FEATURED COLLABORATORS
Meet some of the amazing talents behind the iconic Dream Theater Split-Screen Covers by VRA!
Paulinho Drums
Drums 🥁
Brasilia, Brazil
Featured on:
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream, Metropolis Part 1, Constant Motion, As I Am, Fatal Tragedy, The Enemy Inside, Barstool Warrior, Sacrificed Sons.
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Awake
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
A Change of Seasons, Innocence Faded, Overture 1928.
Bands / Projects: DF Music
" In 2008, I met the brothers Thiago and Felipe (Campos) online playing DT, and I was ecstatic to find out they were from the same city as me! I got in touch, and we quickly arranged some songs to rehearse together! The project was born afterward and has become something I've always had a huge passion for, seeing so much pleasure and dedication being well received by people all over the world."
Rod Calcagno
Vocals 🎤 Acoustic Guitar 🎸
Miranda, Venezuela
Featured on: Fatal Tragedy, The Gift of Music, Night Terror.
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
A Change of Seasons, Solitary Shell, In The Presence of Enemies Pt 1.
Bands / Projects:
Solo Artist, Progified.
"I was always a fan of Thiago Campos' work on the DT community. So when the time came to sing for VRA I was very excited. 'Fatal Tragedy' was the first one with them. It was a lot of fun seeing the results and the quality of everything Thiago does. After that, I travelled to Brazil and we did many things together musically and became very good friends. 'The Gift of Music' was a lovely project to be in, not only I got to sing, but start the song playing my acoustic guitar and organize the choir parts for everybody to sing. But the best thing was playing live with them – awesome shows playing all the DT classics!"
Paco Barillà
Drums 🥁
Milan, Italy
Featured on: On the Backs of Angels, The Gift of Music
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Images and Words
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
The Glass Prison, Metropolis Part 1, As I Am.
Bands / Projects: The Italian Duo
"I discovered the project when I was super young and I was among some of the very first “YouTubers” doing Drum Covers. Of course the extremely famous Split-Screen Cover of 'Metropolis Part 1' made me discover VRA!, and I can guarantee that every musician wanted to be part of it for sure! What do I think about the project? It started a NEW ERA."
Carl Lindquist
Vocals 🎤
Stockholm, Sweden
Featured on: As I Am
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
The Count of Tuscany, The Spirit Carries On, These Walls
Bands / Projects:
Solo Artist, Coexistence, Anton Johansson's Galahad Suite
"I remember watching VRA's cover of 'Metropolis Pt 1' with the amazing Will Shaw on vocals, back in 2010, and I thought the whole thing was so cool. People from all around the world collaborate together, sharing their talent and passion into creating awesome covers, celebrating the incredible music of Dream Theater. I really wanted to be a part of that, so I sent a message to Thiago and I was then fortunate enough to record the vocals for VRA's cover of 'As I Am' from the Train of Thought album . Forever grateful for the opportunity, it was a blast working with Thiago and his colleagues!"
Ilias Michailakis
Vocals 🎤
Athens, Greece
Featured on: Sacrificed Sons
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
The Great Debate, Metropolis Pt. 1, Wither.
Bands / Projects: Solo Artist
"Being a huge Dream Theater fan, I came across the VRA Split-Screen Covers since day one (back in 2009), when I saw the first covers of "Lifting Shadows Off A Dream" and "Metropolis Pt. 1". That was my motivation to create a YouTube channel and make collaborations with musicians from all over the world. In early 2024, I saw a post in social media that Thiago Campos was looking for new guests for the next VRA Split-Screen Covers. So I sent him my vocal cover of "Answering The Call" and then instantly "I got the job". I'm thrilled and very happy with that, cause I feel that being guest in this amazing project, completes a circle of 15 years since I started all this and for me it's... A perfect sphere... Colliding with our fate... This story ends where it began!!!
Ignazio Verzicco
Keyboards 🎹
Italy
Featured on: Sacrificed Sons
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Images and Words, Scenes from a Memory.
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
Learning to Live, Octavarium.
Bands / Projects:
Dark to Light
"I’ve noticed Thiago Campos and his DT tribute band a very long time ago, with the Metropolis cover…and his skills literally blew my mind, impressing me even more across the years… Also, the other musicians were amazing.. a kind of “Dream Team”. I’ve always wanted to collaborate with Thiago and have the honor to play with his tribute band and share my keyboard sounds and skills."
Dario Di Francesco
Bass 🎸
Locorotondo, Italy
Featured on: Sacrificed Sons
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Favorite Dream Theater Song:
Trial of Tears
Bands / Projects:
MuseuM (Muse Tribute Band), The Sixty Beat 2.0 Evolution.
"I came across both VRA! and Thiago around 2009/2010. During those years I was a school student, most of my evenings were dedicated to playing my instrument and listening/searching for new music/musicians. I was already into DT's music and their (VRA!) videos were quite common to be found for people like me that was daily onto DT fanzines, social media and YT. I loved the accuracy the guys put into both playing their parts and producing the videos, always made me want to be part of it. Today I can say that I reached that personal goal!"
Thiago Campos
Guitars 🎸
Brasilia, Brazil
Featured on: All Split-Screen Covers by VRA!
Favorite Dream Theater Album:
Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Favorite Dream Theater Songs:
Home, The Glass Prison, Beyond this Life.
Bands / Projects: TRYPTAMAX, Bad Salad.
" It is a great pleasure to work with so many talented musicians and help give them the exposure they deserve! I started the Split-Screen Covers with friends, out of the pure joy of playing our favorite music together (in a time when it was nearly impossible to find all musicians locally). I'm proud to see our project transform into a worldwide collaboration camp, loved by so many in the DT community. Our passion for Dream Theater's music ultimately united us for an amazing new era of Internet collaborations. May we continue to celebrate great music, have fun jamming with likeminded people, and inspire future generations. Let's keep the dream alive!"
ALL GUESTS
Here's a list of every participant of the VRA Split-Screen Covers.
A total of 27 members from over 9 countries.
Guitars
Thiago Campos
Bass
Dario Di Francesco, Eric Coelho, Felipe Campos, Renan Weignater.
Keyboards
César Zolhof, Dave Champagne, Ignazio Verzicco, Junghwan Kim, Leonardo Valenzuela.
Drums
Glen Monturi, Paco Barilla, Paulinho Drums.
Vocals
Carl Lindquist, Denis Oliveira, Ilias Michailakis, Jose "Chego" Cabrices, Rod Calcagno, Will Shaw.
Choir section for "The Gift of Music" Split-Screen Cover
Benjamin Plück, Felipe Campos, Filipe Cruz, Joana Chumbo, Mats Lindgren, Misha Kushnir, Pasqualino Di Pietrantonio, Rod Calcagno, Ryan Ciran ,Stefano Minotti, Thiago Campos, Will Shaw.
