Jordan RUDESS

Rhythm Of Time

(2004)

1. Time Crunch 6'28
(Jordan Rudess)
2. Screaming Head 7'19
(Jordan Rudess)
3. Insectsamongus 9'34
(Jordan Rudess)
4. Beyond Tomorrow 9'56
(Jordan Rudess)
5. Bar Hopping With Mr. Picky 4'38
(Jordan Rudess)
6. What Four 6'50
(Jordan Rudess)
7. Ra 7'55
(Jordan Rudess)
8. Tear Before The Rain 6'36
(Jordan Rudess)

Total Time: 59:16

Musicians:

  • Jordan Rudess - All Keyboards, Backup Vocals
  • Rod Morgenstein - Drums

    Introducing:

  • Daniel J. - Guitar
  • Kip Winger - Vocals on Track 4 & 8
  • Bert Baldwin - Backup Vocals

    Featured Guitar Soloists:

  • Joe Satriani - Tracks 2 and 3 (first solo)
  • Steve Morse - Tracks 5 and 6 (second solo)
  • Greg Howe - Tracks 4 and 6 (first solo)
  • Vinnte Moore - Tracks 1 and 7
  • John Guth - Acoustic Guitar on Track 4
  • Dave LaRue - Bass on Tracks 2, 4 and 5
  • Bill Ruyle - Tablas on Track 7

    Produced by Jordan Rudess
    Recorded and Mixed by John Guth at     JGP
    Additional Engineer - Dani Koesterich
    Mastered by Jim Brick at     ABSOLUTE AUDIO, New York City
    Paul Undersinger - Design & Photography     (paulworks.com)
    Ned Barber - Behind the Scenes Videographer

    All Music and Words by Jordan Rudess

    Love and Thanks go out to:

    All of my family and friends, especially my girls - Danielle, Ariana, Kayla and my mother Rita Rudess and Leo and Laura Kornfeld

    Big Thanks to:

    Rod Morgenstein for putting so much passion, care and time into this music
    John Guth for his amazing engineering on this very technical project with an insane deadline.
    My assistant, Dani Koesterich for his constant comentment and high level work on this project.
    My DREAM THEATER bandmates, my musical partners and friends - James Labrie, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy.
    My manager Frank Solomon, for keeping my real world together.
    Daniel J. for learning every note on this CD by ear. and playing it with great virtuosity.
    Kip Winger for coming throuh beautifully and at the last moment.
    Steve Greg, Joe and Vinnie for some truly amazing guitar solos.
    Dave LaRue for nailing my bass lines exectly as I envisioned them.
    Pete Morticelli, Mike Varney and Dan Hanley at MAGNA CARTA for there great support of my career for the past 15 years.
    Richard Lainhart for being my technical guru neighbor. Andrew "Salty" Saltmarsh - WEBmaster Extraordinaire.
    Patrick Slaats - Standsbuilder

    My spiritual brother, Shem Cohen,
    Steve Martirano - My partner in the sonic realm (our lead sound rules!)
    Bert Baldwin - who is always there for me

    My Online Conservatory team:

    Chris Romero. Ryan Manierez, Anthony Geluso and Jordan Baker, Coen and Jeroen, fouders of the Internal Jordan Rudess Club

    Simon and Marco and brother Ivan from the amazing Italian Dreamers Mark Bredius - DREAM THEATER's webmaster Your Your Majesty, The Mirror, Israeli Dreamers and all other DREAM THEATER fan clubs and supporters around the world.

    Jordan also would like to thank:

    Christopher Battner, Jeff Dunmiro, Jeff Allen, Ken Bayers, Jerry Kovarsky, Jack Hotop. Dave Roberts, Randy Fuchs, Jim Cooper, Mark Altecruz, Eric Persing, Rikk Feulner, Doug Hanson, DK Sweet, Robert Dorian and Mike Martin

    The Companies:

    KURZWEIL, KORG, MARK Of The UNICORN, APPLE COMPUTER;
    Also - SPECTRASONICS, SWEETWATER, ROLAND, TAMAHA, MOOG and NATIVE INSTRUMENTS

    Keyboards used on this album include: KURZWEIL 2600XS Keyboard, KURZWEIL 2600 Racks, KORG Triton Rack, KORG Karma, ROLAND V-Synth, NOVATION Super Nova, MOOG Voyager,

    Software instruments:

    SPECTRASONICS Atmospher and Trilogy, which I used to play bass on tracks 1, 3

    Rod Morgenstein endorses:

    Premier Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks, Isolation Headphones, Shure Microphones, XL Specialty Protechtor Cases

    For more information about Jordan Rudess, the Online Conservatory and the JR international fan club, chåñê out:

    www.jordanrudess.com

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    Visit http:\\www.jordanrudess.com\studio_diary.html

    for the daily journal and photos of the 14 day recording experience

    November 7, 2004. 14 days. 24 hours a day. It was the only possibility.

    The issue:
    It was time to make my next solo album, but officially impossible with the DREAM THEATER machine rewing it's engines for the 2004 World Tour.

    The Tour Details:

    Over 8 hours worth of music to learn and at feast 100 hours of synth programming

    The Solo Album Details:

    An average 3 to 6 months to compose and perform a solo album

    The Solution:

    Enter my studio for 14 straight days. Turn off phone. Ignore email. Ìeats delivered to the door. Air mattress on the floor for infrequent bursts of sleep. Total creative seclusion sanctioned by my family (the idea actually came from my wife, Danielle)

    The Pros:

    Even if I didn't finish the album, I would get a lot of music written

    The Pros:

    Is seclusion the kind of environment that creates depth and intensity

    The First Step:

    Updating my Gear and Computer Systems. Conferencing with my technical guru / neighbor Richard Lainhart, brought me to the decision that the best way to go would be to get the APPLE GS DUAL processor machine with two 17 inch flat screen monitors. My friends at MOTU also set me up with DIGITAL PERFORMER 4.0 and their MACH 5 software sampler. I also had recently added a ROLAND V-Synth and a MOOG VOYAGER to my keyboard arsenal.

    How It Came Together:

    All the keyboard parts were created and recorded at my studio with an APPLE G5 dual processing computer using MOTU's DIGITAL PERFORMER software. The keyboards were then brought to JGP for the mix where they were eventually transferred to DIGIDESIGN's Pro Tools to be mixed in with the other instruments.

    Dani made CDs of my current work and mailed them every day to Rod Morgenstein, who was sheduled to start recording drums immediately after I finished my 14 day prcess. The day after I finished writing piece. Rod was learning it.

    Rod Morgenstein's Drums, Daniel J's Guitar and Bill Ruyle's tabla were recorded by John Guth at JGP.

    All the other soloist's recorded their own parts at their personal studios and either emailed them to us or sent them to us via regular mail.

    Guest Artists:

    Pete Morticelli, Mike Varney and I worked together to create the dreamteam.

    Drummer - Rod Morgenstein is one of my best friend on the planet - he has the musicianship, eare patience and intensity that I needed. Our previous work together in The DREGS, and the Rudess - Morgenstein project was good prep for this explosive project.

    Yet, our frequent telephone conversations about time signatures someshow overlooked "What Four", so his perceived downbeat was in an entirely different place than mine. It rocked though and that is the version we recorded!

    Flashback 1992 - First rehearsal with The DREGS playing "Here After". I had notated the song in multiple meters based on the drum accents in the recording. At rehearsal, Rod tells me the song's in 4/4 time.

    Guitars:

    I met Joe Satriani on the DT / Satriani summer tour 2002. Many summer nights I'd find a spot backstage to enjoy my friends jams. It is amazing to have his magic touch here!

    Vinnie and I had not recorded together since his Time Odyssey album of 1988. We have always looked foward to working together again.

    Steve Morse and I met during my brief stint with the Dixie Dregs on the Full Circle tour. Steve has been one of my favorite guitarists and composers forever, and when I was writing I knew I had to have his touch on this album.

    This is my first time working with Greg Howe. His playing has always impressed me and I am blown away by his contributions to this album.

    Daniel J. is a new talent that I discovered about a year ago. When I first heard his music, I immediately felt that I wanted to be involved with his career, it's great to be able to help other musicians get their start, especially hardworking, talented ones like Daniel.

    The Bass:

    Dave LaRue and I met in the Dixie Dregs as well, If anybody was gonna play bass on my album (and that was a big question mark) it had to be Dave. He can play anything, has a great ear and reads music well a skill that's a life saver on a project like mine!

    Vocals:

    I recorded the original vocal tracks on the album, but I wanted to hear another voice sing the part before I committed to my own sound. I had met vocalist Kip Winger yaers ago trugh Rod. Thankfully Kip was totally into it and had a couple days between other sessions to record his part in his home studio. We rushed the tracks down to him and he quickly delivered both tracks back to us beautifully sumg and recorded. The goal was to have this album mixed before january 10, 2004, - the day I was leaving for the DT Tour. Amazingly, all my musicians were able to commit to recording their parts and sending them back to me within my time frame. Since all my guitar soloists had recording systems in their private home studios, part of my job was to prepare the tracks that they would need to work with. Dani and I had to record, stem mixes (Groups of separate tracks) wich would then go out to the guys. Usually my leads - bass and drums would all get separated, and then a general mix of the remaining tracks along with a separate click track. We would also create a MIDI file that would be used in the mix and by anybody who wanted to look at that data. John Guth prepair all the files to each person's specs and then zipped it back into the PRO TOOLS environment for the mixing process.

    For the mix I had to move all my keyboards to John Guth's house. AH the keyboards were automated as MIDI information along with all the audio tracks until the mix was rsdy to be finalized for each song. Having the keyboards remain as MIDI data until the end gave us the flexibility to change the keyboards in any \ work with all the audio tracks.

    One magical moment was when John was transferring a file that Steve Morse sent to us online. He was holding up à 64 meg USB drive that is no bigger then your thumb, at which point we realized his entire solo was inside there!! Technology can be really incredible!

    John isn't only a PRO TOOLS Master but also a great musician and guitarist, and by time all was said and done had added some shaker to a couple of parts and played acoustic guitar on "Beyond Tomorrow".

    The rhythms kept me going as I watched the time fly by "Rythm Of Time". Sometimes it helps to have a deadline.

    - Musically,
    Jordan



    1. Time Crunch

      ( instrumental )

    2. Screaming Head

      ( instrumental )

    3. Insectsamongus

      ( instrumental )

    4. Beyond Tomorrow

      I remember only yesterday
      Seems like not so long ago.
      Moving sideways on a shifting stage _=i :.'¦ ^
      Don't know where time seems to go.

      I watch myself turn away
      all in a memory
      rewinding just a single page
      Now it's all coming back to me ...

      There's a young man in an endless dream
      projecting through a world of sound
      fingers fly and then
      a silent scream always high above the ground

      I'm living - this moment
      Through all the years
      Illusion - in my mind washing out the fears

      One day I'll be far from here
      A star beyond tomorrow and distance beyond
      this sphere will lead me on !

    5. Bar Hopping With Mr. Picky

      ( instrumental )

    6. What Four

      ( instrumental )

    7. Ra

      ( instrumental )

    8. Tear Before The Rain

      There in the afterglow
      My solo world in view
      A glimpse beyond
      the world t know
      An open door that I walk through ?

      And falling from the sky,
      a tear before the rain.
      But will it pass me by -
      holding back again.. ¦

      A man possesses wings to fly
      beyond this space and time The rhythm of this
      heart of mine
      Is beating like a battle cry

      And if I let it go
      Will strength provide relief
      frorn fearful winds that blow -
      only disbelief

      Tears falling
      I'm calling out into the air
      My sun is rising where
      I stand - { I know - )

      One day I wake up
      and suddenly I'm found

      High flying man has
      been unbound (and so)

      The hourglass is winding down as all becomes so clear
      Now tears that fall are all around
      and rainbows in the sky appear

      Tears falling
      I'm calling out into the air
      My sun is rising where
      I stand - ( I know - )

      One day I wake up
      and suddenly I'm found
      High flying man has been unbound (and so)

      And here I am once more
      I'm standing in the light much stronger then before

      A tear before the rain
      One tear before the rain.