The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.
John PetrucciIt's probably no coincidence with the internet and social media and the word being able to spread beyond the radio, where fans can go and talk and congregate and trade stories and a band could communicate news very quickly and in a worldwide basis. I'm sure that's helped in bringing in this case us to more of the forefront of peoples attention.
John PetrucciTo be in Boston, which is a great city and which is full of many colleges and young kids, and to be around that many people that were at the same point in their lives, who played guitar or whatever instrument - it was just perfect. It was a great environment.
John PetrucciNow that we're established and we have a history we know that we can expect people to show up and to have a good time.
John PetrucciI would say the more the better when it is comes to development and marketing. It's actually fun. For some it can be a frustrating thing.
John PetrucciA lot of people around the world were, like, very frustrated, you know "Why don't you just release the name? Why is it taking so long?" But the cool thing is that it brought people together, like you said, it brought our fans into the experience, it sort of exposed us, exposed the process, and I think it welcomed Mike Magini, because people saw what happened to get to that point.
John Petrucci