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I have to say that our fans have been absolutely wonderful all across the world.

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John Petrucci
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 12
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John Peter Petrucci
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I didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so much by the time I was graduating high school I was accepted into Berklee College of Music.
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When we came out, the kind of music that was popular was Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, all that stuff. That was when we released our second album, 'Images And Words', and it was something people werent used to hearing maybe, and it sort of rose above all that somehow, being progressive, or whatever.
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Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.
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Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.
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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.
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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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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.
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I think I'm a father, but a father of three kids! :)
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The style of music that we're playing, this progressive metal style, has always been an upstream battle for us. We don't usually get a lot of commercial exposure.
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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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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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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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You try to play the song better than you had before.
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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.
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I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.
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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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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.
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Usually we're all comfortable playing the songs, but during the song there might be one part where you're like „oh, this part's coming up, I have to really focus, a lot of songs have those moments in them.
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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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I've always said that there's a huge progressive rock, progressive metal audience out there, in the world.
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