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    <title>Dream Theater - This is the Life - Solo</title>

    <description>

        My recording of the solo from Dream Theater's "This is the Life"

    </description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music recording</category>

    <category>Guitar</category>

    <series order="45">2022 music project</series>

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<p>

    <em>This is the Life</em> is a rather mediocre song from Dream Theater's

    first album without Mike Portnoy:

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dramatic_Turn_of_Events">A Dramatic

    Turn of Events</a>. I wasn't really a huge fan of this song, but the solo

    is actually kinda nice. It's got some cool licks in it, some of which I

    can't really play, but that's par for the course for Dream Theater

    music. To be honest, as I listened to it a bit more over the last week,

    it grew on me. But it's still a pretty sappy ballad.

</p>

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    <caption>

        Transcription of the solo from <em>This is the Life</em> 

        from the 2011 album <em>A Dramatic Turn of Events</em>

    </caption>

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<h2>Recording</h2>

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    glacius:src="this-is-the-life-solo-480p.mp4"

    glacius:thumbnail="this-is-the-life-solo-poster.jpeg"

    type="video">

    <caption>

        Cover of John Petrucci's solo from <em>This is the Life</em>

    </caption>

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    glacius:src="ardour-this-is-the-life-solo.png"

    glacius:thumbnail="ardour-this-is-the-life-solo-thumb.jpeg" 

    type="image">

    <caption>

        Screenshot of my 

        <a href="https://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>/<a href="http://hydrogen-music.org/">Hydrogen</a> 

        setup

    </caption>

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