John Petrucci | Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | Interview | Thomann

Liquid Tension Experiment 3 confirmed! After over 20 years, the band got back together and is releasing their third album this week! How it came to be, the songwriting process, studio secrets, the gear and people involved and much more from John Petrucci himself!
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:28 LTE 3 - How come?
2:48 Songwriting process in LTE
8:03 Deep Dive into the songs
9:09 Rhapsody in Blue as a rock version?
12:29 Gear used
18:24 Record as dry as possible
19:22 New Dream Theater album
20:29 Touring with LTE?
21:26 Can't wait to get back on stage
22:00 Music is important to people's lives!
23:05 Thanks John!
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[@JakobHeld]

his beard is becoming more and more majestic

[@joshneill6057]

Lmfao

[@badrfonda9349]

Lol

[@Moskal91]

its the Nebula bro

[@malawigw]

Still waiting for DT to sound like ZZ top as Petrucci said in 1999...

[@diogosanches6623]

Its a 8 strings size beard

[@joedamore7653]

John is one of the best interviews, he is generous with his time and so forthcoming with information and details. Like sitting down with an extremely gifted and talented buddy who enjoys being with you as much as you enjoy his company. Great interview!

[@luvincste]

yeah but to me these interviews are always a little bit... i'm not gonna say boring but just standard you know, they don't really talk about something that makes petrucci, or whatever the subject, personality stand out, for the lack of a better word; for example i would like he talked about gym, maybe about family, even music both as a wider concept, like facing some critics, history of music, and so on, and as his music, like delve into some of his songs, or for example i'd have question about his idea of guitar sound; last but not least a bit about internet culture, there are many guitar channels that you can quote and take inspiration from, or another question i'd like to ask: how are the previous album selling, stuff like that; in the end just make it more interesting, after having seen many personalities do this (but mainly craig ferguson) i bet this could be much more entertaining

[@karlkanner3467]

@@luvincste Petrucci's answered most of these questions you mentioned so many times in other interviews, maybe this guy just wanted to ask his own questions

[@luvincste]

@@karlkanner3467 are there interviews where jp talks about how much rice he eats? (who goes to the gym knows), does he clean the toilet at home? does he like growl or clean singing? what's the 3rd section of happy song about? what's the last book he read? and so on... i've not seen that many of his interviews, i'll admit, still it's really rare to find one where they talk of not musical topics; "ask his own questions" and what where those? how much time did it take to make the album... touring... songwriting... everyone could have asked those questions, again they're pretty much standard

[@karlkanner3467]

@@luvincste i was answering a specific person, the guy above me who i replied to, almost everything that guy asked about in his comment has been answered by petrucci in other interviews. i'd suggest you try google. it's your friend.

[@SirinSabathiel]

John Petrucci has a way to lift peoples spirits and make em smile its always so admirable. Hes truly as wholesome as he is skilled. ;o;

[@KeithCopeland778]

John is a phenomenal guitarist in a phenomenal band and seems like a humble and down-to-earth person! It must be cool to play his signature guitars, amp, pedal, and picks! Thank you for a great interview!

[@frankyeichler3303]

Mensch, Leute, wenn es um Interviewer geht, habt ihr echt super Mitarbeiter an der Hand. Gute Arbeit, Thomann

[@KakuraZenom]

The master saying "My sound is very pure" is my new favourite thing in 2021

[@TheMartinRNR]

An amazing Muscician and a Real and Humble Pro

[@pramanishsharmabordoloi4784]

Thank you so much for this interview...loved it

[@sjsphotog]

JP is the master!!+ can't wait for my LTE3 CD!!! So glad to hear JP and MP back together on LTE and JPs new solo album.

[@bukeksiansu2112]

When John and Mike United...The Ytejam-Majesty It's Just a Matter of Time.

[@stevetech5150]

john's guitars are some of the most beautiful instruments i've ever seen or heard. seriously. when it comes to tone, soul & technique its absolute perfection to my ears. Frickin amazing!! Thank you John and LTE3!!! Cant wait to hear the whole record!!

[@tylergagne4535]

JP is just the best. My hero.

[@DanielVerberne]

John seems such a great, open and helpful guy. Nice, relaxing interview by Thomann's

[@_SWLW]

You just keep on posting the best videos! Thomann is the real MVP!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks, this means a lot to us! Take care! //Kris

[@jmed99]

Great interview! Such a great flow between The two

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks J, I think it's easy to tell how much I enjoy talking with John. Haha! Cheers //Kris

[@sjsphotog]

So so happy they put a studio version of Rhapsody in Blue!!! The live version from the 6 disc LTE live 2008 cd set is amazing. I was at the Los Angeles show and that was EPIC!!

[@Awakevarium]

Amazing videos! Thanks

[@Lordiesel]

I could watch John all day

[@ricardofernandesduarte4604]

Parabéns pela entrevista sou fã do John Petrucci meu ídolo na musica abraço Thomanns

[@chadr1003]

Great interview, John always simplifies everything, Love New Solo Album, can't wait for the New LIQUID TENSION 3!!!

[@marcushlm]

Can't wait to hear LTE playing Gershwin!

[@ChargelessElectron]

Great job!

[@yerba02]

Thank you for this great interview. Thank you from Italy

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Glad you liked it! Ciao! //Kris

[@digibirder]

The bonus disc is fantastic! Feeling them flow like that is magical.

[@Wombat_Astronaut]

Is that the one with Solid Resolution Theory?

[@digibirder]

@@Wombat_Astronaut Yes! Its a totally different feel. Very jam-based.

[@javiacustico]

who needs netflix when you have thomann's channel?!

[@psionic6126]

I can only think of a sentence from the movie "Troi" with Brad Pitt. At the end this monologue said: "If they ever tell my story, let them say I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector tamer of horses. Let them say, I lived in the time of Achilles." I can truly say: I lived in the time of Petrucci :-)

[@bdubs3819]

Yes we did!

[@5150forevermore]

Amen brother!

[@munton5150]

Things recorded in that studio have been sounding great!

[@JulesFox]

Good interview . John is also a very engaged interviewee

[@yellowdudewithedibleshorts]

Man this was awesome!! Great interview Kris!! Also I'm so surprised he just used 1 head and those 6 and 7 string Majesty guitars. John's guitar tone is definitely one of my favourite of all time and I love how simple it is. Waiting for the release, thanks a lot Kris and Thomann !

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks for the kind words! Just one amp and two guitars... and WHAT A SOUND THAT IS! John's high gain sound shaped my taste in heavy guitar tones more than anything else over the years. Cheers //Kris

[@yellowdudewithedibleshorts]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@mariano_musicman]

They Know each other in the musical way, it's brilliant!

[@ocljtc]

Those Majesty guitars are glorious.

[@jimtownsend3910]

Awesome interview

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks Jim! //Kris

[@jamescross9692]

The nebula majesty is now my new Dream guitar purple and blue are my favorite colors

[@ryanequalizer]

Love it

[@lukkaturi]

Get someone that looks at you the way the Thomann guy looks at John Petrucci.

[@kdawg3484]

Excellent interview. I highly suggest people check out the bass interview with Tony Levin on this channel as well. What strikes me so much is not so much that these guys are amazing musicians (oh, we know), but just how damn nice they are. Guitarists and bassists will certainly be inspired in their musical pursuits by them, but I just feel inspired to be a better, nicer person listening to them. Musical phenoms; wholesome af. Love it.

[@nickm.9474]

Great gathering of musicians. Happy to see them playing with Mike again. Met Jordan one time. Such a nice guy. Absolute monster of a player. Mind blowing watching him play while standing right next to him.

[@jimtownsend3910]

My buddy worked for Jordan for years. He really is an awesome human being.

[@13GManhan]

Two very polite people talking! Really great to see!

[@jeremythornton433]

My copy of LTE3 arrived today!

[@alexandreavelar9696]

That ambient part in Rhapsody in Blue is one of my favorite parts, i was curious to know how they would recreate it. Kinda “sad” to know it’s taken from the live recording. The bright side is we’re sure it’s not messed up!

[@marcinczyz9159]

Such a cool guy

[@irmasil3]

I would always want to ask John, at the God level he is in guitar playing and at this age, is he just maintaining his skills, does he feel he still improves OR has there ever been a time when he went "Ah, shit, I can't play this lick anymore".....

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Such a good question! I'll note it for next time if that's alright for you. Cheers! //Kris

[@irmasil3]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Absolutely!!!

[@irmasil3]

@Gray Matter Collider I have heard him discussing multiple times how he goes back and re-learns some tracks for live...My question is different though.

[@malawigw]

I think his sweep picking has improved a lot the last say 8 years or so

[@MattMitrisMGM]

I can't remember who said this but it went something along the lines of... Person 1: You are 80 years old, why do you continue to practice the guitar for so many hours a day? Person 2: I'm starting to see some improvement.

[@dososcars]

Rhapsody in Blue Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE3 very good ,)

[@irmasil3]

And BTH the Trinity pick is the best Jazz 3 pick ever created....I tried it after 15 years in Jazz 3 1.14mm and never looked back again....The only pick that allows go back to your other picks as well with no issues of readjusting yourself....

[@RenardeauGuy]

Cool Interview

[@cuzned1375]

I know it’s a cliche, but… Holy crap, how are there 5 ppl who’d downvote this?!? (I, for the record, enjoyed it. Even more, it should be noted, than this channel’s interview with my hero Tony Levin.)

[@oyvi]

Great video as always. Now go get JP-2C in stock plz :D

[@AlbertMontinola]

I hope they apply the mix/miking of MP’s kit on MM’s kit for the new DT album, since MP’s kit is in the DT studio. MP’s sound in the studio is just amazing. I hope they can apply that to MM’s kit. That would be awesome! Just wishful thinking.

[@alexandreavelar9696]

Even if MM played that same kit as it is set up it wouldn’t sound the same, let alone when the kit is switched! We have to just accept it, or, as i did, stop listening to (newer) DT.

[@AlbertMontinola]

@@alexandreavelar9696 as a die hard DT fan, I’ll never stop listening to them. Every album they release is always exciting for me. So sad that you don’t have that excitement for their music anymore. Anyway, cheers to your new musical taste sir. 🍻

[@marcionobrega5117]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ToleKepo]

Im so corious with pict on your shirt john..

[@Progmium]

Damn man! What camera did you record your video with? It is fantastic!

[@jdmarino]

Excellent interview, Kris. Good questions, with just the right amount of fanboy.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks, ohh I had to fight my inner fanboy to keep calm for sure! haha! It's always awesome to chat with John, he's such a kind person. Cheers //Kris

[@Vita-a-stelle-e-strisce]

When is the album out? On Spotify there are only a couple of singles from the album.

[@fajarlesmana3107]

Your beard is good, John👌👌👌

[@elledammers8]

LTE ROCKS 😎 🖖🏼🥳🥳🥳

[@dr.anymemm]

Thank you John for reviving the good old Dream Theater sound! It has been overdue and long awaited! 🤘

[@user-uu4kz7lx9s]

JP's beard is getting stronger by the milisecond

[@LungMing23]

Welcome home Mike P

[@bdubs3819]

He said the new Dream Theater... Yeah buddy!

[@Nasosdag]

Only one 7 string song on Terminal Velocity, only one 7 string song on LTE3... what is happening? X( X(

[@DeathBringer769]

He's always been selective with his 7 string usage.

[@daniellaerachannel]

the video quality difference is like the John's guitar and my guitar

[@PooNinja]

Oooh yeahhhhhhhhhea. I remember sneaking into my university’s theater with a buddy who played piano and we’d rock out Rhapsody in Blue it was so fun. Till security would hear us and chase us out. You ever try running flat out carrying a squire strat and a gorilla amp?

[@PooNinja]

Careful not to trip on the amp cord and quick into the dorm and change shirts!!!

[@PooNinja]

@Rob Mikels Friggen junkies 😢

[@dustinparker9456]

Mike portnoy in the dream theater studio.... I wish more would come.

[@YuTuboTuTubas]

LTE3

[@bodyman29]

Anyone noticed the symbol on Petrucci's T-Shirt?The illuminati symbol with the pyramid and the seeing eye.

[@hugodiazloera2156]

Pos huh

[@dannobman07]

Yep .....Who do you think runs the music business ?....

[@PTRK490]

They're all puppets

[@nanideckard]

It's a real shame Portnoy left DT, because their music is not the same anymore. But at least we have these special moments when the guys get back together and deliver just another great piece of art. With the bonus of not having Labrie in!

[@kennybenally7187]

Dream Theaters music is pretty much the same. The drums may be a bit different and the vibe they've been putting out is a bit more airy and uplifting than their previous stuff. I thought it wouldn't be the same neither when Portnoy left, but after listening to albums like A Dramatic Turn of Events and The Self Titled Album, DT haven't missed a step in the slightest. The only thing I've noticed is that the dark moody heaviness isn't there as much. That was a Portnoy thing, because he was always partial to the heavier stuff. Also, one of my favorite songs ever written by DT, Illumination Theory, was written with Mangini on drums.

[@kmichaelp4508]

John Petrucci... you don’t have to say anymore. Wow 🤐

[@IppokratisAlogomouris]

Petrucci wears a t-shirt with the Eye of Providence. Weird

[@sideparting6845]

Isn't that on the Train of Thought album front cover?

[@DomHallBass]

JP's shirt is so "whatever"

[@alessiocaffi5992]

3 Horizontal: What Moses, Leonardo and Petrucci have in common?

[@jimmyandersson59]

"Ok......so i'm pretty much amazing. Put you're guitar on EBay".

[@Zakariah1971]

Keiko Lurero Open Source blows this crap away

[@youmothershouldknow4905]

Think you mean Kiko Loureiro, who is next level to this great (it’s not crap) music of LTE.

[@gizemkayhan9245]

used plugin for delay wooow really???

[@YuTuboTuTubas]

T●ny is ubiquous: k crimson, peter gabriel, pink floyd, yes, belew, (so cool)

[@cuzned1375]

What if Rick Rubin played guitar...? 😉

[@kevins4222]

Looks like he lost some lbs and is laying off the weight training. Honestly looks healthier.

[@herberthooverfeetpics4595]

I need this prog Jesus's hair dye

[@taylorkimbrough8300]

I see an 8 string

[@frenchiesfrankieandhenry]

The jazz 3 is the perfect guitar pick. After you use one, all other picks become useless.

[@bubrzubr5940]

He must have ran out of beard dye and started to look more natural. Living in the studio for a long time pays off in an unexpected way.

[@jonathanstubbsguitar5340]

He is more beard now than man

[@Rafomonster]

Wth with that masonic triangle petrucci?

[@PTRK490]

Everyone in the music industry are puppets

[@craigwalker111]

I hope JP isnt a member of the crazy illuminati with a T-shirt like that! 😂

[@danielmelgar8839]

Just look at the picture from DT's first album where they all appear and you'll find the answer

[@Alis_mathiasis]

Put the link please, I can’t find it

[@dannobman07]

To be at that level of success , you have to be .... Almost every artist has to play the game ... otherwise , no career . It shows up everywhere .

[@Abominable_Intelligences]

Thank you Metal Jesus. They can shove their 5G's in their arses. I'd stick with LTE

[@PTRK490]

Illuminati confirmed and nobody cares😅

[@Zakariah1971]

This guy talking is the panacea for insomnia. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@chriszitta]

diese schleimerei ist unnötig. stell deine fragen und lass die antworten kommen ohne devotion und my big hero...

[@claudiocosta1733]

🔺+👁️=👎

[@doncamillo9147]

Glaube, er will nurnoch die überteuerten Gitarren verkaufen. Seit der train of thoughts nichts neues. Immer dieselbe alte Geschichte. So traurig.

[@philcolumbine9254]

Living in. The studio for a year and LTE3 is still. Bigger let down than. Transatlantic. Let’s not even talk about distance over time. This next album better be good otherwise I’m done with dream theater. I didn’t think one album (DOT) could spoil my entire love for one band. The album is SOOO bad it’s obvious it was made and produced to please the fans who didn’t enjoy The Astonishing. What a load of garbage. Never have one band taken such a drop in standards.

[@josearalat]

God awful beard.