Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York (2001)

TransAtlantic Live In America Video (2001)

Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry (1999)

Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater (1999)

5 Years In A LIVEtime (1998)

John Myung - Progressive Bass Concepts (1996)

John Petrucci - Rock Discipline (1996)

Mike Portnoy-Progressive Drum Concepts(1996)

Images and Words - Live in Tokyo

 

Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
  Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York (2001)

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The video contains "Scenes From A Memory" in its entirety from its final performance in New York City on August 30th, 2000.

The contents of the Special Edition DVD is:

  1. SFAM in its entirety from its final performance in New York City
  2. Audio Commentary throughout SFAM by all 5 members of Dream Theater
  3. Over one hour of bonus live material
  4. Behind The Scenes Documentary
  5. Metropolis 2000 World Tour Photo Gallery
"Dream Theater has maintained a rare combination of stellar musicianship and unwavering passion, selling millions and filling concert venues worldwide. "Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York", available on DVD and VHS, continues Dream Theater's history of transporting fans to worlds only progressive rock's premier standard bearers could create. Directed by drummer Mike Portnoy, "Metropolis 2000" features Dream Theater's performance of 1999's acclaimed "Scenes from a Memory" plus over one hour of bonus live material, at New York's Roseland Ballroom in August 2000, capturing the band's theatricality and raw, unbridled live prowess. Songs: Opening Scene, Regression, Overture 1928, Strange Deja Vu, Through My Words, Fatal Tragedy, Beyond This Life, John and Theresa Solo Spot, Through Her Eyes, Home, The Dance of Eternity, One Last Time, The Spirit Carries On, Finally Free, Closing Scene, A Mind Beside Itself Parts 1, 2, 3, Learning to Live, A Change of Seasons."
     
TransAtlantic Live In America (2001)
  TransAtlantic Live In America Video (2001)

LIVE VIDEO RELEASE
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  1. All Of The Above

  2. Mystery Train
  3. Magical Mystery Tour
  4. Strawberry Fields Forever

  5. We All Need Some Light

  6. Honky Tonk Woman

  7. Watcher Of The Skies
  8. Firth Of Fifth

  9. My New World

    Encore:

  10. Medley:
    There Is More To This World
    Go The Way You Go
    The Great Escape
    Finally Free
    She's So Heavy

    Plus Special Bonus: "Behind The Scenes" footage
    From the SUMMER 2000 AMERICAN TOUR
     
Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
 

Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry (1999)

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
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The ultimate in keyboard instructional video is here! KEYBOARD WIZARDRY by JORDAN RUDESS reveals useful hints and unique exercises to get you over the edge to become a versatile keyboard player. One of the most respected keyboardists in the industry, Jordan Rudess demonstrates his keyboard mastery on this full-length video. Topics covered include lead improvisation, rhythmic exercises, harmony and voice-leading exercises, finger exercises, synth-programming, bass-line construction, and more. Music from Jordan's current projects will be featured as well.

Many of the exercises from the video will be posted on the website, to help you digest each exercise at your own pace. This unique "Online Conservatory" concept will help you make the most of what's on the video, and it's FREE for those purchasing the video on the web.

     
Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
  Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater (1999)

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
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Total running time: 175 minutes

Volume One features music from both Cd's by Liquid Tension Experiment and includes footage shot at Millbrook Studios where both were recorded. Mike performs eight songs/segments and breaks down parts from each. In addition he explains how to develop a "toolbox" of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive "home footage" of LTE in the studio and rare live footage of the band.

Songs Include:

  • Acid Rain
  • Osmosis
  • Kindred Spirits
  • Paradigm Shift
  • When the Water Break
  • Biaxident
  • Chris and Kevin's Excellent Adventure
  • Another Dimension
  • Universal Mind

Volume Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater and features footage shot at Beartracks Studios. Mike performs eleven songs/segments from the "Falling Into Infinity" and "Scenes From a Memory" CD's and isolates the drum parts from each song. He also discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing double bass technique, soloing and much more. Also included is exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 Touring Into Infinity tour.

Songs Include:
  • Just Let Me Breathe
  • New Millennium
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • Home
  • 6:00
  • Under A Glass Moon
  • Fatal Tragedy
  • Lines in the Sand
  • The Dance of Eternity
  • Learning to Live
  • A Change of Seasons Pt. VII
     
Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
  5 Years In A LIVEtime (1998)

FULL-LENGTH VIDEO RELEASE
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ARTICLES

Material from the last five years: Footage of the 1994-1995 "Waking Up The World" and 1997-1998 "Touring Into Infinity" tours, the "Awake" and "Falling Into Infinity" studio sessions, the unplugged fan club show in Rotterdam in 1998 and the "uncovered" show at Ronnie Scott's in London in 1995 plus three video clips: "Lie", "The Silent Man" and "Hollow Years".

  1. Burning My Soul
  2. Cover My Eyes
  3. Lie (video clip)
  4. 6:00
  5. Voices
  6. The Silent Man (video clip)
  7. Damage Inc.
  8. Easter
  9. Starship Trooper
  10. Hollow Years (video clip)
  11. Puppies On Acid
  12. Just Let Me Breathe
  13. Perfect Strangers
  14. Speak To Me
  15. Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
  16. Anna Lee
  17. To Live Forever
  18. Metropolis
  19. Peruvian Skies
  20. Learning To Live
  21. A Change of Seasons

     
Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
  John Myung - Progressive Bass Concepts (1996)

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
REVIEW

John Myung, the bassist for the progressive heavy metal band Dream Theater, discusses and demonstrates the techniques that put him in the forefront of progressive bass playing. Topics include: opening bass solo, chord tone lesson, pattern and chord applications, scale lesson, harmonics lesson ("Lifting Shadows Off A Dream"), left hand technique ("A Change of Seasons"), right hand technique, tapping technique ("Metropolis" and "Scarred") and a jam with Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian. Booklet included.

The video was first released from Rittor Music in Japan in 1996. Then in 1997 it was released world-wide.

Instructor - John Myung (Bass)

With Special Guests:
Mike Portnoy (Drums)
Derek Sherinian (Keyboards)

Running Time : 60 min.
1996 / Rittor Music

 
Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
  John Petrucci - Rock Discipline (1996)

An awesome 2 hour epic on the modern guitar. A short segment on warm up the John covers: Developing speed and accuracy, chromatic exercises, playing with dynamics, connecting scale fragments to form long solo lines and much more. Includes a booklet.

Instructor : John Petrucci (Guitar)

Running Time : 120 min.
1996 / Yamaha - REH Video

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Jordan Rudess - Keyboard Wizardry
  Mike Portnoy-Progressive Drum Concepts(1996)

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO

Contains the opening drum solo, drum set assembly, double bass technique example: "Pull Me Under"; odd time signatures examples: "Voices", "Metropolis", "A Change Of Seasons"; grove & phrasing examples "Surrounded", "Take the Time"; ending drum solo "Erotomania.

Instructor : Mike Portnoy (Drums)

with Special Guests:
John Myung (Bass)
Derek Sherinian (Keyboards)

Running time : 60 min.
1996 / Rittor Music

Also includes a booklet of exercises and transcriptions.

     
TransAtlantic Live In America (2001)
 

Images and Words - Live in Tokyo

 

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  1. Arrival
  2. Under A Glass Moon (live)
  3. The making of Pull Me Under
  4. Pull Me Under (video)
  5. The making of Take The Time
  6. Take The Time (video)
  7. Kimonos and Tapes That Are Too Big
  8. The Condoms of Dream Theater
  9. The Interview
  10. Wait For Sleep (live)
  11. Surrounded (live)
  12. The Ytse Jam/Drum Solo (live)
  13. Balls and Chunk Are Where It's At
  14. Another Day (video)
  15. (To Live) Forever/Barf Bag (live)
  16. A Fortune In Lies (live)
  17. Mike Crosses the Abbey Road
  18. Pup/Take The Time (live)
  19. Take The Time by Galactic Cowboys
  20. Take The Time by Sebastian Bach
  21. Breast Signing
  22. Pull Me Under (live)