Dream Theater – Metropolis Part 1 (Images and Words) – SPLIT-SCREEN COVERS – VRA!
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by admin
Dream Theater Tribute
Split Screen Covers / VRA!
Metropolis – Part 1
“The Miracle and the Sleeper”
Album: Images and Words
Our 2nd song for the Split-Screen Covers / Dream Theater Tribute project. This time our guest vocalist was Will Shaw, the “guy who sings DT and Symphony-X in his car”, a.k.a. Unflexablegrace. Thank you for the great performance Will!
For suggestions, comments or whatever, feel free to email us.
splitscreencovers@gmail.com
╟►SPLIT-SCREEN COVERS
Song #1 – “Lifting Shadows Off a Dream”
Song #2 – “Metropolis – Part 1″
The ideia behind the project is to collaborate online to record these covers.
Although some good friends of mine form the core of the project, the band won’t necessarily be the same for every song. We will have guests from around the world participating, mostly (if nor all) on vocals though, at our discretion.
How those it work?
Each guy in the band records their parts (audio tracks and video) at home or at a local studio and sends them to me.
I then put the audio together and mix it.
Since I’m fairly new to mixing, this has been a great exercise for me. I learn the concept behind the sound of my favorite albums and try a whole bunch of cool techniques attempting to replicate it closely.
I AB my mix with the original song but I don’t get too crazy about it. It’s difficult to get the sound exactly right due to a number of variables. When I get it close enough I stop comparing the two and just get it to sound good (hopefully) from there.
When the final stereo audio track is done I take it to a video editing software and sync everyones videos to it. After a bit of editing and level/color corrections it’s ready for YouTube. 
╟► How to guest on a future SSC video?SplitScreenCovers@gmail.com
We’re lucky enough to say we’ve been getting many requests from great singers from around the world interested in participating on this project.
Unfortunately we can’t keep up with recording at the same rate people are showing up. A few singers are already chosen for specific songs and are just patiently waiting until we manage to get to them. Slowly but surely, we will do each one.
This unsynced relation of available singers to songs being put out has however put us in a difficult position of having to be more selective of our guests. We haven’t written out an official criteria list to follow while evaluating candidates, as we thought it wouldn’t come to this.
We’ll listen to the supplied material (video on youtube, myspace, or whatever) and either feel it fits our project or not. That simple! We’ll mostly be paying attention to intonation, performance, ability to deliver lyrics in English convincinly, tone, the usual (including our personal preferences).
We’ll check our list of available next few songs and suggest one or two we feel might fit nicely for the specific voice, and then talk it out from there.
I’d like to concentrate contact through email if at all possible. It makes keeping track of everyone much easier. If you prefer, contact through PM is fine also.
SplitScreenCovers@gmail.com
For anyone interested, please send us an email with your info. Tell us a bit about yourself. A good starting point would be your name, city/country, bands/projects, forum alias, youtube channel, myspace, recording setup. Please also include a list of your favourite DT albums and songs you’d wish to cover and any other info you feel we should know.
We won’t be accepting guests with no recorded audio for us to listen to. This is the least we could ask. So don’t send us emails with “DT rulz, i sing nicely, I swear!!!!1″ (we do get this)… I’m sure you do, but please show us.
╟►Metropolis Pt.1 – Credits
Original music: Dream Theater
Lyrics: John Petrucci
Album: Images and Words
The band:
César Zolhof – Keyboard
http://www.youtube.com/zolhof
Felipe Campos – Bass
http://www.youtube.com/FelipeCamposBass
Will Shaw – Vocals
http://www.youtube.com/Unflexablegrace
Paulinho – Drums
http://www.youtube.com/paulohjs
Thiago Campos – Guitars & Mixing
http://www.youtube.com/ThiagoCamposOfficial
High quality MP3:
http://www.4shared.com/file/137065525/74bfdc4a/SSC-VRA-Metropolis-Part1-192k.html
Hope you all enjoy it! Don´t forget to rate and subscribe! More split-screen covers to come…
╟►Gear used:
Korg Oasys 88
Kurzweil PC3x
Ernie Ball Music Man JP6
Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo 6
Mesa Boogie Mark IV
Mesa Boogie 4×12 Stiletto
╟►Video responses:
I’ll gladly accept video replies as long as it relates to this one in one of two ways:
1) [Format] Your vid is a Split-Screen, full band type cover of any DT/LTE song.
2) [Song] It is related to “Metropolis Part 1″ in any type format (split-screen, single person, or whatever).
I won’t accept any other videos unless I’m convinced it’s an exceptional case, which I reserve the right to be the judge of. Thanks.
Duration : 0:10:3
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April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
it`s so perfect it …
it`s so perfect it hurts
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
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April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Awesome! I’m not …
Awesome! I’m not into Heavy/Prog metal anymore but I’m watching this video over and over. Congratulations!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Ow guys, excellent. …
Ow guys, excellent. Unbelievable !!! Keep n rock… !
Thanks from Brazil.
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
perfect,peeerfect,. …
perfect,peeerfect,… impressive!!!!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Pure perfection! …
Pure perfection! Keep on playin’ dudes
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Ate que enfim um …
Ate que enfim um couver do dream theater de respeito… precision strike
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Om my god what the …
Om my god what the was that? Let me tell you… that my friends, was the most amazing Dream Theater cover I have ever heard in my life. The fact that you could perfectly match their tones, beats and style is beyond my knowledge. Every other Dream Theater cover you see on youtube is somewhat mediocre and not worthwhile, but this my friends is excellent. Rock on brothers!!!!!! \m/
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
THAT WAS COMPLETELY …
THAT WAS COMPLETELY UNBELIEVABLE!!!! It’s quite possible that you guys could pull this song off live better than Dream Theater themselves!! BRAVO GUYS!!!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
I’ve watched this …
I’ve watched this video 6 of 7 times. Each time I just say…….DAMN!!! Like others have responded, you guys should tour. Will Shaw should be singing for someone!!! Amazing!!!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
ohhhhhhh, awesome …
ohhhhhhh, awesome hard song
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
F ucking IMPRESSIVE …
F ucking IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!! I could watch this all day!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
how do you put …
how do you put delay on???
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
wow thats a band, …
wow thats a band, thats a singer
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Best cover I’ve …
Best cover I’ve ever heard of Dream Theater. simply amazing.
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
@Ludzburg he has …
@Ludzburg he has AMAZING voice.
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
She teasing with …
She teasing with her fans.. Lady Gaga showing her sexy body – Nakedlady gaga. C00Mm – Just Awesome
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
OMFG!!!!!…..I …
OMFG!!!!!…..I salute you!!!!….BRAVO!!!!!!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Is the singer the …
Is the singer the same guy who sings a lot of prog metal songs in his car?
Man, he rocks!!!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
great cover
great cover
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
you guys should tour
you guys should tour
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
Thank you, that was …
Thank you, that was a great pleasure to listen. Superior performance!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
A good man once …
A good man once siad that he will always be the best at everything.
after watching this i realized that god was wrong
good job you guys keep it up
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
This singer is sooo …
This singer is sooo much better than their current singer. I would prefer Dream Theater to have a) No singer or b) this singer…tight as!!
April 24th, 2010 at 5:03 am
you guys are …
you guys are awesome ,,