Britt and Roxy [ Petrucci, drums] had done some stuff together in studios. And then we did a lot of stuff with the four of us, just getting into a room and just record all these crazy ideas that we come up with. So we've just tried to do a lot of different things. Even at soundchecks, we would just jam out ideas and stuff — 'Yeah, whatever. Record us. We don't care.' "We really love spontaneity — when you're not trying to write a song," the musician, who lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, explained. "And there's something to be said for being in the room together.