Dream Theater – On the Backs of Angels (A Dramatic Turn of Events) – SPLIT-SCREEN COVERS – VRA!

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╟►SPLIT-SCREEN COVERS

Song #1 - "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream"

Song #2 - "Metropolis - Part 1"

Song #3 - "Constant Motion"

Song #4 - "As I Am"

Song #5 - "On the Backs of Angels"

The idea 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 on vocals though, at our discretion.

How does 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. This has been a great exercise for me (mixing). 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 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 everyone's videos to it. After a bit of editing and level/color correction it's ready for YouTube. :)

╟►On the Backs of Angels - Credits

Original music: Dream Theater
Lyrics: John Petrucci
Album: A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)

The band:

Junghwan Kim - Keyboard

Felipe Campos - Bass

Denis Oliveira - Vocals

Paco Barillà - Drums

Thiago Campos - Guitars & Mixing

Hope you all enjoy it! Please like and subscribe! More split-screen covers to come.

[MetalJesusRocks]

The band is crazy talented....but that keyboard player was KILLER in the breakdown! Nice job!

[ThiagoCamposOfficial]

As the producer of the Split-Screen Covers project, I'd like to add a piece of inside information to this discussion. I'm sure you all know this was a "release as fast as we can" type collab. Check the date we released it. We recorded it in under a week from the official Dream Theater release, and Paco Barillà had to be the first to record his parts, because we use the drums as foundation for the rest. He actually sent in all his tracks 2 days after the release of the song. Think about it..

[StephenLee]

It's amazing to see that these people are from all different parts of the world, speak different languages, and may have never met each other in person but can come together through the power of the internet... and DREAM THEATER

[bisoelvantaad]

Man, I can't believe it's been 11 years since I first watched this. Thank you for the good memory.

[AdamLiebman]

Every instrument and the singing in this is amazing. Cheers to the musicians! The singer always on key, the drummer never missing a beat, the bass player adding a groovy low-end, and the guitarist shredding just like Petrucci. Damn.

[FernieMercury]

First time I saw the guitarist, I was like "Whoah, is that Mark Tremonti?"

[amaarjeyasothy]

Great cover! AND the mix sounds so good! You can clearly hear each part without one drowning another out! Great job!

[jonchan]

my 1st DT song I've heard, and also 1st DT cover I've watched

[enricobiggio]

IMHO one of the best DT cover band ever, great job guys, listen to your music is a pleasure!

[eirikvanderodden]

Good cover! James should do like the vocalist does at 7:25! Gave me goosebumps!

[franco.torriani]

It sounds far better than the official studio version. Chapeau! Great work!

[Trelosolyuy]

Vocês são muito bons! Fazer cover de DT não é fácil mesmo, parabéns!

[victhemetalhead]

I'm totally blown away! I have NEVER heard any dream theater cover that was this good!

[jahl]

Impecable la ejecución y la producción. Como gran admirador de DT agradezco este tributo y como músico (español) os expreso mi admiración. GRAN TRABAJO.

[veroyoga]

what the name of the application in the mobile phone ?

[chiyo-chanholocaust]

Mano...isso soa absurdamente igual, uma coisa é você tocar a música, outra é gravar todos os instrumentos com o EXATO mesmo timbre, EXATA mesma mixagem pqp, mas o que eu nao dava pra ter uns music man tmb haha

[virtuastudios]

The most godly cover of a song by a band on YouTube. Haha. Seriously though Thiago, I was just looking for dean vendetta videos and came accross this somehow from somewhere, and this is fucking brilliant! Huge rep, you better go big and make us proud.

[zeroadirita]

Escuto e toco DT há mais de 10 anos e nunca havia visto algo tão bom.
Sou muito crítico. Parabéns!

[mikeythapa]

Everybody chant with me " Do Octavarium!!! Do Octavarium!!! Do Octavarium!!!"

[MrCRIS]

Great cover great band great song just perfect cover dude congratulations llmlll