Wilma

On a TAMA instructional video he says that he can achieve a much fuller snare sound with the butt end of the stick as opposed to the tip. So for this reason, his left-hand stick is always upside down.
This […]

Mike Portnoy gives his influences in this excerpt from a Daily Vault interview:

I used to like Neal Peart but I don’t really listen to him that much anymore. He was a big influence for me when I was younger. I […]

For the recording of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Train of Thought, Mike used a kit called the “Siamese Monster”. For Octavarium he used a white kit called the “Albino Monster”.

Mike uses TAMA Starclassic […]

A complete list of gear is almost impossible to create because it changes all the time.

John Petrucci currently uses Music Man guitars – and several different types. He has two distinct models: The JP model and t […]

John Petrucci did write and records two tracks for an old Sega Saturn game called Digital Pinball: Necronomicon, only released in Japan. He wrote two pieces; ” Necronomicon Prologue” and “Necronomicon Epilogue”

Mike Mangini started playing the drums at an early age, and by high school he was performing in bands and participating in prestigious All-State and All-Eastern United States ensembles.

After graduating from high […]

Before being picked up by DT for Images and Words, James sang in a Canadian glam band called Winter Rose. They released a self-titled album in 1987, which was re-released in 1997.

James beat more than 200 […]

►Dead Poets Society (1989)
►Table For Five (1983)

“It’s the most awful thing you’ll ever hear.
Your mom…who you dearly love..
…has had to leave all our lives now.”

“Seize the day!”

“Something […]

[- main sample -]
“This is the regret that you make
This is the…
Regret that you make
And the something you take

Mistakes like this… you don’t make
You make some and ok
Not ok, sometimes, you make other […]

The children playing are Melody and Max Portnoy, and the goodnight kiss is Marlene and Melody Portnoy!
– Mike Portnoy

Don’t Look Past Me

► The Deer Hunter (1978)

“I don’t know, I feel a lot of distance and I feel far away…
I’ll see you later…”

► Ordinary People (1980)

” – I feel bad about this ! I feel really bad abo […]