Think about it this way, they are CONSTSNTLY coming up with musical ideas, literally all the time. They just take 3 weeks to condense all their individual ideas into solidified music.
Mangini knows better. Portnoy is great, but still very overrated. Mike Portnoy's reputation as a drummer is like an average Asian guy, bragging about his "big" dick.
Mike is the drummer that every band wants to have ! i mean first of all he can play everything ,he listends the riffs carefully and he's dont play all the time in rehershall,he knows theory and hes passionate about the writing process and the music part compare with the most drummers dont even care about all this things!
It only took them three weeks? THREE WEEK?! This album has some amazing tracks on it. Endless Sacrifice and Stream of Consciousness are some of my all time favorite DT songs and they did it in three weeks. Amazing.
Not a big mistery.. From ADToE until now it's OBVIOUS that Mike not being in the band is the main reason why the music is different... (Second reason: DT music has always been different from one album to another..)
Their music feels directionless since he left. Like they are still amazing players, but seems like the songs don't really make a statement and don't really tug at the heart strings. The drums also sound sterile imo. It seems like they are following a formula of expections. Some nice songs, some loud songs, include a long epic for formality. Impressive to listen to, but something is missing. Ive recently gone back and started listening to awake and images and words and six degreese. I forgot how damn good they were.
True, but very has been a definite difference since Mike left. Also it feels like each album isn't Progressing like before, this could be just a case of the guys getting on in their musical lives or something Mike brought to the table. I.E every album since Mike left has a similar base "feel" to the music. Where as before each album not only conceptually was different, but the approach was also very new.
I just love the process of them making music. JP figuring out the beginning to Honor Thy Father and MP figuring out how to play the drums to the riff. Just amazing for the type of music they make.
Actually a Mark Tremonti Signature Model given to him by MT himself - he and JP got to be friends (I believe a Gear Connection: both using Mesa Boogie? Tremonti also has stated that he practiced to "Rock Discipline" before Creed got big) and both gave each other their Signature Models...and I believe both got used on the other band's recordings.
This video as a kid destroyed me. I, like wtf, how can you go from here n there. They are talented, wish I had ppl around me that would just jam n try.
I must admit I did not think DT would be so diff. without Portnoy. But in only 3 albums they have wandered so far away... I stand corrected, they should have taken the break he needed and come back stronger. At the very least, hindsight being 20/20, they should have gone with Marcus as their new drummer...
I have the lost but not forgotten cd with the instrumental demos of Train of Thought. At the end of SoC, you can hear MP yell something like "Yea bois, we are DONE!". Must have been the day after that one they mentionned xD
Actually, that was on the tour and not the making of the album hehe, he decided he weill leave after the tour so that he would honor the remaining tour dates, but at some point before the end of the tour the band and new and current manager talk him into staying in the band. And yes i agree with you, he will be impossible to replace.
Yet like in the middle of the video the camera is moving but you can see all five member in front of the camera, but my guess is that it probably was JR's hidden third hand, you can see it too in the making of Systematic Chaos :)
yeah dude. i heard Mike was so upset at one point during Infinity that he was considering leaving the band. fortunately he didnt. it'd be impossible to replace him
Although it makes sense, these guys are professionals, they know what they're doing and do this for a living, they don't have other jobs to juggle between their band's rehearsals, it's a full commitment thing.
Stream of Consciousness is tuned half step down. So maybe he didn't have a guitar tuned that way in the studio so they let him one. It's no only about instruments what makes Dream Theater what it is today...
Myung : " Ok guys, just make it great for the show. I'll follow you with my ninja's fingers." Lol I love how he play his parts on RBX series, yamaha have mid low sound so warm & mix perfectly to the song. Musicman sounds weird for him, bongo's sound is to thin & crankky. just my two cent, sory for my english 🤭
