now expect a legit cover? 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@aan_2023]

Very cool 🤟🤘

[@asenovbruh8575]

I still wanna know who controls this channel. If it's a dream theater member then yes,we're getting a cover

[@rickfeith6372]

C'mon guys.... try and COVER THIS!!! Not sure if y'all can pull it off anymore without your "studio magic" and secret bag o' tricks. Jordan is like 1 year away from retirement on some beach, JP is playing Gibson amps now, John M is the only one pulling his weight. I don't think you guys got it in you anymore...it was a sick run though. I bet if that Liquid Tension Experience (I think that's it) guys saw this they could play it in a second. I don't think they have a singer, or something...or maybe he was sick that time I saw em. Those guys were good though...like scary good. Check em out sometime Dream Theater guys, they do that crazy music without any 'studio magic', but I still bet they are using the ole 'secret of the pros'

[@lzandman]

Classic Dream Theater: very busy bass playing, but nobody can hear it, except for the tapping parts.

[@gq_79]

Like normal dream theater

[@KevinWale]

nobody can hear what? I could hear everything.

[@vlchhuana9708]

😂😂

[@comand0Metalero1]

"How to write a Dream Theater song" *25 minute video*

[@above7793]

Honestly would have expected that to be the song length and the video to be much longer

[@wintermansion]

if it's less than 8 minutes, it's not enough

[@LightningXD]

​@@wintermansion its never enough

[@matiosmi137]

Imagine Dream Theater actually playing that song on their new record

[@J-Allen19]

realistically speaking, they'd be more likely to do it live

[@stephenhensley5631]

I have been wondering about that with the other bands. I wonder how many bands check this guys videos .

[@BrunoValverdedrummer]

Hey! That was great. Had fun doing it. 🤟🤟🤟

[@tazio123]

O brabo apenas

[@BaianoPR]

Sensacional Bruno!

[@blackcitadel37]

[@whaleguy]

Wow, the bass is mixed even lower than DT. This is approaching Metallica levels.

[@SoBeDragon0]

I guess you could say that as a child, you were considered somewhat odd. Kept to yourself most of the time. You would daydream in and out of your own world, but in every other way, you were fine.

[@treyxaviermusic]

bahahaha yup

[@zaidzain]

He's a monday morning lunatic, disturbed from time to timeeeee~

[@linuxuser2142]

@@zaidzain LOST WITHIN HIMSEAEAEAEALF IN HIS SOLITARY SHEEAAEAEAEAEAEL

[@linuxuser2142]

@@Turner-Be-Thy-Real-Name dududududududun. Dududududun. Dududududududun. Du-du-du-du-du the boy is just simply crazy

[@acebass123]

Dude that was a fun experience. Thanks for having me be apart of this video. 😎

[@treyxaviermusic]

Thanks for making it wayyyy sick

[@elrumstoke]

And Dream Theater just posted this on their original Facebook Page. Congratulations

[@josuemoraruiz]

Everything was reaaally tight, except for jp's sleeves though

[@treyxaviermusic]

🤣 I was hoping nobody noticed

[@driftdt]

Fantastic job. The song wouldn’t sound out of place on an album like Six Degrees. The breakdown was especially awesome. However, the song isn’t at least 8 minutes long so gotta dock some points for that

[@treyxaviermusic]

understandable

[@manineedacigarette]

I absolutely and completely see this song in Six Degrees. Love it!

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@treyxaviermusicYou’re not ripping Dream Theater off at all. Unless you would copy their songs into your song. Ripping off a Dream Theater solo, is also not a problem. Because it’s just a regular solo

[@5urg3x]

Bro, how do these videos not have more views? This is the most amazing series I’ve discovered on KZbin in years.

[@treyxaviermusic]

because you haven't told everyone you've ever met about them yet

[@olivierpeartnoy]

Dream Theater just shared this!

[@treyxaviermusic]

I SAW OMG OMG OMG my daaayyyyy is maaaaaaade

[@cakennedy2009]

As someone who's never gotten into Dream Theater, this makes me want to get into Dream Theater

[@budgetgitarr5351]

That prechorus is more Dream Theater than Dream Theater

[@helgijonsson3537]

I like the subtle touch of putting your thumb on the mic, just like LaBrie. Good job, that drummer is amazing!

[@nisterror]

Fun fact: Dream Theater concerts last two hours but only consist of 3 songs.

[@deepesh1A23]

Can we have a step by step tutorial on "how to write an Opeth Song" ?

[@titumama166]

This sounds like something straight out of 6 degrees. Fkn amazing

[@kennybenally7187]

My thoughts exactly, hahaha

[@JRawlings14]

this was just about perfect except that it was less than 20 minutes long and the solo was playable by a human being. Lol no but seriously this was sick!

[@TheOobo]

I'm still on a quest to determine what exactly JP is. I'm leaning somewhere between elder wizard or elder god

[@KYTHERAOfficial]

@@TheOobo He is an alien

[@manineedacigarette]

@@TheOobo L20 Bard for sure

[@charleya.d.heuertz935]

Very About to crash-ish, with Moore on keyboards, Mangini on drums, Portnoy on drum fills and background vocals, a nice mix of Myung and Tony Levin on bass, and Neil Morse on vocals. (And a sprinkle of Tom Sawyer was in there too) Love it!

[@NekBodesh]

Oh man, you guys killed it. Very Dream Theater.

[@JasonMcNamara]

No wonder Dream Theater shared this video. Well done Trey. That was awesome. And I LOVED the resurrection of your Petrucci costume in the Music Video portion 🤣 Oh, and awesome to see Bruno Valverde in there. He’s a BEAST of a Drummer 🤘

[@KoTerrors]

Love pretty much all your lets write a song videos. Crushed it with this one.

[@KrazeeeOne]

This was absolutely phenomenal. It really was a trunkated DT song. Sprinkle another 5min of solos/instrumentals throughout and it would totally have a home on one of their albums.

[@treyxaviermusic]

NOTIFICATION SQUAAAAAAAAD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!

[@adrianevieira4549]

Incrível! Os verdadeiros fãs de DT entendem quão complexo foi esse processo. Parabéns, nosso batera BR sempre amassando!

[@chriszalewski2702]

This is the best KZbin video I have watched till today! Seriously, loved watching the process of you writing this song!

[@adamalvarado4067]

That breakdown was sooo Symphony X esque, but was still DT like some how! Awesome job dude

[@DanielRicardo42]

That's exactly what I thought! It was such a Romeo sound

[@erasmorljr]

@@DanielRicardo42 me too

[@joedamore7653]

You nailed it Trey. Great tribute and kudos to you for having the chops to do DT justice.

[@cjf4364]

That was awesome loved it. Fantastic parallel to them spot on.

[@treyxaviermusic]

My songwriting course is finally HERE: bit.ly/SONGWRITINGCOURSE

[@richbriggs6053]

Love these song building video's🤘🤘

[@GonzzGarcia]

Love Bruno's drumming!!!

[@faroffgrace5490]

Awesome vid! You did a pretty spot-on job with emulating the member's styles. Hell, you even did a decent job with James LaBrie's inflections, even when vocalists are FAR more difficult to impersonate. That said, I think you actually surpassed Portnoy's old backing vocals lmao. Great song, definitely gave me vibes from all sorts of different albums they've done.

[@marillion0732]

Awesome video!!! Really excellent!! Now guys i’m waiting for your album!!

[@JeremeYoho]

Trey, oh my god. This was perfect. And that instrumental section was SO tasty. Whew.

[@treyxaviermusic]

ty fren

[@rickfeith6372]

I really enjoyed the pedal tone lick after that fun little ascending octave thing. Some real fun stuff to play, and it absolutely inspired me to pick up my guitar and jammy the Boogie tones overload.

[@michaelgaraphoto]

Absolutely nailed it! Tasty chops all around!

[@aymericmarchand3472]

Totally nailed it! Plus balls of steel to dare sing and perform meaningful, personal lyrics.

[@Bringmehomesally]

Rock on man! Nailed it!! I can tell you've been listening to them for years. Keep it up

[@WizardOfArc]

I love watching your process

[@theoduch5051]

Incredible !!!

[@willesposito9165]

Loved it Trey

[@jeremygarnermusic6226]

FREAKING AWESOME MAN! As a huge DT fan, this was amazing!!!

[@lilschlagen]

What a sick song. Really loved how the chorus came out at the end.

[@rockinvegan1765]

Interesting to see your process. The song is sick. Need your course soon...

[@jFv_01]

Sounds really good!

[@harrisonfjord8356]

Hell yeah! Awesome song, great riffs and sweet melodies. 100% Dream Theater-ish!

[@filoudiver]

man you are so great! this is unbelievable!!!! great talent!

[@PatrickThornton1969]

That was killer! Great drummer!!!

[@treyxaviermusic]

Bruno is incredible and sooooo nice

[@TheCrashbandicoot36]

Really freaking loved this song. Not only the creation process, but the feeling of making and analysing Dream Theater, priceless.

[@jasoncrump1886]

That was badass brother. Appreciate ya sharing.

[@Haduj-the-Lion]

Very cool stuff! Love it, I never comment on your work (just lurking) but been a long time subscriber and also an amazing DT fan for like 20 years. You nailed it! Tnx :)

[@deliadrumm]

This. Was. AWESOME! You nailed it! I’d totally buy an album from you guys of dream theater sounding songs lol

[@guitarvirtuo]

Love it!

[@ronlussari]

Cool seeing my favourite drummer playing this. A nice surprise. Bruno rules!!

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Absolutely killer job, felt like an unreleased early 2000s DT track. Also props for showing yourself recording vocals. There is something very intimate about people watching you sing espically when you are working stuff out and experimenting.

[@faustoalvarado6381]

for sure you nailed it, but mostly in talent. Keep rocking !!! Thank you

[@sicarinpinpon]

Beautiful

[@andresjpulido]

that's pretty cool mate! great job

[@chrisgsauce]

This was amazing! Great job all around!

[@Heikenen-BetweenContinents]

Absolutely nailed it! Respect!

[@sebastiandelatorre8260]

Awesome!!!

[@volkhammer8711]

That was the most epic vid I’ve seen in a long while on the youtubes!

[@dirkhoffmann6429]

That's great...amazing... chapeau !!!

[@SpiderBatProductions]

Trey you absolutely smashed this. I've seen this video a few times before and I keep coming back to it for both inspiration and reference, and I have to say this time I was very stuck by how much the lyrics spoke to me. This is amazing!

[@stefanaronsson]

This put a smile on my face. Great work!

[@danidogma]

AWSOME, absolutely DT to my ears, and it very GOOD!

[@dewimdees]

Wow. You guys absolutely nailed it!

[@107guitarguy]

That was sick. Love that guitar. You should do more videos with those guys. Absolute fantastic musicians. I knew it was going to be good when I saw Crawford’s name. I wasn’t familiar with the other guys but they are awesome.

[@Eccentrics]

Awesome work.

[@hunterbetts9614]

The solo section reminds me more of Symphony X if Mike Portnoy was their drummer lol Awesome stuff!

[@valenkpo]

amazing song!! I'll hope it for the DT next album :D

[@JohnKouts]

That was REALLY cool! Good job 👍👌

[@fretburner8981]

Christ that was good! Absolutely amazing!

[@lepsa8323]

This was so cool, great job!

[@jeanettekorzenko4958]

Totally enjoyed it!

[@2giantmonsters]

Very inspirational. Thank you Trey

[@sergiogallegogomez1736]

Simply Genius!!

[@JEGuitar]

That was brilliant!

[@pawelos4]

it's so on point!

[@Shadowsreach1]

wow incredible man great job most impressed! you all are very talented!

[@gamexpert510]

This was freaking awesome, man! You rock!

[@pastoralanbida4969]

sounds like a mix of octavarium, scenes and astonishing, great job guys!!!

[@mistermeme5949]

Amazing!

[@C36B]

This is really good. Good job all!

[@ruhrpottflo2249]

Awesome ! 100 % DT. You nailed it.

[@joemills4603]

Brilliant! Somehow, I enjoyed this a lot more than recent DT stuff.

[@Taterstiltskin]

amazing job, you definitely pulled it off!

[@aspalt0]

Sick!!!

[@gauravlama2079]

Man 🙌🏻💯🎸 That was absolutely phenomenal, so inspiring and so much informative. I shall write ✍️ my songs like this now

[@eric_casper5150]

this was amazing!!!!!

[@allmypersonalities]

Fucking pure Awesome Brother!! I really enjoy everything you do!!

[@patrickblackmon9825]

Great song 🤘 enjoyed it !

[@capoeiristaFR]

Thumbs up!!! You’re amazing

[@Witherfall]

🍷

[@andrewpappas9311]

Fucking awesome, Trey and the others killed it. Great job, dude

[@alexbrewer5885]

Dude, you f*cking nailed this. Coming from a huge DT fan, I'm not convinced you didn't have JP off set telling you what to do. This was amazing.

[@ZeNounours]

This si f* epic!! Love it! 🤯