Dream Theater is, in my opinion, a fantastic band. They are certainly four of the most impressive instrumentalists on the music scene right now, and that they happen to all be in the same band is even more impressive and has amazing results. Their mastery of their instruments is almost complete, and they love to mix it up with strange sounds, on long, oddly-timed, solo segments.
Which leads me to James LaBrie. He's another musician at the top of his game. A trained opera singer, he has a large range, and good voice control, and he certainly fits in with the other high caliber musicians. However, as noted above, they tend to go off on 6-7 minute off-time instrumental sections, or have long instrumental songs, so that kind of leaves him with... very little to do on stage.
I'm sure he enjoys it, and I'm sure his voice can really use the rest during concerts. But I can't help but feel a little bad for him. :(
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