What Mike Portnoy brings to any song he plays, puts him on another level. His chops are insane. I’ve been playing drums almost thirty years and try as I might, I can never sound like him. Dream Theater May no longer be his family, but he’s still one of the best drummers alive.
@@6393dude I love it how people always shit on Portnoy's technical abilities. I mean, is he the most insane technical drummer in the world? No, but the man definitely has some serious chops. I think there is very little rock/metal/prog drumming this man couldn't play if he chose to. Jazz? No. But he's not a jazz drummer.
I agree. They are just jealous because they'll never be as good as Mike. They're nothing but a bunch of nobodies that don't have the balls to post their own videos to see how they stack up against Mike.
Doesn't matter if he is an asshole or not (I know he is not), the man played on Images And Words, and Scenes From A Memory (among others), so nothing but respect for that.
What makes Mike, and amazing drummer is that he's amazing person. I met Mike a while ago at a drum clinic . Midwest drum , and percussion right here in Wichita Kansas, and to say the least, I was very impressed by his humbleness more than his musicianship. If you suck as a person then nothing else about you matters anymore. Oh yeah he was drumming for dream theater at the time, and Mike had just finished touring with them at that time. So I like Mike.😁👍🏼
OSI is awesome. Gavin Harrison really took the drumming to a different level. He really is the drummer of choice nowadays. Too bad the band never toured.
@@erakattack Harrison sounds a bit more systematic to me, if that even makes sense. Portnoy seems to improvise more and maybe has a bit more flair. But I'm not a drummer or a musician so I don't know for certain about that
Man I miss Mike in Dream Theater. Not a thing against the current Mike inhabiting the band; they just don't sound the same now. Still love them too, just so very different without Mr. Portnoy.
+CodeStation Mike wasn't only the drummer, but he essentially controlled the band and their sound. It is therefore no surprise the DT doesn't sound the same. They aren't bad, just not as good as it used to be IMHO.
+CodeStation I like new Dream Theater and I dont miss Portnoy. You know why? Because he made this band more metal than prog, inserting death metal things into Dream Theater prog music (like strange growl). Last album with Mike P is shit. Next album, ADTOE is brilliant, because they are again more prog, than metal.
+Gerard Szczepański I beg to differ. Black Clouds & Silver Linings was more prog than anything. Not to mention that Systematic Chaos and Train Of Thought were the real "metal" albums of DT. JP also takes the share of blame when considering that they went into a more metal phase? Still don't get it? Listen to the self title album.
his drumming on those first two OSI songs is more impressive than his drumming on most dream theater tracks, in my opinion. also that 16" hhxtreme crash has an incredibly short decay!
I don't get who's calling him underrated. he's won 30 awards from Drummer magazine and was the 2nd youngest in the hall of fame. That sounds like he's getting recognition.
I MISS YOU and YOU FROM MY HEART .. wish one day i could meet you face to face and shake hands with u ...... just like a dream .. thanks for all the lessons u taught me in drumming
The fact that he does this...is unheard of. I love it. I'm floored yeah yeah I'm late to the party haha but for Mike to do this in your face DT....not taking sides.
monokhem show me a song where bruford plays a songs as heavy as honor the father. He definitely plays more progressive rock in bands like yes and king crimson
monokhem what? That's not even heavy at all have you even listened to dream theater? Look up the songs honor thy father and this dying soule that is really heavy
One of my fav drummers =) Most technical influences comes from elsewhere but his energy and personality really inspires me. Edit: Must say though that his fills are just amazing and in that part he's probably more (technically) influential than anyone else :p
Richard Poschmann I'm mostly influenced in my writing, of the style of Vinnie Paul, Ulrich(laugh all you want hehe).. ..I can speculate what I meant by technical i ment style, and I'm quite influenced by Portnoys style of fills
guramannen I fully agree with you and as one of the few people that likes Lars' drumming, I also get influenced a lot by him. other drummers that I get influenced by are vinnie paul, chris adler, mike portnoy and a lot of other drummers too
Anyone know what the other 2 crash cymbals are? I think the one on the right is the 18" HHX Stage Crash, and I think the far left one is a 16" Hand Hammered Medium Thin, but I'm not sure.
For a second I thought I was tripping thinking to myself why the hell does he have a upside down DW sign on his Tama drums until I realized its just his initials. Lol.
He´s just so much better/different from all other drummers. DT is not the same anymore. I´m a big fan of Marco Minnemann, Peter Wildoer and The Professor apart from MP.
lackestolpe "He's just so much better from all other drummers." Man are you bat shit crazy, and you're missing out on some amazing drummers if you think this is as good as it gets. My condolences.
Mike B I personally love Mikes playing style it’s not all about technique. I view Portnoy how someone might view Bonham. His style is tasty and powerful and he has a great sense and ability to push songs forwards. I drum myself and I’ve listened to some crazy guys like Gavin Harrison, Marco minneman, mangini, Danny Carrey etc. all of whom I’ve enjoyed immensely. There’s something about the grooves that mike plays tho that keeps it interesting and accessible.
@@Selkirk69 I think she was a Mike Portnoy fan: Senri Kawaguchi: Wupatki - Triangle Live - Jazz Japan Award she's easily on the top 10 drummers in the world
I feel like OSI would do really well today. They were a project that infused progressive metal, nu metal, industrial and electronic elements. I could see them touring with Code Orange (in which Mike’s son plays drums!) and getting plenty of hype.
Love the sound of those drums. Only thing I don't like is the sound of the bass drum. I'm sure, if I had headphones on I could hear the sound of it, but just listening on open speakers, all I can hear is just the tapping sound the mallet makes when it hits the head.
I see a 57 on snare. Are those Audix on the toms? I wonder what is the kick mic? Kick sounds great as always , even though its way smaller than the usual mp kick. He could've used this kit on any project, sounds great. ha
I wonder what Mike thought about recording two albums with Kevin Moore considering when he left Dream Theater Mike said that he didn't want anything to do with Kev.
Maybe he reconsidered it afterwards. He did say later on that recording the first OSI wasn't all fun. That's why on the second one, he recorded the drum tracks as is and on a different studio and they exchanged files online
He said he was truly excited to work with Kevin again, but it ended up being the same old unfun bullshit. Kevin I believe said something about how Mike wanted to make up his own drum lines rather than playing what Kevin had in mind for the song, so you could see how that led to differences there. Especially since OSI came about from Jim Matheos sending Moore some riffs from the upcoming Fates Warning album to put keyboard lines over...and instead, Moore chopped them up and made these tracks. So I think Portnoy thought it was gonna be more of a Fates Warning / Dream Theater style band but it was more of a Chroma Key style "Kevin Moore with a backing band" project.
