John Petrucci Quotes About Style

Quotes about: Style

• We used to rehearse and that's where the roots of Dream Theater formed. Y'know, we used to play cover songs and jam to [Iron] Maiden and stuff but we were writing songs and it was this metal, loud style and we'd constantly get knocks on our door, because the rehearsal rooms were right next door to each other, and these jazz guys would be like, "Can you guys turn it down a little?"

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Song, Writing

  Source: bloody-disgusting.com

• First and foremost, with everybody we wanted to see if they can pull off the songs, play them correctly, and that they it felt right musically. That's something Mike [Mangini] did, it felt like the band. He really gets the style and delivers in a powerful metal way.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Powerful, Play

  Source: myglobalmind.com

• Instead of buying a guitar for $2,000 or $2,500 - I'm not sure how much these are going for - but it's maybe $300 or something like that. It's more for beginners and stuff like that. Obviously it's not hitting the pros. And you can't get the Piezo pickup and the color-changing paint and the inlays and all the fancy things that my signature guitars offer, but you can get the general feel of the guitar - and the body style. It's cool.

  John Petrucci

  Guitar, Color, Fancy Things

  Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com

• The good thing about playing this style that we play, you know, the progressive element of it, is that we can add in different elements of different styles. And that creates a more interesting overall sound.

  John Petrucci

  Play, Interesting, Style

  Source: www.wikimetal.com.br

• You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as a guitar player, it will come out in your improvisational style, maybe as a song writer it might come out in your note choices, or in your melodic choices, and it just helps to making your music that much more original and unique.

  John Petrucci

  Song, Unique, Player

  Source: www.wikimetal.com.br

• The style of music that we're playing, this progressive metal style, has always been an upstream battle for us. We don't usually get a lot of commercial exposure.

  John Petrucci

  Style, Battle, Progressive

  Source: bloody-disgusting.com

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