Lifting Shadows 50%

Hah.. I am through reading 50% of their bio! Wow! Yes, I've admired DT for their technical prowress and sheer talent, something that has caught my attention right from the time I got entangled into their music. But , after reading their bio, and being just halfway through mind you, my level of respect for them has moved several notches higher!!

It is really really not easy for 3 college going boys to dream big, drop their education at an institution as illustrious as Berklee, to believe in their own talent and stick through with that one passion in mind, to make it big!! And yes, its indeed such an achievement to be where they are.. doing what they do!

Salutations to all you guys for daring to dreaming big! If you hadn't the world would never have had Dream Theater!

ROCK ON!

Lifting Shadows 16%

I'm done reading approximately 16% of DT's biography.. though I know its a crime on my part to have not finished more in the past one week :D

What can I say! One fun filled journey it has been for me to know how the birth of Dream Theater took place :) The humble beginnings of Majesty,the auditions for vocalists..Chris Collins .. and Charlie Dominici were all an inspirational read!

I've enjoyed the book until now and I know for sure the rest of the bio will only be more engrossing :)

So until I finish more, Happy reading to me :D :D

Dream come true

A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY BRO AND MY DT GURU (ADITYA BHAGATH!)

I visited Dream Theater's official website sometime last year and remember browsing it for quite sometime. And there I came across the fact that DT released their authorized biography and that it was available for sale, but only through order online and not through book stores. It was then that I asked bro(my fellow DT fanatic) if there was ANYWAY we could lay our hands on that biography?!

Days passed into weeks and I forgot about this book. And then bro's turn to go to the US as a grad student came up. And my tryst with Dream Theater kept going strong as part of being me. :) About 15 days back, I got a call from bro, who was incidently scheduled to travel to India for his summer break, that he had something for me! He wanted me to guess what it was? I for the life of me could not guess. And then came the big announcement!!

He had ordered online the AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY of DT's just for me!!! Hurrrrahhh!! Such a thoughtful gesture!! Honestly! My Heros, I get to read all about them for real..and get to own it all for myself! And it did not stop at that!! I got two DT keychains too!!!! Yipppeee! Am I on Cloud 9? You bet I am!

So yes, as proud as I am, I am equally glad to have my sibling with whom I get to share the DT madness with! I mean, how many of us get to do that??! I sure am lucky!
All hail \m/

The Official Video

Alrightie then! The Official video for the track A Rite of Passage from their new album 'Black Clouds and Silver Linings' is out.

Its superb. Loved watching my favourite five after a long time and it really looked like Myung was having the time of his life in the video. I know BC & SL is gonna rock! Can't wait for the entire album to release!

Its been the best belated bday gift I could've asked for. :)





Happy Watching! Rock on DT! Love you guys!!!