Talk:Jordan Rudess

message: Jordan just replied to a comment of mine saying that he was playing a Yamaha S90 ES in his recent videos and also for Explorations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLy6jAsArWo
Oh, and for that matter, Explorations isn't on here either. http://www.jordanrudess.com/jr/index1.html
Slashe50 03:13, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yamaha S90 ES

message: Should Classical Piano be in Jordan's Genres? After all he has made about 3 albums that are mainly classical piano.
And shouldn't he be put into the category "american heavy-metal keyboardists?" Dream theater's other two (former) keyboardists are, so why shouldn't Jordan?
:He's origin isn't confirmed yet. --ΛэтєяиuS 10:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genres 

message: *I think the "Use of Technology" section is outdated
*I don't think so. It states that information is from 2005, and to my knowledge it's correct. Do you have any other information?--RockyMM 23:43, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of Technology

message: Previous image I have uploaded was taken from official website, therefore I assumed that it was free to use ... 
Personaly, I think it was by far better picture than this one, but I'm too bothered to please everybody and put tags explaing the origin of everything I upload or every fact I write.--RockyMM 20:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The previous image is not free licensed, the new one is so policy is quite clear, we use the free licensed image. --Sherool (talk) 19:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: I know the lap steel guitar is listed under his instruments but shouldn't just the regular guitar/electric guitar be listed there, since he is a very competent player. There is a video on youtube of him endorsing the "Muse Receptor" and features him playing guitar for a bit. 
The burnanator 10:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, since he used it in his song, "Shifting Sands". I'm adding it right now. --ΛэтєяиuS 16:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regular Guitar 

message: Is Jordan Jewish in the terms of religion or nation? --ΛэтєяиuS 10:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did some research on this, and I came out in a conclusion that Jordan is an American by nationality and Jewish by religion. Maybe there will be some exact facts about this in the future. --ΛэтєяиuS 15:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: American is not a nationality, it's a citizenship. A nation is a people, like Italians, African-Americans, Rednecks :P, etc. 84.247.147.18 22:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish 

message: This article has been tagged re external links more than 2 years ago, but it still appears to have problems. I have started the ball rolling by removing an ext. link to Jordan's YouTube page, which I believe crosses the line into unsafe territory. Could other editors bring their experience to the table to improve this article?CaesarsPalaceDude (talk) 09:56, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, most of the external links do not belong to the article. We should assess them using WP:LINKSTOAVOID and remove those that fall in categories to be avoided. I don't have the time to do it right now but I might get back to it later. Permafrost46 (talk) 17:33, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

text: All right, I removed 3 dead links to material not directly related to the article (like sound patches). I also removed a link to an open wiki, and a link to a fansite. Permafrost46 (talk) 01:44, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: "Vocals" is listed at Jordan's instruments, but I've never heard of him doing any kind of vocal work, except for a couple of informal videos. If nobody objects, I'll remove it. Victão Lopes Fala! 16:38, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Nobody objected, so I'm removing it. Victão Lopes Fala! 00:28, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I just saw this. He sings on his album Listen. So please add the vocals again. --Λeternus (talk) 10:54, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocals 

message: In the intro sentence, should not he be introduced as a guitarist too? RockyMM (talk) 22:49, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: He's mostly known as a keyboardist, and even his mobile app development work seems to be more discussed in sources than his guitar contributions. The article barely mentions his work on the guitar, actually. I remember some years ago I attempted to add "guitar" as one of the instruments on the infobox and that was rejected on similar grounds. Victor Lopes Fala!•C 15:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  A guitarist  

message: I've got a couple of newspaper articles on Rudess' first band Complex w his old Juilliard instructor. I think it makes sense to add a few sentences about that in a paragraph preceding Bleau Ocean. Justinkrivers (talk) 14:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok I added a section on Complex, I think it's particularly interesting as it presages a theatrical imagination in his later work. But here's my real question: what's the deal with the band Ocean Star? it's referenced in a few places as having an album released, but I have no other articles about it. Very curious.Justinkrivers (talk) 15:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Complex