Drum Teacher Reacts | MIKE PORTNOY | 'The Dance of Eternity' - Dream Theater | (2020 Reaction)

[@rabidpb]

Actually, what I like about Portnoy's timing is that it's NOT all metronomically precise. He's really able to push or pull, to lay back in a groove or yank back a big crash hit. Mike Mangini plays the same DT songs with even more precision and more outright technical ability but, to my ear, he loses some of the humanity that Portnoy put into the parts.

[@subutaynoyan5372]

It's not the humanity, Mangini's drum tone and also his sense of precision just makes it off. Particularly live, Portnoy constantly played with his arrangements, he rarely sticks to anything too long and makes it always interesting. Did you ever heard Mangini's interpretation of the outro to Finally Free? In the recent albums too, most things Mangini spent following Petrucci's guitar lead, Portnoy with fill it up with symbals and add so much depth you just couldn't get enough of the song.

[@mrbouncelol]

@@subutaynoyan5372 There is a LOT of footage of Mangini playing live... People can decide for themselves

[@vince8081]

I always wanted to explain your point, but you find the right words, so thanks a lot.

[@weefek]

well put.

[@martinsulek1139]

Not some. All.

[@michaelgiaquinto3295]

DT fans in the House!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Come on in Michael!

[@rebelfiend1193]

DT or DT (Dream theatre or Devin townsend)

[@M3tabolic]

@@rebelfiend1193 Yes.

[@Ziri0615]

Mike Portnoy era? Yes.

[@michaelgiaquinto3295]

@@Ziri0615 I like mangini as well

[@form_52]

Glass Prison is somehow overlooked a lot as a drum masterpiece. Definitely worth checking out.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you!

[@Jag211313]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums The Great Debate too, both songs are featured on one of his DVDs.

[@Shredxcam22]

Old school track scarred has an impossible drum pattern.

[@OLDM4N-DE]

@@Jag211313 That song is awesome !!!

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

The song is a masterpiece, period.

[@SoiledWig]

Side note, the ragtime-like section was there because part of the story of the concept album Dance of Eternity comes from takes place in the 1920's.

[@The_Archvile]

#Facts

[@mrhyde2250]

My favorite part of the song easily. It really freaks out the “normies.”

[@MsDerlucky]

Wasn't it, that Jordan Rudess wanted to impress a little on his first writing and recording sessions and just started to play something like that and they sticked to it?

[@maxwelld23]

Not only is he absolutely technically perfect and proficient it’s his writing that makes him stand out. He’s so creative with what he writes.

[@Willstonez]

His stuff on the Dream Theater album Systematic Chaos is wild. He seems like he's just playing guitar riffs on drums. It's insane.

[@fafetico]

I'll just dig this comment one year later just to say that the guitar solo in Constant Motion is one hell of a drum solo

[@ericlane5949]

This album (Scenes from a Memory) is a programmatic rock opera, part of which takes place in the 1920’s. That’s why there is that crazy swing section in the middle. Plus, there are references to other songs in the album and other DT albums.

[@fartvader84yearsago8]

Also, Bobby Jarzombek - School. Extremely prog and criminally underrated

[@suncross]

Dude is insane!

[@leeDs718]

Peppered Cancer and So It Ain't. He's not human.

[@PerceptionsofFate]

he's great in Fates Warning and Arch Matheos as well

[@Jashtvorak]

Yeah, Bobby is crancked all the way to 100 out of 10 in everything. His drum focused recordings are just a huge WTF I just watched?!!!

[@fartvader84yearsago8]

Holy shit, this is kinda surprising to me. I always make comments about Bobby and always go unnoticed. Glad to see that there is more people who like the guy.

[@gaboelexo]

The part "not on the beat" is actually in the studio version, so he meant that lol. Such a good player, loved your reaction

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you Gabriel! 🙏

[@horohoro69]

I feel like Portnoy is just the right blend of robotic play and human feel, as opposed to Mangini who pushed it one step further on the robotic side both in his playing and composition. I can feel things hearing Portnoy play, right ? As perfect as he plays, he has a lot of "emotions" in his hits imo.

[@jeromesnail]

I totally agree.

[@philipgoggin7983]

SPOT ON!! Been saying this ever since he joined DT.

[@LUckybones25]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@apharys8921]

Yup. The Octavarium album highlights the emotion in his playing fantastically.

[@dtonpbac]

Exactly the reason why I hate Mangini. It was truly sad to see such an emotionless-fast-playing-only drummer joined my most favourite band.

[@chrisr3159]

This is so funny. I remeber when this DVD came out, I gave it to my drum teacher hoping he would be as blown away as I was. His response, wow, he is so precise with his strokes.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Dude is outrageously consistent!

[@DanielRicardo42]

Everybody knows that Portnoy's timing is impeccable, and that his sound is amazing, but what I consider to be his signature is his use of ghost notes. As an example, skip to 6:46 and listen to the ghost notes on that snare....

[@VomitShovel]

Mmmmm yeah keep talking to me about those ghost notes I'm close

[@HenritheHorse]

Those seem more hard pronounced hits than ghost notes.

[@itsawonderfulknife7031]

You must be a guitar player.

[@crisdd0302]

Timing, impeccable? I'm a Portnoy fan, and I think he has more feeling than anything else, if he nudges the time a little he fixes it right away for sure.

[@rodrigoterrasanta5966]

Are those really ghost notes though?

[@barefootalien]

Heheh, "perfect is not for everybody". Now when I say that Mike Mangini makes Mike Portnoy look loosey-goosey and a bit sloppy it should have the proper impact. _That_ level of perfection, though, _does_ come at a cost. For all his precision, Portnoy still has a lot of feel, and he looks like he's having fun. Mangini has... well, I mean, there is musicality and feel, but it's the feel of a classical musician in an orchestra. He plays _precisely_ the dynamics and feel that is written on the page, with an absolutely inhuman degree of precision. Portnoy is more like the feel of a great jazz musician. Sure, he hits the figures perfectly every single time, but in between he can groove a lot more.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great comment here! Very thoughtful

[@behshadmohebali6234]

That’s why I wanted Marco to join DT instead of mike mangini. No hate for Mike but There is a theatricality (no pun intended) to Mike portnoy that you rarely see.

[@jima6545]

Mangini is a technician for sure. Portnoy's drum sounds so different both tone and...I don't know just seems like he strikes them differently. Peart was like that too. You can just tell

[@alexjudge8907]

I saw DT live with both drummers and Portnoy is so much creative, Mancini is good recreating the old songs but the freestyle moment was a little messy in my opinion, and the new songs are less fun. I feel like the new drummer gave the rest of the team more liberty but I lost interest.

[@barefootalien]

@@alexjudge8907 I agree about the solos... Mangini's solos are just a technique demo. There's no real groove to them like a Portnoy solo, and not even in the same galaxy as a Niel Peart solo for musicality and entertainment value. If Peart was "Oh, you didn't know a drum solo could be a concert all by itself?" and Portnoy was "Let's jam and groove for a while together," then Mangini's are "Let me show off what I can do! See, I can do one-handed rolls, and one-handed rolls, and also one-handed rolls, and polyrhythms, and one-handed rolls during polyrhythms, and did you know I can do one-handed rolls!?" However, I disagree about the overall sound and quality of the band and its music. I feel like they'd gotten very stale and samey toward the end with Portnoy, with album after album and song after song about alcoholism, depression, and insanity. Ironically, when he was fed up with its staleness himself but before telling the rest of the band, they did BC&SL, which I think was the best thing they'd done since Scenes From a Memory and parts of Six Degrees. I also feel they'd gone kind of off on a wild tangent before Rudess joined, with the creativity and soaring melodies of Images and Words and Awake giving way to what was, _for me_ (yes, I know most people go nuts over it, but I find it just kind of pedantic and boring) a dearth of their usual genius in Change of Seasons and then a bizarre attempt to reinvent themselves in Falling into Infinity. Just like Rudess injected new talent, ideas, and energy into the band, I feel like Mangini has done the same. I think a lot of their best work has been with him, and when I go to list my favorite albums from the current lineup, I'm kind of forced to just list _all_ of them, heh. I know a lot of people didn't like The Astonishing, but I think it was absolute genius, and an incredibly powerful emotional ride... A Dramatic Turn of Events was a very welcome shift in sound and focus for me, and has a couple of my favorite DT songs of all time. "Lost Not Forgotten" is just amazing for me, totally on par with "A Nightmare to Remember" and "The Count of Tuscany". "Illumination Theory" is, in my opinion, their single greatest epic, though In the "Presence of Enemies, Pt. 2: Heretic/The Slaughter of the Damned" comes pretty close as the absolute pinnacle of the 12-step era. Most recently, Distance Over Time is my favorite album overall, just edging out Scenes From a Memory at this point, mostly because SFaM is so dated nowadays and my own tastes have gotten heavier since then as well. If you haven't yet, I'd definitely recommend checking out "Barstool Warrior", "S2N", and "Pale Blue Dot" from Distance Over Time. If you don't like those three and think they've returned to their core better than ever, I'm really not sure what to tell ya. ;) I will admit, I haven't seen Mangini live. I saw Scenes From a Memory, Six Degrees (double-header with Queensryche, woot!), and Train of Thought (opened by King Crimson IIRC) but then life got busy, and then disability happened. :( It does help as well that LaBrie has gotten a _lot_ better in recent years. He's even almost good live! Almost. ;) Mm, and going down memory lane, I sure do miss Portnoy and Rudess's duels...

[@spudman3000]

Great review. Portnoy is my favourite technical drummer. Give him a 4 piece kit, and he blows you away. I feel like drummer like he and Peart are overshadowed by their monstrous kits. I'm really, really digging your channel, and have spend most of the morning absorbed by your reviews and feedback. The sound! Dream Theater's production is incredible. They kind of went the Steely Dan route with absolute precise engineering and mixing. Check out 6:00 by Dream Theater. World class drum sound. While we're on a fusion tangent, do you ever listen to The Mars Volta? Their first two albums featured a drummer by the name of Jon Theodore, and are a clinic in prog drumming. Cicatriz ESP and Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt are two I would recommend from a drumming perspective. You go "punk-fusion?", but just grab a listen and you'll get it. Cheers, brother. Keep pumping out this quality content!

[@HollowGolem]

Have you seen the video of Portnoy playing the tiny little Hello Kitty kids' drum kit? It's pretty great

[@FanaticDrummer]

An yes Portnoy has the best sounding kits. His engineers are amazing. Live and in studio.

[@CnutLongsword]

The Train of Thought album has one of my top 3 all time drum sounds ever. It’s dark, full, low and heavy. Whoever tuned and mic’d those drums is a genius.

[@SonyStudioPro]

Thnxs for the love 🙏🏾… It’s always a pleasure to do the engineering for Mike and DT 😊.

[@Coats2112]

If I were Geddy Lee, or Alex Lifeson and I decided I wanted to tour again, this would be who I'd be calling first.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great call Michael!

[@stanleyyelnats1313]

Mangini is an AWSOME drummer.....but Portnoy was the bedrock for most of these new age precusionists....He showed the way!! Peace and Love from Atlanta

[@tubby_luvvy]

His Constant Motion video has some of the craziest playing I’ve ever seen.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Sounds good Brandon!

[@FanaticDrummer]

Transatlantic stuff is also rather nice. Very song writer orientated prog.

[@MrRamwell]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums yes! Please review his constant motion drum video! Im sure you'd be amazed, especially during the solo

[@KamiKuzi]

YEAH! You have to do constant motion!!! The interlude part is out of this world. You almost have to watch it in slow motion to catch all the hits.

[@RareHarmony]

Absolutely agree!

[@jeremykube1079]

I don't know how I didn't see this drum teacher reaction video until now. This song is absolutely considered one of Dream Theater's most technically difficult songs to perform along with "A Nightmare to Remember" and "Erotomania" (just to name a couple of his absolutely punishing drum performances). As a former teacher myself, I love seeing people genuinely react to hearing someone like Mike Portnoy play when they hadn't heard his work before. Like any rock/metal lover, I gravitated first towards Neil Peart who is the North American Godfather of drums, but when I wanted to go more "metal" I thankfully gravitated towards Mike Portnoy and Mark Zonder (ex-Fates Warning) rather than weaker drummers in the metal genre (Lars Ulrich's name is often thrown out, erroneously, as a weaker drummer). Sticking towards the progressive metal genre allowed me to play music that isn't exclusively in the easier time signatures and taught me how to really use ghost notes. Playing along to Mike and Neil has made it possible for me to play in nearly any time signature and practice makes it possible to be proficient in those measures - measures people often avoid because they won't even attempt to play them. Mike is also a class act who rarely has a bad thing to say. For example, Dream Theater had a well-publicized acrimonious split in 2010/2011 and ultimately Mike Mangini (another drum legend) took his seat. Mike has never said anything bad about Mike and vice versa because they have mutual respect for each other's abilities and both bring unique talents to the table. I prefer Portnoy slightly over Mangini, but that doesn't mean that I don't love me some Mangini drum work - he's amazing. But, you can't attend 12 Portnoy drum clinics in the 1990's and not be fond for the guy. I literally went to every clinic he taught within a 250 mile radius of my home. Turns out the dude lives one town over from me.

[@danlc95]

You might LOVE Pat DeLeon from Imminent Sonic Destruction.

[@EloirTroyack]

Portnoy's precision and tecnique can be matched by dozens of great drummers, but when it comes to composing and to his on-stage charisma... this man is unique.

[@michaelfraters4650]

And he puts such feel into it!!!

[@evankeal]

And his drum sound is always immaculate. Similar to Pearts Moving Pictures kit.

[@g.williamportnoy]

Perfectly said, case closed..

[@andras.89]

Dream Theater - Instrumedley (Live at Budokan) - Mike Portnoy drumcam. That has EVERYTHING and 100% live.

[@TwoandaHater]

For the groovier side of Portnoy you might check out Transatlantic or Flying Colors.

[@pascalspierings4759]

Or some The Winery Dogs drumcam videos!

[@Rojk]

And I love his drumming with Neal Morse Band.

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Mike Portnoy's best sound was when he played the Hello Kitty / Pokemon kits... :P

[@fattohead]

I think Andrew must check Dream Theater drummer auditions.. Well 9 years ago, Mike Portnoy and DT seperated ways, the band decided to find their new drummer with an audition and share the audition videos with the fans. They also were looking for the chemistry between the band and the new member, so they've called all of them to NY and played the selected songs live with these drummers.Finally they've decided to continue with Mike Mangini. The entire video durations may take long, so you might not allow to share on your channel, but even if you don't share, I recomend you to watch it. As a drummer, it's really interesting and really fun to watch the whole thing ((;

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Agreed. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the auditions and seeing the different drummers' approaches.

[@leddygee1896]

Heard about DT in 1989 when their first album "When Dream And Day Unite" came out. Fast forward to 1992, and their 2nd record came out, "Images & Words"... Saw them in a small local venue with around 60 other people in attendance, now, I'll be 60 years old in a few days and I've seen A LOT of live shows, (Led Zeppelin, Oakland Ca. 1977 for one) but up to that point i had never seen or heard a live performance that blew me away as much as DT did in 1992... Oh yeah, and the tickets were $5.00!! Great reaction to a great drummer, and i hope to see more...

[@todayisforgotten]

1992 was when i heard them. I was 12. My brother and friends were into them and they would get rotation on WSOU here in NJ. I never heard anything (playing and music) and proceeded to take up drums shortly after hearing him. I miss those days. I did never get to see them live, ironically.

[@CompleteProducer84]

You are so very lucky to have seen them live back in 92! I watch vids of DT live from 92-93 on KZbin and James was an absolute BEAST of a singer then. He pretty much nailed everything he sang then. There is a vid from 93 in Germany and he just runs through Learning To Live like it's nothing. Also, while I still love JP's Majesty tone, the Ibanez tone was one of his best

[@leddygee1896]

@@CompleteProducer84 I completely agree on the Ibanez years with John... I've always wondered why he didn't stick with them. maybe one reason is that Satch and Vai took the limelight from John, or Ibanez wasn't interested in giving him a signature model... Oh yeah, and James's vocals that night i saw them were on 🔥

[@rossfororder]

My drummer recommendation would be Craig blundell, he plays for Steve Wilson and used to play for frost, he's a top drummer

[@Mischitelli]

Metronomes use mike portnoy to stay in rhythm...

[@holaamigo5753]

Again, im not a drummer nor do i intend to be, but here I am because of Mike Portnoy 😂

[@bryantaracena-belard7374]

Somos dos amigo ✌🏻

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Just to help here, listen to, learn and play more Prog, especially Classic Prog and Jazz Fusion and You Will become a Much Better Drummer !!! Get away from the basic radio play Pop stuff and Rock I see on here !!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey guys! As a way to prioritize the amount of reaction requests I'm getting via email/instagram and in the KZbin comments... I am going to try and do the Patreon picks first. There is no limit on the Patreon (could be $1/month). www.patreon.com/AndrewRooneyDrums I still love you if you are NOT a Patreon contributor. And I will still try and get to your pick. It's a just a reward for those that help out with costs/time involved with doing the vids. Disclaimer: No guarantees. I can only do what I can do. If a vid is blocked... it's blocked. I'll do my best! Note: Patrons also get exclusive access to the vids that get blocked :) Thanks for watching!

[@intothestorm86]

You should review Dan Presland - Ne Obliviscaris - As Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope

[@RandyLott]

Marco Minnemann learned this song in a weekend before auditioning for Dream Theater. Good thing he wasn't super serious about joining the band, because we got The Aristocrats!

[@Mcobo100]

Yeah, but with all respect to Mangini i was prefered Minnemann than Mangini :'c

[@PerceptionsofFate]

Hear Me - Devin Townsend (Drummer is 66Samus) thats probably one of my favorite drum throughs to watch or Singularity Devin Townsend with Anup drumming are both amazing and mind blowing drumming

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks Frank!

[@neilomac]

Dirk Blast into Gravity Blast = my brains going SPLOOSH

[@joelshymiguy]

RIP Neil aka the Professor, Mike is the student!

[@mikesmith1290]

A change of seasons has the best drum sounds on the planet! Love that snare!!

[@wolfancap6897]

Andrew: How many time signatures are in this song? Mike: Yes.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA

[@elhijodelriff]

Lmao

[@dtcaslick]

Watch the Loudwire video of him playing the Pokémon drum kit...hilarious!

[@aschemusic3748]

The thing with MP is he is not only able to play the most complex songs and nail crazy timings, he is also able to copy styles almost perfectly. Give him a Rush Song and he's going to sound very much like Neil Peart. Give him a Beatles Song and it's going to sound like Ringo. Go check out his other Bands like Sons of Apollo and listen to the new Solo Album of DTs guitarist John Petrucci where he is drumming. He's just phenomenal.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I love the chameleons of drumming like he and Vinnie. Mind blowing ability

[@jonathansefcik473]

If you think Mike Portnoy is perfect, check out Mike Mangini. Dude is a human metronome. He actually replaced MP in Dream Theater.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Jonathan!!!

[@chrishardee8207]

yes... agree, ahead technically.. but imo doesnt come close to portnoys feel or sound

[@pascal97100]

I love how every single guu that reacts to drums ends up reacting to this song and Instrumedley. REACT TO INSTRUMEDLEY PLEASE IS SOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[@donkarnage6032]

The interesting thing about this particular performance of this song is that it was the first time that Mike Portnoy had performed this song in its entirety. The album this song was on had just been released but at the time of recording this video for a drum instructional DVD, the band had yet to go on the road and tour for that album. They wrote and recorded the song in 3 sections. Portnoy had said this was the first time he had performed the song as one whole piece instead of 3 smaller sections and he wasn't sure if he was going to pull it off. As we can see by the video he obviously pulled it off quite well.

[@DrBob66]

Wow I literally just discovered you an hour ago thanks to your infant annihilator clip being posted to reddit. watched some of your other portnoy and peart videos, looking forward to this one haha

[@Atomic_Haggis]

Infant Annihilator are complete nutters. I discovered Andrew the same way!

[@MrJSyer]

Scenes from a memory is s fantastic album. I've heard it countless times. Master piece

[@pascalspierings4759]

Great reaction once again.. I think it's time to let you in on a secret treasure: Leo Margarit - Rope End by Pain of Salvation. Talk about crazy drumming. He is the drummer of Pain of Salvation (killer prog!!!) and his drumvideos are just wow!

[@alucard0712]

nah, forget the complexity, it's not that hard to learn this song. most amazing is how MUSICAL Portnoy is. drum parts are amazing, no overplaying, no underplaying, they are very memorable. makes you want to learn the parts. and he knows and loves the music. also he have "poor" basic technique - he is one of those "best drummers are "bad" drummers" guy. love him!

[@TheKneezee]

Andrew. Love your channel. Got even more interested when I found out you're from Auckland, where I've lived for 6 months studying English and working in the night market. Would love to go back to your country one day. I think you would really appreciate Acid Rain from Liquid Tension Experiment, live in L.A from 2008. Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin just doing what they do best.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yo thanks Bruno!

[@rahbeat9785]

react to him playing 'Stream Of Consciousness' :)

[@burningbeard9478]

Jean Paul Gastor - Clutch

[@josephstevens5870]

I like to think I have that snare tone,lol

[@gavinsnyder5627]

Remember, there are three other musicians who came together to make that song. So not only is Mike Portnoy an amazing and superior musician himself, but you got John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and John Myung all top notch players. It's incredible to come across a musician who is as skilled as Portnoy alone. Just think of the cosmic forces that had to align in order to make Dream Theater happen the way that it did. I really wish Mike hadn't left the band, but he deserves the freedom to go where he wants. Im just glad we got what we did with him being a key component in the formation of Dream Theater.

[@johncourtright1632]

Love the bass fills at 3:00 and the ascending toms at 3:11. I saw DT in concert from the 3rd row (most expensive tickets ever), and Mangini was a beast, but I love Portnoy's creativity. I still wonder how DT would have changed if they had hired Marco Minnemann (my favorite) to be their drummer. Check out Marco playing this same song at kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmWak3aLqNSff6s. It just feels different.

[@TheHappyWhale]

Mike actually has a son named Max who is also a drummer for the band Tallah

[@nathanmcintyre694]

Your homework is too learn this song! Hahaha 😂

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh dear...

[@psychotrout]

A drum teacher that never heard about Mike Portnoy which among the countless awards was Best Progressive Rock Drummer for 13 times!!! sounds very fishy... or this is not a reaction video :D... or I have never seen a cave with blinds...

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I never said I've never heard about Mike Portnoy

[@psychotrout]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums ok then you are forgiven :D

[@adambeauregard489]

**throws away my drum sticks** lol... just kidding. Amazing.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

SO GOOD

[@tccobden]

Man, you have to do a Mike Mangini video for comparison. His chops rival rival those of Alex Rudinger you just did!

[@Tac-0]

Unknown fact, they based the creation of the metronome of off Mike Portnoys drumming. Not a lot of people know that!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Dropping facts!

[@philipshort7491]

One of their final great instrumental performances was WHERES MY THING, HERE IT IS , live in Dallas starting with some great bass playing by geddy Lee, and half way through there's on of Neil's final shorter drum solos. One of Neil's greatest drumming performances (I think) is from the snakes and arrows tour THE MISSION a very beautiful underrate song, a song with a great vocal and keyboard performance by geddy Lee, but keep an eye on Neil, every time I watch it Neil's drumming looks and sounds amazing ,his drums have a great sound during this song. Another difficult song from snakes and arrows tour, NATURAL SCIENCE, loads of transitions and another great performance by Neil peart. There's two good drum camera videos of these two songs from this show to study them more closely. I'm a huge fan of the time machine tour, but these two snakes and arrows tour songs, Neil's performances are out of this drumming world. LEAVE THAT THING ALONE is another great instrumental along with LA VILLA STRANGIATO both from the greatest live show THE TIME MACHINE TOUR, LIVE IN CLEVELAND. you can't go wrong with the time machine tour, even the funny INTRO into THE SPIRIT OF RADIO. Best wishes from the UK.

[@mrwebber]

Portnoy is the BEST!!!!!!!!

[@fripptricky5099]

As an ardent Dream Theater fan for years and a dude who has been playing these songs on drums for somewhere around 20 years, Dance of Eternity is nowhere NEAR Mike's most technically challenging song. DoE is a lot of memorization, but he has dozens of other songs that are way more difficult to play. Stream of Consciousness and the instrumental break during Constant Motion are prime examples. Mike shines when his precision and sense of groove overlap.

[@EiriUesugiKun]

Again... Can't give you any more likes or ... anything so have this empty comment. ;)

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

It's never empty. Thanks for the support!

[@SamWickens]

Have you heard Virgil Donati of Planet X? I'd suggest the song Quantum Factor, the drum work is pretty amazing.

[@TheQueenstarsha]

True story- in the late 90s a drinking game involved listening to Portnoy and DT and taking a shot every time you heard them blatantly ripping off Neil Peart and Rush. Needless to say an entire generation of prog fans were blitzed after two songs

[@RuanLFC]

These walls drums only is a master class in drumming, thats where he sounds like everything has triggers everything is tuned to perfection the pressure tones and hit positioning is insane accurate everytime

[@TziMmys79]

Sorry dear sir, but this is not reaction.

[@Caleb-lu3zl]

I think that's why Portnoy appeals to people is because it's not that complicated and the drums sound punchy, it's almost accidentally genius

[@KevinLuWX]

I think Dream Theater "Instrumedeley" is a better one to react than this. The instrumedeley combines several of their instrumental pieces including a big chunk of this.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Just to help here, listen to, learn and play more Prog, especially Classic Prog and Jazz Fusion and You Will become a Much Better Drummer !!! Get away from the basic radio play Pop stuff and Rock I see on here !! God man your a Drummer expand your Horizons !! : )

[@ΝίκοςΔούρας-σ8ι]

A great drummer and a beloved friend of mine once told me to go and listen The Great Debate from Dream Theater. Now i'm pretty sure that this is the best drum song Portnoy has ever written so far. The song is from the 2002 LP called Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence.

[@lucianefab]

you make too many pauses man. really frustrating to watch.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@am7442]

Portnoy is a different kind

[@spitfire5502]

Instrumedly next. 😁

[@torspomedia5861]

That's his Tama signature snare, the melody maker i believe it's called.

[@Elevenbravo_ABN]

Yes, you’re right; I own one. I Wish I could say it sounds half as good as his, but I can’t.

[@joca1378]

Dream Teather is a "progressive rock" band. I don't know much about drums or this genre but i think the tempo changes as music progresses so drums must reflect those changes.

[@zsjb_]

It's progressive metal not rock, quite different

[@zsjb_]

Prog rock is more like pink Floyd or genesis

[@joca1378]

@@zsjb_ I'm a bit ignorant on the subject, a drummer friend of mine told me that long ago, but probably he also said metal. All the metal guys that i ever knew loved Dream Theater anyway. There's surely something special about the band.

[@otacon04psn]

If you want to see Portnoy at his best react to When The Water breaks (live) by LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT

[@jimmyz171]

You're a drummer? But have never heard of Mike portnoy!? Yeah ok👍

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Of course I've heard of Portnoy

[@Kylora2112]

There's a video with the drum notation and all the time changes. I showed it to my drummer (80s cover band; she's more of a Deadhead). She looked at me and said "No."

[@marcuscorvinus8927]

He lost his precision when he missed the bell at 8:52. 😂 Kidding aside, MP is a beast! You should react to el estepario siberiano. That dude is killin Dance of eternity in a 3-piece Kit.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA! Thanks Marcus!

[@johnroberts1009]

Dream Theater, any song with Mike is worth your time. Check out “Liquid Tension” a band Mike also played in MIND BLOWING !!!!!🤯

[@Islendingar]

This track was also one that the band used to choose Mike’s replacement when he left the band too ! Along with The Spirit Carries On these were the two tracks that destroyed the drummers that were auditioning as combined they are over 13 minutes long !!!

[@godjimtv]

Have you heard John Macaluso's ARK drumming? Another brilliant Prog drummer with awsome technique and ideas! Would love to see you reacting to his "Heal The Waters" or "Where the Wind Blows" drum parts! Theres a video of him on a Drum School in Florence on his channel! Even so, just for checking out both of ARK albums, they are amazing (ARK and Burn The Sun)! The most underated albums ever! Love your videos! Sry for bad english xD

[@rtrooperw8115]

Mangini drum solo at Luna Park. Amazing as well!🙏🏻

[@wildan29ijudin94]

Hes not reaction drum solo .. Hes reaction drumming in the song

[@MattiaBrea]

one of the best drummer in the world! check also Matt Halpern and Jay Postones!

[@SecularOpinion]

FYI...that "Karate Kyle " meme you use at 04:50 is actually a guy named Vonhelton, he is a UFO nutter I cover on my channel...

[@LUXXY1984]

@Andre Rooney Drums Thankyou for putting this up...Portnoy at his finest !

[@swat4145]

Hi! Very cool, i recommend you reacting to Metropolis Pt. 1 It is very epic composition

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you!

[@stevewebber3410]

What do you think of a drummer like nicko mcbrain

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey Steve! I'm not overly familiar. But what i've seen and heard I'd say he's underrated. Or at least not talked about enough. KILLER player

[@andrewpovey4916]

A change of seasons was played during the closing credits of the winter Olympics way back when. I don't know if it was just the channel broadcasting it, or if it was the actual official legitimate closing song for the Olympics, but it was awesome to hear.

[@futurewavecs]

I actually prefer Instrumedley which has Dance of Eternity and many other DT instrumentals mixed up and a really interesting Drum Kit... Two in one.

[@jonathanarleys]

How do you can memorize every time signature changer? I put 4 Crash, 2 China's, Ride and Hi-Hat... so, I can play 2/4, 4/4, 4/8, 5/4(8), 6/4(8), 7/(4), and 8/8... Also Gong for 9/8... and you can multiply them if you want to count the stacks and splashes... The question in my head...

[@ellisfarmsnc7548]

Marco Minneman When I watch Portnoy I still want to practice and learn the parts to his songs. Watching Minnemann I just want to burn my sticks. A little older video of him but it gives you a good look at his style. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGXaYZmQrN6shac

[@KrucielBL]

I get a laugh every time someone thinks a drummer doesn't know Mike P. It's like walking up to a guitarist and asking "Hey have you heard of Jimmy Page or Steve Vai? They any good?"

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

You know Earl Young? One of my fave drummers of all time.

[@KrucielBL]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Sad to say he was long before my time and I never really was around any disco being born in the late 80's. My favorite at the moment is Matt Garstka, but am a big fan of Carter Beauford and went to see him live 5 times when he came to Atlanta. "#41" has been my favorite song for 20 years. And one of the concerts I went to I was lucky enough to hear a 20 minute extended jam of it before Leroi passed away. Best night of my life. If you want to do another Carter video, I'd love to see "Drive in Drive out". 41 may be my favorite to listen to, but Drive in Drive out is the most fun to play.

[@KrucielBL]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Came back for one last comment about Carter. I heard you say in your "Tripping Billies" video that DMB never really got big in your area. The video you looked at is actually a full length DVD from 1997 called "Under the Table and Drumming", a play on words from their 1994 album "Under the Table and Dreaming". You can find 2 hours worth of jamming if you want to check that out. I haven't been able to find any good videos of him doing "Drive in Drive Out" but "#41" is on that recording. He always throws way more flash into it live than the album version, but I first heard it in high school and was obsessed with trying to replicate all of the high hat work. I also related to him playing the same way that I did. I've played open handed since I was 8 years old, before I'd ever heard of him.

[@colinsdrawings8523]

I would like Dream Theater a lot more if they just played instrumentals. Their singer is whiney AF

[@orphydianmusic9529]

Music reactors have to react to Dream Theater, drumming teachers to Portnoy, there is no way around it

[@MacAudio74]

Oh my goodness, cleanest striker of the drum 🥁 head. Daaaaammmnnnn!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh yeah Sean! CRISP!

[@Kamikazibroadcast]

welcome to the world of DREAMTHEATER!!!!

[@erwinduinker1096]

Love Mike!! I love the character in his playing, he stands out. First notes I heard : 06:00 fro Awake, and I was a fan. Which is saying a lot, because I never even specifically noticed a drummer before... (yes, sorry drum world; it was 1993 and I’ve paid attention since)

[@erwinduinker1096]

Btw, Mike’s a massive Peart fan and friend- like that video too 😊

[@uncletom-e4461]

I always liked Portnoy's DT drumming... But I also like Michael Magini's DT playing. I've seen both live and can only say they're equals... Just my opinion...!

[@subterraneancamote808]

Mike Portnoy & other notable drummers are in the top of Mt. Everest while jazz drummers are floating around in sky.

[@enderdavidorivepernia5616]

Watch Bobby Jarzombek is a monster too.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I've done one on him! Need to do more