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.😁👍🏼
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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
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no matter in which band. It's always a big pleasure to see MP playing!
Love how he used dw logo upside down (front face of a base drum) in a reference for him self mp (Mike Portnoy). Well played Mike, well played! )
Was looking for your comment.
Yeah I saw that too
No one bit on my Hello Kitty crack yet
I first saw pay mastelotto do that with king Crimson
How have I never noticed this until today?!
Charisma, versatility and rhythm. Not every drummer has that.
kevin moore the first keyboardist from dt has done an amazing work with chromakey also
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.
Mike's chops are not that impressive, but he does a good job of playing the right things at the right time.
You’ll never be able to sound like another musician. That’s just not possible. The best you can do is learn from the techniques of others.
@@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 always love his cymbal selection
I love Mike Portnoy' s drumming!!!!
Word.
Just a gifted drummer, doesn't even look like he's trying.
When OSI released their debut album it was on constant repeat in my head... Man I miss him in DT
Although I love Mangini, I also miss Portnoy in DT. But please do listen Neal Morse Band's The Similitude of a Dream. Classic Portnoy.
I miss Dr Kevin Moore in Dream Theater
Now your dream come true, portnoy back to dt right now
12:22 my favorite drum fills 🤤🤘
lol drumkit in the dryer, dont know why so many people hate on portnoy, hes awesome
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.
Maybe for the cringe? I totally prefer him over mangini, has groove and legitness
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.
Who hate him?
Who hate portnoy?? I don't think anybody would
The art of making simple patterns sound difficult and awesome at the same time.
Nothing cooler than a guy that can rip it up on a monster kit sitting behind a little Tama kit...love the paint job on those shells! USA! USA! USA!
This is a guy that can make a Hello Kitty drum set sound amazing. Portnoy rulez!!!!
I don't care what people think of Mike, he brings so much feel to a song. Just look at how DT turned out we he left... DT sounds robotic now.
+dare d i can't handle all that feel !
I absolutely feel the same, can't help it. Not to mention the mix quality.
Agreed.
It's probs because John Petrucci insists on being a control freak and control Mangini's drum sound
Yeah, it definitely isn't all Mangini's fault. There is more to the picture than just a member leaving.
He plays to these songs like he wrote them! That's what makes Mike exceptional!
One of the few metal drummers I can tolerate, always musical, never full on sport drumming, always plays the song.
Yes, I relate. I can never get tired of MP.
Mike Portnoy is the face of sport drumming what are you talking about 😂
@@markmeri4247he's the iron man of sport drumming.
@@markmeri4247 He is fucking Mozart of drummer, Joey Jordi son - is true drum sportsman
Matheos kicks so much ass. The riffs on the New Math and Free are fantastic
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.😁👍🏼
Same here. It was Winery Dogs in Sacto Ca and he came out signed all our shit shook hands let us take pictures with him it was totally cool. Good Dude
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.
CODE-STATION I subscribe entirely!
+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.
+Gerard Szczepański do you forget images and word album hey kid ,,,
do you think image and words are metal,,hahahaha just lol for you
Mike: This has got to be the smallest kit I've ever played
Me: If I played that drum kit that would be the biggest drum kit I've ever played
The smallest kit he played actually was when he made a tribute to beatles
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.
Is Harrison better than Portnoy?
@@irena7777777 They're just different styles and I feel like Harrison's approach aligns more with the music that Moore and Matheos write.
@@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
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize, the drumming in this song by Gavin Harrison is just crazy.
I never see one live footage of OSI , so i think that they was just a full time studio band/project.
When guitar does the background and drums do the lead. The man makes drums sing.
Hiii Nice drumming. Absolutely love this band.
I really do respect both Dream Theater drummers since they are both awesome! I like the upside down DW sticker as MP for Mike Portnoy xD
I just love the way he chops up time. Smooth as silk.
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!
This dude is my favorite drummer ever
That signature MP snare sound, mmmm
TheSentinel909 I have the metal 12” and I can tell you the 12” maple sounds way more cracky like it does here :( Impossible to find to
There is something magical about this tiny drum kit. It's small, but it's very cool. I don't even know how to explain it.
And I must say, that OSI's music slightly reminds me of late 90's EA NHL game soundtracks. 😅🤔
Holy Shit! This is groovey AF, heavy and way cool.
Mikes underrated, NOT saying he’s the BEST in the world BUT he’s ALOT better than some people give him credit for👏👏👍👍✌️
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.
When you do what you love... Simple perfect artwork.....
I sing along this video weekly to maintain mental health.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS PORTNOY, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
On Awake he had the ultimate drumsound but his OSI kit sounded so lit. Never knew it was so small but on the record it really kicks ass. Love it!
Dream Theater was actually done when Kevin Moore left the band. So great to hear Portnoy and Moore on the same album again...
Thanks for the upload!
First track is like a mixture of 6:00 and The Great Debate
Honey I shrunk the drum kit
Nice shootin Charlie!
The New Math 4:08
OSI 6:46
Free 10:35
What a monster.
Vraiment un des meilleurs batteurs du moment. Si ce n'est, à mon goût, le plus complet
12:52 one of Mike’s best fills.
The groove is ubique❤️
My Morning Meditation Mike Love it..
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.
There is just nobody like MP. Most skilled - AND the most engaging rock drummer EVER.
mike is still the ultimate prog metal drummer
monokhem not really metal but he's great
monokhem uh okay. Look I already told you he's great. I just wouldn't think he applied to the category of progressive METAL
monokhem just cause he influenced metal doesn't mean he plays metal.
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
I love OSI
1:35 I thought tht was dw upside down 🤯
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
Resti sempre il mio preferito. Drum on!!!
Unequaled musicianship😎🔥
Awesome video. Gotta love Mike. 😀 and dat 10:23 part. Noice!
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
Where do your technical influences come from if I may ask
Richard Poschmann I don't remember what I meant by technical to be honest lol my comment doesn't make sense to me
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
Richard Poschmann Yeah I was gonna say Adler too :p
What just happened to me. This is fucking unbelieveable.
love the album
First track reminds me DT Awake album!
+Carlos Gunz it's because Kevin Moore was on the synth & keys.
6 oclock on a Christmas morning
@@AndJamTracksForAll2014 I know all about Christmas Mary jane
Totally
That whole first OSI album had a more traditional heavy prog sound
AWESOME!
A Tom tom. Single kick bass. Two snares. And 36 cymbals. Unreal
Did he use an upside-down DW logo to make it look like MP on the kick drum? Clever.
Robert Augsdorfer after being endorsed by tama
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.
ESSE CARA É MT FODA
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.
+lackestolpe Are you forgetting Gavin was on the last two OSI albums? lol
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.
I love the get small, get good concept. 👍
Too long since I've been back here.
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.
Legend
Why does there always seem to be a slight audio delay on CZcams drum videos?
Dryer bit killed it to funny right on mike
Fenomenale
Badass for real 👍👍
Oh so smoothe Mike !
i have this DVD :)
Nightmare was sick for mikes drumming🤘
power, dynamics
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.
This is insane
Wow!
THATS SUPER TINY COMPARED TO WHAT HE USUALLY PLAYS ON💀
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.
The hi hat sounds fucking great
I know Portnoy too. I'm a big fan . This is off the fucking hook
Much Better than Dream theater
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.
His smallest kit is worth $10,000
12:22 FUCKING INSANE FILL
Fucking awesome.
Anyone know what kind of model sabian ride cymbal that is?
I think he said Sabian HHX Rock Ride
..esse cara é muito musical!
Muito musical foi foda hahahahaha
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
baggins555 Audix d2 on 'tom' and d4 on the floor tom
The kick mic hes using is a AKG D112, i have the disc set to this and i also use this mic, best in the world
Portnoy, DiCenso, Harrison, Jarzombek Zonder are my go to drummers 90% of the time
Yep, about the same drummers I listen to, take a look at czcams.com/video/UothQwnBuU4/video.html (Thomas Lang)
@@codecoderr7495 the man is a technical monster his limb independence is unreal
@@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
That's the same cymbals from the monsters kit in a different order
the best drummer ever
how to count?
the best durumer mike portnoy.......
fucking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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