Jordan's version is more like "Twinkle twinkle little astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity"
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!
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.
Jordan: "Teacher showed me the chords and then I started to improvise." Story goes that if you listen very carefully you can still actually hear his teacher crying in envy
@@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!
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.
Someone please do a movie or a doc about this genius. It's so satisfying to watch him talking and playing beatifully. A whole other level of expertise and passion
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.
@@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
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. th-cam.com/video/NO-ecxHEPqI/w-d-xo.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.
Jordan Rudess is such an amazing keyboardist. I still can’t believe that he’s 64 years old. I’m a big Dream Theater fan. Jordan has been the keyboardist for Dream Theater since 1999 and he’s been creating some amazing keyboard melodies for the band ever since. He’s responsible for give DT their melodic side within progressive metal.🤘🏾🎹
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.
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!
It's great to see his enthusiasm, he still has the flame burning and is full of generosity. He plays and smile, and that's universal and communicative. Thank you Sir!
Thank you Loudwire and Jordan Rudess for the free piano lesson I've been stuck with long-range arpeggios till this afternoon, now I managed to see how to actually "arpeggio with the flow" lol
The greatest pianist I have ever seen...there comes a time when you play an instrument for so long that you become an extension of that instrument..this man is no exception.
It was a pleasure to watch Jordan talk about and play through his history as a pianist! There are many awe-inspiring Rudess moments in Dream Theater for me, but my favorite is in my favorite song of all time: Octavarium. His keyboard section that brings in movement III, "Full Circle," is still as much a joy for me to hear the 200th time as the first. I'll always be grateful that Rudess brought his immense talent to rock music.
That entire song to me is a masterpiece. The Continuum blew my mind in the intro. When I heard it for the first time, I thought it was Petrucci on guitar. That song is truly a gem. The synth solo in the 12th minute is right up there with the solo from Home.
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Absolutely. This is where he shine's the brightest.
@@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.
Thank you for posting this! I showed this video as a lesson for 4th and 5th grade general music classes (explained everything he mentioned along the way, talked about different genres, etc) and played live videos of the solos so the kids could hear it within the context of the song... the kids were amazed and absolutely glued! 🤘🏼 Next generation of DT fans, coming up on Long Island!
I've seen them twice. First time was after their release of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance, which was a 3 hr show. Second show was them playing The Astonishing all of the way through. Both were awesome shows.
Jordan is so good it's like Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and a grand piano itself had one giant orgy, this would be their genius prodigy kid: Jordan Rudess! It's like in groundhog day when Bill Murray learns piano, except Jordan must have been stuck in that same day for about 4000 years, he's that good.
Jordan Rudess is quite possibly the single most skilled, most knowledgeable, most thorough MASTER of music that has ever walked the face of this planet.
I absolutely LOVE the effort Jordan went through to make this video, not only his enthusiasm, but the sheer effort and time he put into the different cool camera angles, explanations, etc. Dude gave you probably $1k worth of piano lessons in 20 minutes. Bravo.
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.
@@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)
This came up in my feed today and although I have never really been into Dream Theater, I am so glad I clicked on this - Jordan is an amazing player and will have me going back and checking out his stuff - amazing player
Wow, Jordan, this was like a master class to me. I've always loved your playing ability but now I understand it deeper. And I got a few good hints along the way too! Thanks for sharing!
What i love most is his gentle personality, smiling and enjoying what he is doing plus his very young eyes even after all these incredible years on tour with those energetic shows.. A real inspiration to practice. Music is it!
To be honest The Dream Theater is one of my latest discoveries. Sounds funny but nobody's perfect. Combination of all of you sounds great, massive great mixture of heavy sound with progressive rock sound. The Liquid Tension Experiment - I was sitting close to two hours listening all from start to the end with you and Tony Levin and Petrucci and Portnoy. I am hooked. All the best from Europe /Poland Marek (55)
"We didn't have a piano at home, so my mom went out and bought one." Love this. My dad is the reason I got into drumming. He plays guitar and all of his friends were musicians. I always just loved music and he knew that. He got me a guitar at a very young age but I never picked it up. Then he got me my first drum set at 10 and I slowly started to play here and there but never focused on it. Until I was around 13 and then just fell in love with it one day while listening to Iron Maiden. Run To The Hills to be exact. I play almost everyday now at 29.
I simply cannot smile wide whenever he plays a fun run or arpeggio because he establishes mood by adding harmony to the atmosphere of every song. His DT stuff is mind-blowing, yeah but seeing his takes on classics just make my heart full of joy. God bless this wizard.
Excellent, smiles on faces that's what I like to see. I'm a huge Jon Lord fan especially those long songs of the early 70s where he just takes the organ away into the night.
Jordan you are such a gift to music, your storytelling and explanation make watching you so enjoyable, thanks for all the lessons and videos on your playing, truly amazing
Thank you Jordan, what an awesome episode! Very educational too! Beautiful scale at 11:53 particularly grabbed my heart, reminding me of my keyboard hero, Eddie Jobson.
i am literally watching this every day and trying to learn from You Jordan, bro. BRO. You are still an inspiration to us all, i hope to rock out like you on stage one day!
Jordan, I will never forget the afternoon and day I spent with you when you were a clinician for Kurzweil back in the 90s. I now had two keyboard heroes, including Keith of course. My old school boss was a little horrified that a guy with hair down to his ass would be giving a presentation to our mom and pop piano store customers that evening. But she, got over that in a minute. LOL You were gracious and your presentation ruled. I've enjoyed following your career since then. You have been an inspiration.
I quit piano when I was 11. I picked it up again later. I was the same way, I learned the piano organically before I ever had lessons. We had one at home from the time I could remember. Before I could even get up on the bench or see the keyboard, I would reach up and feel the notes, listen, and pick out songs. Sometimes I think I was lucky to be exposed to the piano as just an object with 88 buttons that I could interact organically with instead of being told how I was SUPPOSED to interact with it. Of course later when I got into lessons, I would start improvising "other stuff" with the songs I was assigned, and especially at our weekly group lesson, my teacher would have to stop and explain to the group what I was doing, and that while it sounded good and was technically not "wrong" what I was playing appeared nowhere on the music. To this day people are amazed when I can listen to a song once or twice, and play my own interpretation of it.
Jordan Rudess is soooooo awesome and wholesome!! I love this guy! By the way, that solo piano in the passage of time that he mentioned he loved doing, is exactly the same part that I love the most within that song. I'm so glad he decided to go for a more melodic tone within that song, it just sounds so beautiful and gives it more emotion! JR is just amazing and a real genius who has completely mastered his instrument!
Amazing! I'm a classic rock kinda guy but listening and especially watching him play is breathtaking! You wish people like him would live forever so we can keep being amazed at every turn.
Simultaneously down to earth and heavenly sublime! Making the complexity of the simple basics attainable through enjoyable practice, practice, practice! You rock the works!
really cool guy I got to meet him at The Namm show in Austin Texas a few years ago,he’s a class act he took pictures with me and my niece and singed autographs for us,and then we watched him do an impromptu jam at one of the booths 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸🎶🎶 what a master!!
Funny how so many of the great keyboard players like yourself had a similar start. 1) love of improvisation 2) distain for the stuffy, unaccepting conservatory rigidness. 3) fascination with synthesizers. Your story is similar to that of Wakeman and Banks. Actually I had a similar story out of Peabody although you eclipse me as a player. Great stuff Jordan and have a wonderful New Year.
I get into LTE while studiying from my University. I remember playing their live concert in L.A. and I was like, ok lets give them a chance... Then the first riff of "Acid Rain" came and I was like... I gotta left anything I was doing at the time and focus con the concert, and there's where I actually found Jordan Rudess playing style and virtuosism and till this day I'm just blown away by the fact I didnt knew how talented these guy are, now Im a LTE big fan and also bought a piano because of Jordan, he inspired me to play piano.
The irony of not allowing him to improvise over Bach Preludes despite the fact Bach was famous in his lifetime as a virtuosic performer who improvised.
My philosophy with 'making' music is that limiting improv also limits your ability to experiment. Some of the best stuff I have ever made is after hours of improvising when I finally hit exactly what fits/what sounds great to me, which is normally nowhere near what I thought it would be (or piecing together the best bits over the session). Not improvising is like a writer not having multiple drafts of a novel, and I don't care how good a writer is, everyone needs to edit something in their work.
@@leek6927 no. How it was written down. Someone in the comments said, Bach was improvising all the time, maybe it was meant to be improvised all around?
UPDATE: Due to a printing error, LTE 3 will be released April 16 instead of March 26.
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
Jordan's version is more like "Twinkle twinkle little astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity"
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!
He has completed the piano and awaits the sequel.
Coming This Summer: Piano 2.
Seaboard?
The forte
@@WillyJunior I would love to see that
Foot piano.
I love that Jordan Rudess with Hair literally looks just like an 18th century composer.
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!
Jordan be like... “so... when I was in the womb, I learnt this little piece”
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.
“haven’t played it in 50 years”
proceeds to play it perfectly
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 :))
dude could literally play dance of eternity while talking about how good the salad he had yesterday was
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
He's a genius, yet so humble and such a kind person.
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
Gotta love how energic and happy he is. One of the most talented and humble musicians I've ever met
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? 🤣
This is accidently the greatest music lesson of all time.
of All Time.
of All Time.
of All Time.
Totally agree !
of All Time.
This guy is so great. Total virtuoso.
The Keith Emerson of our time.
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.
He looks like the piano final boss here, some kind of piano wizard
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”
Jordan: "Teacher showed me the chords and then I started to improvise."
Story goes that if you listen very carefully you can still actually hear his teacher crying in envy
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..
When he have to create a whole childhood fiction story to convince us he's a human.
Hah !!!!
Priceless.
LOL
Yeah, us REAL fans know he's from outer space
@@maximummatt73 i thought he was a wizard
@@alieffauzanrizky7202 And that
Jordan Rudess isn't just a master of piano, he is the master of masters of piano.
There is nobody quite like this man who has ever existed before.
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.
He's the "Theater" part of Dream Theater.
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
I get the impression that he's pretty good at playing the keyboard/piano. O.o
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.
Someone please do a movie or a doc about this genius. It's so satisfying to watch him talking and playing beatifully. A whole other level of expertise and passion
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
It was interesting to see the reincarnation of Bach play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'
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.
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@@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.
People like him should be forever young.... He is producing pure art.... Thank you ....
This guy is a madman on keyboard. He is literally a genius at his craft and yet so humble….😊
Jordan Rudess is such an amazing keyboardist. I still can’t believe that he’s 64 years old. I’m a big Dream Theater fan. Jordan has been the keyboardist for Dream Theater since 1999 and he’s been creating some amazing keyboard melodies for the band ever since. He’s responsible for give DT their melodic side within progressive metal.🤘🏾🎹
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
I don’t think that the teacher knew how much of a virtuoso he would turn into.
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
@@valedonjos nobrainer detected :)
"I haven't played it in like 50 years"
Proceeds to play it flawlessly...
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?
My respect for Jordan when he talked about Keith Emerson and then played BENNY THE BOUNCER out of any track, what a real one.
Love how he enjoys it, how he smiles and how he never has stopped being a child. Thx!
He just taught me more in 5 minutes than I even knew existed about a piano.
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
Look how happy he got playing. He just loves what he does. So contagious and awesome to see.
A modern master of piano. He has literally mastered his instrument.
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!
It's great to see his enthusiasm, he still has the flame burning and is full of generosity. He plays and smile, and that's universal and communicative. Thank you Sir!
He can keep up with john petrucci's lightning fast solos.. enough said
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.
0:39 I feel like this is EXACTLY how Jordan played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" at 7 years old; cant tell me otherwise
Twinkle Twinkle: starts
Me: I can play that!
Twinkle Twinkle: gets real
Me: I can't play that!
everybody's gangsta till twinkle twinkle little star was written by bach
@@alieffauzanrizky7202 no it wasn't, it was wrote by mozart
Not a huge Dream Theater guy, but damn they're all so unbelievably good.
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.
Thank you Loudwire and Jordan Rudess for the free piano lesson
I've been stuck with long-range arpeggios till this afternoon, now I managed to see how to actually "arpeggio with the flow" lol
The greatest pianist I have ever seen...there comes a time when you play an instrument for so long that you become an extension of that instrument..this man is no exception.
if you watch closely, you can actually see his 7th right hand finger in some parts
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 :)
Jesus, I never realized how much of a virtuoso Jordan actually is. That's amazing
Hardly anyone realizes it. He's easily the most underrated musician in the world.
Have you been living under a rock? He displays his virtuosity any chance he gets.
It was hilarious watching him play twinkle little star then fucking shredding it haha
@@gringochucha I actually listen to dream theater every single day, but their music certainly doesn't do justice to what he's actually capable of
@@gringochucha i was about to comment the same...u must be kidding me if u listen to DT every day and u didnt realize jordan's virtuoso lol
It was a pleasure to watch Jordan talk about and play through his history as a pianist! There are many awe-inspiring Rudess moments in Dream Theater for me, but my favorite is in my favorite song of all time: Octavarium. His keyboard section that brings in movement III, "Full Circle," is still as much a joy for me to hear the 200th time as the first. I'll always be grateful that Rudess brought his immense talent to rock music.
yeees! same
That entire song to me is a masterpiece. The Continuum blew my mind in the intro. When I heard it for the first time, I thought it was Petrucci on guitar. That song is truly a gem. The synth solo in the 12th minute is right up there with the solo from Home.
Absolutely. This is where he shine's the brightest.
The Highway Star solo did it for me 👌🏻👌🏻
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.
Thank you for posting this! I showed this video as a lesson for 4th and 5th grade general music classes (explained everything he mentioned along the way, talked about different genres, etc) and played live videos of the solos so the kids could hear it within the context of the song... the kids were amazed and absolutely glued! 🤘🏼
Next generation of DT fans, coming up on Long Island!
That lead on Overture 1928 is what got me into Dream Theater. Bravo Jordan!
Such a humble guy! I had the pleasure to see Dream Theater live back in 2014, 3 hours of awesome music!
I've seen them twice. First time was after their release of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance, which was a 3 hr show. Second show was them playing The Astonishing all of the way through. Both were awesome shows.
@@MaxStone289 Cool! I'm looking forward to see them live in a near future...
Jordan is so good it's like Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and a grand piano itself had one giant orgy, this would be their genius prodigy kid: Jordan Rudess! It's like in groundhog day when Bill Murray learns piano, except Jordan must have been stuck in that same day for about 4000 years, he's that good.
Thanks!
Jordan Rudess is quite possibly the single most skilled, most knowledgeable, most thorough MASTER of music that has ever walked the face of this planet.
I dont know much about Jordan but I love DT. He has such a humble personality and reminds me of Neil Peart. What class.
I absolutely LOVE the effort Jordan went through to make this video, not only his enthusiasm, but the sheer effort and time he put into the different cool camera angles, explanations, etc. Dude gave you probably $1k worth of piano lessons in 20 minutes. Bravo.
His body stance would make every "classic piano " teacher cry
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)
This came up in my feed today and although I have never really been into Dream Theater, I am so glad I clicked on this - Jordan is an amazing player and will have me going back and checking out his stuff - amazing player
Nothing better in life than a mother or father believes in you before a single note is played. That goes so far beyond faith, it has no comparison.
When Jordan says it's been 50 years he's actually serious haha
This guy is absolutely incredible.
Jordan is so amazing! His playing is so clean and precise. Such an awesome player
This man is not of this world. Mind-boggling brilliance and a wonderful musician.
Wow, Jordan, this was like a master class to me. I've always loved your playing ability but now I understand it deeper. And I got a few good hints along the way too! Thanks for sharing!
One of those guys you hate to see age cause you want him to play forever he’s just the best there is I never tire of listening to him
What i love most is his gentle personality, smiling and enjoying what he is doing plus his very young eyes even after all these incredible years on tour with those energetic shows.. A real inspiration to practice. Music is it!
This isn't just him playing his favorite keyboard parts, this is a masterclass lesson!
some people are better at what they do than others and these guys are on the top of the list
To be honest The Dream Theater is one of my latest discoveries. Sounds funny but nobody's perfect. Combination of all of you sounds great, massive great mixture of heavy sound with progressive rock sound. The Liquid Tension Experiment - I was sitting close to two hours listening all from start to the end with you and Tony Levin and Petrucci and Portnoy. I am hooked. All the best from Europe /Poland Marek (55)
"We didn't have a piano at home, so my mom went out and bought one." Love this. My dad is the reason I got into drumming. He plays guitar and all of his friends were musicians. I always just loved music and he knew that. He got me a guitar at a very young age but I never picked it up. Then he got me my first drum set at 10 and I slowly started to play here and there but never focused on it. Until I was around 13 and then just fell in love with it one day while listening to Iron Maiden. Run To The Hills to be exact. I play almost everyday now at 29.
9 years old kid: *starts awesome impro*
Classical piano teacher: *angry baroque screech*
*Jordan starts to play Twinkle Twinkle with one finger*
Me: yeah... that's so eas...
*Jordan playing a million notes in 16 minutes*
Me: *crying*
I like this guy.. Lots! 😎He rocks! 👌
Fantastic. He has such a warm and gentle manner about him too.
Same with John Petrucci while talking
I simply cannot smile wide whenever he plays a fun run or arpeggio because he establishes mood by adding harmony to the atmosphere of every song. His DT stuff is mind-blowing, yeah but seeing his takes on classics just make my heart full of joy. God bless this wizard.
This guy is a role model IMO. The sort of person you would want to inspire your kids!
Excellent, smiles on faces that's what I like to see. I'm a huge Jon Lord fan especially those long songs of the early 70s where he just takes the organ away into the night.
"I haven't played Light My Fire in probably 50 years"
*Proceeds to play it perfectly*
Well, he knows how the song goes and how music works, that's a way of remembering without actually playing it.
And twice as fast
He was reading the score, you can see it in his eyes. But still, his wizardry always shines through 😄
Years of practice has made this man the best! I would love to be able to attain magical skills like this....
Jordan you are such a gift to music, your storytelling and explanation make watching you so enjoyable, thanks for all the lessons and videos on your playing, truly amazing
no wonder he is called the wizard, he is an insane player
He also looks like one
@@MrKaraokeguy88 true, in some concerts i think he used a wizard's hat too
No it's because of that lame ass goatee.
Dance of Eternity without the rest of the band sounds like a Zelda boss battle
So true. Spot on 👌
Ganondorf's Battle from Ocarina of Time been a 23/16 fits quite well in the odd prog shenenigans
Love this studio. It's so obvious he is an actual musician who gets his stuff set up and then actually uses it.
Thank you Jordan, what an awesome episode! Very educational too!
Beautiful scale at 11:53 particularly grabbed my heart, reminding me of my keyboard hero, Eddie Jobson.
he still feels every single note after so many years he playing piano. i love this.
Amazingly gifted musician. The new LTE is going to be amazing!!!
I like that they’re branching out with this series its so interesting to me to hear their influences and little tips they give.
Jordans Wife: "Get out of the House with your keyboard stuff, go in the garage."
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!
🤣
His happiness while playing is contagious!! 🤗🤩
i am literally watching this every day and trying to learn from You Jordan, bro. BRO. You are still an inspiration to us all, i hope to rock out like you on stage one day!
JR is the most amazing combination of humble, generous, and almost childlike in enthusiasm. Rock on JR, thanks for the music!
8:52 just proves how great of a composer Elton John really is. My God does that sound gorgeous!!
What song is it???
@@samarsalan9897 Your Song.
@@BigMansfield oh lol thanks! XD
@@samarsalan9897 no problem 😁
Wow....such 🔥🔥🔥
Jordan, I will never forget the afternoon and day I spent with you when you were a clinician for Kurzweil back in the 90s. I now had two keyboard heroes, including Keith of course. My old school boss was a little horrified that a guy with hair down to his ass would be giving a presentation to our mom and pop piano store customers that evening. But she, got over that in a minute. LOL You were gracious and your presentation ruled. I've enjoyed following your career since then. You have been an inspiration.
I quit piano when I was 11. I picked it up again later. I was the same way, I learned the piano organically before I ever had lessons. We had one at home from the time I could remember. Before I could even get up on the bench or see the keyboard, I would reach up and feel the notes, listen, and pick out songs. Sometimes I think I was lucky to be exposed to the piano as just an object with 88 buttons that I could interact organically with instead of being told how I was SUPPOSED to interact with it. Of course later when I got into lessons, I would start improvising "other stuff" with the songs I was assigned, and especially at our weekly group lesson, my teacher would have to stop and explain to the group what I was doing, and that while it sounded good and was technically not "wrong" what I was playing appeared nowhere on the music. To this day people are amazed when I can listen to a song once or twice, and play my own interpretation of it.
Jordan Rudess is soooooo awesome and wholesome!! I love this guy! By the way, that solo piano in the passage of time that he mentioned he loved doing, is exactly the same part that I love the most within that song. I'm so glad he decided to go for a more melodic tone within that song, it just sounds so beautiful and gives it more emotion! JR is just amazing and a real genius who has completely mastered his instrument!
That opening part in "Dance of Eternity" sounds like a boss battle in a JRPG
I get shivers ever time I hear Jordan play those epic melodic parts. Such a talent, thank you for the awesome memories!!
Amazing! I'm a classic rock kinda guy but listening and especially watching him play is breathtaking! You wish people like him would live forever so we can keep being amazed at every turn.
Simultaneously down to earth and heavenly sublime! Making the complexity of the simple basics attainable through enjoyable practice, practice, practice! You rock the works!
3:24 he plays that and still casually talks about other thing. wow!
really cool guy I got to meet him at The Namm show in Austin Texas a few years ago,he’s a class act he took pictures with me and my niece and singed autographs for us,and then we watched him do an impromptu jam at one of the booths 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸🎶🎶 what a master!!
Loved this. As a keyboard player myself, I appreciated hearing Jordan's evolution and techniques...tips that I can apply to my own playing.
I dont play piano, nor am I the biggest fan of DT, but goddamn I could listen to Jordan talk and play all day.
Insane talent wow awesome can be used non-hyperbolically in this instance.
Funny how so many of the great keyboard players like yourself had a similar start. 1) love of improvisation 2) distain for the stuffy, unaccepting conservatory rigidness. 3) fascination with synthesizers. Your story is similar to that of Wakeman and Banks. Actually I had a similar story out of Peabody although you eclipse me as a player. Great stuff Jordan and have a wonderful New Year.
I get into LTE while studiying from my University. I remember playing their live concert in L.A. and I was like, ok lets give them a chance... Then the first riff of "Acid Rain" came and I was like... I gotta left anything I was doing at the time and focus con the concert, and there's where I actually found Jordan Rudess playing style and virtuosism and till this day I'm just blown away by the fact I didnt knew how talented these guy are, now Im a LTE big fan and also bought a piano because of Jordan, he inspired me to play piano.
The irony of not allowing him to improvise over Bach Preludes despite the fact Bach was famous in his lifetime as a virtuosic performer who improvised.
It’s a classical thing, they think everything should be done to exactly how it’s meant to be
Classical snobs.
Haha. I assumed that too. Composition and improvisation are basically the same thing.
My philosophy with 'making' music is that limiting improv also limits your ability to experiment. Some of the best stuff I have ever made is after hours of improvising when I finally hit exactly what fits/what sounds great to me, which is normally nowhere near what I thought it would be (or piecing together the best bits over the session). Not improvising is like a writer not having multiple drafts of a novel, and I don't care how good a writer is, everyone needs to edit something in their work.
@@leek6927 no. How it was written down. Someone in the comments said, Bach was improvising all the time, maybe it was meant to be improvised all around?
You are such a show-off! Being the best keyboardist of all times doesn't give you the right to do so. On the other hand... thank you so much!
Lmao!!!! Dude.... Reminds me of myself.... Like "What the hell is this guy even playing?!?!? Wish I could do do that.... :P
It’s rare to see someone who has truly mastered something. I hope i’m as good at something like he is it the piano before I die.
well the earlier you start, the earlier you finish
@@gog4840 Right you are 👍