Mike Portnoy - Progressive Drum Concepts - DVD

Presented by Mike Portnoy drummer of one of the world's most progressive heavy metal bands Dream Theater this DVD was originally released in Japan but the response was so good it is now available to the rest of the world! Contents include Drum Set Assembly Odd Time Signature examples and Groove and Phrasing examples. Includes a booklet with exercises and transcriptions. Also features Chinese subtitles.

Includes Classic Drum Solos and Battles Volumes 1 and 2 And Classic Rock Drum Solos-This two-video boxed set documents Mike Portnoy's innovative drum stylings in the highly acclaimed fusion/progressive metal music of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Volume One features music from both CDs by Liquid Tension Experiment and includes footage shot at Millbrook Studios where both were recorded. Mike performs eight songs/segments and breaks down parts from each explaining how to develop a toolbox of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive footage of the making of the first LTE album as well as rare live footage of the band. 89 minutes. Volume Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater and features footage shot at BeartracksStudios. Mike performs eleven songs/segments from the Falling into Infinity and Scenes from a Memory CDs and isolates the drum parts from each song. He discusses playing in odd-time signatures developing double bass technique soloing and much more. Includes exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 World Tour. 86 minutes.