John Myung interview 2023 

Congrats, you made history by making John Myung laugh on camera for the first time ever.

I was not expecting this... It's very interesting watching an interview with 2 hugely different personalities

not an easy guy to interview

Great to hear John talk, my favourite bass player of all time.

Myung and this interviewer could not be more different from each other.

I saw Myung's bass clinic twice. He always has this Zen vibe that makes us holding on to his every word 😅

JM is my favorite bass player. He is the reason why I started learning to play bass. And he has so kind and gentle voice.

This interview is actually historic

Feel so much respect for Myung, such a noisy guy with the Bass and a Monster on his instrument, but such a quiet person and introverted. Had to see an interview with him. Wanted to see how he interacted.

Ollie is a real one for trying to push for more bass solos, really feels like the band don't let him do it enough.

John was practicing bass lines in his head during this interview 😂

A very humble, down to earth and honest man! Unlike most rock stars on an ego trip! Never change for anyone Legend!

The master speaks 😤

John myung finally speaks !!

He has used two years of speaking quota in this video.

John Myung is such a gentleman. Great musician too

This is the best interview with John Myung I have seen and you asked a lot of interesting questions. Clearly, you did a lot of prep. Great job!

john myung embodies everything a bassist should be. humble, gentle mannered, quiet, and INCREDIBLY(because i lack the needed words to properly describe it) talented. i guessed dance of eternity, but i didnt think it would take him that long to choose that one.

Can't wait to see Myung and the guys in Cedar PARK (Austin) Texas next Friday. ;-)

I see Sir John Myung, I watch every time! Such an awesome player and human being! 💯❤‍🔥 🎸

You got the man to laugh! He is one of the most chillest bass players ever!

More bass solos. Nice to hear from John.

He is a very humble genius

Very inspiring interview

John definitely opened up as the interview went on.

Dude awesome!!!! It’s not often JMX does interviews!! So cool!! I’ve been blessed enough to make John laught in 2003 I’ll never forget that day!bae don’t see him laugh often, good job lol he’s my Bass god!! Always will be! He seemed very comfortable and open and not reserved, the s was a gem to see him like this! I love JMX soo much! Just being able to look at him for longer than a brief moment makes me smile and takes me back to my teen years watching Live in Tokyo VHS you asked such great questions!! And so glad you mentioned more bass solos! 🙏😊 we NEED MORE JM!

Good interview!

Well done interview as well!

After watching this, I assume that John Myung is an ordinary man who try to make his life as balance between work, family, and his self time . That's so great 🎉🎉

Congratulations on making history!

Thank you for this interview!

My favorite bass player. His so inspirational

Absolutely love this! Great to hear my biggest influence to my playing!

Echoing other comments, John Myung is why I started learning to play bass and Mike Portnoy for drums. I remember seeing the A Rite of Passage music video on MTV when it came out. I scrolled past, and said "wait, that was kinda cool," scrolled back, and the next day, in middle school lunch break, I used the entire break to listen to them on RU-vid. This was probably 2008/9 or so. Have been a devout fan ever since. Love them to death. Your comment about them being a "musician's band" definitely rings true for me. Always wanted to go into music education, was a total band/orchestra/choir nerd throughout grade school and college. Taking theory classes and percussion studio classes really allowed me to go back and listen to DT songs that I thought I'd fully analyzed back years ago, only to find new and incredible things.

This is great! What a thrill to get to interview the mysterious and amazing Johh Myung!!

Great interview.

An immense talent and humble human being. So refreshing.

Really cool interview! Great job

John Myung is the Teller of the music industry.

Awesome interview! Kudos for the bass solos question, just at least once it'd be awesome to hear him take a full minute long or more solo spot in a song like he's clearly capable of. Great vibes all around!

Great interview brutha! 🎉

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! I envy your ability to talk to these people (I’d be sweating and stuttering the whole time). I think you did a great job working with John Myung and he truly seemed at ease and committed to the questions. Great job!

Dude is a beast of a player....

Most underrated musician I know of. What a master!

awesome

John is the nicest most humble musician I’ve ever met. A true professional musician. Awesome interview

Ehe! Pu John-a ve teh mial chu😮 Big fan sir🤘🏻🎉

John myung...is reserved the silent type of a man the greatest bass player

GOD MYUNG

WHAAAAT great interview dude, myung still looks the exact same unbelievable

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

JM best!!!

This podcast worked like magic because of two extremely opposite personalities. Great work

The man spits truth after truth. Geez.. What an inspiration. To see actual integrity is so flippin beautiful. And powerful. Thank you for showing up 🙏 Also 23:33 "there's other things i's rather be concerened with". I mean... Amen?

John Myung is a real gentleman!

The silent man speaks! This is a treasure!

Great interview! I was guessing as well. Got everyone that he mentioned out the game. Also you got the man to speak. As I used to say he does speak; when I met him w/ 3/5 of D.T. on The Awake tour. Yet nobody believed me until he did online. Good times!! BTw what if I told you that we are God's of part of the Source that wants the experiences; a infinite amount of levels; allowing us to vibe in that parallel Universe!? Hmm.... . .

As to things happened.. I remember JP goes over to each member while playing. Then gives the nod and transposes the tuning for James to sing to much more comfortable. WOW!! What a phenomenal musical ENTITY they are! Mind= bl0WN!!

He meant to say, Cedar Park, Tx! I'll be there!

I'm just honestly surprised that the man can talk for this long! Always a pleasure Ollie, I've been binging the DT interviews like season 1 of Game of Thrones! ALSO, I would add some wishes for future interviews: Ihsahn (Vegard Tveitan ex. Emperor) and Roy Sætre Khantatat (Conception, ex Kamelot singer) Both are musically proficient and very easy to talk to on a human level. All the best! Øyvind

Jonh es un hombre espiritual.. su seriedad radica en ello. No esperes una risa a carcajadas, pues la vida no esta hecha para ser feliz... si no para gozarse... shalom...

Dude, I don’t think there is anything in existence that can astound John Myung.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Tell me something will end up on wikipedia. - I like to play bass ❤

Man, you made john myung smile!

Probably thinking about which ones are the easier or fun ones to play with this or that.

First time seeing John talk more than 5 minutes

he can talk !

Id love to see Sir John having an ochestra for himself for a year.

Meditative state, that's good.

wow, those energy levels don't mesh

John is very intelligent

Myung: "ok, there you go, I laughed, can I go now?" "no?" *mmm, shouldn't have laughed*

The genius that overdubbed JM to make it look like he’s actually talking is amazing

Man ive never seen jm speak before 😮

AI technology is sooo advance these days.... They make a talking Sir John Myung so real, so alive.

I find John is more eloquent when he talks about music, bass, or creative process. Talking about his life or trivial matter is rather pointless because he isn't interested in that.

Lyrics by John Myung

John isn't a talking person for sure.

Your James Corden channeling thing going on there really contrasted the ever-zen Myung. What a strange dynamic.

Man, if i had a chance, i would ask John about Cliff Burton, what influence he has made on John.

John Myung speaks… 🤯

Most humble musician ever ! ...

It's really like that JM already knew that MP is coming back to the band when this interview was done. I'm saying it based on the answer given around 21:40... :) He tried to manoeuver with the answer and pretty much he was successful. :))) "certainly room for upper potential..." ahaa

I just saw god... he looks like John Myung 🙂

When I saw "John Myung Interview" I thought the length would be 0:02 :-)

말 할때 너무 진지하고 답변에 최선을 다해 생각해서 말하다보면 과묵해질 수 있습니다. 한국어로 말할 땐 수다쟁이인 존 명

get another one Grammy :D

He started opening up slightly 13/14 minutes in. I think he feels very awkward, and doesn’t realize how much people love and respect him. We will love, respect, and accept him even if he opens up more, and more. He just doesn’t see that.

Should of also asked him to never cut his hair! Haha That’s a signature Look! 🙌🏻

the silent man

Dream theater is my favorite band in the world. And I still always forget this guy is in the band lolz.

Congrats on keeping the interview going and on getting some information... Even though he seems "uncollaborative" 😂.

I've seen him talk, laugh, played bass, joking around, tackles labrie, but never have i seen him wearing anything but black

4:19 you tried your best

Thanks for asking about that instagram account xD, mystery solved I guess haha

bruh johnmyungimages is a fan are you fakin kidding me bruh no mamys way

A wild guess but I feel like John Myung could have been traumatized by his past experiences with public speaking, hence the anxious reactions. People with more success in public speaking usually feed off of their successes. He is probably able to express himself a lot better in writing compared to oral communication.

Mr. Myung you talk for 20 minutes but in Rome, once the last note was played, you put down the bass and walked straight away, without even a nod. Your bandmates had to call you back from backstage.

I hope that's not JM's AI Looks very realistic