“I've listened to musicians who say that using a metronone makes you robotic, that it decreases your 'feel.' That's ridiculous. Either you have feel or you don't. Feel is one of those intangibles that can't be taught. But if you do have feel, using a metronome will allow you to play cleaner - and that'll make your 'feel' have more, well, 'feeling.'”

American guitarist and founding member of Dream Theater

John Petrucci is an American guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He is known for his role in the band and for a career that has also included solo releases. He produced Dream Theater’s albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) onward, often alongside drummer Mike Portnoy before Portnoy left the group, and later worked alone as producer from A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). He has also released two solo albums, Suspended Animation (2005) and Terminal Velocity (2020).