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Dream Theater to Release Self-Titled New Album September 24

Posted 06/06/2013 at 11:18am | by Guitar World Staff

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Dream Theater have officially announced their new studio album — Dream Theater — which will be released September 24 by Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, with guitarist John Petrucci producing and Richard Chycki (Aerosmith, Rush) engineering and mixing. The album is the band's first to have been written and recorded with drummer Mike Mangini wholly integrated into the creative process from the start.

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John Petrucci: New Dream Theater Album "in the Home Stretch"

Posted 05/30/2013 at 10:46am | by Damian Fanelli

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Dream Theater are hard at work recording their upcoming studio album, the followup to 2011's A Dramatic Turn Of Events. The band recently shared two of guitarist John Petrucci's Facebook posts.

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Review: TC Electronic John Petrucci Dreamscape Signature Toneprint Pedal

Posted 05/14/2013 at 12:13pm | by Paul Riario

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In the following video, Guitar World's Paul Riario tries out the new TC Electronic John Petrucci Dreamscape Signature TonePrint pedal, which features six of Petrucci's favorite presets.

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A Clean Sweep: Mastering Sweep Arpeggios with John Petrucci

Posted 05/14/2013 at 11:58am | by John Petrucci

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I always get frustrated when I hear someone talking about sweep arpeggios. Though there are plenty of licks and examples out there, no one has ever really broken down the mechanics of the technique. As a result, guitarists have had to figure them out by trial and error.

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Magnificent Seven: The 10 Greatest Seven-String Guitar Songs of All Time

Posted 05/14/2013 at 10:07am | by Josh Hart, Compiled by Guitar World Staff

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Why ain’t six strings enough? This was the question we posed to one of guitar's all-time greats in our September 2012 cover story.

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John Petrucci: Practice Tips, Part 2

Posted 04/23/2013 at 10:45am | by John Petrucci

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In order to become a well-rounded musician, you have to master the three major aspects of guitar playing: the technical side, the musical side and the creative side. The technical side comprises the actual physical components you need to have under your belt in order to get around your instrument.

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Fiddling Around: Building Left-Hand Strength Through Violin-Inspired Chromatic-Scale Workouts

Posted 04/15/2013 at 7:31am | by John Petrucci

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As I was walking around, I heard a violinist playing these wild exercises-he was wailing! I thought it would be really cool to adapt those licks to the guitar. Since the violinist didn't speak any English, I had to gesture for him to show me what he was doing. He gladly did, and then he showed me a bunch of variations, too. It was great; though we didn't speak, we nonetheless communicated very easily.

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Odd Man Out: Using Different Meters to Accommodate Your Technique

Posted 03/15/2013 at 11:25am | by John Petrucci

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For our final lesson on chromatics, I thought I'd throw you a little curve and give you a few odd-meter exercises in 5/8. Now you might ask, "Why play anything in 5/8?" Well, I came up with this sequence because it's easier for me to play across the strings.

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John Petrucci: Practice Tips, Part 1

Posted 03/08/2013 at 9:59am | by John Petrucci

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Dream Theater's John Petrucci helps you better manage your time in part one of his series of practice tips. "Of all the things that can frustrate a guitarist the most, it's the nagging feeling that he's not reaching a certain level of proficiency as quickly as he should."

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Take the Time: Practice Tips from John Petrucci of Dream Theater

Posted 03/05/2013 at 12:28pm | by John Petrucci

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Practice tips from John Petrucci: Say to yourself, “During this hour I’m going to master this passage.” There’s nothing wrong with noodling—it can actually produce some of the best ideas—but you’ll get a lot more out of your practice time if you have an agenda.

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Dream Theater

Dream Theater to Release Self-Titled New Album September 24

John Petrucci: New Dream Theater Album "in the Home Stretch"

Review: TC Electronic John Petrucci Dreamscape Signature Toneprint Pedal

A Clean Sweep: Mastering Sweep Arpeggios with John Petrucci

Magnificent Seven: The 10 Greatest Seven-String Guitar Songs of All Time

John Petrucci: Practice Tips, Part 2

Fiddling Around: Building Left-Hand Strength Through Violin-Inspired Chromatic-Scale Workouts

Odd Man Out: Using Different Meters to Accommodate Your Technique

John Petrucci: Practice Tips, Part 1

Take the Time: Practice Tips from John Petrucci of Dream Theater

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