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John Myung

#21
Did any of you read the "Bassnotes Road Report" about John Myung in the Feb. issue of Bass Player (pg. 12)?

Dude "warms up" for three hours before a concert. I quote: "After three hours or so of warming up I'm in the zone to play. It's frustrating if I don't have plenty of time to get to that place before I get onstage."

Man...that's a little TOO warm to me. Seems a bit obsessive.

brad cook
 
#23
i dig myung

but!!!!!


i really think that he can do much more...
i mean any one practicing and practicing you could get the speed and everything. a friend of mine is obssesed with his playing and he plays identically

i thik that there are no fill in the songs

i mean...
as some guy in his post said there is no room for bass and drums
where are the fill that wil make you cry
that you hear and you feel the needs to play:bassist:


that is right everything that i heard the bass is only the big solos of the guitar and the keys
i only heard the bass when myung is doing solos maybe he is using some kind of volume pedal that he h as on 2 and when he do a solo he push it all the way to 10

i dont find that on Dream theater i found it more on spiral architect Lars do a lot and... more

All members have a degree in music, interesting point me thinks. Some call Dream Theater 'musician's music'.
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and they dont have degrees in music. NONE of them graduate of berklee they only assisted i dont know how much but they did

by the way i really dig portnoy because he can do a LOT for the songs i mean...a lot of arrengements

the tempos of the songs and all that give portnoy a lot of room to doit ... and he is very solid yet

aghora (sean reinert) drumer make a lot for the songs and i feel that portnoy is better no matter what sean do i feel in that way

solid is the key in some aspects and in others you have to take the chances
 
#24
Originally posted by Davehenning
I toured with DT for several months a few years back. Myung did ALOT of practicing, but I don't ever remember him practicing for 3 hours before a show. Maybe it is a recent thing.

He is a heck of a nice guy too.
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I saw Big Wreck open for DT twice on the "Falling Into Infinity" tour, and you guys did a hell of a job in a less-then-optimal situation. Playing in front of "prog" crowd is a tough sell, but you're one of the best openers I can recall ever seeing. Hell of a nice tone out of your 12's as well. :D

As for Myung, the man's a freak pure and simple. DT's former keyboardist Derek Sherinian said it best - "He's the only musician I've even seen warm down after a show." :eek:
 
#25
Herrera, are you sure none of them have degrees in music. I know that Portnoy, Myung, and Petrucci went to Berklee and dropped out after about a year, but Jordan Rudess went to Juilliard School of Music at age 9!!!!! He probably has some kind of degree in music. As for Myung, he's pretty insane. He's one of the most technically skilled players I've ever seen, and he plays some pretty sick lines. And "The Test That Stumped Them All" is probably the fastest I've ever heard anyone play bass ever. Saw it live too; Dream Theater rules. Myung isn't quite as much of a bassist's bass player like Tony Levin, but his skill is pretty much unsurpassed as far as speed and dexterity go.
 
#26
Originally posted by Masterbasser_43
Myung rules. Did anyone see the "Dance of Instrumentals"? (link here) Damn. If you could hear him, it would be quite impressive!:D The band is great, but their latest album wasn't that great, IMHO.
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Dude, thanks for that link! I had found the bootleg of "The Great Debate" taped by BM like a year ago, but I hadn't seen these otehr ones. I'm downloading "Dance of Instrumentals" now...

Oh, and Dream Theater can truly pull off some amazing shiat live. I saw them back in the day on their Images and Words tour up at the Casino in Hampton, NH. I also just saw them in Boston last fall. Great, great band. Myung is amazing IMO.
 
#27
ok you win
ye ahe is an amazing fast player but i dotn hear it?
what is he another jason newsted?

and for me
play fast is out of fashion

it is great. but sometime to many notes are to many notes and i dont like that

myung is great
but he does not do what i want to hear from a bassplayer

pattitucci can play a lot of notes to and can do also those fills that you said "damn i cant belive that he have that idea ...i would have done something else"


hey but that is just me man

probably i am wrong

by the way i like myung is one of a kind but i think he could do something else for the songs

i hope that you dont disagree with me mmorrissey10
 
#28
Actually, Herrera, one of the few 6-string players I like more than Myung is John Patitucci (along with Jimmy Haslip, Micheal Manring, and a few more). I have instructional videos by both, and Myung is definitely a lot faster. But Patitucci is a much better musician and he can improv like no one else. He is also an awesome writer, where as Myung is doesn't do as much writing. But, hey, if I were the only bassist who could double John Petrucci, I'd be content!
 
#29
hujum....so myung doesnt write muche he?
did you heard about the ex new album metropolis part 2?

he write a lot of stuff of that album

also i dont think that myung is faster than patitucci IMO

i mean.. yea he is fast...bui dont suprise me as i do with sheehan, hamm, bailey, digiorgio (yea the death guy!), wooten

what do you mean with fast? right hand or left hand?
 
#30
Myung's insanely fast with both hands. He switches between 2- and 3-finger right hand techniques and his left hand has so much dexterity. Yes, he is faster than Patitucci, because that is what he focuses on. Patitucci, however, knows how to construct a solo on the spot and make it sound amazing. Patitucci is fast, but he doesn't have to be as fast as Myung to play what he likes to play. Myung loves those fast lines that scare people.
 
#31
myung and patitucci aren't faster than me :D :hiding:

But, seriously.... i think that they're damn too different for being compared. patitucci is more into jazz and fusion, and myung is more into fast lines... that's all. anyway i think that you can hear the funk on some DT bass lines, like in the begginig of "take the time", or in "lines in the sand".-... but that's just me...
 
#34
Originally posted by Superfrappe
You guys... lol.

Speed isn't the ONLY reason John is a great player. Stop tryin' to knock the guy as if that's his only proficiency. He's worked hard to get where he is today.
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Well if speed isn't the only reason that he is known for,seems like no one else is mentioning any other type of groove or other technique but in fairness this may be the way he grooves.DT reminds me of a group back in the 70's that went by the name of Mahavisnu Orchrestra they have a lot of similarities.Hey,he plays the way he plays and God bless him if he can get paid for it
 
#35
Originally posted by hands5
Well if speed isn't the only reason that he is known for,seems like no one else is mentioning any other type of groove or other technique...
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Okay, I'll bite - I think JM is a vastly underrated fretless player. "Hollow Years", "Through Her Eyes" have some great playing. His Stick line on "New Millennium" has a great "groove" as well.

...but in fairness this may be the way he grooves.
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I believe it's more that DT's style of music calls for his doubling of guitar/synth lines and kick drums and not what's considered a traditional "groove" (Portnoy has often stated that he plays to the guitar more then bass). Listen to Myung's work with Platypus and The Jelly Jam - he's a whole different beast in that context.
 

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