Mail to Jordan Rudess

Okay, I've mailed Jordan Rudess! at fanmail@jordanrudess.com

I've been wanting to e mail Dream Theater and ask them to come to India and perform. I mean, if they can come as close as Bangkok, then they sure can afford to come to India!

So bro suggested, I e-mail Jordan Rudess, who checks his mail regularly and replies too!! So that I did. And here is what I wrote :D

'Dear Jordan Rudess,

If I have to say that I am hugely smitten by Dream Theater, it would probably be a gross understatement. You guys have influenced my life with your music to an extent that I cannot explain, and you can never imagine. Thank you for that.

I would like to tell you Sir, that I can NEVER ever come close to loving any other band as much as I have loved Dream Theater for the rest of my life. And yes apart from your musical genius, I owe a lot if it to my brother who introduced me to your music.

I write this mail on behalf of him and me. Both of us Sir are huge fans of Dream Theater and we've decided that someday we'll both watch you guys perform live.

I'd like to extend my warmest appreciation to your work on the song HOME from the album Scenes from a Memory. I could not believe my ears when I heard Sitar strains in a Dream Theater song, and was even more stunned to know, it came from your synthesizer!! Bravo !!!! It has taken my respect for you a notch higher than before Sir. My humble respects to you.

Sir, I would like to ask you and your other band members to consider touring India. I am from India and I would love to see you guys perform here. I was recently watching the Chaos in Motion tour CD and found that you came as close as Bangkok. But , I would like to know if you would consider performing in India anytime soon.
Please keep in mind Sir, that even if circumstances don't permit you to perform here (though I'll pray for DT to perform in India), I'll make sure, my brother and I watch you live atleast once together somewhere in this world. It would be a crowning glory and a fitting tribute for the both of us to see you, OUR HEROS,live.

Wishing you the very best in all your future endeavours Sir. Rock on! \m/ '

Ha Ha, I know.. I know.. I AM nuts.. carve that onto a wall and you'd be right. :D But hey, that's all about the magic that DT works on me you know. Its inexplicable. So yeah. Till the madness continues I'll just enjoy it and take it all in. All hail! \m/

Honor Thy Father \m/

Oh, Mike Portnoy? What do I do with you? Ummm.. praising you is all I can do for the time being. :D

Well , I am referring to the song , Honor thy Father from the album 'Train of thought'. Oh, the lyrics have such awesome depth in them, I wonder how much Portnoy must've thought to write such kick ass lyrics?!! But then, every song of DT's have powerful lyrics, and such amazing depth, so a lot of thought sure goes into penning them down.

Back to my post, Honor thy father talks about a child deprived of the love of a father and how the child grows to hate him. Why am I writing? Read the lyrics and understand for yourselves!

'Expecting everyone to bow and kiss your feet
Don't you see respect is not a one way street
Blaming everyone for all that you've done wrong
I'll get my peace of mind when you hear this song

On and on and on and on it goes
And with every passing day true colors show

How can you ever sleep a wink at night
Pretending that everything is alright
And have the balls to blame this mess on me

Never in my life have I seen someone
Oblivious to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

Watch where you walk
Don't you dare cross the crooked step
Watch the way you talk
Don't cross the crooked step'

Endless Sacrifice

Endless Sacrifice features in the album Train of Thought. One of my most favourite albums of DT's. This song is pure bliss in all ways possible. The lyrics, the music,the vocals are pure magic.
It talks about the travails of living apart , and how one has to suffer and compromise continuously in a relationship which breaks up.

Beautiful piece of work.

"Won't be forgotten
Or taken for granted
I'll always remember
Your endless sacrifice"

Smooth

Its smooth. From start to finish. I'm talking about 'Lines in the sand' from Falling into Infinity. God in heaven.. right from the vocals(that I am a huge fan of) to the riffs.. Oh the entire song just flows like a piece of silk slipping through your fingers!

Lines in the sand is going to stay on repeat mode on my playlist for a longtime to come. \m/

3:07:25!

3:07:25?

Yes. Three hours , seven minutes and twenty five seconds of watching my Heros perform live across the world, as part of their Chaos in Motion tour 2007-08! What could be better? Its been my first time DT-performing-live-watching thing.. so I was totally glued to it! Cranked the volume up and sat through 180 minutes of sheer ecstasy!

Now I know what it'd be like if I had to go for a DT concert myself. The atmosphere that I got to see atthe concerts that DT played at, the crowds lined up, were just mindblowing to say the least! I mean, for a band started by three boys when they were in music school, to come such a long way and become phenomenal stars is indeed a great thing!

Watch the Chaos in motion tour DVD please! Its amazing. And what is the good word I use? yes, AWESOME!! :D

To the gig fellas! Happy watching!

Home - SFAM

Oh this is sheer heaven! Jordan Rudess? Take a bow. NOW! Sitar strains on a synthesizer? I mean for real? That's what the underlying music of Home (Scenes from a Memory) start off with. The Indian feel to it comes from Jordan Rudess' synthesizer and then followed by Petrucci's guitar! I mean , what in the name of good heaven have they composed?

I love this song to pieces and for anyone who wants to listen to DT , must surely listen to this piece of work. MAHA awesome! DT I prostrate before thee. Nothing to beat you guys anyday. No one. :) Hail you!!

Take Away my Pain

Its been a long time. And no justice is done to the fact that I've not been posting on my blog at all. Been falling into infinity myself. ;)

But hey, nothing like experiencing the high and the low in the span of 12 months you know. And something that gives you the courage to look things in the eye no matter how tough and be able to face it. Yes, I think its been a great journey!

So like the lyrics of Take away my pain from 'Falling into infinity' .. I say too

Take away my pain
Leave the cold outside
Please don't let it rain
Don't stumble on my pride
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened anymore \m/

Bring on 2009! Good times for you DT! Looking forward to some awesome music too! Rock on!