Live performance of "The Glass Prison" (Dream Theater) by Mike Portnoy, taken from the first DVD of "In Constant Motion". All rights go to Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy and Hudson Music. Lesson: • Mike Portnoy - The Gla...
@@barrygerenski6259 Well, nobody can replace Chris Squire, but it was great seeing Geddy playing with Yes... Nobody can replace George Harrison, but boy was the Concert For George great fun😉
One of the most creative drummers in the world rhythmically, you just have to break down the outro section to see that there are so many layers of the right sound being correct, it just fits (at 12:56)! Many drummers may be better technically but none are better when it comes to writing what drum sounds are best for the song at hand. Makes it very interesting to the listener!
+Jet Anderson I agree completely. The Mangini vs Portnoy debate is always about the wrong thing. Portnoy arranged the songs with JP. Now JP arranges them by himself. You can hear the difference in the last 3 albums.
+Gary H yeah but Portnoy is responsible for some of the cheesiest vocal lines ever. (a nightmare to remember, prophets of war, the dark eternal night.....m' just sayin')
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I feel The Reverend from Avenged Sevenfold was the same way. He was never super technical, but his parts just fit perfectly.
Fun Fact: The weekend before entering the studio to start work on Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, John Petrucci and Portnoy saw Pantera perform at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City. This provided a great influence on the band. Portnoy described this particular track Glass Prison as musically "this total Pantera-meets-Megadeth, relentless ball of energy."
That drum kit; man, having to be the person to unpack it, set it up, then take it down, and repack it all over again. That's a HUGE job. Then don't forget the sound check on the entire kit all over again to get it right. His snares always have this crisp solid sound.
Don't forget having change heads after every few shows lol! I hope whoever was breaking down and setting up Mikes kits while with DT was getting paid good.
+Tyne Perez i ve spoken with a guy from music store in cologne. he was one of the guys that helped setting up the set when DT was in Cologne. He said that they change the cymbals and heads after every few concerts because he is hammering on it like thor :D
Mike Portnoy, Master Drummer! The closing parts of this song is extremely complicated and shows that even the great ones also do make mistakes, though barely noticeable! Towards the end, at 12:19 to 12:23, he fumbles through that rather simple fill (for him, of course) but still manages to get through it somehow and keep the time and the beat! And at 12:26, he gives the camera a look like 'Phew, that was a close one!' Really funny but absolutely professional! Being Human, the great Mike Portnoy!
Portnoy has more soul than mangini. For me, Mangini is a drum magician while Portnoy is a Drum god with a rockstar attitude. Portnoy is more entaining to watch. 😊
mangini is faster, more Polyrhythmic by far. prob has better time and tempo.. but overall is a boring sounding drummer.. so i agree with you. Portnoy just is fun and has a way better sound overall.
I had the luck to hear, to see live in Italy the true Dream Theater in 2002 and 2005. In 2002 I heard "The Glass Prison" for the first time, with Mike Portnoy at drums. No need to say that who plays drums now in Dream Theater can't transmit such of feeling, of energy, to me...
I miss Mike Portnoy in Dream Theater. He is an outstanding musician!! This song is killer. Still a favourite tune of theirs thanks to level of musicality in these guys. Phenomenal song. Bloody magical band. 🤘🏽🤘🏽
Around this years he needed lubrication on his hands for grip (they got super dry). He then changed his sticks to having grip tape even his signature sticks. Little mistake @12:21 but nothing major. But seeing DT after Mangini (playing with a click) you can hear how the band was always trying to hold back the tempo but Portnoy was always going forward. You can see DT videos from like 2003 until he left that there was always a little fight between them on songs with the tempo.
Not going to compare drummers. Portnoy is a showman. He's the flash. Can't help but think I missed the boat not seeing these guys in the way back machine.
This has everything on it; every flavor, every genre there was related to rock x metal (the nu metal era specifically because (I remember it quite fondly) of the dj scratches section) even classical together with electronic and synth: 🚀🧠🤯💓 Prog indeed! 777
In 2021 still a favorite song. Saw them live and Mike threw a drum stick to the crowd and played with one stick then signaled for it to be tossed back, caught it and continued playing.
Working Man Portnoy was the one who wanted to take a break from the band. Petrucci and the rest of the band respected the fans too much to agree to his demands. It was Portnoy's own fault he is out of the band. Mangini has proven an excellent replacement for the extremely big shoes that needed filling.
Who is at fault is questionable. The fact is Petrucci gave the order to let him go. These guys have been musical friends and band mates for a very long time. How one can let such an accomplished drummer go who more than helped make Dream Theater who they are go so easily is a bit unusual don't you think?. They all have been very busy with their own projects. Its not like Portnoy was the only one. Couldn't something have been worked out? As far as Mangini ... Im sure hes a great guy, Have nothing against him but HARDLY the replacement for Mike Portnoy. It is simply not Dream Theater any more sry.
As they had already recruited Mangini. Should Portnoy have tried a comeback a few weeks earlier.. well, no, he would have probably left some years later.
Man is a machine, the energy flowing out of him is unrivaled by any drummer out there. Mangini is a phenominal drummer of course no one can deny this but you have to agree DT isn't the same without Portnoy.
Honestly, after Portnoy left DT, the atmosphere of DT had changed a lot. Portnoy's style is more melodic and has groove. Portnoy Era esp. 1999-2009 was so Proggy and badass, the DT period I love the most, Drums are real. While the current DT is less for me since 2013 when Drums are worse than Images and Words. Although I also love Mangini. Mangini depends on speed but Portnoy depends on melodies.
I don’t know if being a metronome technically is the real deal of the best drummer I really don’t know. But I know one thing for sure, Portnoy is musically unreachable for Mangini and many others. Since he left DT they didn’t have created no more epic song just commercial music ,because felt organic and catchy rhythm. Sadly l will never hear beautiful music from DT again and same thing for the old songs in live shows. Fortunately I got the old records back in the days when they were inspired, damned and awesomely progressive.
