I recently had the privilege to interview Jordan Rudess from the progressive rock/metal band, Dream Theater, while the band was on tour. Not only is Jordan an amazing keyboard player, but he also is a big geek. So like most musicians, he combined his passion for music and technology, and released an application to the App Store. His first application is called JR Hexatone [App Store link], is a 6-directional drum machine / melodic sequence generator for the iPhone/iPod Touch. What’s more cool is that Jordan actually uses the app while playing during shows and recordings. JR Hexatone is just the first of many apps to come from Jordan.
Below you’ll find an interview that I did with Jordan before a show in San Jose on August 27.
[Image via Jordan Rudess' site]
Haha, this was a cool surprise for an interview, Dream Theater is one of my favorite bands
I couldn’t believe I just read that! Awesome interview guys, DT rocks! I was at one of the recent shows and during one of his solos, Jordan pulled out an iPhone and started rocking out on it.
Great interview, great to see new technology platforms being integrated into the modern day musicians arsenal of instruments :)
JR is the olny person in the world that likes that awful Hexatone thing and actually know how to use it, because it’s the most un-user-friendly program ever created.
It SUCKS.
Jordan Rudess è e rimarrà per sempre il miglior tastierista del mondo…….
Jordan Rudess è e rimarrà per sempre il miglior tastierista del mondo e il più tenologico……
Jordan is the best!! I like musicians who gets along with technology.. ^^
Pure awesome TC! I love it when proof is given that geeks enjoy something other than the 3 piece suit rock of Radiohead and Coldplay.
There are some metal loving geeks and it is great to get them to come out of the wood work. \m/