tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77978498939902657332023-11-15T05:55:24.220-08:00The Album Called "Life"TheLastEmperorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244873227936600235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797849893990265733.post-48702609122176642282010-01-05T07:47:00.000-08:002010-01-05T08:19:16.746-08:00Trying to Find the Road Home. =)<span style="font-family:arial;">It's been quite a VERY LONG time since I updated my blog <2007>. Lots of things already happened since that year in which I also deleted my blog during that time. I've become older and a bit more wiser than before. I learned that the best thing God can provide you while you're alive is the experience and memories that come your way. It'll build you up and make you into a better person if you follow the right things and go with the right flow... Life,just as music,is also adventurous and has it's own themes whether it be like a complicated 21/16 virtuoso or just plain 4/4 simple time signatured song.. We need to compose each day w/ our best in order to make it a hit, review the song, and do some adjustments or re-record it if needed. Inspiration is always in demand so we need to look at things around us and find any available source of inspiration and love. Start in dramatic fashion and end it in a better,if not,the best way you can.
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<br />So from this point on, January 6,2010, this is my album. The Album Called Life. Let the music play and the music blogging begin. =) Come w/ me as I venture to the road home.
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<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jordanrudess.com/images/the_road_home_full.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 580px; height: 486px;" src="http://www.jordanrudess.com/images/the_road_home_full.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Featured Artist:
<br /></span></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cuser%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:641468071; mso-list-template-ids:-675404882;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;} @list l1 {mso-list-id:2052148841; mso-list-template-ids:-1657663460;} @list l1:level2 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:o; mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jordan Rudess</b> (born <b>Jordan Charles Rudes</b> on November 4, 1956) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><span style="text-decoration: none;">American</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboardist" title="Keyboardist"><span style="text-decoration: none;">keyboardist</span></a> best known as a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal"><span style="text-decoration: none;">progressive metal</span></a> band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater" title="Dream Theater"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Dream Theater</span></a>.
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<br /><b>Featured album</b>:
<br /></span><b><i>The Road Home</i></b> is a cover album by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess" title="Jordan Rudess"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Jordan Rudess</span></a>. It was released on September 12, 2007. <o:p></o:p></p> <p>Rudess's arrangements of these classic prog tracks include many sections that were not in the original songs, especially solos. Track 5 is the only original piece.<o:p></o:p></p> <ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Dance on a Volcano - 8:44 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28band%29" title="Genesis (band)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Genesis</span></a> tribute, from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trick_of_the_Tail" title="A Trick of the Tail"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">A Trick of the Tail</span></a></i> album, 1976)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Sound Chaser - 12:54 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_%28band%29" title="Yes (band)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Yes</span></a> tribute, from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relayer" title="Relayer"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Relayer</span></a></i> album, 1974)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Just the Same - 8:22 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Giant" title="Gentle Giant"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Gentle Giant</span></a> tribute, from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hand" title="Free Hand"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Free Hand</span></a></i> album, 1975)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">JR Piano Medley - 8:22 <o:p></o:p></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates_of_Delirium" title="The Gates of Delirium"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Soon</span></a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_%28band%29" title="Yes (band)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Yes</span></a>, from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relayer" title="Relayer"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Relayer</span></a></i>, 1974)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper%27s_Ready" title="Supper's Ready"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Supper's Ready</span></a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28band%29" title="Genesis (band)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Genesis</span></a>, from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtrot" title="Foxtrot"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Foxtrot</span></a></i>, 1972)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Talk_to_the_Wind" title="I Talk to the Wind"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">I Talk to the Wind</span></a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">King Crimson</span></a>, from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Court_of_the_Crimson_King" title="In the Court of the Crimson King"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">In the Court of the Crimson King</span></a></i>, 1969)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_You_and_I" title="And You and I"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">And You and I</span></a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_%28band%29" title="Yes (band)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Yes</span></a>, from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_the_Edge" title="Close to the Edge"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Close to the Edge</span></a></i>, 1972)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Piece Of the π - 3:05<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus_%28song%29" title="Tarkus (song)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tarkus</span></a> - 22:47 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson,_Lake_and_Palmer" title="Emerson, Lake and Palmer"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Emerson, Lake and Palmer</span></a> tribute, from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus" title="Tarkus"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tarkus</span></a></i> album, 1971) <o:p></o:p></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Eruption (Emerson)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Stones of Years (Emerson, <st1:place st="on">Lake</st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Iconoclast (Emerson)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Mass (Emerson, <st1:place st="on">Lake</st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore" title="Manticore"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Manticore</span></a> (Emerson)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Battlefield (<st1:place st="on">Lake</st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Aquatarkus (Emerson)<o:p></o:p></li></ul></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Musicians/Personnel:</b><o:p></o:p></p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboards" title="Keyboards"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">keyboards</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_%28instrument%29" title="Continuum (instrument)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">continuum</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocals" title="Vocals"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">vocals</span></a> on "I Talk to the Wind"<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Morgenstein" title="Rod Morgenstein"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Rod Morgenstein</span></a> (Rudess-Morgenstein Project) - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">drums</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Morse" title="Neal Morse"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Neal Morse</span></a> - vocals on track 1<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Winger" title="Kip Winger"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Kip Winger</span></a> - Vocals on track 3 and 6 <i>(Mass, and Battlefield)</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wilson" title="Steven Wilson"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Steven Wilson</span></a> - vocals on track 6 <i>(Stones of years)</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wynne" title="Ed Wynne"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Ed Wynne</span></a> - First guitar solo on track 2, second guitar solo on track 3.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblefoot_%28musician%29" title="Bumblefoot (musician)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bumblefoot</span></a> - First guitar solo on track 3, guitar on track 6 <i>(Aquatarkus)</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Sfogli" title="Marco Sfogli"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Marco Sfogli</span></a> - Guitar on Track 1.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_D%27Virgilio" title="Nick D'Virgilio"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard)</span></a> - Vocals on track 2.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Garcia" title="Ricky Garcia"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Ricky Garcia</span></a> - Second guitar solo on track 2. Guitar on track 6 <i>(Stones of years & Battlefield)</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Baldwin&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bert Baldwin (page does not exist)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bert Baldwin</span></a> - Vocals on "I Talk to the Wind"<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <span style="font-family:arial;">
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