Talk:Jordan Rudess

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Contents 1 Genres 2 Use of Technology 3 Image 4 Origin 5 Regular Guitar 6 The Road Home 7 Jewish

[edit] Genres

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)

[edit] Use of Technology

• I think the "Use of Technology" section is outdated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)
• You're right, he <endorses> Korg but still <uses> Kurzweil (http://www.jordanrudess.com/endorsements.shtml)
• I added a real, true and veridic fact, the last sentence on jordan's biography.
• Shouldn't the Continuum be added?
• The Instruments that have an other page should be linked correctly. I'll see what I can do.

[edit] Image

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)

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)

The fact that it was on the official website does NOT mean it was free to use!! Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Copyrights policy, and copyright law, before uploading any more images! --149.159.113.157 16:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

Can somebody confirm Jordan's origin? --Λeternus 18:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Earth I believe.--E tac 03:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Haha. No but seriously, I doubt the Israel thing. It would be good to get a confirmed source for that.

A 'source' has been added but it does not actually say or suggest tha Jordan himself is from Israel. It says someone else is and this may have cause confusion to whoever read it. Offski 02:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Footnote #1 says that Jordan Rudess discovered a talented musician who was from Israel, not that he himself is from Israel. In the same interview, it is rather strongly implied (though not explicitly stated) that he is from New York. Footnote #4 includes a sample of alleged correspondence between Rudess and an Israeli woman named Tal (which is a very common name over there, BTW); in this correspondence, he says that he would love to visit the country but it is "too turbulent" now; moreover, he mentions that he has never been to Israel.

I do not exactly know how to change the infobox or what to change it to (I don't have a source offhand that says the guy is American or a new Yorker) but it should be changed. The sources that have been cited here in no way indicate that he is Israeli. A lizard 23:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regular Guitar

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)

Yeah, since he used it in his song, "Shifting Sands". I'm adding it right now. --ΛэтєяиuS 16:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Road Home

An unregistered user has added twice this "Road Home" album in Rudess' solo albums section. I want to know from him or any of you if this album actually exists. I haven't find it anywhere. --ΛэтєяиuS 08:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure! Look at http://www.magnacarta.net/releases/jrtrh.html As far as I know this album was leaked

Hey! Thanks for the information. The album has been leaked, it's true... It's a tribute, though... --ΛэтєяиuS 18:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Jordan rocks continuum hard this time! --ΛэтєяиuS 07:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jewish

Is Jordan Jewish in the terms of religion or nation? --ΛэтєяиuS 10:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

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)

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)