Songs to learn to help my soloing.

[Superhuman]

Buy a Liquid Tension CD.
Learn any solo from the album.
Automatic Guitar God status.

+1 those guys are amazing, much better as that band than anything the individuals were involved in before or since. Not for the faint hearted though!

 

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+1 those guys are amazing, much better as that band than anything the individuals were involved in before or since. Not for the faint hearted though!

I found out Petrucci was doing an album "not as" Dream Theater with Portnoy, Levin, and Jordan Rudess. I challenge anyone on this forum, or in this galaxy that can find an album that puts every player at every position to shame as these guys did. I mean, I thought Portnoy and Petrucci would steal the show but the bass and keys are beyond what should be capable.

+1 not for the faint hearted.

 

[DrewPeterson7]

I found out Petrucci was doing an album "not as" Dream Theater with Portnoy, Levin, and Jordan Rudess. I challenge anyone on this forum, or in this galaxy that can find an album that puts every player at every position to shame as these guys did. I mean, I thought Portnoy and Petrucci would steal the show but the bass and keys are beyond what should be capable.

+1 not for the faint hearted.

No arguments, it's a tough preposition. You can toss names like Spiral Architect or Cynic around (and come to think of it, Frederik Thorendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within is mindblowing for a whole different set of reasons).

That said, my favorite instrumental prog album is Gordian Knot's "Emergent." Sean Malone is up there with the best of them, technically, but it's also way more about groove and mood than LTE. Worth a listen.

 

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No arguments, it's a tough preposition. You can toss names like Spiral Architect or Cynic around (and come to think of it, Frederik Thorendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within is mindblowing for a whole different set of reasons).

That said, my favorite instrumental prog album is Gordian Knot's "Emergent." Sean Malone is up there with the best of them, technically, but it's also way more about groove and mood than LTE. Worth a listen.

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