Packing up the rest of our stuff over the weekend kind of depressed me.   I looked at my collection of guitars, and drums, and microphones, and mixing boards and the like, and thought about it.

It’s been a good three years since I played anything, seriously.   And even longer since I’ve written anything music related.   I’m so out of the loop, it’s saddening.

What was once my dream to do full time, is now just a memory.   I gotta try to get back into writing, and playing.   Once we are done putting away all the stuff we own, in our new home, I’m going to restring my guitars, and start playing again.   It’s time to play a guitar that isn’t plastic.   I’m going to have to break up with Guitar Hero and Rock Band for a while.   Which is also sad.

Christine  picked up the new Dream Theater disc for me last week (special edition, to boot), which is fantastic.   The special edition came with a “Making Of” DVD, which I watched before listening to the disc, and was great to watch.

You’re probably thinking “What’s a Dream Theater?”   Good question.   I think I was about 15 or so when I heard of Dream Theater.   They were featured in a drum magazine I frequently bought (Modern Drummer), and I thought the band name was interesting.   So, in a never ending quest to find a new band that was great, that my friend Dan hadn’t discovered already, I went out and picked up Falling Into Infinity, which to this day is still one of my all time favorite discs.

So, here we are 13 years later.   I think there’s over 25 Dream Theater discs in my collection now, not including half a dozen DVDs, and even a few VHS tapes.  

The new disc, titled Systematic Chaos is fantastic.   Dream Theater rarely disappoints their fans, at least not me.   Every album they put out is more impressive than the last.   When people ask me what Dream Theater is, I respond with this:

“The most talented collective group of musicians on the face of the earth.”

And I stand by that.   These guys are the epitome of what talent is.   Here’s a link  to their website.   If you like progressive, mind numbing, mathematically perfect rock music, give them a listen.   I guarantee you’ll enjoy them.

I added some new text to the music  page, that was written up for me.   It covers  the past, present, and future of my music.   It also contains a variety of links to lyrics that I’ve written, and had published through BMI Music.   All lyrics, at this point are for sale.   Any offers from established bands will be considered.

I have plans to add more lyrics to the page.   I just need to type them up, and figure out a better way to display them. As it is, the list of them seems rather lengthy.