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DramaGods - Live in Korea

~ September 29, 2006 at 17:09 (Views: 470 )

Here's a recent show of Nuno Bettencourt's latest band, DramaGods, during a quick tour of Korea, pro shot for TV. ENJOY!!

Monkey Paw (Mourning Widows)

Megaton (Dramagods)

Something About You (Dramagods)

Nice To Meet You (Dramagods)

Midnight Express (Extreme)

No Regrets (Mourning Widows)

Get The Funk Out (Extreme)

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Favorite Musicians - Part I

~ August 7, 2006 at 19:17 (Views: 120 )

Here's my list of favorite musicians on every instruments worth mentioning in the context of "rock" music. My charts do give a good idea but since some bands have long songs and others have shorters, it can somehow skew the results a bit about showing my "real favorites".
Note that the Top 3 is pretty definitive but after that, the order tends to change from time to time:

1-Man Genius

1) Steve Vai
2) Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme / Mourning Widows / DramaGods)
3) Virgil Donati (Planet X (Prog) & On The Virg)
4) Michael Cretu (Enigma)
5) Stevie Ray Vaughan
6) Jagori Tanna (I Mother Earth)
7) Ian Thornley (Big Wreck)
8) Don Ross
9) John Williams
10) Mozart & Beethoven

Drums

1) Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
2) Virgil Donati (Planet X)
3) Mike Mangini (Extreme / Vai)
4) Neil Peart (Rush)
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5) Dennis Chambers
6) Tim Alexander (Primus)
7) Terry Bozzio
8) Marco Minnerman
9) Danny Carey (Tool)
10) Jeff Consi & Kevin Figueiredo (Mourning Widows / DramaGods)

Guitars

1) Nuno Bettencourt
2) John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
3) Steve Vai
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4) Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen)
5) Alex Lifeson (Rush)
6) Blues Saraceno
7) Jagori Tanna (I Mother Earth)
8) James Hetfield (Metallica)
9) Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
10) Don Ross

Bass

1) Les Claypool (Primus)
2) Victor Wooten
3) Geddy Lee (Rush)
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4) Tony Levin
5) Michael Manring
6) John Myung (Dream Theater)
7) Philip Bynoe
8) Bruce Gordon (I Mother Earth)
9) Justin Chancellor (Tool)
10) Pat Badger, Donovan Bettencourt & Joe Pessia
(Extreme / Mourning Widows & DramaGods)

Keyboards / Piano

1) Derek Sherinian (Planet X / DT / solo)
2) Jordan Rudess (DT / LTE / solo)
3) Kevin Moore (DT / Chroma Key / O.S.I.)
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4) Keith Emerson (ELP)
5) Steve Ferlazzo (Tribe of Judah / DramaGods)
6) Steve Weingart
7) Tony MacAlpine
8) Nuno Bettencourt

Vocals

1) Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals / solo)
2) Nuno Bettencourt
3) Lucia Moniz
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4) James Hetfield (Metallica)
5) Amy Lee (Evanescence)
6) Ian Thornley (Big Wreck)
7) Freddie Mercury (Queen)
8) Gary Cherone (Extreme / Tribe of Judah / Van Halen)
9) Mike Patton (Faith No More / Mr Bungle)
10) Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)
11) Jon Bon Jovi
12) Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
13) James LaBrie (Dream Theater)

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Favorite Musicians - Part II (Duos)

~ August 4, 2006 at 18:15 (Views: 248 )

Since one of the thing I love the most about music is the chemistry between players in a band, here's my lists of favorite duos... these reflect not only amazing technical ability but also an amazing mix of styles backed up by great songwriting as well.

Duo Guitar/Drums

1) John Petrucci / Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
2) Nuno Bettencourt / Mike Mangini & Jeff Consi (Extreme / Mourning Widows)
3) Steve Vai / Mike Mangini (Steve Vai)
4) Jagori & Christian Tanna (I Mother Earth)
5) Adam Jones / Danny Carey (Tool)

Duo Guitar/Bass

1) Alex Lifeson / Geddy Lee (Rush)
2) John Petrucci / John Myung (Dream Theater)
3) Nuno Bettencourt / Pat Badger (Extreme)
4) Jagori Tanna / Bruce Gordon (I Mother Earth)
5) Steve Vai / Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth / Steve Vai)

Duo Guitar/Keyboards

1) John Petrucci / Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater / Liquid Tension Experiment)
2) John Petrucci / Kevin Moore (Dream Theater)
3) John Petrucci / Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater / Derek Sherinian)
4) Nuno Bettencourt / Steve Ferlazzo (DramaGods)
5) Jim Matheos / Kevin Moore (O.S.I. / Fates Warning)

Duo Bass/Drums

1) Les Claypool / Tim Alexander (Primus)
2) Geddy Lee / Neil Peart (Rush)
3) Rufus Philpot / Virgil Donati (Planet X (Prog))
4) Justin Chancellor / Danny Carey (Tool)
5) Bruce Gordon / Christian Tanna (I Mother Earth)

Duo Bass/Keyboards

1) Tony Levin / Jordan Rudess (Liquid Tension Experiment)
2) John Myung / Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater / Platypus)
3) Joe Pessia / Steve Ferlazzo (DramaGods)

Duo Drums/Keyboards

1) Virgil Donati / Derek Sherinian (Planet X (Prog))
2) Mike Portnoy / Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater / Liquid Tension Experiment)
3) Mike Portnoy / Kevin Moore (Dream Theater / O.S.I.)
4) Carl Palmer / Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

Duo Guitars

1) Steve Clark / Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
2) James Hetfield / Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
3) Angus & Malcolm Young (AC/DC)

Duo Songwriters

1) Gary Cherone / Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
2) John Petrucci / Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater / Liquid Tension Experiment)
3) Virgil Donati / Derek Sherinian (Planet X (Prog))

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Bands Seen Live

~ August 3, 2006 at 19:22 (Views: 188 )

Here's my list of all the shows I've seen so far.
(This list will keep getting updated as I see new ones)

Nuno Bettencourt (total - 10 times)
Dream Theater (7 times / 1997 - Toronto / 1998 - Montreal / 2000 - Germany & France / 2004 - London & Ottawa / 2006 - Montreal)
Population 1 / DramaGods (5 times / 2004 - New York
& New England)
Mourning Widows (4 times / 2000 & 2001 - Boston & New England)
Def Leppard (4 times / 1996 & 2000 - Montreal / 2003 & 2004 - London)
Gary Cherone (3 times / 1995, 2001 & 2004 - Toronto, Boston & Worcester)
Rush (2 times / 1989 & 2004 - Montreal)
Primus (2 times / 1999 & 2004 - Montreal)
Planet X (Prog) (2 times / 2000 & 2002 - Montreal)
Mike Portnoy (Drums) (2 clinics / 1998 - Montreal / 1999 - Winnipeg)

Yes (2004 w/ Dream Theater - Montreal)
Thornley (2004 - Montreal)
Mike Mangini & Horacio Hernandez (2004 - Montreal)
Don Ross (2004 - Montreal)
Bon Jovi (2003 - London)
Live (2003 w/ Bon Jovi - London)
The Darkness (2003 w/ Def Leppard - London)
Yngwie Malmsteen (2002 - Porto Alegre)
Derek Sherinian (2002 w/ Yngwie - Porto Alegre)
Paul Gilbert (2002 - Porto Alegre)
Al DiMeola (2002 - Porto Alegre)
Nightwish (2002 - Porto Alegre)
Savatage (2001 - Porto Alegre)
Porcupine Tree (2000 w/ Dream Theater - France)
Spock's Beard (2000 w/ Dream Theater - Germany)
Gondwanaland (2000 - Germany)
Joan Jett (2000 w/ Def Leppard - Montreal)
Virgil Donati (2000 - Montreal)
Steve Vai (1999 - Montreal)
Buckethead (1999 w/ Primus - Montreal)
Incubus (Rock) (1999 w/ Primus - Montreal)
Deep Purple (1998 w/ Dream Theater & ELP - Montreal)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1998 w/ Dream Theater & DP - Montreal)
Kiss (1998 - Montreal)
The Prodigy (1998 - Montreal)
Bran Van 3000 (1998 w/ Prodigy - Montreal)
Big Wreck (1997 w/ Dream Theater - Toronto)
Moist / Creed / Foo Fighters / Green Day / The Tea Party (1997 - Montreal)
Tripping Daisy (1996 w/ Def Leppard - Montreal)
Extreme (1995 - Toronto)
Flesh (1995 w/ Extreme - Toronto)
Voivod (1989 w/ Rush - Montreal)