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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.
John Petrucci
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John Petrucci
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 12
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I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.
John Petrucci
I started playing guitar when I was 12, and I started getting into more metal, like Maiden and Metallica... Of course, as I kind of got better and better in the guitar, I was listening to more guitar players, so then I got into, I guess, more of the prog side.
John Petrucci
I'm from the school of putting a lot of hours of practice into playing. But at the same time you have to write original music - that's really important, because that's the things that's going to separate you from everybody else, that's going to give you your unique voice as a music that you create.
John Petrucci
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.
John Petrucci
I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in personally.
John Petrucci
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.
John Petrucci
Going to the Grammys, being nominated for a Grammy, that was a really big deal for me, for us as a band.
John Petrucci
We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment.
John Petrucci
You try to play the song better than you had before.
John Petrucci
It's probably no coincidence with the internet and social media and the word being able to spread beyond the radio, where fans can go and talk and congregate and trade stories and a band could communicate news very quickly and in a worldwide basis. I'm sure that's helped in bringing in this case us to more of the forefront of peoples attention.
John Petrucci
The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.
John Petrucci
Personality wise, we are all kindred spirits. I've said this before if we [with Mike Mangini ] ever went to high school together we would have been friends. He is just one of us! We felt that immediate connect.
John Petrucci
You're about to walk on stage and play together for the next few hours so you want to feel connected and make sure that everyone is in the same head space a good head space.
John Petrucci
It's hard to answer that from my own perspective because when I'm playing I know where it is coming from and the sources.
John Petrucci
Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.
John Petrucci
With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and geeking out during sound check by taking too much time.
John Petrucci
We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything.
John Petrucci
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.
John Petrucci
Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.
John Petrucci
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.
John Petrucci