Jordan Rudess Interview | Dream Theater (Part 2) -Keyboard Chronicles Episode 151

In Part 2, we move onto some great train wreck stories, Jordan's further career aspirations, audience questions and some suggestions for new players entering the industry.

Discussion topics covered during the show:

Jordan's memorable keyboard / guitar train wreck

Jordan's further career aspirations

Jordan's suggestions for new players entering the industry

Jordan's (non-existent) musical regrets

Does Jordan ever use a knife in the kitchen? (thanks Jim Q for the question!)

Creating complex parts - done pre-recording or collaboratively? (thanks again Jim Q)

If you had a time machine, who'd you like to work with? (Thanks Tammy K for the question!)

Would Jordan every go fully software based? (Thanks Walter G for the question!)

Has Jordan taken posession of a Kronos 3 yet? (Thanks again Walter G)

Dream Theater - As I Am (Live at Budokan) -    • Dream Theater - As I Am (Live At Budokan)  

Jordan's current Dream Theater touring rig

Geo Shred -    • Introducing GeoShred Studio!  

Bebot -    • Bebot for iPhone and iPad  

Desert Island Discs: Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Close to the Edge - Yes, Free Hand - Gentle Giant, A Trick of the Tail - Genesis, Tarkus - Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Part 2 thumbnail graphic via the brilliant Wolfe Eliot, Dream Theater's touring content creator

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