Jordan Rudess chat highlights

• The first single, “On the Backs of Angels,” will likely be played on the European tour.

• Jordan was not present at the mixing stages of the new album.

• The new album will be cool, minds will be blown.

• Liquid Tension Experiment tour not likely to happen soon, but hopefully in the future.

• MorphWiz and SampleWiz are both on the new album, and SampleWiz will be used live.

• The beginning of “On the Backs of Angels” is from MorphWiz.

• Lots of piano on the new album.

• John Petrucci wrote the lyrics of “On the Backs of Angels.” James LaBrie and John Myung wrote lyrics for the album. Jordan did not.

• Mike Portnoy is not “the clown” on the wire, nor is the title directed at him.

• The new album is about transitions; physical, spiritual, etc.

• Songs are not of a radio-friendly length.

• There are heavier, mellower, and progressive-er things on the new album than “On the Backs of Angels.”

• The most difficult Dream Theater song for Jordan to play is the end of “The Count of Tuscany.”

• John Petrucci had programmed drum tracks as a guide, but Mike Mangini interpreted and recorded them his own way.

• Dream Theater tour in the US in September.

• In-studio footage from the creation of A Dramatic Turn of Events exists, but no word on what will become of it.

• JR will be using the Kronos on tour.

• Hugh Syme did the artwork for A Dramatic Turn of Events.

• JR has never been on DreamTheaterForums.org, but he will check it out.