Dream Theater

Is not easy for me to choose one band or musician, but Dream Theater is one of my favorite band. This American band of progressive metal was born with the name of Majesty in 1985 and it was finally called Dream Theater.

One of the things I like of this band is that all of the members are virtuous musicians. John Petrucci, the guitarist, is considered one of the best guitar players. He has participated many times in the G3. Mike Portnoy, the drummer, is one of the greatest drummers and one of my favorites. Is incredible watch him, because his skills are amazing. Complete the formation John Myung, virtuous bass player, Jordan Rudess, the keyboardist that always innovate with new technology (like continnum or iPad) and James LaBrie in the vocals. They create long and complex songs or concept albums like “Scenes from a Memory”, where all the songs are connected and seem like all the disc is one song of 77 minutes. Even they discs are connected: the end of last song is the beginning of the first song of other album, so you can hear hours of music like it was one song.

One of my favorite songs of Dream Theater is Octavarium. I think this song allow to hear different sounds of the band (but not all) in one song and the disc with the same name is one of my favorite.

Recently, Portnoy left the band. This is very sad and a great lost for the band, because the ability of Mike in the drums and composition will be missed.

I left you with the song “A change of Seasons”. A beauty, complex and amazing song like only Dream can do. Enjoy it…