Kevin Moore / Dream Theater - Space-Dye Vest (original demo)

[@johnanderson2112]

Such a hauntingly beautiful piece. Dream Theater was never the same after losing Kevin Moore

[@USMCSDI]

They were never the same after losing Mike Portnoy either! Mike is BACK and Kevin is a Clinical Psychiatrist in Minot North Dakota

[@bjrnkarehilmen8406]

I totally agree with you. My favorite records with Dream Theater are the first 3, the albums Kevin Moore played on. It was not the same after he left.

[@foxbat1766]

@@USMCSDI That's So Wild!

[@andyslaughter3986]

He was no doubt the best songwriter in the group.

[@lotusnegrachannel]

He's one of a kind! DT isn't the same without kev and mike as well.

[@ReedHarrison]

I feel the same way. Their sound has suffered ever since images and words. This dude had a major influence on that album.

[@Draous1]

@@ReedHarrison not after awake?

[@jasondotson6224]

Have always said the same of him. Although I love DT up to the point when Mike left, I've always felt if Kev wouldnt have left, they would have had a totally different trajectory. All of the albums with him on them are all my most favorite DT songs. Derek and jordan are great, but I'd trade both for Kev any day of the week!! Side note, super cool to hear the different sample clips used. Would love to know the reasoning behind the changes.

[@stephen_lamonica_bass_covers]

100% agree. I can’t stand Rudess. He has talent and precision for sure, but he is so mechanical and predictable. Moore had such interesting compositions and Sherinian was given a raw deal (especially when you see what he did in Planet X and his solo records).

[@IvanoForgione]

I always felt like this is the end of (the first phase of) Dream Theater and the beginning of Chroma Key. It's the end credits to Awake and to the relationship between Kevin and the DT guys. Thinking about it this way, this song hurts me thrice (lyrics, music and context). In a good way.

[@sirarjun]

I get feeling with with 6:00 as well, which I believe he wrote, too.

[@foxbat1766]

"And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend, And I'll never be open again And I'll have no more dreams to defend, And I'll never be open again Miss You Kevin!

[@kaan3874]

Almost 3 pm, been drinking since yesterday. Somehow I ended up here and just wanted to write something. Love the song. It's more than a song for me somehow. Can't even explain.

[@shannonmitchell8515]

It conveys many feelings that are hard to describe. Are you doing alright now, man?

[@novanasteclas6282]

I'm learning to play piano and my biggest dream is playing that song some day!!! Kevin is one of my inspirations!!

[@kaan3874]

How is the progress?

[@kkt8752]

keep it up!

[@fredholdsworth1261]

And i have no more dreams to defend ...and i'll never be open again .. Kevin moore wrote a painfull words yet it still wonderful

[@romankrhounek5974]

He also did amazing work on Fates warning A Pleasant shade of gray

[@EnricoPintonello]

This Version is so awesome.. feeling Kevin emotions for all the song.. In the DT version some of these emotions have been lost.

[@minoltanian]

I don't know why, but, this version is bring more 'emotion' than final version; sad, angry, grief... I can feel the pain from the way Kevin play & singing. another underrated DT song and great song from Kevin Moore :(

[@girei7281]

5:38 you can feel that he hit the notes with a lot of pain

[@shinyahirano7]

Kevin , thank you, your music have been solemn . Time has gone , but we hope someday please you might collaborate with DT.

[@MAGAMAN]

Dream theater is dead.

[@MXOY99]

Wow... This is perfect... I love it better than the finished version.

[@MXOY99]

I'd even say it's Dream Theater's Bohemian Rhapsody... But probably saying too much.

[@drpivotkid90]

@@MXOY99 the problem is...the did a lot of good songs and it's impossible to choose only one

[@XenoPoopz]

Beautiful piece, thanks for the upload of Kevin's original vision! Love his style :)

[@plojon]

One of my favourite DT song

[@liamglasel]

This song is beautiful, full of emotion.

[@anisk5610]

a master piece , thank you Kevin

[@drthomasmaples]

Thank You, Kevin; you are an inspiration to many. I teach my son this song with the classics in his piano repertoire. Again, I thank you for this classic!!!

[@tmarks]

I came here Every Time that i Lost the faith in the life, or when i lost someone, when I get lost about love or an relationship ... Just happened again today, now I'm feeling Lost... Again

[@bertsimpsan]

Same bro

[@erlendhustad8170]

When ur at ur lowest, it only goes upwards. Stay strong!

[@AndresBarrosMusic]

Same here bro. Hugs

[@c3kkos]

WHY WHY WHY AND WHY HE LEFT!!!!!!!!!!! The world misses some DT AND Kevin music. Its lost forever.

[@ibax013]

Kevin made his own music. He produced music under the name "Chroma key." For more info, google "Kevin Moore discography."

[@marcelojavierquintanillaho9148]

So beatifull,, i really love this song

[@davidzoliana]

The Legendary Mr. Dream Theater🙏

[@harrisb5506]

To me, this is, unofficially, the first Chroma Key song, just with James LaBrie’s vocals on the released version. Kevin Moore basically laid out the blueprint for that project with this song (the last track on the Awake album interestingly enough). Just to think that if the band knew KM’s true feelings and intentions about Space Dye-Vest, Mike Portnoy would’ve cut it off the album.

[@Cggdas]

Really curious, what is KM s true intentions?

[@kkrotosongoku8627]

images and words e awake os melhores álbuns do dream theater e kevin tava lá!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ronisteroficial]

Sim vdd

[@stopdaveful]

Surprised to find they left this song 100% unchanged in the album version. I always found this song totally inspired and absolutely amazing, to me it's the best song in Awake. It really shows that inspiration always makes a change, even if you are actually doing something minimalist like this short piano riff. Inspiration is always a reflection of God, and you can find it here.

[@icelsikupingmerah]

There is anyhow I have had never been coming into this, to as of now I have already eye-awaken to this song. What an absolutely amazing circumstance that lands to hearing. Space-dye vest it is.

[@kyma1999x]

korg wavestation (wavesequencing) and korg m1 piano (probably from wavestation card piano....same sample), and sampling. this track would better be the opening of dead air for radios...same harmonies as colorblind and on the page...same sampling style (sampled voices from radios and tv), same style of singing, same dark atmospheres.... .....this is a foundamental track to understand moore style.

[@metaldownm]

Yes, i love all those songs, and can relate somehow with this one.

[@FPChris]

So glad they recorded this.

[@palopo-t3v]

So basically Kevin left DT because he wanted all the songs to sound like this. Can't blame him.

[@davidzoliana]

He is Mr. Dream Theater. The best Album was with him. The other albums were no more Dreamy. He is Legend.

[@twelveeighteenofficial7487]

@@davidzoliana They released 3 albums with him. Which ones weren't Dreamy?

[@M31410]

@@davidzoliana The other albums were no more Dreamy but more Theatery.

[@davidzoliana]

@@twelveeighteenofficial7487 all his albums were dreamy and very Dream Theater.. Now it is not.

[@twelveeighteenofficial7487]

​@@davidzoliana That's not what you said. You said "The best Album was with him. The other albums were no more Dreamy." When Dream and Day Unite wasn't Dreamy.

[@ghoctav]

Great song .. kevin trew emotions in all DT songs before he left ..

[@tomsmith4542]

LaBrie is technically better, but Kevin's emotion on his own song is insurmountable.

[@oonkymppa5923]

Kevin is first and foremost a composer and songs like this show just how good he is at it.

[@icelsikupingmerah]

This is really sick in postive way, so vastly damning song

[@kaan3874]

Insurmountable

[@brianevans3634]

Kevin Moore was something special but Jordan also is

[@Arturoperezp]

Mike Portnoy is back, I think we could still have Kevin😮

[@lubomirlisichkov5860]

That' the reason why I came here to listen to this song. While Mike is the Theater, for sure Kevin was the Dream. We can only dream...

[@minicomponentsystemsofthe9208]

Yessur Yessur Yessur

[@AlexRamosDrTaz]

Nah, he's too busy now as a psychiatrist. Not likely to happen unless he can (or is willing to) take an extended leave from practicing that.

[@Itsallfun3000]

I never really appreciated this song i was obsessed with the 7 string but now i appreciate it more and the artist in kevin. Great job. I prefer the finished version though but such a vision he has 🙌

[@fatboy1271]

Awesome! One of my favorite songs!!! Anyone have the references for the TV shows in the background? Seemed a little different from the recorded version too...?

[@kekeflamenza]

fatboy1271 a room with the view

[@frankbarker1568]

The finished product of space dye vest should have been Kevin's voice. I would thought as a band they would have all agreed on that. Instead It was the end of Kevin and dream Theater....

[@jvckey]

In the recorded son Kevin's voice is underneath Jame's

[@frankbarker1568]

@@jvckey yes i know that over half the songs on awake were Kevin's..Thats where the problem lied. Kevin wanted to sing his own songs.

[@beto1580]

@@jvckey Wow

[@coldguto]

@Zedrik Allen his vocals are really lower on volume and panned to the right ear, if you listen carefully, you cam distinguish both voices

[@matty4351]

@@coldguto listening to the official multritracks now and i think youre right, ive heard this song dozens of times but never noticed the fact there's someone besides james singing alongside

[@niaw27]

How he managed to find such a beautiful and mysterious sound. It's sad but intriguing and it's only in DT that this kind of song exist.

[@trenken]

Huh? Lots of bands have done moody stuff like this. This song is very unusual for DT. They have no other songs that sound anything like this. Its a weird and dark melody.

[@Brianfreddie]

@@trenken actually Blind Faith sounds quite like this.

[@trenken]

@@Brianfreddie stop

[@davcar23]

Interesting that he recorded this demo with a Korg M1 even though he didn't use it anywhere else on the album that I can identify.

[@thiagovidal8972]

Awesome

[@icelsikupingmerah]

Entah kenapa gw baru melek lagu sedahsyat ini didengerin di telinga gw. Pdhl dulu udah pernah & ga terlalu gmn2 walaupun enak

[@AstrayDaisy]

Sabar om

[@marianocardillofotografo]

genius

[@Man-Akin]

Indeed!

[@manifestgtr]

Is this a photo from the I&W sessions?

[@bryllecortes9780]

Very first Chroma Key song

[@psychodelian]

yeah pretty much. Not very DT sounding but damn if they expanded their sound to go where this goes emotionally maybe they wouldn't sound so stale.

[@Man-Akin]

In a way, yes!

[@Roamnroll]

Wow...

[@marcobadin2015]

Ho bisogno di te

[@marinprcela2778]

Emotions are way more important than technique. Rudess is a great instrumentalist but I feel nothing listening to him. For me Kevin is better than Derek and Derek is better than Rudess.

[@staatsanwaltschaftemskirch4709]

I love what rudess did with LTE and without him there would be no 6DOIT

[@feralkitty9378]

You ever heard six degrees of inner turbulence the song?

[@trenken]

1000% agree. Jordan is a musician. Kevin is an artist. A true songwriter.

[@quack2thesequel]

​@@feralkitty9378yeah it sucks

[@feralkitty9378]

@@quack2thesequel thats funny. well you prolly hate prog then your just a metalhead. Quit calling yourself a dream theater fan. It is one of if not their best songs and one of the best songs of all time.

[@ericsparks]

I like Kevin better than Jordan. There, I said it….

[@mredadmahmud6333]

Can someone tell me where can I get the sample talkings used in this song?

[@CYON4D]

The original DT keyboard player, too bad he wanted to leave so early.

[@ozanozkirmizi47]

I quit listening Dream Theatre after Kevin left... Maybe he was the true music soul for me... After his departure, I lost the musical spirit connection with the later sound...

[@doctor_drummer]

Who sang the intro ?

[@marcobadin2015]

Kevin Moore sang all this version of the song

[@M31410]

Shakira

[@Arda.D]

@@M31410 ahahaha

[@brianevans3634]

I see All the Pink Floyd influences

[@TomCamp-l6x]

Eh, he did ok for himself after leaving the band.

[@Jorahagh]

Derik actually played this album

[@musiikkimies9241]

Ah yes, Derik, my favourite DT member. Dumbass.

[@dossman6]

way better singer than Labrie. Hell my cats a better singer than James.

[@BobMcMac]

Where is this from?