“This makes Dream Theater seem like Weezer”
Drumming legend Mike Portnoy has taken on the problem of studying to play a Software track, which he has stated makes “Dream Theater seem like Weezer”.
Portnoy, who rejoined the Boston prog steel band in October final yr after a 13-year absence, took up the problem from the Drumeo YouTube channel to study Software’s 12-minute observe ‘Pneuma’, from 2019’s ‘Concern Inoculum’.
The percussionist was given six hours to grasp the observe, in what Drumeo described as “probably the most troublesome problem we’ve ever given anybody”.
Over the course of the video, which you’ll be able to watch under, Portnoy research footage of Software drummer Danny Carey and scouring the sheet music to decipher the track’s complexity.
“This makes Dream Theater sound like fuckin’ Weezer,” Portnoy exclaims at one level. “With all due respect to Weezer, I like Weezer. However that is loopy!”
Final month, Portnoy shared an replace on Dream Theater’s upcoming sixteenth studio album. He famous that whereas he had accomplished his contributions to the recording, the remainder of the band have been nonetheless laborious at work, and sure can be for a number of months to return.
“I actually can’t reveal something extra as we’re (purposefully) maintaining a really tight lid on any & all data at this early stage… however I’ll say we’re all BLOWN AWAY and sooo extraordinarily enthusiastic about what we’ve created!” he stated. “We can not await you all to listen to this… however endurance, all can be revealed in due time…”
The document can be their first with Portnoy since 2009’s ‘Black Clouds and Silver Linings’. Portnoy departed the band in 2010, and the band would go on to launch 5 albums with alternative drummer Mike Mangini.
Portnoy’s return thus reverts Dream Theater to their traditional 1999 and 2000 lineup, which consists of Portnoy, singer James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung and keyboardist Jordan Rudess. As this lineup, the band recorded six studio albums, from 1999’s ‘Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Reminiscence’ to 2009’s ‘Black Clouds & Silver Linings’.
In Portnoy’s time away from the band, he produced music with quite a lot of aspect tasks, together with The Vineyard Canine, an influence trio which additionally concerned Billy Sheehan and Richie Kotzen of Mr. Massive, Sons of Apollo, a heavy steel supergroup, and Adrenaline Mob, which he fashioned with Russell Allen and Mike Orlando.
Dream Theater go on their first tour with Portnoy again on board this autumn, kicking off a European tour with a present in London on October 20. Get your tickets here.