Comments on: Dream Theater Rocks Albany http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/ An onslaught of expository excellence covering web design and development, politics and current events, faith and religion, guitar and music, programming... oh, and anything else. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: rachel http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-121345 rachel Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:13:38 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-121345 Why didn't they include Pull me under? It is one of my fav DT songs. Nonetheless, great concert Why didn’t they include Pull me under? It is one of my fav DT songs. Nonetheless, great concert

]]> By: Christine http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-120807 Christine Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:21:48 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-120807 One of my fav songs from Petrucci is hollow years. Absolutely wonderful acoustic playing in the first 30 secs One of my fav songs from Petrucci is hollow years. Absolutely wonderful acoustic playing in the first 30 secs

]]> By: Eugene Walker http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-114305 Eugene Walker Fri, 23 May 2008 09:20:25 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-114305 DT is a wonderful band. I had the priviledge of meeting John Petrucci in person 2 years ago when I visited Singapore. DT is a wonderful band. I had the priviledge of meeting John Petrucci in person 2 years ago when I visited Singapore.

]]> By: Crumbs Cafe » Ten Year Vamped OutCRUMBS.NET Capital Region Unofficial Musicians and Bands Site - Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Troy local music llog - Albany NY http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-114009 Crumbs Cafe » Ten Year Vamped OutCRUMBS.NET Capital Region Unofficial Musicians and Bands Site - Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Troy local music llog - Albany NY Wed, 21 May 2008 00:40:42 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-114009 [...] We searched high and low on the web to back this up or even to get more information but all we found was this from the always outspoken blog of Negative 99: [...] [...] We searched high and low on the web to back this up or even to get more information but all we found was this from the always outspoken blog of Negative 99: [...]

]]> By: WarAxe http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-113909 WarAxe Tue, 20 May 2008 11:36:12 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-113909 @Patrick Thanks for stopping by and adding your insights. I couldn't agree more... the show was spectacular! I also agree that the building was probably most to blame for some of the muddiness than anything else... it's such a low relative ceiling with steel beams everywhere. And - yes, you'd think with the latest CD being titled <em>Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)</em> that you'd being hearing the "hit". :-) Oh well. From what I hear Pete is really the musical force behind Ten Year Vamp. It'll be great if he gets into a situation where he can let that Berklee shine. :-) I have forwarded your heads up on Pete and "Art of War" to my good friend Mike Guzzo who <a href="http://blogs.timesunion.com/localmusic" rel="nofollow">blogs local music</a> for the TU and also runs <a href="http://www.crumbs.net" rel="nofollow">Crumbs.net</a> (voted <a href="http://metroland.net/back_issues/vol31_no10/feature_2.html" rel="nofollow">Metroland 2008 best local music site</a>). @Patrick
Thanks for stopping by and adding your insights. I couldn’t agree more… the show was spectacular! I also agree that the building was probably most to blame for some of the muddiness than anything else… it’s such a low relative ceiling with steel beams everywhere. And - yes, you’d think with the latest CD being titled Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) that you’d being hearing the “hit”. :-) Oh well.

From what I hear Pete is really the musical force behind Ten Year Vamp. It’ll be great if he gets into a situation where he can let that Berklee shine. :-)

I have forwarded your heads up on Pete and “Art of War” to my good friend Mike Guzzo who blogs local music for the TU and also runs Crumbs.net (voted Metroland 2008 best local music site).

]]> By: Patrick http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-113801 Patrick Tue, 20 May 2008 01:56:23 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-113801 I went to the guitar clinic and the concert with a good friend of mine, Pete Vroman. Pete is the lead guitar player for local band Ten Year Vamp and actually attended Berklee School of Music with John, Mike Portnoy and Myung from Dream Theater. I thought the guitar clinic was very informative. It was great to have a few beers in an extremely relaxed environment, watching one of the greats explain his technique! John was very nice to all the fans, had a sense of humor and was completely down to earth. He displayed none of the arrogance often evident with rock musicians. We arrived at the concert at the tail end of Opeth as well and I'd say we didn't miss much. Dream Theater put on an excellent show and I expect nothing less. This is one of the best bands to see in concert, hands down. I think most of the sound issues you're talking about were simply due to the fact that the Armory is not a concert friendly room. The layout of the place, with its wooden bleachers and heavy metal (no pun intended) low beamed ceiling really makes for it an acoustic (and a sound man's) worst nightmare. In spite of that, Dream Theater sounded fantastic as usual. Opeth sounded terrible as expected. As far as not hearing "Pull Me Under"...come on now guys, there's a reason their greatest hits album is named "Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)". I thought the show rocked. You know you've had a great day and a great concert if you can't go to sleep afterwards due to the pure energy...well, I did have some beers, but nothing else ;o) On a final note, LaBrie's voice was absoluely awesome on this night! If you're into good local music [which nowadays is hard to find], I'd recommend checking out a new band that Pete's been working with. They're tentatively named "Art of War". This band will be a total departure from the Ten Year Vamp deal [and I couldn't be happier about that]. In other words, Pete's going to actually let it rip with these guys and show his real talent. Line up so far is composed of some veteran local players, including the former frontman for British Steel [Priest tribute band]. They'll be booking gigs starting late summer, early fall, so keep an eye out for em. Thanks for the blog and the opportunity to post. I went to the guitar clinic and the concert with a good friend of mine, Pete Vroman. Pete is the lead guitar player for local band Ten Year Vamp and actually attended Berklee School of Music with John, Mike Portnoy and Myung from Dream Theater. I thought the guitar clinic was very informative. It was great to have a few beers in an extremely relaxed environment, watching one of the greats explain his technique! John was very nice to all the fans, had a sense of humor and was completely down to earth. He displayed none of the arrogance often evident with rock musicians.

We arrived at the concert at the tail end of Opeth as well and I’d say we didn’t miss much. Dream Theater put on an excellent show and I expect nothing less. This is one of the best bands to see in concert, hands down. I think most of the sound issues you’re talking about were simply due to the fact that the Armory is not a concert friendly room. The layout of the place, with its wooden bleachers and heavy metal (no pun intended) low beamed ceiling really makes for it an acoustic (and a sound man’s) worst nightmare. In spite of that, Dream Theater sounded fantastic as usual. Opeth sounded terrible as expected. As far as not hearing “Pull Me Under”…come on now guys, there’s a reason their greatest hits album is named “Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)”. I thought the show rocked. You know you’ve had a great day and a great concert if you can’t go to sleep afterwards due to the pure energy…well, I did have some beers, but nothing else ;o) On a final note, LaBrie’s voice was absoluely awesome on this night!

If you’re into good local music [which nowadays is hard to find], I’d recommend checking out a new band that Pete’s been working with. They’re tentatively named “Art of War”. This band will be a total departure from the Ten Year Vamp deal [and I couldn't be happier about that]. In other words, Pete’s going to actually let it rip with these guys and show his real talent. Line up so far is composed of some veteran local players, including the former frontman for British Steel [Priest tribute band]. They’ll be booking gigs starting late summer, early fall, so keep an eye out for em. Thanks for the blog and the opportunity to post.

]]> By: WarAxe http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-113771 WarAxe Mon, 19 May 2008 21:30:59 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-113771 @Ken Actually, I think the sound mix did improve throughout the evening. @John Yeah, the choice of songs was pretty good. There was quite a wide swath of tracks from over the years. @Ken
Actually, I think the sound mix did improve throughout the evening.

@John
Yeah, the choice of songs was pretty good. There was quite a wide swath of tracks from over the years.

]]> By: John http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-113697 John Mon, 19 May 2008 14:39:09 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-113697 I really liked the song mix (other than the lack of "Pull Me Under"). As a more casual fan, I tend to prefer the songs with more lyrics. I saw them once and I was amazed at how little stage time James LaBrie had. I'm sure he was on at least 50% of the time, but it was not a whole lot more. Last night, he was working a lot harder. I really liked the song mix (other than the lack of “Pull Me Under”). As a more casual fan, I tend to prefer the songs with more lyrics. I saw them once and I was amazed at how little stage time James LaBrie had. I’m sure he was on at least 50% of the time, but it was not a whole lot more. Last night, he was working a lot harder.

]]> By: Ken http://negative99.com/music/dream-theater-rocks-albany/#comment-113689 Ken Mon, 19 May 2008 13:43:35 +0000 http://negative99.com/?p=402#comment-113689 Did the sound mix get better as the concert progressed? I've noticed the same problems before but usually it gets much better after the first couple of songs in the set. When I saw them in Pittsburgh I actually saw a sound guy walking around with some sort of electronic tablet making slight adjustments. I noticed that shortly after I saw him the sound was much better. I know what you mean about not hearing Pull Me Under. I think I've only heard it once in the few times I've seen DT. Did they at least do Metropolis? Did the sound mix get better as the concert progressed? I’ve noticed the same problems before but usually it gets much better after the first couple of songs in the set.

When I saw them in Pittsburgh I actually saw a sound guy walking around with some sort of electronic tablet making slight adjustments. I noticed that shortly after I saw him the sound was much better.

I know what you mean about not hearing Pull Me Under. I think I’ve only heard it once in the few times I’ve seen DT. Did they at least do Metropolis?

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