John Petrucci Dives Into Dream Theater's Album "Distance Over Time"

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0:00 - Songwriting
18:00 - Tone
35:06 - Recording techniques
44:00 - Layering octaves
48:00 - Chord structure
53:00 - Soloing
1:00:00 - New guitars
1:06:13 - Storytelling/themes
1:25:00 - Out of this world 7-string guitar tones
Join world-renowned guitarist John Petrucci as he shares insights on recording Dream Theater's "Distance Over Time."
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[@Im2Old4ThisShite]

This is the first video I've ever watched on KZbin where the first words from the producer weren't, like and subscribe. That said, what a wonderful video that showcases both John Petrucci's bottomless pit of generosity and humbleness as well as interviewing skills, including the respect he shows throughout by not interrupting and allowing John to speak, unrushed and unencumbered. Great video for this coronavirus lockdown, while I patiently wait for my JP6BFRKOA....I hope all of you at Sweetwater, Ernie Ball and John's family are all safe and remain healthy during this scary, scary time. 🙏

[@RickydeCamargo]

Future LaBrie is a very good Interviewer.

[@blumpkin69ish]

lmao

[@sirspookybones1118]

It'll take 5 years

[@renesrensen3882]

Oh my God hahaha :-)

[@franciscobravoortiz566]

Jajajajaja thinking the same here!!!!

[@RFBLFS]

😂

[@FurkatVakhabov]

They definitely nailed it with that album! Superb, juicy, heavy, huge sound!

[@qrxtra9397]

agree!! the songs are really well made. dont understand the people crying about that the album is not "heavy enough" or too "sellout"

[@orangecarbad8892]

Listen to the old stuff once in a while.

[@blumpkin69ish]

@@orangecarbad8892 they are rounding out the appeal of their discog quite nice for us fans having access to it all

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Distance Over Time is a great album.

[@marinhrabric6162]

@@qrxtra9397 the album is amazing. Don't understand those views. Nothing sell out about it

[@LarsBauer74]

Mitch Gallagher does great interviews, he always asks very interesting questions! Thank you Sweetwater and Mitch!

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for watching, Lars!

[@stephanskogen3817]

John is my hero both with and without guitar. Truely a role model deserving praise!

[@patrickbeintema9184]

Absolutely!

[@mharservice6271]

AGREE 100%

[@taylorwyatt333]

It's nice to see that John is a normal guitarist like the rest of us, playing on the neck pickup a few times on accident, hitting that one sour note a few times, "don't play that note," definitely a guitarist I wish I could sit down with and ask questions we "stay at home guitarists" would love to ask.

[@MirkoFadda]

I see Petrucci, I click! Long live the Master and thanks a lot for this awesome and insightful video! 💪🏻🥳🤘🏻

[@JakeTerch]

Dream Theater should use that studio and live there again for every future album!

[@DavidOakesMusic]

They've built their own studio now.

[@TS-cy2vl]

One of the best and most down to earth masterclass I have ever seen. Great questions, lots of things to learn from here. Love how natural, human and realistic John sounds. If there are any mistakes, there are mistakes, there is nothing hidden here, no tricks... Really inspiring. Thanks, Sweetwater and John Petrucci for this amazing content.

[@reaverdropper2997]

I saw dream theater for the first time october 5th 2019 been a fan since 2001.

[@edovee]

Best guitar sound. Ever. Period.

[@jmaccess]

Mitch excellently conducted the interview. Not easy and shows the depth of his knowledge. Great job!

[@ShatteredWindowpane]

1:14:09 John's face is like he's hearing what John Petrucci sounds like for the very first time Hahaha 😂

[@singgihsetiyawanofficial4186]

That's true Haha

[@ernestbuckley8671]

JP is a master musician and such a geniune & humble soul. Congrats on a great record. Fantastic job producing this DT masterpiece.

[@fjk1138]

Great video, almost like John is in your living room and hanging out. He's a very cool guy, I met him twice and he was just as humble and down to earth.

[@wolfwarren6376]

Man, after hearing the way that they recorded his new album, and hearing the way it turned out, I really want to do this with my band now. Mind you, I’m in a fusion band, but this mentality still applies. At the end of the day, we all still just act like teenagers and play a bunch of tasty riffs and jam. It really rocks.

[@daniellouis6665]

What a gem of an interview, New appreciation for this album now, thanks Sweetwater, love ya work.

[@tmsglobal5848]

Glad to hear the details around his song writing and DT approach. Great interview, Sweetwater!

[@joacodef1]

Man, I wish we could see this kind of videos more often...it's so interesting to hear John explaining Dream Theater's songs, shedding some light on the intricacies of their riffs and solos - plus it's always nice to have a 1+ hour of our savior speaking about music...Please do more!!

[@keithkamalaraj]

Thank you for this! Everything that was discussed was priceless.

[@pierre59172]

This is BEST guitar interview I've ever watched. Questions are very focus on the music and so natural, just loved it. Thank you Mitch and Sweetwater.

[@brainiaclego4889]

Best interview format i have ever watched!

[@peterschaefer1665]

Wow! Really enjoyed this, thank you!

[@douglasalvaradocorrales]

So interesting ! Thank you Sweetwater !

[@calebneff5777]

Probably their best album! Was blown away by it, and I'm not a huge DT fan.

[@wilfbiffherb]

I just found this video and had it on in the background. Really enjoyable and informative, thanks.

[@EugenioGuarente]

Amazing Video. Very instructive, for all DT Fans. One million Thanks.

[@tonyr7474]

Love the new album, got all the albums . Just started listening to dream theater a few years ago. Love your solos John. Wish I could have heard the band years ago.

[@stevesmith3990]

New album is superb, great video - thanks.

[@kirkwammett1589]

i love this guy hes a huge inspiration

[@alamakluke]

great video... great interview.... great album, great player.... great everything :)

[@Gorbyrev]

Just wonderful. I would love a commentary recording of the album to pick out all the intricacies of the composition, playing, production and recording.

[@TheTimmytoad]

I’ve only just got in to Dream Theatre and J,P wow ! What nice guy and what cool interview !

[@JosephFacer]

This is so awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@LucasLucasMusic]

Very nice and informative. Very inspirational.

[@jeffwilliams3577]

40 minutes in Petrucci had killed half the audience straight away. The 3 different mics on the cabinet control the death toll rate to his liking.

[@rifabahrulilmirosyid8367]

so i understand why, when i hear all dream theater song my ear not bleeding, because complicated gear, expensive gear and absolutely the man behind that gear.. john always be my guitar hero

[@AidenCantrell]

Well for recording maybe, but his setup is relatively simple, just guitar, straight into the amp, with a delay and chorus if he needs it.

[@tonyr7474]

Great interview

[@SteveKaynan]

Awesome video! Thanks John for all the years of inspiration!!

[@soheil_zk]

This is epic. Thank you Sweetwater.

[@ramondebakker6550]

He is a Zenmaster with that voice and his Amazing sound, he is the best !!!

[@Eincrou]

This was an incredibly well-produced recording of the event. They captured direct audio of everything and it all sounds so crisp and clear. The camerawork was more than alright, too. The only thing that could have been improved is if Petrucci had taken the microphone with him when he stepped away.

[@HansAaraas]

The Master at work. I love his playing.

[@kevinmcguinness1113]

Awesome that JP would do a clinic like this, giving away a load of trade secrets for the creative thinking and collaboration that went into the making of the latest album, loved it. Fair enough, it's also a typical promo for his latest Majestys too, but I glossed over that bit, the message is essentially the same every year ... "All change (new finishes, tweaked pickups, slightly different wood configs) but everything stays more or less the same". Fantastic guitars and top of the range eye candy though :-)

[@MikeBaars83]

Amazing!

[@Boomheyyou]

Sounds so freaking good I’m so glad I bought his amp

[@VSNxx]

This is GREAT.

[@thepetruccinator6318]

The new album is fantastic. That recording studio seems like it was made for that album, it sounds sooooo good.

[@robinjames29]

what a lovely man doesnt matter what style we play he is in the zone

[@InXLsisDeo]

Well done, Sweetwater, the whole thing was great and the sound is perfect throughout. BTW what is the mic that John is talking in ?

[@puppie110112]

I just love this man.

[@tonyr7474]

Sad that Mike Portnoy left the band. However, Mike Mangini fit in beautifully. He has a powerful and tight sound. He plays and keeps the music as original as it is on the albums. He doesn’t change any of it. Hes energy definitely brought Dream Theater right back on track. Like they didn’t skip a beat from losing Mr. Portnoy. Mr. Mangini is definitely one of the greatest drummers in the business. Petrucci is also one the greatest guitarists. He’s sound and melody are powerful in ever solo.

[@Alex_Alx]

1:18:32 - rare moment when Petrucci fails, and even angrily shreds a bit because of that. But as a good musician he knows how to keep poker face and say in the end: "You get the idea"))

[@breckbradshaw4820]

I heard him make a couple of goof ups throughout the video, however, it made me happy to see my guitar hero mess up a bit on the songs he writes; just like I do lol

[@5urg3x]

JP strikes me as someone who is not very consistent inherently, but practices A LOT to make up for it and works insanely hard to compensate for it, which results in him still being more consistent than 99% of guitar players

[@mrbungle3310]

He made a mistake for musicians...no one else i bet thought it was ,sounds like an improvisation

[@LannyC]

would love to have seen a breakdown of scenes from a memory & six degrees.. i find these Fascinating & Inspiring.. Is there a part 2 of this.. I really wanted to see the questions but it cut of abruptly?.

[@antonioortuno9511]

Amazing,

[@scruffy3528]

This album does just sound so good very heavy and organic special album

[@johnnyroxx8513]

one of my companies l use and a great guitarist ....I'm impressed

[@ricardofernandesduarte4604]

Petrucci o melhor guitarrista do mundooo vai BRASILLLL

[@albaramahan7880]

Mind Blowing

[@liamfahlin2219]

I love you Petrucci

[@5150forevermore]

Whoa 😳

[@tonyr7474]

Looking into getting Johns signature TC Electronics pedal. Love all the different sounds you can get out it. I started using TC Electronic pedals not too long ago. Wish I could get one of the Mesa Boogie amps but damn they’re just too expensive for my pocket book. Lol. One day though. The new Majesty guitar is awesom!!!!!

[@StormdriverOne]

Very cool. I also use the Dreamscape + Flashback 2 into a stereo setup. The delay is nice and does the job. The chorus pedal is amazing. Don't hit that note!

[@BrandonofRedemption]

StormdriverOne haha, I read this comment right after he said that.

[@reme7903]

I just can't help but stare at his glorious beard. It's hypnotic!

[@alexanderhelms9039]

Its a great sound

[@andresdiaz5663]

6:20 "...so we kicked Mike out". lol I see what you did there

[@TanjilMuzahid]

lol ye man.. not cool :P

[@Alex_Alx]

@@TanjilMuzahid They kinda got used already to "kicking Mike out")

[@knotchbass]

@@Alex_Alx Mike Portnoy left all on his own!!!!!!!!

[@GoatMee]

some things never change

[@vincentbos6798]

They should make an album where it all the dream theater songs but just with rudess and john petrucci playing clean

[@TheDoneroll]

@59:30 JP-"I'm forgetting all my parts" .... (during the last part harmonized solo w/ JR) .. ME: "yes, me too sometimes i'm forgetting JP solo"... Well, i guess it's human to forget -sometimes.

[@johnrodems6360]

He’s my guitar hero Rocking on Sweetwater

[@Dogmatikos]

Why james labrie is so old here??

[@rickfeith6372]

Those stereo JP-2Cs with the Shelford Channels sound SO good. Amazing tone 101 with JP and friends.

[@danielbarros4478]

"John Wick Petrucci"

[@russellward4624]

I really like that Majesty with the sky blu bit. I really dont like the maple top look at all usually but that one is mint.

[@jo_boo]

We are given the riffs from a higher power they are messages from them to be shared with others if we don't record or track them when they are given they will take them from us..it is not that we have a bad memory they see that we were not listening or in tune to them and they remove the riff from our memory and give it to someone who is/will listen to them, record everything they give you and they will continue to do so you will never ever run out of riffs and ideas trust me on this one John P if he reads this will know exactly what I'm talking about🤘🤘

[@DavidOakesMusic]

1 : 43 : 10 ? Oh boy . Need to watch this with a big meal and a LARGE coffee :) x

[@gr8guitarplayer]

You what John also does a lot? He flips his pick around. Makes sure its wears evenly. I found myself doing that with my pencil when laying out rafters (I'm a carpenter by trade), and I felt really proud when I noticed it. Ha

[@coopercarter]

Great stuff!

[@rickfeith6372]

That tone and his little 3 note flourishes on the neck pickup sound SO GOOD. I have been studying his playing for 15 years and it makes me super happy when I see him play his stuff the way I play it.

[@danruggeberg2453]

The best ever

[@emanuelmsc]

Damn genius... Even his mistakes sound better than my whole playing!! 😅

[@TheAxe4Ever]

The guy interviewing John (I think I heard John call him Mitch) sounds like every fast talking used car or insurance salesman I ever knew. Don’t get me wrong, he seems like a real cool guy, but damn he talks fast! Actually the mark of a very successful salesman.

[@bengosling3838]

The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be!

[@HowieStephens]

3:40 the "upstate new York" party was funny to me because I feel the same about California. I live in the bay area now and people call it NorCal, but I grew up 350+ miles NORTH of here IN California (Del Norte county)... THAT'S NorCal lol

[@HowieStephens]

6:15 Mangini staying up late to play Madden 🤣

[@RogersPhotographyGuilford]

Great album. Great concert but now I'm into The Prodigy.

[@promethiousb1489]

Awesome band mate,,,enjoy...

[@sabiasvisoes]

I would like you to have the possibility of resale is the only thing missing in stores of yours so we here in Brazil that we have shop would buy with good prices for resales.

[@carl13220]

24:25 : A Nightmare To Remember Middle Section. 57:12 : very Al Di Meola ! And Don't it that note !!

[@rodrigoavelairabarbosa4823]

About strings gauge in a C standard guitar: any numbers? He told he uses tensions similar to 10s, but what is the exact gauge number?

[@GabrielHenrique-ie5fk]

I Wanda see surrounder to reason live . I need listen this.

[@MatthewWright001]

I wish every band ever did this.

[@luisaodograndao3590]

What others would be making fun of, conforted me as nothing... if John Petrucci can get a note wrong, but then shows thats not the one is worth more than getting all notes perfect, but not letting us know, we can sometimes make mistakes or not be totally perfect, but we can aproach a higher state of realization in our works, and you know, we can all not only seflcorrect, but cocorrect each other, fascinating mental expansion...

[@AmazingCovers376]

Petrucci => Genius!

[@AdamMGuitar]

You can see it's before his tour preparation haha. He doesn't remember Barstool Warrior at all :D

[@stefandobrev2238]

2:33 Rare footage of John Petrucci doing a Squidward impression

[@shield400]

Imagine taking a shot every time Mitch nods at John! 😵☠🤣

[@kronosecw]

2 hours of petrucci? Don't have to tell me twice. Insta click

[@albertgein3082]

@17:00 John picks up the guitar 🤘 lol

[@bassimprovjams3772]

I wonder how it is going going from MP to mike who loves his games and yelling at the TV lmao. Mike seems so bad ass!!!..I could binge watch dreamtheater album makings. Including this album.

[@alexanderhelms9039]

And also Fractal 3in Love Jimi the Rat from Germany

[@TomMacalisang]

1:11:23 - Confirmed. John is a human being. 😂

[@coda5934]

he did it on purpose because too many guitarists have been comitting suicide since last dt tour

[@joedolenza7944]

Terry Brown should produce the next DT record with Mike Portnoy back!

[@jbbingham209]

Can anyone please tell me what computer John Petrucci has to his left?