Why quintuplets are AMAZING

Quarantine Quintuplets... In this video we're exploring quintuplets and a jaw dropping solo John Petrucci played in the song Erotomania. Can mortals learn to play it? Let's find out, and stay safe everyone!
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[@silviaregis6569]

hello! i live in Milano, Italy. maybe the worst place to live in these days. But i have my guitars and a lot of time, so it is ok for me.

[@keplerarpeggios3215]

Silvia Regis one of the best solos is by The Silver Thinkers: firefly, sailor light ! DAMN it's EPIC !

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I wish you and and everyone in the world (but especially those hardest hit by this in places like Italy) health and prosperity. ^-^

[@jo_krach]

Keep on rocking, mate! Have been writing the last week too! Limitation = Creativity!

[@cerclesvicieux]

My thoughts are with you Italy.

[@silviaregis6569]

@@cerclesvicieux thank you so much 🙏

[@guitarstarz2688]

Petrucci was my guitar teacher for 2 months on Long Island in the 1980’s before he left to form Dream Theater! He’s a really good guy. You could have a beer with him and not feel any Rock Star attitude.

[@NoCokeOnlyIce]

No way that's true.

[@proggyboi7115]

@@NoCokeOnlyIce Considering he was born in 1967 I'd agree with that, seeing as I've never had a guitar teacher that was a teenager.

[@Nems271]

I wanted to learn Eugene's Trick Bag by Steve Vai, ended up learning Jingle Bells instead. XD. Very inspiring video. You never know where music will take you next.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

No doubt Vai started with something much much closer to JIngle Bells than Pagannini's 5th violin caprice. Even Vai would never have become an even decent guitarist otherwise.

[@boazcohen7992]

Ikr

[@doolinflynnoconnor]

this man is a wizard. he puts music into understandable science so beautifully.

[@MindsetMastery75]

That acoustic piece you came up with is gorgeous and i would love to hear you put lyrics to it. I can imagine an even more beautiful sound with lyrics put to that acoustic rhythm.

[@mikeivey8471]

Yes please write / record the whole piece ?!

[@keplerarpeggios3215]

Space Alien one of the best solos is by The Silver Thinkers: firefly, sailor light ! DAMN it's EPIC !

[@Jay.On.2]

Agreed

[@erickgoncalves8151]

Lyrics, a piano, and MAYBE some strings at the background... Maaaaaan... i'd love that

[@MindsetMastery75]

@@erickgoncalves8151 YES! Haha, even better!

[@LuckyDejardin]

What I dig on this channel is that you always come with fascinating ideas. Wether I try them or not it's always inspiring.

[@vincentrobert3813]

This picking patterns sounds truly amazing to me, really fluid atmospheric and melodic.

[@muh2k4]

It is kind of empowering to see such a great guitar player like you struggling with something new to learn. It shows that we all have to go through the struggles. Nobody is born a guitar master and even masters have the struggles 😬

[@origineo]

"Repetition legitimizes." - NEELY, Adam.

[@stephendonovan9084]

"Repetition legitimizes." - NEELY, Adam.

[@boazcohen7992]

"Repetition legitimizes." -NEELY, Adam.

[@jackorion7157]

stfu

[@turamvar]

"Repetition legitimises"

[@johncrafton8319]

NEELY, Adam.

[@astronomySAS]

Saw John Petrucci playing last month in Glasgow . It was superb watching him play. Such technical mastery combined with a real emotional flavour that is sometimes missing from some shredders. You did well!

[@PutingPinoy]

Love Quintuplets...

[@aa-pz1oq]

I have been playing guitar all day in my room.utilizing my time in this lockdown.

[@Squoski93]

My first ever marching band show was in 5/4. I really think that whole semester of marching and thinking in 5/4 helped me learn odd meters and things like quintuplets.

[@alexgj3956]

There's a Spotify playlist called Quintuplet Swing and It's pretty good to listen and try to figure out the Quintuplet rhythm

I SWEAR that at 04:08 Adam Neely would appear saying "Repetition legitimizes" hahahaha Awesome video!

[@drguga07]

when i read the title i thought of 20 JP's solos. the man is a magician.

[@racheloshaksmusic]

I'm over 2mins in and you are an amazing teacher. Thank you !! I understand this a lot more. Naturally I sing crazy rhythms but I never know how to use music terminology to define them, but this video really helps. Will definitely watch more of your theory videos. subscribed

[@gohil_yajur]

I am so glad you included your practice sessions. Thank you

[@JFMagnet]

I think you have a fantastic way of explaining things. You are very easy to listen to and learn from. This video showing your process and the destination it took you to was truely a joy. Thank you so much for sharing. Stay safe.

[@fluntimes]

Petrucci solos Are such great learning tools. Erotomania is perfect example to use. The Home solo is another mindbender

[@roachzero2952]

Great job , Man ! One thing that I love about yourchannel is that you give something to pretty much EVERY guitar player ... No matter the genre , experience level or style they most favor . I always get something that's actually useable . Thank you , Paul .

[@JamesMcGrawGuitar]

I easily get bored of what I’m practising, so it’s always a breath of fresh air when you come out with content that goes against the norm 👍🏻

[@csabaladanyi2334]

I don't know how could I survive without these awesome guitar videos.

[@simoncampbellguitar]

Just getting started on my quintuplets journey and this is a massive help. Thank you Paul :)

[@iseeu-fp9po]

THANK YOU! I can't believe you made this video about both quintuplets AND the Erotomania solo! I failed badly trying to learn that solo in my teens and to wrap my head around the rhytmic groupings of the notes and have been wondering about it ever since.

[@christophermccoy8689]

That acoustic piece is mesmerising, especially after you explained how you got there - I found myself trying to count out the picking pattern in my head. You might have created a tricksy ear worm.

[@ruicatanho7633]

All I can say is "Thanks Paul, you have been a great company". I used to play guitar when I was younger but stop for a lot of years. But know with this Corona Virus situation I have subscribed your Next Level Guitar course and I can tell you it was the best thing I did. It has helped a lot during this hard times and brought back the passion for playing guitar. Stay safe everyone. Cheers from Portugal

[@Corn3liu]

Thank you so much for your video and your vibe. I find it difficult to express the levels on which this channel is offering high-quality content. 1. Please make more videos where you dissect your 'behind the scenes' thinking and practicing (finger tapping, combining quintuplets with 16th or triplets, etc). This has a great value for me and makes me understand the process. 2. Your thinking and presentation is clear and concise. Your channel is one of the few where I watch a video completely, disregarding the length. 3. Your voice is has a better tone than your guitar :-D 4. Little jokes and remarks that add a personal touch to the lesson. Keep up the good work!

[@Jeroen_K]

Your acoustic song immediately made me think of the song 'Question!' by System of a Down. It has a lot of the same characteristics tonally and rhytmically. I looked it up and the beginning is 9/8, so it essentially starts with a quintuplet I'd say. I love those guys for incorperating that sort of stuff in metal. Kudo's to you for a great vid.

[@devanandham6609]

In indian Classical music we use the terms thakathakida for quintuplets 1- tha 2- ka 3- tha 4- ki 5- da It essentially makes the player have the natural feeling but still allowing us to play in various odd time signatures

[@d-dialogues564]

This sounds more like agam's boat song interlude

[@origineo]

That's interesting, thanks for sharing! I learned a different term from Ben Levin. He says: Ta Din Gi Na Ton. The one you said, as he explained, sounds more 2 + 3 (Ta ka / ta ki ta), which is a good way to count, too.

[@GeorgeMilkasIgore]

For me works as : Ta Ke Di Na Don (easier to pronounce when playing). Combining 2-3 or 3-2 Now put this on 4/4 1)Ta Ke ta Ke Di (quint.) 2)Ta Ke ta Ke Di (quint.) 3)Ta Ke ta Ke Di (quint.) 4)Ta Ke Di Na don ta Ke (seventh.) Repeat 5-5-5-7 An exercise of fitting alternate values and cage them in westernized time signatures.. A friend studied Tablas in India tought me to think about music more openly like above! Helped a lot!

[@devanandham6609]

@@GeorgeMilkasIgore awesome dude that's a hard instrument to master even though it looks simple

[@GeorgeMilkasIgore]

@@devanandham6609 indeed .. I even tried his Tablas... I get the timings and I could play basic Indian rythms.. but I can't play it.. the technique on this instrument is out of this planet :)

[@aligrundy812]

I really like the almost 'moral' of this video. I've also found that learning other people's music will teach me something I never thought it would

[@michaelteckman6552]

Paul. You are getting me through quarantine one vid at a time. My spirits are high and my playing has never been better!

[@eds6889]

Any one who refuses to learn “covers” is not someone I’ll ever play with. It expands your mind and develops your skills and style.

[@zentazym1]

Ok.

[@xyzyzx1253]

Ed S I literally don’t feel good enough yet to learn them, I’m working my way up to learning to play songs, but getting the fundamentals of music down first so when I try to learn it won’t be a frustrating exercise with no musical context,

[@evanmaier2551]

The division of 5 notes per beat into 2 and 3 in the acoustic piece gives an interesting shifting feeling since there are kind of 2 down beats. Very cool

[@jamesgames15]

An amazing example of a quintuplet groove with a nice “jazzy” feel is Plini’s Flaneur off his Sunhead ep, definitely a banger with just outstAnding quintuplet subdivision in the bass and drums throughout the piece

[@avbhayes]

xX3P1CXx_K1LLS_ correct. 👍And Handmade Cities

[@therej5052]

I have seen a lot of videos and this is probably your best one. It's like a stream of consciousness and you get to see not only your thought process but how you implement it into your own practice. Great stuff!

[@MrCJNI]

I was looking for some guitar notes the other day, kept coming up short. Then I remembered: Petrucci has them all. Great video. One of my all time favourite songs. Stay home, stay clean, stay safe.

[@ArundoTrad]

One of your best videos in a long time Paul. Here are two things. One, in Irish music there's a similar "problem" players feel accompanying what are known as slip jigs. Slip jigs are unlike jigs and reels, which are written in regular time. Slip jigs are written in 9/8 time so when you accompany them you often end up wondering why your hand is in the "wrong" position when you need to change a chord. Bodhran percussion players face a similar issue when accompanying. They want to be on a downbeat and the tune forces them not to be and it can be a total head wreck if you aren't aware of what is happening. Theres a similarity in what your saying about "learning" the feel of tunes in unorthodox time signatures. These are actually harder for the accompanist than for the melody player at times The second thing I wanted to say is your pentatonic in 5's reminded me so much of an instructional video I used to study made by Marty Friedman before he joined Megadeth. He talks about trying to go down the scale in 5s and has a neat way of going up by altering the hand position to create this really nice moving beat. You should check it out. The video is played entirely with no reverb distortion.

[@FractalBeats]

this acoustic piece, my god pure joy

[@Kamour]

Thanks for the tip of dividing the notes in 2-3 to make the quintuplets. It makes very beautiful melodies! Being in self-learning, I managed to do it for 10 seconds until the classic tempo comes back. I'm going to practice!

[@ohkee]

Top video man! Als groot DT/Petrucci/gitaar fan kwam dit als een pareltje uit de lucht vallen.

[@GuillermoSmyser]

“Music that pushes the boundaries of time” epic

[@randomross841]

JP is a one of MVP's in Guitar. All rounded player.

[@williampierini8207]

Hello! I am Brazilian, from the city of Rio de Janeiro. I love the Blues and I have learned a lot here on this channel. Congratulations Paul, although I don't speak English I can follow your videos and learn a lot. In this very difficult moment I leave my embrace to all the North American brothers. God bless us! ( sorry, I'm using the translator)

[@BassRacerx]

I love this video. the public only gets to see great artists PERFORM it's great as another artist to witness a great artist struggle. Makes something seem doable instead of impossible!

[@cosasDEguitarra]

I love this videos where you show your learning process!!!

[@tuanlinh1404]

Quintuplet meditation anyone?

[@tearzofthefallen6586]

As a shredder, its interesting seeing your approach to this. When I think of hard licks I typically think of the double picked licks, the licks with two way pick slanting, string skipping tapped sweeps and so on. This pattern JP is using in this run is very familiar to many shredders especially those who work through the creed of Paul Gilbert. We don't usually think about the feel, but rather the picking technique. This is an upward pickslanting lick and its a pretty easy lick to get down in terms of technique, the hardest part is the string skip from the higher octave to the lower octave. Since the number of notes in total in each pass is even, you'll always maintain the same string transition through most of the lick. You're a very good guitarist, and moving from the realm of fingerstyle to speed picking is very impressive, even if you didn't nail it you did a good job!

[@keplerarpeggios3215]

TeaRzOfTheFalleN one of the best solos is by The Silver Thinkers: firefly, sailor light ! DAMN it's EPIC !

[@The12thAvenger]

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's a two way pickslanting lick. Just looking at the tab and you have to do upward pickslanting for the first 3 notes on the d-string, then you switch to the g-string and play 5 notes, starting on an upstroke and ending on an upstroke, meaning you then have to switch to downward pickslanting, this pattern repeats all throughout the lick. Might be nitpicking here but it's not as simple as a pure upward pickslanting lick.

[@PaulDavids]

I know the pattern isn't particularly difficult... Totally agree, pretty basic to be honest. It's just super fast. Especially the string skipping bits. But the aspect I zoomed in upon is the timing, the subdivision. Not the technical aspects of this shred.

[@tearzofthefallen6586]

@@The12thAvenger you're right, it is a 2wps lick. The ascending portion is just like you said. I said a little later in the comment that most of the transitions would be the same stroke, which they are, the reason why I didn't mention the 2wps transition is because its just the escape motion you need to go up which doesn't require you to actually use the 2wps technique like you would need in repeated 6s (like JPs ending to the As I Am solo, for example). But you are absolutely right that it still is 2wps even if its only the escape motion and not the repositioning.

[@rajatshaw1239]

8:04 has such a Porcupine Tree vibe to it.

[@NytronX]

That acoustic part reminds me an improvisation of Jimmy Page's in the early '70s which ended up being used much later on in a vocal melody near the end of Achilles Last Stand in the live version of Dazed and Confused. A hidden gem would be an understatement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kILKiqFoaL2pmc0m50s

[@waloskate959]

Or opeths....

[@MartinPHellwig]

Oh wow! It is almost like quintuplets is the way of producing a more conversation (as in say and reply) type of feel in the music, like a story is being told. Anyway that is how it comes over to me, very cool and I suddenly recognise it in a lot of my favourite music pieces.

[@yangren6969]

Guitar can bring us mirthful moods, and the melodies are so wonderful. I am really obsessed with playing the guitar. So your video is really amazing!

[@brianmashburn6233]

Fantastic vid! I've actually been working on my quintuplets over the last few weeks, and now that I've seen the progress you made, I'm no longer satisfied with my own progress. Gonna have to sit down and work on that. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@GregEleftheriou]

It's really interesting to realize how cultural the perception of rhythm is. I was born, raised and live in Greece and this feel of five is kind of natural. And I'm sure a traditional Indian music percussionist would 'laugh at me', while watching me making polyrhythms on the guitar. This difference in perceiving music is so exciting! Nice video Paul! :)

[@shimonnygaard2265]

Wow Mr David’s!!! Great insight brother!! I “tried” performing this track 20 years ago at a guitar competition and now realised I played that particular part in 4’s. And maybe a bit of 5’s not noting what the heck I was doing. Just locked my arm into spazem mode and went for it. Thanks Again for the insight. Ps. On this track if you kill the left or right Chanel you can have a pretty good guitar backing track.

[@eyalmagen663]

Hey Paul. thank you very much for the channel. Im a professional guitar player in my country and still find intresting prespective of yours. you are teaching really good so thanks again.

[@dannymcg8605]

Really like this lesson and the way you showed your journey through quints. Very cool.

[@pancon5]

The acoustic pieces sounded fantastic.

[@le-0ne]

"shredding quintuplets" made me think of a completely different, horribly morbid alternative

[@raffdaddyjr.2204]

Aditya Srivastava underrated comment

[@sp10sn]

dead baby jokes never went out of style

[@luisfelipe1643]

@@sp10sn Dead babies jokes never grow old... just like the babies

[@akukelilipan]

You, I like your jokes...

[@ObjectiveDynamics]

Lol. Here in the UK many places that sell meat have a sign over the window saying "Family Butcher". I always suppress a shudder

[@SpencerBuie]

I've got to say I wasn't to interested in this video at the beginning but in place of turning it off I left it playing in the background. When you got to your acoustic piece it got more interested. beautiful. Watching you work to feel more comfortable with this gives me a path to invision learning the more simple stuff. Just takes work! Thanks for the example of the learning process!! #thankyoupaul

[@JesseNorellMusic]

Thinking about challenging myself to write a vocal melody to your acoustic guitar piece. It's beautiful and mind bending... which is a rare and wonderful combination. Way to go!

[@JesseNorellMusic]

At the moment 100% of the lyrics are "Hippopotamus Hippopotamus."

[@Alan-uh1sr]

Good to see you uploaded, thanks for killing my time and helping me to get better at guitar in this thing of staying at home

[@coastercook]

1.6M subs! Wow, I remember when you didn't even have 500K subs. Way to go. You'll be at 2M before you know it. Keep it up.

[@b10t3rr0r]

Or 100k ;>

[@JoshuaC923]

Thanks Paul! Stay safe!

[@heyou429]

Glad to see this video today coming out of Netherlands . . . it was the only subscribed channel I hadn't heard from since it all it the fan. Stay well, Paul and everyone else

[@johnross4605]

Thanks Paul, you have taught me a path.

[@Blue_3rd]

I love ascending and descending the pentatonic in groups of 5 😃 Thanks for the video 👍

[@mikeivey8471]

Awesome video Paul !! Really inspired me to get practicing !! Thanks for all you do !!

[@finnagerkvist2971]

Very inspiring video!! I always enjoyed Erotomania for its intricate rhythmic development, but never really noticed that the solo contained quintuples. It made me start to experiment myself on the guitar and to my surprise the feeling came rather quickly and I even managed to develop a bar of cool arpeggios based on Dm and Dmb5Maj7. Thanks Paul, keep the videos coming!

[@a.b9893]

Informative, thorough, and more importantly, taught by a great teacher. Been looking to learn this for ages. Thanks, man.

[@carlosalves4444]

Great playing Paul, man that looked proper hard work but top job on getting the Solo down. Best of all though for me was that acoustic piece you got going on, I think You've got something special there, keep it going and would love to hear the finished piece some time. Peace from Australia.

[@andyramirez6016]

Bass and drum player here, I love these kind of videos! I did almost this same thing with quintuplets a half a year ago. I’m trying this septuplets😅. It’s just as challenging as learning quintuplets. Thought it would be easier as they’re both similarly different. Trying to pick up guitar keep the great the videos up!

[@danielburford1441]

This is one of my favorite guitar channels I recommend to everyone who plays guitar!

[@morgen83ruth]

7:45 and I got chills. Very nice. I’ve got to practice that picking style!

[@RupesMcDGuitar]

Now I’ve seen that single plug by the door I can never forget the studio tour!

[@yxw9104]

Followed your channel for quite some years, and it inspired me so much in guitar playing. Just here to say thank you!

[@vvvvgggg]

Great, well explained, well edited, clean video. Thank you for putting so much care into your content.

[@JohnLawrieTWS]

the trickiest thing with quintuplets I've tried is to go from the style of quint you're doing to then half-timing that feel to a 5:4 polyrhythm or vice versa. Such a deep rabbit-hole.

[@LetsPlayAll]

Hey Paul! Wonderful video and some amazing examples of the journey being more important than the destination, not least your acoustic piece, which is just beautiful. Incredible quality in the recording of the acoustic too, was listening on headpones and the notes just come alive so testament to your playing and your engineering skills too. Just superb, thanks for doing what you do! :-)

[@TheMecurie]

God that acoustic piece is beautiful Paul

[@aurkomukhopadhyay29]

That's such a wonderful approach to Music, Paul. You inspire me very much.

[@julianholmanaudio4807]

Great vid, I learned that song many years ago but without ever hearing it first. It made perfect sense on guitar alone and made it much easier to play along with once I did hear it. Since learning like that as a kid I always write songs in rhythms first and then add notes after!

[@surethebest]

Hey Paul! Awesome work and effort. Cheers, Richard from Paris, stay safe and healthy

[@daniloasuncion1221]

This is awesome... You took what could have been just a tutorial or an exercise and made a concept, philosophy of playing, and a great lesson to all guitarrist, keep it up! You rock!

[@mfstraight]

One of my favorite warm-ups is to play 1234 on each string starting with quarter-notes on the 6th string, then eighths on the 5th string, then triplets on the 4th, sixteenths on the 3rd, fives on the 2nd, all the way up to sixes on the 1st string. For fives I say "Down 2345 Up 2345 Down 2345 Up 2345" to keep track of the alternate picking. It sounds particularly cool when you go backwards playing 4321 starting with the sextuplets on the 1st string and ending on quarter notes on the 6th string. But you definitely need to do it with a metronome.

[@branisi3871]

The 2+3 trick works for me. Definitely want to make a song using 5's... eventually. Thanks for the video, it made me pick up the guitar for again today. That's how you know it's good.

[@theviolinoob]

4:05 Up and down in 5 eight notes... Maestro tip: Quintuplet group = "Copa cabana" spelling

[@AustrianEconomist]

Vinnie Dixie that’s a REALLY great tip. I was searching for 5 syllable words and found generosity and personality to be good ones, but copa cabana is actually way better. Especially since I’m from Brazil lmao

[@kianyt5804]

How? The arpeggio he's playing is a repeating 9 note pattern, not 11.

[@Andrey.Balandin]

Not really, I slowed it down to 0.5x in YT and it is 5 notes to a click. So, quintuplets.

[@stylis666]

@@AustrianEconomist I think hippopotamus is better. Of course I can't disagree your reason to like copa cobana, but in my head copa is stretched because to me those are not words but part of a song (which is a terrible flaw in me resulting in my not even knowing what the fuck I'm singing about when I sing my own lyrics) , so there's no way I won't screw that up a gazillion times. I thought for a second that generosity and personality were good, but when I start playing, I lose focus of the articulation of the word and articulate it more naturally and personality becomes pers'nality. Generosity works better, but it's still confusing to me because I'm an idiot and the letter i is almost silent, like a ghost note. It's still there in the rhythm, but like I said, I'm stupid, so if I'm to learn playing quintuplets I rather use a word where every syllable is pronounced more clearly and straightforwardly like with hippopotamus. The actual reason I said all this is because I actually do like personality and words in general and the tones and rhythms and dynamics we speak with and the meaning we convey with all that jazz to emphasize our words, which is how I still get my songs across even though I have no idea what words I'm singing and don't really give a crap. I just like the sound of different letters in different contexts. But anyway, once I get the quintuplets down to muscle memory, personality is a very nice word to play, if that even makes any sense. Small accent on the 1st, biggest accent on the 3rd, followed by a(n almost) ghost note, ending on a nice crisp -ty. The second not is just filling to flow the 1st to the 3rd while preparing the ears and brains for the rhythm.

[@smokeymtnguitarnerd2539]

Dude you are so good. For real. Love your vids.

[@vincenzomarino3876]

Great vid Paul!!! Anything that breaks down prog masters for us is awesome, there's very little out there when it comes to prog guitar or music in general

[@chuzzbot]

Always refreshing Paul... thanks!

[@theonlyredspecial]

You continue to put a lot of work into your videos and creative thinking. Super to watch. Thank you for sharing.

[@LifeHawkeye]

Paul my friend you are a true scientist of the guitar. I wish I had the dedication and determination.

[@QuinGuitardotcom]

The cliffs of dover intro solo has pentatonic licks in groups of five. Thats the solo I’ve been thinking about and it happens to have groups of five as well!

[@ald5365]

Great video as usual ! For me a very hood song that is working by 5 beats (yeah that's not really quintuplets) is 15 steps by Radiohead. It's so well written that you barely notice that's in 5. Thanks for the great job !

[@jamiecucinelli]

You are such an inspiration brother! Great job. Thank you !!!!

[@Xavyer13]

The acoustic part was awesome!

[@jdchaussee]

Such a beautiful acoustic melody 🙌🏻

[@MrSteviek52]

Awesome video....got me fired up....big time. ! Stay safe and well ....keep the lessons coming !

[@nothingbutsoundofficial]

I've been watching your videos for a while, and thanks for the great content! I've learned a lot and enjoyed my time!

[@_sirreginald]

That quintuplet piece you wrote would sound sick on nylon strings! (I mean, it already does, but even moreso imo)

[@digitalchris6681]

I play Flamenco guitar, and plenty of quintuplets there. But... tragically, I pick up an electric and my brain says “No.... FOUR notes per beat. Idiot.”

[@rounakdutta6211]

10:03 Sounds very much like Opeth's "A Fair Judgement" song (from Deliverence) at around 4:08 mins. * Just sharing the above view as a lucky find/ coincidence. I am not belittling Paul's composition by any means. Personally I think the composition sounds amazing.

[@SeemsLikeSomething]

Artists always love hearing this! That their idea sounds like someone else’s! Such amazing praise. 😏 I’m being painfully sarcastic.

[@rounakdutta6211]

@@SeemsLikeSomething Hi! I get your point. But I was just sharing an interesting coincidence. I am not belittling Paul's composition by any means. Maybe I'll edit my original comment.

[@SeemsLikeSomething]

Rounak Dutta I appreciate your response btw. I was half expecting you to just tell me to eff off! Lol

[@rounakdutta6211]

@Jazz Yeah...you're right... I made the mistake while typing, I had the album name in mind....I will correct it... :-) Thanks for pointing it out.