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Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.

John Petrucci

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John Petrucci
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 12
Composer
Guitarist
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John Peter Petrucci
Stay
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Alive
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Something
Distracted
Focused

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I think I'm a father, but a father of three kids! :)
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Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.
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Going to the Grammys, being nominated for a Grammy, that was a really big deal for me, for us as a band.
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Even with Dream Theater, we track in a big studio and everything. But when it comes to doing leads, I don't really require a lot of studio to do that. I need a good sounding room and a Pro Tools rig, and some Neve mic-pres, and I'm good.
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Out of Berklee Dream Theater was born and we've been together ever since. I didn't have to taste that feeling of defeat.
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I have a lot of guitars. Yeah, I'm not like a guitar collector, I don't have all vintage instruments. I don't even own a Strat or Les Paul. I don't have one.
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We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment.
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I've been fortunate to work with companies that I endorse because I love their gear. Whether Music Man, Dunlop, or DiMarizo to me these companies have supported me in such a way that's invaluable.
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Jordan Ruddes does [have a home studio], but it's all self-contained. I'll be the only guy with a fully built recording studio. So they'll have to come to me.
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First and foremost, with everybody we wanted to see if they can pull off the songs, play them correctly, and that they it felt right musically. That's something Mike [Mangini] did, it felt like the band. He really gets the style and delivers in a powerful metal way.
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When we make those guitars we make tons of prototypes, I have all those. And once a guitar has come out there's all different versions and colours and woods and I have all those. There's hundreds of them.
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Many kids and parents ask me, 'What kind of guitar can I buy?' It's a great opportunity for those people to be able to buy a quality guitar that's not necessarily a little Fender or whatever. Ernie Ball signature model guitar is something that's more signature.
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To be in Boston, which is a great city and which is full of many colleges and young kids, and to be around that many people that were at the same point in their lives, who played guitar or whatever instrument - it was just perfect. It was a great environment.
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In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice.
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Almost 15 with music, we have so many guitars that we developed over the years. The latest one is 'The Majesty' guitar, which I'm really proud of.
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I experimented a bunch with Ernie Ball in getting the strings to not flop around too much, but at the same time not to be too thick to where you're playing telephone cables.
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We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything.
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Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together.
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Songs like Spirit Carries On really gets the audience moved and on the same page. It's challenging and all so much fun to play.
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I have to say that our fans have been absolutely wonderful all across the world.
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