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So we wanted it to be thematic and we wanted it to have repeating themes when appropriate, so we had to keep a really close eye on what the characters were doing through out the story. Jordan: The most challenging thing was that we had to make it really cohesive and we had to pay close attention to this very detailed story. What’s interesting actually to complete that thought is that it’s 2 hours and 13 minutes worth of music and yet there is a lot of stylistic things that maybe are somewhat new but also there’s a lot of prog and there’s a lot of metal mixed in, just a big album.Īndrew: What was the most challenging thing as far as putting this whole thing together? So the process was different in the approach and just in the way we setup to do it so yeah, despite the nature of what it is, it kind of demanded a different output from us. So we decided to just work together, we ran it by the band the idea that John and I would just go into the studio with the keyboards and guitars and really compose this music.
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One of the things that we did right from the get-go was that John and I knew that we had to really focus in the compositional process, to do something a little differently than we ever done before. So we needed to come up with all the different kinds of music which would help to kind of bring the story to life, which meant it had to be very dynamic and really call for a lot of different styles including a lot of electronic bits and orchestral things so I think that’s why. Jordan: Well because there’s a real story, the approach was to treat it almost like a filmscore, for writing music for like a musical. Was that something that was needed for this album? Jordan: Well John Petrucci wrote the story and he started to conceive the story about 2 and a half years ago and then at the end of the last world tour, he presented me with the synopsis of it to see if it would be inspiring to write music to and I thought it was great! So we started to do that, so if you can consider that he started back then, that’s how long.Īndrew: Yeah it’s quite a feat! One of the things I noticed on this album is that your role on this album is quite prominent, there’s a lot of keyboards and that kind of stuff that’s more than the usual stuff that you’ve done. What’s really nice is that people like a lot of reviewers have heard it around the world and we’re getting some very nice feedback from the people.Īndrew: How long did this whole thing take from the initial idea to the finishing of the record? Jordan: Of course! You put this much effort into something so we’re curious how it will affect everyone. Jordan: Yeah I’m really excited about it! It’s a big offering, I think it’s some of our best work and really excited that it’s coming out tomorrow (Friday January 29th) for everybody to check out.Īndrew: Yeah it’s quite an ambitious and challenging effort, are you interested to know how people are going to be reacting to this whole album? But you must be super happy with how this album has turned out! The first thing we should talk about is the new album “The Astonishing”, we received a copy of the album a few days ago for review and to say the very least, it was a little overwhelming with the amount of tracks on there and the grand, epicness of it. When I talked to keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess about the new concept album, he seemed genuinely pleased with how it turned out but not after a lot of time and work was put into it as I found out in our discussion on the eve of it’s official release.Īndrew: Thanks for your time today, it’s much appreciated. Dream Theater’s latest opus that is “The Astonishing” is going to take some time to really take in, it’s a very ambitious and challenging album that may divide some fans as to whether it’s up there with their best work.