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

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  • Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
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    Join world-renowned guitarist John Petrucci as he shares insights on recording Dream Theater's "Distance Over Time."
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  • @sweetwater
    @sweetwater  5 років тому +36

    After you watch, give this video a thumbs up and subscribe! 😎🤘

    • @Im2Old4ThisShite
      @Im2Old4ThisShite 4 роки тому +3

      This is the first video I've ever watched on UA-cam 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
    @RickydeCamargo 5 років тому +141

    Future LaBrie is a very good Interviewer.

  • @LarsBauer74
    @LarsBauer74 5 років тому +57

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

    • @sweetwater
      @sweetwater  5 років тому +4

      Thanks for watching, Lars!

  • @FurkatVakhabov
    @FurkatVakhabov 5 років тому +87

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

    • @qrxtra9397
      @qrxtra9397 5 років тому +12

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

    • @orangecarbad8892
      @orangecarbad8892 5 років тому +5

      Listen to the old stuff once in a while.

    • @blumpkin69ish
      @blumpkin69ish 5 років тому

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

    • @ernestbuckley8671
      @ernestbuckley8671 4 роки тому +5

      Distance Over Time is a great album.

    • @marinhrabric6162
      @marinhrabric6162 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @MirkoFadda
    @MirkoFadda 5 років тому +47

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

  • @taylorwyatt333
    @taylorwyatt333 4 роки тому +13

    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.

  • @JTstratman13
    @JTstratman13 5 років тому +17

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

  • @stephanskogen3817
    @stephanskogen3817 5 років тому +24

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

  • @TS-cy2vl
    @TS-cy2vl 5 років тому +18

    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.

  • @tmsglobal5848
    @tmsglobal5848 5 років тому +4

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

  • @keithkamalaraj
    @keithkamalaraj 5 років тому +2

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

  • @daniellouis6665
    @daniellouis6665 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @ShatteredWindowpane
    @ShatteredWindowpane 5 років тому +55

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

  • @jmaccess
    @jmaccess 5 років тому +12

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

  • @brainiaclego4889
    @brainiaclego4889 2 роки тому

    Best interview format i have ever watched!

  • @pierre59172
    @pierre59172 3 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @reaverdropper2997
    @reaverdropper2997 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @wilfbiffherb
    @wilfbiffherb 3 роки тому

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

  • @joacodef1
    @joacodef1 5 років тому +2

    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!!

  • @wolfwarren6376
    @wolfwarren6376 5 років тому +7

    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.

  • @douglasalvaradocorrales
    @douglasalvaradocorrales 3 роки тому +1

    So interesting !
    Thank you Sweetwater !

  • @EugenioGuarente
    @EugenioGuarente 5 років тому +1

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

  • @ernestbuckley8671
    @ernestbuckley8671 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @fjk1138
    @fjk1138 4 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @Gorbyrev
    @Gorbyrev 5 років тому +6

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

  • @stevesmith3990
    @stevesmith3990 5 років тому +3

    New album is superb, great video - thanks.

  • @jeffwilliams3577
    @jeffwilliams3577 5 років тому +26

    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.

  • @SteveKaynan
    @SteveKaynan 5 років тому +4

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

  • @JosephFacer
    @JosephFacer 5 років тому

    This is so awesome, thanks for sharing!

  • @alamakluke
    @alamakluke 5 років тому +2

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

  • @edovee
    @edovee 3 роки тому +5

    Best guitar sound. Ever. Period.

  • @LucasLucasMusic
    @LucasLucasMusic 5 років тому +8

    Very nice and informative. Very inspirational.

  • @peterschaefer1665
    @peterschaefer1665 Місяць тому

    Wow! Really enjoyed this, thank you!

  • @TheTimmytoad
    @TheTimmytoad 5 років тому +3

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

  • @tonyr7474
    @tonyr7474 4 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @soheil_zk
    @soheil_zk 5 років тому +1

    This is epic. Thank you Sweetwater.

  • @tonyr7474
    @tonyr7474 4 роки тому

    Great interview

  • @kirkwammett1589
    @kirkwammett1589 Рік тому +2

    i love this guy hes a huge inspiration

  • @rifabahrulilmirosyid8367
    @rifabahrulilmirosyid8367 4 роки тому +3

    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
      @AidenCantrell Рік тому

      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.

  • @Boomheyyou
    @Boomheyyou 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @ramondebakker6550
    @ramondebakker6550 5 років тому +2

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

  • @thepetruccinator6318
    @thepetruccinator6318 5 років тому +1

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

  • @HansAaraas
    @HansAaraas 4 роки тому +1

    The Master at work. I love his playing.

  • @MikeBaars83
    @MikeBaars83 5 років тому +2

    Amazing!

  • @VSNxx
    @VSNxx 5 років тому +2

    This is GREAT.

  • @robinjames29
    @robinjames29 5 років тому

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

  • @calebneff5777
    @calebneff5777 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @Alex_Alx
    @Alex_Alx 5 років тому +24

    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
      @breckbradshaw4820 4 роки тому +9

      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
      @5urg3x 2 роки тому +5

      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
      @mrbungle3310 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @kevinmcguinness1113
    @kevinmcguinness1113 3 роки тому +1

    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 :-)

  • @Eincrou
    @Eincrou 3 роки тому +3

    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.

  • @puppie110112
    @puppie110112 4 роки тому

    I just love this man.

  • @InXLsisDeo
    @InXLsisDeo 5 років тому

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

  • @LannyC
    @LannyC 5 років тому +1

    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
    @antonioortuno9511 5 років тому +1

    Amazing,

  • @johnnyroxx8513
    @johnnyroxx8513 5 років тому

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

  • @reme7903
    @reme7903 5 років тому +2

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

  • @scruffy3528
    @scruffy3528 Рік тому

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

  • @coopercarter
    @coopercarter 5 років тому +3

    Great stuff!

    • @rickfeith6372
      @rickfeith6372 5 років тому

      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.

  • @albaramahan7880
    @albaramahan7880 5 років тому

    Mind Blowing

  • @ricardofernandesduarte4604
    @ricardofernandesduarte4604 5 років тому +2

    Petrucci o melhor guitarrista do mundooo vai BRASILLLL

  • @andresdiaz5663
    @andresdiaz5663 5 років тому +42

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

    • @TanjilMuzahid
      @TanjilMuzahid 5 років тому

      lol ye man.. not cool :P

    • @Alex_Alx
      @Alex_Alx 5 років тому

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

    • @knotchbass
      @knotchbass 5 років тому +1

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

    • @GoatMee
      @GoatMee 5 років тому +1

      some things never change

  • @StormdriverOne
    @StormdriverOne 5 років тому +13

    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
      @BrandonofRedemption 5 років тому

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

  • @liamfahlin2219
    @liamfahlin2219 5 років тому +1

    I love you Petrucci

  • @alexanderhelms9039
    @alexanderhelms9039 5 років тому

    Its a great sound

  • @tonyr7474
    @tonyr7474 4 роки тому +9

    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.

  • @rickfeith6372
    @rickfeith6372 5 років тому +2

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

  • @tonyr7474
    @tonyr7474 4 роки тому

    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!!!!!

  • @johnrodems6360
    @johnrodems6360 2 роки тому

    He’s my guitar hero Rocking on Sweetwater

  • @russellward4624
    @russellward4624 5 років тому +1

    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.

  • @5150forevermore
    @5150forevermore 2 роки тому

    Whoa 😳

  • @TheDoneroll
    @TheDoneroll 5 років тому +4

    @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.

  • @DavidOakesMusic
    @DavidOakesMusic 5 років тому +2

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

  • @danielbarros4478
    @danielbarros4478 5 років тому +8

    "John Wick Petrucci"

  • @emanuelmsc
    @emanuelmsc 5 років тому +3

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

  • @RogersPhotographyGuilford
    @RogersPhotographyGuilford 5 років тому +3

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

  • @gr8guitarplayer
    @gr8guitarplayer 4 роки тому +2

    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

  • @vincentbos6798
    @vincentbos6798 5 років тому +3

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

  • @danruggeberg2453
    @danruggeberg2453 4 роки тому

    The best ever

  • @jo_boo
    @jo_boo Рік тому

    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🤘🤘

  • @carl13220
    @carl13220 5 років тому +1

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

  • @AdamMGuitar
    @AdamMGuitar 5 років тому +3

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

  • @GabrielHenrique-ie5fk
    @GabrielHenrique-ie5fk 5 років тому

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

  • @bengosling3838
    @bengosling3838 5 років тому +3

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

  • @AmazingCovers376
    @AmazingCovers376 4 роки тому

    Petrucci => Genius!

  • @TheAxe4Ever
    @TheAxe4Ever 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @Dogmatikos
    @Dogmatikos 5 років тому +13

    Why james labrie is so old here??

  • @alexanderhelms9039
    @alexanderhelms9039 5 років тому

    And also Fractal 3in Love Jimi the Rat from Germany

  • @HowieStephens
    @HowieStephens Рік тому

    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
      @HowieStephens Рік тому

      6:15 Mangini staying up late to play Madden 🤣

  • @MatthewWright001
    @MatthewWright001 3 роки тому

    I wish every band ever did this.

  • @sabiasvisoes
    @sabiasvisoes 5 років тому

    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.

  • @kronosecw
    @kronosecw 5 років тому +20

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

  • @luisaodograndao3590
    @luisaodograndao3590 2 роки тому

    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...

  • @rodrigoavelairabarbosa4823
    @rodrigoavelairabarbosa4823 5 років тому

    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?

  • @TomMacalisang
    @TomMacalisang 5 років тому +19

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

    • @coda5934
      @coda5934 5 років тому +3

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

  • @leddygee1896
    @leddygee1896 5 років тому +29

    Comparing Petrucci to Hammett is like comparing Water to Dust...

    • @quix99
      @quix99 5 років тому +7

      Kirk wrote amazing solos man. Cant knock that dude and his influence in the 80s

    • @leddygee1896
      @leddygee1896 5 років тому +3

      @@quix99 I get that, been a fan of both bands since they started... They really are two different kinds of bands, Kirk has done some very good solos...

    • @anapsuturi9827
      @anapsuturi9827 5 років тому +7

      Kirk is a good composer, has a good choice of notes in his solos good phrasing, feel and so on, but he lacks technical ability to perform those solos perfectly, especially later in his career.

  • @bassimprovjams3772
    @bassimprovjams3772 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @albertgein3082
    @albertgein3082 3 роки тому

    @17:00 John picks up the
    guitar 🤘 lol

  • @FaziNashriq
    @FaziNashriq 5 років тому

    Dah pandai dah dia pakai seluar koyak. Tahniah DT atas kejayaan album terbaru. DT SELAMANYA.

  • @alexanderhelms9039
    @alexanderhelms9039 5 років тому +1

    Hallo John Petrucci l m looking and hear to in Love Jimi the Rat from Germany

  • @mitchu9677
    @mitchu9677 5 років тому +1

    The first cd I ever bought was Awake in 97, and I'm having difficulty hearing old Petrucci in his tone now. I wish we could go back in time and do this same masterclass.