Album Rating: 4.5

solid songwriter

Album Rating: 4.0

this is the only thing theyve done that ive really enjoyed



which is disappointing cause say the t/t is a goat track

i mean petrucci has been writing most of the material for the last decade, right? he obviously is just going soft, composing stale music

Album Rating: 4.0

"solid songwriter"



terrible songwriter. undeniably a great drummer though

Album Rating: 4.0

How'd you guys feel if they replaced LaBrie with the guy from Haken?

Album Rating: 4.0

haken is boooorrrriiing

Album Rating: 4.5

art dude he played a huge role in the writing for images, awake, change of seasons, falling into infinity, scenes, and 6 degrees



solid stuff imo

Album Rating: 4.0

who actually listens to dt for their songwriting though?



except for space-dye vest and that's written by kevin moore so

Album Rating: 4.5

lol are you kidding?



songwriting is what makes the music worthwhile or not



and yes, space dye is without question Moore's best work

who listens to written songs for the song writing?

Album Rating: 4.0

for me songwriting is always connected to the lyrics, and they are very important for sure, just not really in this particular genre which bases itself on technicality, catchy melodies and long-winded structures



in general, your typical dt fan doesn't care if the song is well-written but focuses on the technical aspects and catchy riffs instead

Album Rating: 4.5

good technical aspects, catchy riffs, etc. is all part of songwriting.....not just lyrics

Album Rating: 4.0

for me it has always been the lyrics and how they're matched with the music but maybe i've used the term incorrectly

Album Rating: 4.0

"for me songwriting is always connected to the lyrics"

would that mean that an instrumental album doesn't have any song-writing?



It's also not really true that progressive metal in general is based on technicality and long-winded structures. It's far too diverse to be generalized in such way. Queensryche, Crimson Glory, parts of Fates Warning etc aren't long-winded at all. I won't complain about the catchy melodies though, that's part of it in most cases I guess.



Edit: Just read the comment above and yeah, song-writing is often used as a synonym for composition. Now I fully understand why you'd say that Portnoy is a bad song-writer.

Album Rating: 4.0

"would that mean that an instrumental album doesn't have any song-writing?"



i wouldn't put it like that but with my logic, yeah

Album Rating: 4.0

its less to do with lyrics and more to do with lack of melody



technicality for the sake of technicality, no emotion

Album Rating: 4.5

who actually listens to dt for their songwriting though?

Album Rating: 4.5

nope....you should've seen his NHL picks



:D

Album Rating: 4.0

lol

Album Rating: 4.5

yank humour :D



i mean humor