Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess Plays His Favorite Keyboard Parts 

NOOOOOOOOOO! (thanks for the update lol)

That sux! But thanks for the update!

New LTE with John Patitucci on guitar

Ah c'mon!!!! >.< I mean, thanks, LW, but c'mon!!!! T_T

@@Mmsmickey lol xD

Brilliant

Also! Chad

You have forgot the nuclear fusion part, i felt it in the sound

Hahahaha ... Ain’t that right ? Hahaha 😝 🤗 TWINKLE TWINKLE 🤩 ⭐️ GIGANTIC ASTRO COMIT METEOR 😝🤗 My version is more a mellow version 🤗

This made me burst out laughing. Thanks so much!

It's more like Debussy than Bach, but sure.

Well yeah, it's true there was nothing BACH in that piece, I am gonna guess neither of you are aware who ACTUALLY wrote that. Mozart. Yes that is right, Mozart. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NO-ecxHEPqI.html&ab_channel=Pianoplayer002

@@ADarkandStormyNight Mozart didn't write the tune, it was a nursery rhyme originally. Though, Mozart's variations on this theme are likely the reason it's even known today.

No, it wasn't interesting. It was lame, not unlike most DT ventures.

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Overture. My fav JR composition in Dream Theater.

Yup exactly right

64 yo? very healthy looking. is it because he works according to his passion?

I would’ve guessed 55

He's simply amazing but I still preffer Kevin Moore's stuff. Not as brilliant technically but with lots of character

So true. Spot on 👌

Ganondorf's Battle from Ocarina of Time been a 23/16 fits quite well in the odd prog shenenigans

That song is an absolute masterpiece

I'm curious, how hard is it to entered julliard??

@@iudexe3103 HAHAHAHAHAHA

@@iudexe3103 Yes.

I'd like your choices better with the addition of Jon Lord.

and what did you think of kevin moore, derek sherinian;)?

@@kitfisto2347 Ignorance is a bliss

Minuto 8 , como se llama esa canción?

Nice profile pic there

Was hoping for Tarkus too, but stuff like Benny the Bouncer, Jeremy Bender and Are You Ready Eddy show a different, more fun side to Emerson's incredible playing

same

Rush and Led Zepp too

I dont agree with led zeppelin but rush yeah

And Yes.

Rush!

@@warrenraye6513 why so?

Make that little galaxy cluster

xDDDDD

Hehehe! Yep!

Lmao

And that piece was moonlight sonata the third movement

i don't know if his mother played the piano, but that could actually be true.

you an see him looking into his brain board as he plays. Stuck there for eternity. His "virgin" rock piece.😅

I guess he's a pretty good sight reader

@@tommyvega7948 i suppose when you have a zillion notes to play in every song and you don't want to fuck up, any little thing helps !

@@rickleblanc8900 precisely. Way too many songs with way too many notes.

… and smile while doing so and thinking back of his pot smokin’ days :))

Coming This Summer: Piano 2.

Seaboard?

The forte

@@WillyJunior I would love to see that

Foot piano.

Haven't seen his hair since scenes in new york lmaoo

Why did you include the word "literally" here? The sentence would have been fine without it.

Hope he keeps the hair for the next tour. Looking more and more like a wizard

@@Meltedcheese567 It’s literally, almost like an almost literal sentence 🙂 I’ve heard plenty worse

@@kingsxkids Just because you've heard worse doesn't mean this doesn't suck!

of All Time.

of All Time.

of All Time.

Totally agree !

of All Time.

Salad Of Eternity

still remember the video where he played twinkle twinkle on top of 13/8 or something

@@maximummatt73 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

hahahaha great one!

no, no, while PLAYing about how good the salad he had yesterday was

People say the same thing about John Petrucci on guitar. He is now the almighty shred wizard.

@11:54 boss music starts

Rudess the White

I love your profile pic. The weather is such a good album

His nickname is “The Wizard”

Well they are only six years apart in age...so I consider them from close to the same era. But they are both amazing, and it's too bad Keith is no longer with us.

Jon lord

Here, here! The Keith Emerson, the Rick Wakeman, the Chris Clark, the Jon Lord…. All the above!

He is Jordan Rudess of our time, actually.

No he's the Dream. Because we all dream of being that good

​@@stickfigure9138 Don't you also Dream about being as good as John Petrucci?

@@mipe7755 Yeah I do

LaBrie is the dream part because you have to be dreaming for him to sound good /j lmao

He’s insanity good. Only one of the best musicians.

nah, he's so so. After all, he was just improvising on Bach at 9 when he applied to Julliard.

@@oppermanfitness you must be fun at parties

@@chhau123 Why do you say that? Haha

Hahahaha, yeah that was my first impression of Jordan as well... 😜🤣🤣 He's not just insanely fast but more importantly: accurate. And a huge amount of theoretical and practical knowledge under his belt. But to me he's repeating himself the last few years, relying on the old box of tricks to entertain and amaze... Still he's absolutely one of the most technically gifted keyboardists out there.

Nah, his teacher was killed decades ago.

That's why they were so angry, " No, stop it! You not allowed to be better than me, I'm the teacher here"

The strangest part is that baroque music such as Bach was often improvised during the period it was around

Jajaja, teacher showed me the chords and then I showed him how to play

@@hakeemahmadjamal7403 I would love to hear the type of stuff Bach would’ve improvised..

everybody's gangsta till twinkle twinkle little star was written by bach

@@alieffauzanrizky7202 no it wasn't, it was wrote by mozart

Petrucci can keep up with him actually he has... More sounding fingers.

It's actually the other way around

Jordan is waaaay faster than jp

@@adamvalls5094 nope.. only chuck norris is faster than petrucci

The solo of In The Name Of God shows it all.

Hah !!!! Priceless.

LOL Yeah, us REAL fans know he's from outer space

@@maximummatt73 i thought he was a wizard

@@alieffauzanrizky7202 And that

Now you know why he’s usually bald

:)

Nope, many metal musicians have abandoned their physical appearance during the pandemic, grey hair, grey beard, and mustache no hair color at all, because they do not leave their houses to tour..Jordan always shaves his head until now.

that's what i would look like if i grew my hair!

@@jorgepaul5049 yes. cause he style. he's shave to bald head since 2002.

We don’t know that for sure. It’s much more likely that she freaked out for the reason he gave. They worked on and practiced a piece, and now he’s going off script and improvising, probably would make any teacher freak out, especially when it’s against the rules. And all that time you invested in your student, they are now going to be disqualified from the competition due to breaking the rules

@marshmcclory487 maybe 😅

From the classic LINE there is countless of as talented keyboardist no offense...

@@gdmatter2286 as I read somewhere he was called a prodigy son in terms of piano in the USA but he decided to go keyboard and band.

@@goldenguti Oh. Thats cool!

He plays like shit

@@crgl2009 nobrainer detected :)

I almost believed you

That's his penis, but I get your point, he's got some complex arpeggios that necessitate the usage of the penis.

@@DanielVerberne Oh! So that's why it looks so hard.

🤣

@@majesticpbjcat7707 :)

haha

Comment of the year!🤣

If you think Jordan Rudess is kind wait until you see Jordan Nicess

@@caio509 omg....

Absolutely true. He is polite and very nice to talk to... great guy, great player.

@@caio509 get out

@@caio509 beheheeehheher

Except for all the elite pianists. I love Jordan, but there are A LOT of people who play this well and even better

@@thestoebz Don’t know who else has this much broad range of skills and style, can you suggest the ones who you say are better?

Rick wakeman?

@@thestoebz agree. ALso there's the thing of him that resembles me to Yngwee Malmsteen, if they are in front of an instrument they have to play the most notes as fast and complex as possible. That's kinda ok for these videos, but not every-single-time dude.. yeah we got it, you can play fast and complex, good for you!

@@chichochicc There are clear parts here where Jordan demonstrates he has complete understanding and in tune with the feel of music, not just speed.

Thanks for the name!

@@francocastilloAR You didn't know Highway Star? Seriously? Are you a "musician" also? Guess why it's in quotes . . . .

@@Elias0112 Highway Star is a 50 year old song with two widely known versions, it is anything but a 'lesser know [sic] standard". Rock music attracts exponentially more fans than jazz ever has, the obvious reason being that it is better music. Both have record companies, marketing and backing, and anyone can listen to anything; the majority eschew jazz, because it sucks. It's pretty much the only genre where people don't play well with others - everyone is a band except jazz players, because they all need to be the star. Something I have long described as 'total self-indulgent bullshit', and even marginally within context. Frank Zappa would laugh at you.

Guy can play his ass off...but even as a Dream Theater fan, I have to say there is not a single keyboard part he has ever played that I would consider tasty or melodic. Speed all day long, but he has never figured out that simple can be harder but more impactful.

@@mickp2258 His work with Liquid tension experiment is much better.

@@mickp2258 So true, simplicity can even be less outstanding in most cases except for when it does

@@mickp2258 You must not have listened to many DT songs then. You should change that

@@マシュードーラン literally 95% of the astonishing is slower more melodic keyboard so like ye this dude doesn’t know what he’s talking about

i know, showing off much?

He was clearly reading the music off his computer.

@@TheSateef what's wrong with that? he practiced all his life to achieve that skill. that means he can fucking show off anytime he want

ive stopped playing songs for years but you still remember how

@@alessandro9740 did he say otherwise?

They pro

They legit

they musicians

They GODS

Except for Labrie. I wish they could have picked another vocalist but whatever. I guess I'll just keep on not listening to them.

Great idea, Rodrigo. It’s disappointing to me that 99% of humanity is unaware of the likes of Rudess and Dream Theater. Pop culture is huge audiences and money, but I also see it as painfully shallow in its artistic appreciation of anything with the slightest bit of depth or complexity.

Right? He reminds me of Neil Peart, not only being a virtuoso on his instrument, but when he speaks I could listen to him all day.

@@jakegodfrey4320 I caught his show tonight and he did this for 90 minutes with an encore of The Spirit Carries On. I highly recommend seeing him if and when you get the chance

Sad but true ;)

Thats a ridiculous complaint. Juilliard or any other music school is about raising the technical level of the players, you cant practice or judge the outcome of your practice of a specific skill if you are doing whatever comes to your mind. To improve you need to compare yourself to an objective standard. Did Juilliard kill Jordan's individuality? Obviously not, what they did do was teach him the technical skills that nowadays allow him to make full use of his individuality. Music school is about developing your skills and knowledge, not about "self expression".

@@juyifan7933 There's no genuine way you're serious? It isn't about raising the technical level of students, it's about creating a hive mind, that crushes any sort of creativity in favour of rigid and outdated practices. I'm sure all of the classic composers who these Institutions worship would roll over in their graves if the see what modern music schools have become. These guys set the benchmark, and centuries later there is no innovation. Why? Because students are being told that individualism isn't welcome, and thinking outside of the box is witchcraft. There's a reason Classical music hasn't progressed in centuries. I have a friend who studies at a music school, and even though she's a fantastic flautist, she can't compose her own music for shit. If you beat out creativity, you can only stagnate and that's what classical music has done. Stagnated. So no, it isn't a ridiculous complaint. It's a completely valid one, but one you're too ignorant and self righteous to hear.

@@widexawake_ You have no idea what you are talking about. The one in a hivemind is you, spouting old platitudes of no actual import that every kid has heard. There are actual skills that you need to learn to be a good musician: counting odd meters, complex chords, scales, arpeggios, sight reading, transpositions...not to mention the specific skills of your instrument. Teachers cant judge your progress if you are improvising. It is that simple. Education is not the same as stroking your ego pretending that you are a special butterfly who's spur of the moment ideas are high art. Your hivemind comment has been repeated by every middle school teacher wanting to sound woke. It is meaningless garbage. Ask Jordan Rudess if Juiliard killed his individuality. Or anyone who went to school to learn an actual skill with objective metrics for performance.

@@juyifan7933 How can I be in a Hivemind, I'm just one guy you absolute fridge magnets. Who am I giving platitudes to? I think you're the one who doesn't know what you're talking about.

Yet extremely talented

You’ve met him ?

I’ve met him, amazing person and truly gifted!

I also met him a little more than a year ago, first at random on the streets in Stockholm than later the same day at the meet and greet. But the feeling was just so strange, the gods of their instrument just being so humble about it. Simply amazing!

Is he humble? 🤣

he's pretty good a guitar too, he even has a signature 8 string headless guitar from Druzkowski Guitars. The guitar model is called The Wizard.

Literaly

He Dominates it

I rarely see a musician and think "wow, masterful command of that instrument". Tons of great musicians, very few masters.

He has mastered the technique certainly and is a great player, although I think he is sometimes too busy trying to display speed and technique at the expense of feel and musicality. He would be better if he toned it down a bit sometimes, which would give the flashy parts more impact (same with a guitarist not constantly shredding) - just my opinion!

Most of it I was wondering if it was sped up, holy moly!

Yeah. I KNOW what you mean!

Yeah fuck that. Backwards and uptight

not why that place exists. Goto berklee if you want that. lololol

They teach classical music in which the interpretation is limited to articulation and a little tempo fluctuations.

@@eddiejohansson1949 And this is such a wrong mindset. It kills creativity

@@eddiejohansson1949 classical music in the baroque and classical period were full of improvisations. Even composers from the romantic period were improvising from time to time. I think it was only til the 19th or 20th century did improvisations in classical music die off, which is a shame. I really wish I was taught to improvise when I learned piano, it would have improved my ears so much more.

Wife? He looks like he never even kissed a girl!

@@tomowen7343 Jordan's wife is a close friend of mine and she is wonderful.

Not far from the truth!

🤣

I like this guy.. Lots! 😎He rocks! 👌

Body posture is not as important as hand posture and Technique. Bad classic piano instructors will get wrapped up in bad posture. A good piano teacher would say “Alright you clearly have an ear, let’s work on techniques to improve your piano playing and if your posture gets in the way we will correct it.”

Piano teacher here, and he obviously knows what he’s doing, so I doubt any of us would give him shit about his posture. I mostly address posture when it’s causing a problem, not just to be an annoying asshole.

@Albert Wesker how so?

@@mistrdevine you absolutely are not being an asshole. That was informative, thank you.

@@mistrdevine as a former music teacher I would agree. It's not about the fact he's playing music, it's just sitting like that for more than a couple minutes definitely isn't great for you, but still really isn't related to the music or fact he is playing the keyboard. His core and arm posture is good, just the slight lean and hunching over at the neck might cause some problems. Although, really who am I to say anything about his posture if it means he can play like that and it doesn't seem to affect him (he does play keyboards standing a lot from what I know so it might just be he isn't as used to sitting down playing an upright or grand piano)

Or Beethoven, or Mozart, etc.!