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Liquid Tension Experiment - Live
John Petrucci – guitar
Mike Portnoy - drums
Jordan Rudess - keyboards
Tony Levin – Bass
Everyone's soloing at the same time in time..... :))
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I have enjoyed both of the CD's and this Live one, however, I find this a bit too much on the metal side of things, which with the folks in question is not surprising, however, TL is fine here, but really not as great a Chapman Stick player on this stuff, as I think things could be, and I think that some of this may have been due to the mix, which is all drums and guitar and incidental volume to the bass and keyboards, which makes them less valuable, and in my book (... in my book ... ), lowers the quality of the music all around.
But there are some really nice moments in here. Mostly based on JP's guitar work, though, I think.
After seeing Nick Beggs with SW, I am thinking that he and Don Schiff (Rocket Scientists -- from LA), are probably the best two Stick players in rock music. Maybe I'm thinking that TL is studying the notes a bit too much. He was much freer and loose with PG and better, although with KC, it's both in my estimation.