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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2008 at 08:51
Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

John Petrucci. He's no lyricist, but then that's not the point of this thread. 


Can you sincerely tell me what's wrong with Petrucci's lyrics?
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 12:39
Originally posted by Barla Barla wrote:

Petrucci. He's amazing and can combine perfectly technique and feeling. Despite what meny people say, he has a lot of feeling to my ears. And I'm serious, take for example the solo on Trial Of Tears, man, that's orgasmic! He has very few "playing fast to play fast" moments, IMO, to be pointed as a soulless guitarist. One of the best guitarist from the 90s, or at least, the most enjoyable to my ears from that period. Clap

The second place is for Michael Romeo, great technique and neo classical passages. He's more power metal, but definitely more versatile than your typical power metal guitarist (he uses modes a lot, and, well, odd times, etc). And he has great feeling and fits so good dueling with the keys. Thumbs%20Up
 
I completely agree and sometimes i get frustrated upon hearing others say "he lacks feeling". Whenever i hear the first guitar on Stream Of Consciousness, I get chills down my spine and find myself moving with the notes in a way, and this is in fact one of his more difficult solos. So indeed Petrucci combines technique and feeling amazingly well.
Michael Romeo is quite a hero of mine as well. He is one of those guys that can pull off Neo-classical lines without sounding like a Yngwie Malmsteen rip-off. Plus his rhythm guitar prowess is more often than not, overlooked IMO.
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 17:36
Steve Morse influenced John Petrucci.
Scott McGill (Finneus Gauge) delivers some good guitar solos as well.
But the most influential guitarist is Allan holdsworth. He is a model for many prog-metal guitarists.
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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 18:41
Originally posted by Aeternus Aeternus wrote:


Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

John Petrucci. He's no lyricist, but then that's not the point of this thread. 
Can you sincerely tell me what's wrong with Petrucci's lyrics?


I'll tell you. They're ultra cheesy. They don't make the music bad though.
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2008 at 07:30
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Steve Morse influenced John Petrucci.
Scott McGill (Finneus Gauge) delivers some good guitar solos as well.
But the most influential guitarist is Allan holdsworth. He is a model for many prog-metal guitarists.
 
Both Morse and Holdsworth influenced Petrucci, but at the end of the day, Petrucci is most likely the more influential in Prog metal than the other two (saying that, i still love Morse and Holdsworth)
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Points: 1697 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2008 at 11:09
Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Originally posted by Aeternus Aeternus wrote:


Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

John Petrucci. He's no lyricist, but then that's not the point of this thread.�
Can you sincerely tell me what's wrong with Petrucci's lyrics?


I'll tell you. They're ultra cheesy. They don't make the music bad though.


Almost always. sometimes a little cheese is good, even some strong cheese, but every once in a while the cheese overpowers the sandwich and stinks up the whole thing. EX. any dream theater ballad; case in point - the answer lies within. The song has potential, the lyrics have moldy cheese.
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