One of the things I deeply admire at great guitar players and great musicians in general is the capacity to express so many nuances in their music in a few simple notes and it has always been a dare and a constant quest for me to express this.
The reason that started this post is actually Dream Theater. I really love their song “Another day” and each time I listen it I find myself charmed by all those nuances there…Listen for example the starting riffs, 3 simple notes or the solo guitar theme/intro or even the drums!
Now that I have started this, I think that if I would need to define Dream Theater in one single word, that would be NUANCES, nuances all over. This is actually the result of their musical studies at Berklee School of Music, result of theory and practice, I’d say, and I guess that even if you are not a big fan of progressive rock you agree with me that no other rock band can be represented by this word better than Dream Theater: nuances…
Here’s Another day for you! Enjoy and comment!
Am I right or what?
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Carol
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I was recently enticed to give Dream Theater a serious listen. I went in to audition with a band that wanted to cover only Rush, Zeppelin and Dream Theater. I didn’t take the gig, but I’m glad I they turned me on to DT.
Nuances. I’m sure that will stick with me.
I have a little something for you back at my blog.
Ovidiu
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Dream Theater make a very complex music, as a matter of fact, they amaze me with each new song I listen.
I am always crazy about these nuances I am speaking about in this post since not everybody is able to express this the way they do.
I mean there were some passages that I would have probably played straight while Petrucci fro ex came with a different approach on timing, nuances, playing the same 3-4 notes that I would have played totally different. I guess that makes the difference between a real talented musician and the rest.