Just up here http://www.rockband.com/blog/entry/403585
A spiffy new interview with Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater...to commemorate one of the toughest tracks in the history ofg Rock Band.
He's the first one I've interviewed that plays the game himself, and was amazed that we managed to get the DT songs mapped to a single bass drum...he always plays double.
Hope you all enjoy...More to come!
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08-13-2008 12:53 PM #1Harmonix Developer
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DREAM THEATER Audio Interview
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08-13-2008 12:56 PM #2Rising Star
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Awesome, thanks!
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08-13-2008 01:02 PM #3Rising Star
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Nice, I like these.
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08-13-2008 01:25 PM #4
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Good stuff. Props to the interviewer for bringing up Transatlantic...one of the best 'supergroups' I know. Shame they don't have anything planned for the future...but that talk of a Liquid Tension Experiment reunion makes me very happy.
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08-13-2008 01:37 PM #5Headliner
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Great listen!
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08-13-2008 01:42 PM #6Community Playtester
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Was wondering when a thread about this was going to appear
Listened to it last night, excellent stuff! I think it's funny that when he and his son play RB, he plays guitar and not drums
One of my favorite drummers of all time, and it's fascinating to hear interviews where he talks about his OCD. He's mentioned it a few times on his instructional DVD's, and it totally explains why his parts are always so perfect both in the studio and live.
A perfectionist is a good thing to have behind the drums!
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08-13-2008 01:44 PM #7
"How are people going to play some of those double bass patterns?" "Um...with great difficulty."
A true classic right there.
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08-13-2008 01:49 PM #8
The best question in that whole interview:
Interviewer: "So, do you purposefully make stuff as hard as you can because you can?"
Portnoy: "Yes."
Paraphrased. Can't remember the exact quote, but it was something along those lines.PSN: svrtingr
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08-13-2008 01:58 PM #9Road Warrior
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Great band, great drummer, great interview. Nuff said
EDIT: You always have to appreciate it when a drummer props up the drums on Rock Band, even if he just recommends it for practiceLast edited by rockfresh126; 08-13-2008 at 02:01 PM.
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08-13-2008 02:32 PM #10
This makes me really excited to think of the possibility of even more DT songs in rock band.
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