Performance of Carpe Diem, from Dream Theater's "A Change of Seasons"

Performance of Carpe Diem, the short (about 2 min.) 3rd movement of the 7-part, 23-minute piece A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_of_Seasons) from 1995.
On the original, John Petrucci used a classical guitar (nylon strings), but I think it sounds good on steel strings as well. Maybe I'll record a classical version as well for comparison. The original also has vocals, which you should be thankful I did not add here.
Performed on a Martin 000-28, recorded using a prototype Mojotone pickup directly into an audio interface. These days I'm typically mixing the pickup and a large diaphragm condenser mic, but for this it was just the pickup.
Full disclosure - the audio and video recordings were done separately. That is, I first recorded the audio and then made the video of myself playing along with that. Yeah, I know - it's cheating...
#guitar #dreamtheater #johnpetrucci

[@penyamunzzz4574]

"I always remember,the chill of November"

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

"Seize the day" I heard him say, "life will not always be this way. Look around and hear the sounds, cherish your life while you're still around"

[@ZrinkoF1]

0:29

[@Moskal91]

what an amazing preformance. john really knows his chords 😂😂

[@RyanxDunn]

Awesome cover. These chords are amazingly written together.

[@DanielVerberne]

Fantastic, sir! Of course, your playing is excellent, the sound is rich and full (I don't mind about the separate recording) This also serves to show yet another way that John Petrucci is one heck of a guitar player. His chord repertoire far exceeds most regular 'metal' guitarists. Another great example of Petrucci's great chord work is in the 'Someone like Me' section of Octavarium.

[@pasimart3348]

beautiful playing! great job!

[@bruno06arg]

No words and just an acoustic guitar, I have never noticed some parts of this sound very ELP-ish.

[@pozzowon]

Beautiful.

[@rulo0187]

Fuckin brilliant mate! new friend here 🤘 great acoustic version of it

[@nongwadbniah2262]

Incredible...I've always been waiting for this...

[@taz3592]

Beautifully played! Great job.

[@guypensomusic]

Flawless.

[@Sleepwokkr]

Beautifully done 👍

[@JohnsOnStrings]

Beautiful. +1 for this and +1 for the algorithm that recommended it to me. Cheers.

[@jeffreybuckingham3782]

Nicely done Sir!

[@ugra15]

Beautiful

[@marcosazevedo4671]

Amazing

[@DiegoMoralesRoccuzzo]

It's beautiful

[@robertorossi7700]

That's super amazing