Yeah, Mr. Petrucci is just his own breed. He makes everything look so effortless. "I'm going to play a pentatonic scale, and then turn it into a 7th dimension slide to the 10th power chord with alien sounds."
Yeah it's like two albums into the career he's like "Okay, I'm just going to apply for guitar legend status now, is it okay if I turn this in early guys?"
Usually I'm not a fan of many pauses in a video but when it comes to JP you definitely need to do that so you can take in at least a fraction of his awesomeness
Love Dream Theater. I saw them live several years ago for an anniversary tour and the one thing that stuck out more than anything was how absolutely effortless John Petrucci makes the most complicated stuff look.
I'm a huge fan from brazil, and i've never been able to see them live. Fortunately they will come to my city on September 2, aka my birthday, on rock in rio! And yes, i'm excited AF for this
Oh yes! That was first ever song I heard from Dream Theater and probably only one I like XD John is an awesome player but the vocals... As a whole Dream Theater is not as good as individuals that make it, which is rare
The hollow years solo, specifically from live at budokan, is prob my fav of his. It's got that slow and smooth. The shred. So clean. Back when he was goatee jp vice super beard jp
Whenever I try to learn any DT song, I'm like "okay, okay, this is bearable, this is not awful..." And then comes the solo. And I'm just like "Nope, thank you, goodbye".
My acustic guitar was sitting in the corner watching JP play and fell over, puked up a handfull of lost pics, two beer caps, and a picture of Billie Eilish wearing nothing but a sombrero and a ball gag, then hung itself from my cieling fan...the hummingbird on the picguard flew off and dround itself in the toilet shortly after.
Please react to hybrid theory tanhayee. I saw these guys live once, they are fucking epic. They are really underrated but you gotta check them out man. Love from India 🇮🇳❤
5:07 seriously man... seriously? was it really worth of that reaction... never heard or seen that before eh?... doh anyway, he's a virtuoso no doubt, but I just cant stand overacting. Other than that... very fun video, thumb up.
Dude, as someone who's been playing guitar for just one year, seeing your reactions to Prog Jesus has me concerned that I'm destined to only annoying guitar store owners with sloppy pentatonic licks, as it has me laughing
Dude, it's so great to watch your reactions and comments, from a guitar dude to another, yes I agree, fully to every word spoken out of your mouth. The biggest, HOW in guitar history my man! Also, ever since images and words, I already pinned my guitar to my wall and started studying...
As an epic beard owner i can vouch that much of my awesome power is derived from my beard. So the question of Petrucci's beard making him awesome has been Fact Checked and proven to be True. - Certified Beard Fact Checker
Lmao I’m trying to learn the under a glass moon solo and it really makes me appreciate his style. I’m about 90% through, but that hammer-on/pull off tapping part is seriously insane. You need robot like timing to make all those notes ring evenly, and not slur, and have the arpeggios cleanly transition into it, AND it’s a hell of a stretch
Nik, you won't believe this but Muse has gone kinda heavy, their new song even has a BREAKDOWN and is a good one, I think you might want to react to it.
The stuff he did on the live album "An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess" will be some of my favorite playing from him and music in general. Such beauty and feeling in every note he plays. The song "Truth" off that album is a huge tear jerker aha
Never liked his tone, not his choices, sometimes it can be surprisingly good like in hollow years but most of the times is just predictable in a boring way. Tosin is over there and he plays horrible.
Don't worry Nik, it's not you. When I saw DT live, I came up with the theory that the original JP Models, that Petrucci owns, do not have wrong notes on the fretboard. They somehow got rid of them in the manufacturing process. Don't know whether that's actually true, but if so, they probably wouldn't admit it anyway. Have a nice day.
A very accurate demonstration of the emotions I go through whenever I try and learn a lead of his. He's just the living GOAT right now. Some may outshine him in this area or that here or there, but no one...NO ONE...in this life time is as consistently dropping jaws and delivering the goods as a riff writer AND as a lead guitarist currently working in the biz. He's just that good and he's absolutely earned his status as such. Plus, he's a humble and cool guy, too, which is just the icing on the cake.
Nik if you really want to keep going down the hole of listening to great guitar players outside of metal. Joe Satriani Steve Vai (more specifically the album sex and religion where 19yr old Devin Townsend is doing vocals) Jeff Beck, album: blow by blow. Amazing song after amazing song. Phil Chen one of the greatest bass players ever, who we lost back in December, is on the album too.
John is Jesus /thread Also my biggest influence and inspiration ever. So many of my videos feature Dream Theater or John Petrucci riffs, gear and tone theory. I went to Berklee and pursued a career in music because of John. Meeting him in 2018 changed my life.
Honey, My brother Nik Nocturnal I love you for this .. He is my idol (lack for a better term/word) He is my musical father, the god and the deity I worship everyday and I am super proud about it. I feel accomplished living in this timeline where I'm super lucky to listen to this legend, this master My GOD John Petrucci ../\... as a guitar player, I really want to thank you for this video dear brother ../\.. ..A Glasgow Kiss from my family to yours brother .. cheers.
"Oh my arm just cracked....and I'm going to kill you". Probably my favourite quote from a series petrucci did a while back. Psycho exercises i think they were called....
Honor thy father was the ever DT song I learned a 100% and would play like 15 times a day when I was 17. I don't listen much to DT these days but damn if JP isn't gonna be in my top 3 forever and ever. He's a master at his craft.
The ending section of This Dying Soul….I initially thought it was some studio trickery when I heard it. But when I saw the Live at Budokan video, my jaw just dropped. The synchronization between him and Jordan Rudess is godly. How in the world do you develop such high speed synchronization??
Yooo i was in Vincent Bennetts stream last night when you raided us, so cool of you man, I watch you both regularly and it was awesome to see. I hope you raid or at least come hang out on his stream again cause it's a fun time. He's been trying wicked hard to get partnered and hasn't been able to yet, so that raid meant a lot, love ya for it. For those that don't know, Vincent Bennett is the vocalist of The Acacia Strain, he's streamed on twitch for a little over 2 years now, he goes by VinnyBenny on twitch, if you're a fan of TAS, come on by, his community is great and we'd love to have you.
*Smash like for Prog Metal Jesus*
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Prog Metal Gsus
Excite prog to the 3rd power 🔥🔥🔥
His economy of motion is untouchable.
You mean Guthrie Govan? :D
I'd just like to remind everyone that Under A Glass Moon is 30 years old and the guy has kept practicing every since. We're all doomed.
He's planning to ascend to godhood, when he already is a god.
and long before. Guitar Jesus John Petrucci will be the first human to ascend.
somebody, someday, will reach guitar Jesus levels, but probably not anytime soon.
that's real dedication (bow)
My guitar looking at me while saying: "I've never been touched like that. Must be nice"
Sounds like my ex-wife
6:43: This guy went to theory class made me laugh so hard😹😹
5:06 my exact face when I saw the Under A Glass Moon solo video for the first time 😂
The legend has it that Area 51 has bunch of JP guitar techniques
*reacts to John Petrucci while holding his signature guitar*
For John i literally did the "??????" At the exact same time. -Also- *spits drink everywhere* the firetruck memes
I can't believe he played below 20 minutes.
You should react to Buckethead
Yo make a video reacting to Guthrie plsss
Looks like I'm a rhythm guitarist from now on😂
Me too
But his rhythms are godlike too.
@@erikheathnat3212 We're doomed then😂
@@jamesflaherty1236 Yes we are.
*already cries in rhythm*
“It’s jazz. Not wrong notes”
- nik
😂😂
TRUE
Jazz is good. 🎶
it def wasn't wrong notes lol
"There are no wrong notes" (Wooten, Victor)
Yeah, Mr. Petrucci is just his own breed. He makes everything look so effortless. "I'm going to play a pentatonic scale, and then turn it into a 7th dimension slide to the 10th power chord with alien sounds."
I love JP - but for effortless.... Rick Graham - that guy uses minimal finger movements to legato all over the place!
I still see no refutation in this
That Under a Glass Moon solo is literally one of my favorite guitar solos ever.
Same, I love that solo
Yeah it's like two albums into the career he's like "Okay, I'm just going to apply for guitar legend status now, is it okay if I turn this in early guys?"
yup
14 year old me: This song is boring.
34 year old me: HOW IS HE DOING ANY OF THIS!?
its like he sat there and decided to use every technique he could, it really is a spectacular solo
Usually I'm not a fan of many pauses in a video but when it comes to JP you definitely need to do that so you can take in at least a fraction of his awesomeness
Love Dream Theater. I saw them live several years ago for an anniversary tour and the one thing that stuck out more than anything was how absolutely effortless John Petrucci makes the most complicated stuff look.
Great live band
anniversary tour for Awake right? saw them in vancouver, ill never forget.
@@ike7310 actually I saw them open for Iron Maiden
I'm a huge fan from brazil, and i've never been able to see them live. Fortunately they will come to my city on September 2, aka my birthday, on rock in rio! And yes, i'm excited AF for this
The Glass Prison is one of my favorites from DT. So heavy, literally riff heaven. Arpeggio heaven too.
Agree
I have never agreed with a comment more
Not heaven for the one playing it, I can assure you that.
Oh yes! That was first ever song I heard from Dream Theater and probably only one I like XD John is an awesome player but the vocals... As a whole Dream Theater is not as good as individuals that make it, which is rare
Yeah, such a killer song
His solo stuff is sooo freaking good. No lyrics needed because he sings with the guitar. He's one of a kind.
Hear his solo on Liquid Evolution, from the new LTE3 album. He doesn’t shred here, but the solo is pure eargasm.
It took you 8 mins to tell us John Petrucci is a god? unnecessary
The hollow years solo, specifically from live at budokan, is prob my fav of his. It's got that slow and smooth. The shred. So clean. Back when he was goatee jp vice super beard jp
The transpose feature on the Archetype Petrucci is so much fun!
Can't be the beard Nik. The man was this good when smooth-faced back in the day
I refuse to believe that Nik hadn't heard Under a Glass Moon until now.
Yeah what a wank.
He talks absolute crap
"Guitar weeps" ... lol never heard of chorus effects ? 😅
There’s a difference between hearing it and seeing it.
Can u ever do a video of your guitars ? I would love that 🤘🏻
I second this notion.
Whenever I try to learn any DT song, I'm like "okay, okay, this is bearable, this is not awful..." And then comes the solo. And I'm just like "Nope, thank you, goodbye".
John is my hero
My acustic guitar was sitting in the corner watching JP play and fell over, puked up a handfull of lost pics, two beer caps, and a picture of Billie Eilish wearing nothing but a sombrero and a ball gag, then hung itself from my cieling fan...the hummingbird on the picguard flew off and dround itself in the toilet shortly after.
🤣
Hahahahahaha! That was great
You should have known better. I dont let any of my guitars watch Petrucci videos for that very reason.
2:32 That whole jam is just out of this world, specially the Govan part
You should try every solo on Petrucci’s Suspended Animation album.
john is the god and all notes weeps for him and you need to bow down to the God
Petrucci is one of my favorite guitarists of all time.
I hear Petrucci's arpeggios are so clean they clean 99.9% of the bacteria
Please react to hybrid theory tanhayee. I saw these guys live once, they are fucking epic. They are really underrated but you gotta check them out man. Love from India 🇮🇳❤
3:30 Petrucci had soul, and jazz
And his tone by that times, OMG, I loved that tone.
petrucci is a legend, in my opinion the best of all time!
"do a dream theater cover" "NO!" lmao
No man can have the beard or the guitar skills of John Petrucci.
Then John Petrucci is a deity confirmed
A couple of those isolated tracks were from Constant Motion by Dream Theater. Such an awesome song.
Too bad the album wasn't good
5:07 seriously man... seriously? was it really worth of that reaction... never heard or seen that before eh?... doh anyway, he's a virtuoso no doubt, but I just cant stand overacting. Other than that... very fun video, thumb up.
Dude, as someone who's been playing guitar for just one year, seeing your reactions to Prog Jesus has me concerned that I'm destined to only annoying guitar store owners with sloppy pentatonic licks, as it has me laughing
Dude, it's so great to watch your reactions and comments, from a guitar dude to another, yes I agree, fully to every word spoken out of your mouth. The biggest, HOW in guitar history my man! Also, ever since images and words, I already pinned my guitar to my wall and started studying...
Before there was RUclips, John Petrucci was the only guitarist I cared about. Images & Words taught me how to play guitar.
As an epic beard owner i can vouch that much of my awesome power is derived from my beard. So the question of Petrucci's beard making him awesome has been Fact Checked and proven to be True. - Certified Beard Fact Checker
Beards make for great photography? Right.... Cringe post.
Well done Nik. You're doing the lords work Spreading the message of our lord and savior John Petrucci.
Petrucc is just such a god... Definetly my #1 inspiration that made me ultimately pick up the electric guitar. Man, I love that dude...
"We've got a wrong owner" LOL
Lmao I’m trying to learn the under a glass moon solo and it really makes me appreciate his style. I’m about 90% through, but that hammer-on/pull off tapping part is seriously insane. You need robot like timing to make all those notes ring evenly, and not slur, and have the arpeggios cleanly transition into it, AND it’s a hell of a stretch
Nik, you won't believe this but Muse has gone kinda heavy, their new song even has a BREAKDOWN and is a good one, I think you might want to react to it.
The stuff he did on the live album "An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess" will be some of my favorite playing from him and music in general. Such beauty and feeling in every note he plays. The song "Truth" off that album is a huge tear jerker aha
Yes! Truth is so underrated and sad almost no one knows about it, his two solos on it are fantastic
"Metal Guitarist reacts to John Petrucci"
"Devout Christian reacts to Jesus Christ"
Never liked his tone, not his choices, sometimes it can be surprisingly good like in hollow years but most of the times is just predictable in a boring way.
Tosin is over there and he plays horrible.
Petrucci is pretty much metal Jesus, also his solo in that first video had definitely Floyd/David Gilmour vibes and it was quite nice
5:24
My guitar sprouted legs. Flipped me the bird. Kicked out my front door. Called me a hoe in a low Troll and left me.
Don't worry Nik, it's not you. When I saw DT live, I came up with the theory that the original JP Models, that Petrucci owns, do not have wrong notes on the fretboard. They somehow got rid of them in the manufacturing process. Don't know whether that's actually true, but if so, they probably wouldn't admit it anyway. Have a nice day.
A very accurate demonstration of the emotions I go through whenever I try and learn a lead of his.
He's just the living GOAT right now. Some may outshine him in this area or that here or there, but no one...NO ONE...in this life time is as consistently dropping jaws and delivering the goods as a riff writer AND as a lead guitarist currently working in the biz. He's just that good and he's absolutely earned his status as such.
Plus, he's a humble and cool guy, too, which is just the icing on the cake.
As a guy who doesn't know how to play guitar, it's hard to tell who is a good guitarist
I'm seeing Dream Theater July 21st for the third time. Can't wait. Gonna scream like a Beatles fan-girl.
React to Muse - Won't Stand Down next dear sir? They sound heavier than AA. lol
I'm a drummer who's guitar sits in the corner looking at me with disdain.
If John Petrucci went to a dragstrip, it would turn into a road course.
The gushing is stupendous... I don't blame you one bit!!😁
Nik if you really want to keep going down the hole of listening to great guitar players outside of metal.
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai (more specifically the album sex and religion where 19yr old Devin Townsend is doing vocals)
Jeff Beck, album: blow by blow. Amazing song after amazing song. Phil Chen one of the greatest bass players ever, who we lost back in December, is on the album too.
*Looks over at my Majesty7*
*Majesty7 looks back*
"I'm sorry."
Nik acting like he didnt watch jp videos 74639 times
U must react abim finger cover john petruci, he is still kids
John Petrucci is the man.
Will you be making an elegy album reaction for soi? If so will it be on patreon or youtube?
Nice 😂😂😂😂
Petrucci is guitar god. What do u expect?
John is Jesus /thread
Also my biggest influence and inspiration ever. So many of my videos feature Dream Theater or John Petrucci riffs, gear and tone theory. I went to Berklee and pursued a career in music because of John. Meeting him in 2018 changed my life.
Music Theory once went to a John Petrucci class
REACT TO THE NEW LANDMVRKS ITS AMAZING
Nick ,play John Petrucci 😁
The solo from "Repentance" is fun to play. So much soul to it
Honey, My brother Nik Nocturnal I love you for this .. He is my idol (lack for a better term/word) He is my musical father, the god and the deity I worship everyday and I am super proud about it. I feel accomplished living in this timeline where I'm super lucky to listen to this legend, this master My GOD John Petrucci ../\... as a guitar player, I really want to thank you for this video dear brother ../\.. ..A Glasgow Kiss from my family to yours brother .. cheers.
At the end was pretty funny. Great video NN.
Dude, react to "2021 em uma música". Zero regrets, promise.
Pow Man também queria que ele reagisse, seria Ilário!
"Oh my arm just cracked....and I'm going to kill you". Probably my favourite quote from a series petrucci did a while back. Psycho exercises i think they were called....
I actually ran into John Petrucinni at LA fitness gym once. He was doing bicep curls. I swear to god this is a real story.
Was he *puts on glasses* shredding those gains?
I believe you. If you said Dino from Fear Factory...
@@guitearist LOL
John Petrucci Is magical guitarist.
Please make this a series on different guitarists! Too funny
Under the glass moon solo, both guitar and piano 🎹 parts just hooked me for days. I couldn’t believe the creativity
5:06 that moment you realize you forgot that 100 dollars your grandma gave you at her house
JP is a true master. This video was a lot of fun to watch. Nice work!
Anddddddddd my guitar is now listed on eBay.
John Petrucci's strings play themselves because they're afraid of him.
everytime im like: "oh i can learn this song. even the solo isnt that difficult." and that part comes up and im like "ok nevermind"
"When I play pentatonic it don't sound like that, it sounds like I'm pissing off everyone in guitar center"... I felt that in my soul
A DREAM THEATER COVER!
Metal guitarist finding Jesus lol
Honor thy father was the ever DT song I learned a 100% and would play like 15 times a day when I was 17. I don't listen much to DT these days but damn if JP isn't gonna be in my top 3 forever and ever. He's a master at his craft.
The ending section of This Dying Soul….I initially thought it was some studio trickery when I heard it. But when I saw the Live at Budokan video, my jaw just dropped. The synchronization between him and Jordan Rudess is godly. How in the world do you develop such high speed synchronization??
Yooo i was in Vincent Bennetts stream last night when you raided us, so cool of you man, I watch you both regularly and it was awesome to see. I hope you raid or at least come hang out on his stream again cause it's a fun time. He's been trying wicked hard to get partnered and hasn't been able to yet, so that raid meant a lot, love ya for it.
For those that don't know, Vincent Bennett is the vocalist of The Acacia Strain, he's streamed on twitch for a little over 2 years now, he goes by VinnyBenny on twitch, if you're a fan of TAS, come on by, his community is great and we'd love to have you.
You really should check video where John Petrucci tries play like Lil Wayne.
Prog Jesus!!! 😂
have you heard him playing purple rain when he was in the nethterlands about 25 years ago when he and MP did this clinic tour? it's beyond awesome...
You should check out "Key to the Imagination" from the new Liquid Tension Experiment album. May be some of JP's most badass stuff to date!
3:06 is in spanish
Years ago i have seen JP live on stage. He was on a G3 tour with Vai and Satriani. Best guitar concert I've ever seen.
*insert jealousy here*