Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

The song Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is one, if not my favorite song. It is by Dream Theater (I bet you didn't see that coming) and wow do I love. The album it is on also has the same name as this song. This song is 42 minutes long and split into eight part. On the studio album, the first part of the song titled Overture is an instrumental that includes the melodies from the rest of the song. On the live album, Score, this part of the song is played by a symphony. The last note of this leads into the next part, About to Crash, where piano notes lead into the joining. The entire SDOIT song carries a theme of mental disorders. In About to Crash, the song describes a girl with a multiple personality disorder. Towards the end of the song the band enters a short solo that leads into the next part, War Inside My Head.

War Inside My Head is about a veteran who's mind keeps drifting back into the days of war. The song goes on to tell that this soldier will never get rid of these flashbacks. The end of the song says that he is "tasting danger with each word I say." This part of the song is only about two minutes long and is the shortest part of the entire song.

The Test that Stumped them all is the next part. This part of the song describes a man who has schizophrenia. This part of the song has parts where the drummer, Mike Portnoy, provides noticeable backup vocals. I think they are hilarious. Portnoy has a deep voice so when he says those high notes the outcome is horrible. But that doesn't ruin this part of the song. This part of the song explains certain ways schizophrenia can affect those who have it.

The next parts of the song go on about different mental disorders and finally, in the last section of the song, titled Losing Time/Grand Finale, the song comes to an end.

John Petrucci

A man of much experience, John Petrucci earns my respect as the greatest guitar player. I will admit, there is a lot of room for debate on this title. Some would argue Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jimi Hendrix, etc. I think Petrucci is the best because of his technical talent. He goes above and beyond the simple chord playing and the fast strumming. One of my songs has this great solo. I think that Petrucci goes beyond good guitar playing and has this style that is amazing.
He started playing guitar at a young age with a fellow bandmate, John Myung. Together, they practiced studying and playing music for six hours a day. The two eventually went off to Berkley. Twenty years later, John Petrucci is the lead guitarist for Dream Theater. He has also done several solo albums. He has been on the G3 tour several times. Seen here, Petrucci is jamming with Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert.

Trial of Tears

Ipods are not clothes. They are not required to be worn, you will not be charged with indecent exposure if seen without one. For God's sakes people, there is a world out there (I can see it through the window sometimes when my Xbox isn't on). You should not be walking everywhere with your headphones on. You should not be listening to your Ipod at maximum volume. You know what happens when you do? You know what happens when you go through life not expecting anything to happen? This is what happens. A sad story, but this is the price payed for thinking the world will just go around you. Remember this story the next time you cross the street, or else you will die. Yes, you will die right then and there.

The Count of Tuscany

I'm sure just about everyone of you uses Itunes (because you are not good enough for Winamp), but how many of you actually buy your music from Itune's music store? I bet you don't. Do you buy your music from the store? Once again, I bet you don't. So where do you get your music from? Well I guess it would be alright to say you got some music from your friends, but we all know the real place you obtain your music files. I can guaruntee that just about everyone of you who is reading this has Limewire downloaded on their computer. Well I laugh at you because real torrents are better, but anyway, you good sir/ma'am who is reading this, you are a thief. You are a liar, a cheater, a scoundrel, a juvenile delinquent who doesn't play by the rules. You don't waste your money on petty things like music, no, you use it on more important things, like gum. You download your music illegally and scoff at the fool you payed twenty dollars for one album.
How do the record companies feel about this? Well this poor fool knows, and he is going to pay a heavy price. This price is the price of justice. All the man wanted to do was break a few petty laws and share some music. Well the RIAA is going to have none of this. Although most people don't get caught downloading music, there are those poor saps who do. And do you know what happens when you do? You end up like the guy in that link- 650,000 dollars in debt.


As for me, I do not admit to downloading anything that can't be proven in a court of law.
Here's a nice song to listen to while you think about what you've done.