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| Jhon Myung |
As a keen listener of classical music, she chose the violin since the age of five years. Until now, the age of a dozen years, John Myung decided to pick the bass guitar as his favorite instrument.
While studying at the Berklee school of music - Boston in 1986, Myung met with two of her school friends, guitarist John Petrucci and drummer Mike Portnoy. Plus a keyboard player and a vocalist, they eventually formed the band Majesty.
In the next year they get a record deal. But the band Majesty turned out to be short-lived due to a conflict with a band in Las Vegas who have the same name. Finally they agreed to change the name of his band into Dream Theater, named after a cinema in California.
Myung, Petrucci and Portnoy until this moment still a permanent member of Dream Theater, Dream Theater and throughout history has occurred several times Removable vocalist and keyboardist.
Myung seems to have become members of Dream Theater's most mysterious. He is rarely seen or commented on her show herself in the video clip and Dream Theater concerts. This fact makes many fans wonder whether one of them ever saw him talking.
In fact Myung has spoken in the video tutorial, as well as meet fans in a live show performances of Dream Theater. Even if asked about the right topics, such as bass playing techniques contained, he will talk for a long period of time.
Mysterious personality more pronounced during Dream Theater's performances in Germany. Suddenly Myung James LaBrie went to Dachshund while his American-style football. Audience as well as many other band that confusion and amazement. This incident became known as "gasakan Myung".
Beyond the action, Myung-known principles berlatihnya high discipline. Both Kevin Shirley in "Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York DVD" and former Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian on his personal claim that John Myung far as they know is the only musician who did 'warming down' after the show live show. In a forum post, John Petrucci said that when the first was at Berklee, he and Myung had an agreement to practice at least six hours a day.
Among his spare time, Myung is a leading member of the band Platypus since 1998, along with Ty Tabor (King's X), Derek Sherinian (former Dream Theater keyboardist) and Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein. Platypus has so far released three albums, and her latest album is "The Jelly Jam". Myung also has a video tutorial "Progressive Bass Concepts", was released in 1996.
Full Name: John Ro Myung
Official Website: http://www.johnmyung.com
Group Band Sebelumnya: Majesty
Bass Guitar: RBX-JM 6 strings (strings) signature bass, Yamaha
Place of Birth: Illinois, Chicago January 24, 1967
Influences: Chris Squire, Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Rush's Geddy Lee
Zodiac: Cancer
Residence: Long Island, New York
Sources: http://id.shvoong.com/humanities/1892709-profil-john-myung/ # ixzz1UTfAjMPb
