Episode 45 - Dream Theater‘s The Astonishing (The backstory of my Novelization of The Astonishing, concept art discussion, scenes from the book, full album analysis and breakdown)

<p>When Dream Theater wrote their epic double CD concept album, I got the chance to embellish its story and write a full novel to do so. Here I've gone into an epic deep dive of: how I got the job working with John Petrucci and writing the novel; a discussion of the art and design and map and other conceptual visuals; the relating of certain scenes only in the book, which give helpful context for the record experience; and a full album track-by-track listen in which I share insights to the music and story, as well as helpful context to layer on added meaning to the album. This is a long show, meant for hardcore DT fans, musicians who may want to see a blueprint for how to put together an expansive and immersive concept album, or those just interested in how I approached the task of breathing life into a world at such scale. </p> <p>Audio podcast of show available at most podcast outlets. List here: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbV9lLTVWTF9ZLWMxWnlwY2dkRzQ4M2t6QmRRZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsV2d2d0JZbEQzZWZrR19nSERaN0R1TGU5ZjlNdUZBZ1EyMnMzRTFKLWxsTXRrdmxHazhoYmtyTFo4QkVxM0kwNTdHZ0l4RDI5RzJfZ1o0S2VIR3JoZVJ3WHBfZEFmTXo4S3dXUDhtNFVqVElGSzdrUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orullian.rocks%2F%2Ftwitch-shows'>https://www.orullian.rocks//twitch-shows</a></p> <p>Website: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbllEVjJROFJucVBJamVtZjNSWjVvYlR3R01OZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuRUZtRW5wSUNLVkNOdzM4dzhNUXIwdXF6SUQzcF9NOXllMFZEaV8taHpGRFhVc2dKbjBheTVpLThKdGZfZDY4akk5bWdiWnlhQmI3aFJPUUF6VHU2d0VDOFdGVllDMjhNcHJIY19sbGw2MEZ2Y0wtVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orullian.rocks%2F'>https://www.orullian.rocks/</a></p> <p>YouTube: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/peterorullian'>https://www.youtube.com/peterorullian</a> ​ </p> <p>Twitch: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa21Jcmg4SGc4TzZEdDZYVVVuWUZTUEhrRzBuZ3xBQ3Jtc0trTS12VFlIaEJ6YUtVZnF4VldKT3JjdXpGU2UteU42LVIxSS1IWlBpT3ZJakwyZEJqY3BwRGlRNllhRVV2RHU2blRSSVotOE5BTklLWUFPVzFvblhOTnkzb