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Jordan Rudess
Artist Biography For Jordan Rudess
Jordan Rudess Born November 4 1956 Is A Julliard-Trained Keyboardist Most Famously Known As A Member Of The Progressive Metal Band Dream Theater. Jordan Was Recognized By His 2nd Grade Teacher As An Exceptional Piano Player And Was Immediately Given Professional Tuition To Enhance His Prodigious Talents. By The Age Of Nine He Entered The Prestigious Julliard School Of Music Pre-College Division For Classical Piano Training But By His Late Teens He Had Grown Increasingly Interested In Synthesizers And Progressive Rock Music. Against The Advice And Wishes Of His Parents And Tutors He Decided To Turn Away From Classical Piano And Try His Hand As A Solo Prog Rock Keyboardist. After Performing In Various Projects During The 1980s He Gained National Attention In 1994 When He Was Voted "Best New Talent" In The Keyboard Magazine Readers' Poll After The Release Of His Listen Solo Album.Two Of The Bands Who Took Notice Of The Up And Coming Young Star Were Dixie Dregs And Dream Theater Both Of Whom Invited Him To Join Their Respective Bands. Jordan Chose The Dregs Primarily Because Being A Part-Time Member Of The Band Would Have Less Of An Impact On His Young Family A Choice He Wasn't Given With Dream Theater. During His Time With The Dregs Jordan Formed A So-Called "power Duo" With Drummer Rod Morgenstein. The Genesis Of This Pairing Occurred When A Power Outage Caused All Of The Dregs' Instruments To Fail Except Jordan's So He And Rod Improvised With Each Other Until Power Was Restored And The Concert Could Continue. The Chemistry Between The Two Was So Strong During This Jam That They Decided To Perform Together On A Regular Basis Under The Name Rudess/Morgenstein Project Or Later RPM And Have Since Released A Studio And A Live Record. Jordan Encountered Dream Theater Once Again When He And Morgenstein Secured The Support Slot On One Of Dream Theater's North American Tours. In 1997 When Mike Portnoy Was Asked To Form A Supergroup By Magna Carta Records Jordan Was Chosen To Fill The Keyboardist Spot In The Band Which Also Consisted Of Tony Levin And Mike's Dream Theater Colleague John Petrucci. During The Recording Of Liquid Tension Experiment's Two Albums It Became Evident To Mike And John That Jordan Was Precisely What Dream Theater Needed. They Asked Jordan To Join The Band And When He Accepted They Released Their Then-Keyboardist Derek Sherinian To Make Way For Jordan. Jordan Has Been The Full-Time Keyboardist In Dream Theater Since The Recording Of 1999's Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes From A Memory. He Has Recorded 8 Other Studio Albums Since Then 2002's Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 2003's Train Of Thought 2005's Octavarium 2007's Systematic Chaos 2009's Black Clouds & Silver Linings 2011's A Dramatic Turn Of Events 2013's Dream Theater And 2016's The Astonishing. In Addition He Has Appeared On The Live Albums Live Scenes From New York Live At Budokan Score Chaos In Motion Live At Luna Park And Breaking The Fourth Wall. While Most Keyboard Players In Rock Bands Tend Towards Bringing Numerous Keyboards On Stage Rudess Took Full Advantage Of The Possibilities Offered By The Kurzweil K2600xs During His Usage From The 1990's To 2004. Often Sampling Sounds From Other Keyboards Rudess Creates A Series Of Setups Each Of Which Maps Different Sounds To Different Layers And Key Ranges Of The Keyboard Controller These Setups Are Then Arranged In The Order They Will Be Required For A Gig And Cycled Through One At A Time With A Control Pedal. While Rudess' Physical Method Of Changing Live Setups Will More Than Likely Remain The Same His Choice Of Hardware To Implement This Changed As Of 2005. Citing A Need For Better Tour Support And More Current Technologies His Kurzweil 2600's Maximum Sample Memory Of 128 MB Had Become Insufficient For His Touring Needs Rudess Switched Keyboard Endorsements From Kurzweil To Korg's New Flagship Korg Oasys Workstation Which Supports Up To 1.5gb Of Sample Memory 1 Which He Uses On Tour With Dream Theater Along With A Receptor And A Haken Continuum Triggering A Roland V-Synth And A Synthesizers.Com Modular. Studio Equipment * Korg Oasys * Haken Audio Continuum Fingerboard * Muse Research Receptor * Kurzweil K2600xs Fully Loaded 88 Note Weighted Keyboard * Kurzweil K2600 Rack Modules * Kurzweil K2000VP Keyboard * Kurzweil PC2 Rack * Minimoog * Roland V-Synth * Synthesizer.Com Modular Synth Virtual Instruments * MOTU Mach 5 * MOTU MX4 Soft Synth * Korg Legacy * Spectrasonics Atmosphere * Spectrasonics Trilogy * Spectrasonics Stylus * Native Instruments Komplete 2 * Native Instruments Absynth * Native Instruments B4 * Native Instruments Guitar Rig * Native Instruments FM7 * Native Instruments Pro 53 Live Rig * Korg OASYS 88 * Freehand Systems Music Pad Pro * Muse Receptor * Synthesizers.Com Custom Modular Synth * Haken Continuum Fingerboard * 2 Roland V-Synth XT * Lap Steel Guitar * Mackie 1604VLZ Pro Mixer * APS Power Backup * Glyph And Iomega Hard Drives Discography Solo Albums * Arrival Cassette 1988 * Listen CD 1993 * Secrets Of The Muse CD 1997 * Resonance CD 1999 * Feeding The Wheel CD 2001 * 4NYC CD 2002 * Christmas Sky CD 2002 * Rhythm Of Time CD 2004 * The Road Home CD 2007 * Notes On A Dream CD 2009 * All That Is Now CD 2013 * Explorations CD 2014 * The Unforgotten Path CD 2015 With Dream Theater * Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes From A Memory CD 1999 * Live Scenes From New York DVD/3CD 2001 * Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 2CD 2002 * Train Of Thought CD 2003 * Live At Budokan 2DVD/3CD 2004 * Octavarium CD 2005 * Score 2DVD/3CD 2006 * Systematic Chaos CD 2007 * Chaos In Motion 2DVD/3CD 2008 * Black Clouds & Silver Linings CD 3CD/DVD 2009 * A Dramatic Turn Of Events CD 2011 * Dream Theater CD 2013 * Live At Luna Park 2DVD/3CD 2013 * Breaking The Fourth Wall 2DVD/3CD 2014 * The Astonishing 2CD 2016 Project Albums * Rudess/Morgenstein Project CD 1997 * An Evening With John Petrucci And Jordan Rudess CD 2001 * Rudess/Morgenstein Project - The Official Bootleg CD 2001 With Liquid Tension Experiment/Liquid Trio Experiment * Liquid Tension Experiment CD 1998 * Liquid Tension Experiment 2 CD 1999 * Spontaneous Combustion CD 2007 As Liquid Trio Experiment * When The Keyboard Breaks Live In Chicago CD 2009 As Liquid Trio Experiment 2 * Liquid Tension Experiment Live 2008 6CD/2DVD/BR 2009 Guest Appearance * Vinnie Moore - Time Odyssey 1988 * Noirin Ni Riain - Celtic Soul 1996 * Explorers Club - Age Of Impact 1998 * Rhonda Larson - Free As A Bird 1999 * Paul Winter And The Earth Band - Journey With The Sun 2000 * Scott McGill - Addition By Subtraction 2001 * Prefab Sprout - The Gunman And Other Stories 2001 * David Bowie - Heathen 2002 * Jupiter - Echo And Art 2003 * Neal Morse - ? 2005 * Daniel J - Losing Time 2005 * Steven Wilson - Insurgentes 2008 * Neil Zaza - When Gravity Fails Not Yet Released Other * Speedway Boulevard - Speedway Boulevard CD 1981 * Steinway To Heaven - Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude Op. 10 No. 12 " 1996
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Jordan Rudess Born November 4 1956 Is A Julliard-Trained Keyboardist Most Famously Known As A Member Of The Progressive Metal Band Dream Theater. Jordan Was Recognized By His 2nd Grade Teacher As An Exceptional Piano Player And Was Immediately Given Professional Tuition To Enhance His Prodigious Talents. By The Age Of Nine He Entered The Prestigious Julliard School Of Music Pre-College Division For Classical Piano Training But By His Late Teens He Had Grown Increasingly Interested In Synthesizers And Progressive Rock Music. Against The Advice And Wishes Of His Parents And Tutors He Decided To Turn Away From Classical Piano And Try His Hand As A Solo Prog Rock Keyboardist. After Performing In Various Projects During The 1980s He Gained National Attention In 1994 When He Was Voted "Best New Talent" In The Keyboard Magazine Readers' Poll After The Release Of His Listen Solo Album.Two Of The Bands Who Took Notice Of The Up And Coming Young Star Were Dixie Dregs And Dream Theater Both Of Whom Invited Him To Join Their Respective Bands. Jordan Chose The Dregs Primarily Because Being A Part-Time Member Of The Band Would Have Less Of An Impact On His Young Family A Choice He Wasn't Given With Dream Theater. During His Time With The Dregs Jordan Formed A So-Called "power Duo" With Drummer Rod Morgenstein. The Genesis Of This Pairing Occurred When A Power Outage Caused All Of The Dregs' Instruments To Fail Except Jordan's So He And Rod Improvised With Each Other Until Power Was Restored And The Concert Could Continue. The Chemistry Between The Two Was So Strong During This Jam That They Decided To Perform Together On A Regular Basis Under The Name Rudess/Morgenstein Project Or Later RPM And Have Since Released A Studio And A Live Record. Jordan Encountered Dream Theater Once Again When He And Morgenstein Secured The Support Slot On One Of Dream Theater's North American Tours. In 1997 When Mike Portnoy Was Asked To Form A Supergroup By Magna Carta Records Jordan Was Chosen To Fill The Keyboardist Spot In The Band Which Also Consisted Of Tony Levin And Mike's Dream Theater Colleague John Petrucci. During The Recording Of Liquid Tension Experiment's Two Albums It Became Evident To Mike And John That Jordan Was Precisely What Dream Theater Needed. They Asked Jordan To Join The Band And When He Accepted They Released Their Then-Keyboardist Derek Sherinian To Make Way For Jordan. Jordan Has Been The Full-Time Keyboardist In Dream Theater Since The Recording Of 1999's Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes From A Memory. He Has Recorded 8 Other Studio Albums Since Then 2002's Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 2003's Train Of Thought 2005's Octavarium 2007's Systematic Chaos 2009's Black Clouds & Silver Linings 2011's A Dramatic Turn Of Events 2013's Dream Theater And 2016's The Astonishing. In Addition He Has Appeared On The Live Albums Live Scenes From New York Live At Budokan Score Chaos In Motion Live At Luna Park And Breaking The Fourth Wall. While Most Keyboard Players In Rock Bands Tend Towards Bringing Numerous Keyboards On Stage Rudess Took Full Advantage Of The Possibilities Offered By The Kurzweil K2600xs During His Usage From The 1990's To 2004. Often Sampling Sounds From Other Keyboards Rudess Creates A Series Of Setups Each Of Which Maps Different Sounds To Different Layers And Key Ranges Of The Keyboard Controller These Setups Are Then Arranged In The Order They Will Be Required For A Gig And Cycled Through One At A Time With A Control Pedal. While Rudess' Physical Method Of Changing Live Setups Will More Than Likely Remain The Same His Choice Of Hardware To Implement This Changed As Of 2005. Citing A Need For Better Tour Support And More Current Technologies His Kurzweil 2600's Maximum Sample Memory Of 128 MB Had Become Insufficient For His Touring Needs Rudess Switched Keyboard Endorsements From Kurzweil To Korg's New Flagship Korg Oasys Workstation Which Supports Up To 1.5gb Of Sample Memory 1 Which He Uses On Tour With Dream Theater Along With A Receptor And A Haken Continuum Triggering A Roland V-Synth And A Synthesizers.Com Modular. Studio Equipment * Korg Oasys * Haken Audio Continuum Fingerboard * Muse Research Receptor * Kurzweil K2600xs Fully Loaded 88 Note Weighted Keyboard * Kurzweil K2600 Rack Modules * Kurzweil K2000VP Keyboard * Kurzweil PC2 Rack * Minimoog * Roland V-Synth * Synthesizer.Com Modular Synth Virtual Instruments * MOTU Mach 5 * MOTU MX4 Soft Synth * Korg Legacy * Spectrasonics Atmosphere * Spectrasonics Trilogy * Spectrasonics Stylus * Native Instruments Komplete 2 * Native Instruments Absynth * Native Instruments B4 * Native Instruments Guitar Rig * Native Instruments FM7 * Native Instruments Pro 53 Live Rig * Korg OASYS 88 * Freehand Systems Music Pad Pro * Muse Receptor * Synthesizers.Com Custom Modular Synth * Haken Continuum Fingerboard * 2 Roland V-Synth XT * Lap Steel Guitar * Mackie 1604VLZ Pro Mixer * APS Power Backup * Glyph And Iomega Hard Drives Discography Solo Albums * Arrival Cassette 1988 * Listen CD 1993 * Secrets Of The Muse CD 1997 * Resonance CD 1999 * Feeding The Wheel CD 2001 * 4NYC CD 2002 * Christmas Sky CD 2002 * Rhythm Of Time CD 2004 * The Road Home CD 2007 * Notes On A Dream CD 2009 * All That Is Now CD 2013 * Explorations CD 2014 * The Unforgotten Path CD 2015 With Dream Theater * Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes From A Memory CD 1999 * Live Scenes From New York DVD/3CD 2001 * Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 2CD 2002 * Train Of Thought CD 2003 * Live At Budokan 2DVD/3CD 2004 * Octavarium CD 2005 * Score 2DVD/3CD 2006 * Systematic Chaos CD 2007 * Chaos In Motion 2DVD/3CD 2008 * Black Clouds & Silver Linings CD 3CD/DVD 2009 * A Dramatic Turn Of Events CD 2011 * Dream Theater CD 2013 * Live At Luna Park 2DVD/3CD 2013 * Breaking The Fourth Wall 2DVD/3CD 2014 * The Astonishing 2CD 2016 Project Albums * Rudess/Morgenstein Project CD 1997 * An Evening With John Petrucci And Jordan Rudess CD 2001 * Rudess/Morgenstein Project - The Official Bootleg CD 2001 With Liquid Tension Experiment/Liquid Trio Experiment * Liquid Tension Experiment CD 1998 * Liquid Tension Experiment 2 CD 1999 * Spontaneous Combustion CD 2007 As Liquid Trio Experiment * When The Keyboard Breaks Live In Chicago CD 2009 As Liquid Trio Experiment 2 * Liquid Tension Experiment Live 2008 6CD/2DVD/BR 2009 Guest Appearance * Vinnie Moore - Time Odyssey 1988 * Noirin Ni Riain - Celtic Soul 1996 * Explorers Club - Age Of Impact 1998 * Rhonda Larson - Free As A Bird 1999 * Paul Winter And The Earth Band - Journey With The Sun 2000 * Scott McGill - Addition By Subtraction 2001 * Prefab Sprout - The Gunman And Other Stories 2001 * David Bowie - Heathen 2002 * Jupiter - Echo And Art 2003 * Neal Morse - ? 2005 * Daniel J - Losing Time 2005 * Steven Wilson - Insurgentes 2008 * Neil Zaza - When Gravity Fails Not Yet Released Other * Speedway Boulevard - Speedway Boulevard CD 1981 * Steinway To Heaven - Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude Op. 10 No. 12 " 1996
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