Well.
Although I don't subscribe to many music magazines anymore (really, just Keyboard now) I thought I was keeping up with things in the music biz via the Intranetz, etc. Just learned today that drummer Mike Portnoy left Dream Theater... over a year ago!! :scared-yipes:
A buddy of mine (whose work you may already have in your home) posted this link:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L609JsPFmmI[/youtube]
Its part 1 of 3, twenty minutes long, and shows the breakup and the first new drummer audition (certainly only interesting to those of us who are musicians). I'm gonna be watching the last two parts now.
Although I've never played anywhere near DT's level, I totally get the "family" aspect of replacing a longtime band member (my longest-running band went 8 years, we sang at each others' weddings, kids were friends, etc) and the core of DT were together 25 years, really is a life-changing event.
Although I don't subscribe to many music magazines anymore (really, just Keyboard now) I thought I was keeping up with things in the music biz via the Intranetz, etc. Just learned today that drummer Mike Portnoy left Dream Theater... over a year ago!! :scared-yipes:
A buddy of mine (whose work you may already have in your home) posted this link:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L609JsPFmmI[/youtube]
Its part 1 of 3, twenty minutes long, and shows the breakup and the first new drummer audition (certainly only interesting to those of us who are musicians). I'm gonna be watching the last two parts now.
Although I've never played anywhere near DT's level, I totally get the "family" aspect of replacing a longtime band member (my longest-running band went 8 years, we sang at each others' weddings, kids were friends, etc) and the core of DT were together 25 years, really is a life-changing event.