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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2011 at 04:26
Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

Octavarium is really cool, there is a good atmosphere, and the title track is one of their best. I'd rank it 6th out of their ten albums. It stands alone in their discography, kind of like Awake does.

For me it is just irritating and boring.
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New info about Dream Theater drummer?  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dream-Theater/7677942180?sk=app_108468622525037&utm_source=Exact%2BTarget&utm_medium=Email%2B(DT%2BTease)&utm_campaign=Email%2B(DT%2BTease)
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Points: 6088 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2011 at 16:02
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

New info about Dream Theater drummer?  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dream-Theater/7677942180?sk=app_108468622525037&utm_source=Exact%2BTarget&utm_medium=Email%2B(DT%2BTease)&utm_campaign=Email%2B(DT%2BTease)


Yeah, I watched that. When does the full thing come out?
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2011 at 17:09
The video was over dramatic.
Cant wait? Ermm
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2011 at 20:02
Haha looks like a Dream Theater reality show
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2011 at 20:19
Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

Haha looks like a Dream Theater reality show
That or a cheap movie.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

The video was over dramatic.
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Yeah, it definitely was over-dramatic.
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I find most, if not all, reality shows over-dramatic
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 13:12
I find most, if not all, reality shows over-pathetic. 

I hope DT doesn't reach that level... 
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I could only recognize Aquiles Priester there. Who are the other guys?
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Points: 1584 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 13:51
Yeah I'm completely done with the suspense-building... they should just announce it or not say anything yet.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 13:55
Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

I could only recognize Aquiles Priester there. Who are the other guys?
Aquiles Priester
Virgil Donati
Marco Minnemann
Derek Roddy
Peter Wildoer
Mike Mangini
Thomas Lang

I haven't heard of all of them, but I know they're all great. I just hope they don't choose some technical death metal player or something. I want them back to their proggier roots, that's why I'm bummed Rod Morgenstein wasn't asked to audition.
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 14:28
Of those, I think the best fit for the band (and the most likely choice) is Mangini.
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 14:51
Originally posted by andyman1125 andyman1125 wrote:

Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

I could only recognize Aquiles Priester there. Who are the other guys?
Aquiles Priester
Virgil Donati
Marco Minnemann
Derek Roddy
Peter Wildoer
Mike Mangini
Thomas Lang

I haven't heard of all of them, but I know they're all great. I just hope they don't choose some technical death metal player or something. I want them back to their proggier roots, that's why I'm bummed Rod Morgenstein wasn't asked to audition.



Please...oh PLEASE be him......



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Points: 1302 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 17:52
^^^No please don't let it be him.Wink
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 18:13
Why can't the band have TWO drummers?

I mean, it worked for Chicago. . . .


Edited by CCVP - April 22 2011 at 18:13
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Virgil Donati,

Please don't sink to the level of DT, you can do better.

Sincerely,
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 20:49
Being such a snob really isn't necessary. 
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Originally posted by andyman1125 andyman1125 wrote:

Being such a snob really isn't necessary. 


I wouldn't enjoy prog-rock half as much if I couldn't be a snob about it.  Besides, Donati is an odd-time specialist who favors a more academic, subtle approach to drumming.  Portnoy is bombastic and exhuberant, lacking restraint in his approach to the drumset.  This is a direct outcome of his outgoing and strong-willed personality.  They need a larger-than-life persona in order to fill Portnoy's massive shoes, unless they are instead looking for his polar opposite, out of fear that egos will clash onstage.  If the latter is true, than Donati is their man.    
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2011 at 22:06
Originally posted by Barking Weasel Barking Weasel wrote:

Originally posted by andyman1125 andyman1125 wrote:

Being such a snob really isn't necessary. 


I wouldn't enjoy prog-rock half as much if I couldn't be a snob about it.  Besides, Donati is an odd-time specialist who favors a more academic, subtle approach to drumming.  Portnoy is bombastic and exhuberant, lacking restraint in his approach to the drumset.  This is a direct outcome of his outgoing and strong-willed personality.  They need a larger-than-life persona in order to fill Portnoy's massive shoes, unless they are instead looking for his polar opposite, out of fear that egos will clash onstage.  If the latter is true, than Donati is their man.    

Saying Portnoy isn't an odd-time signature master would be terribly short-sighted. And yes, Donati is more "quiet," and Portnoy more "bombastic," but I don't he "lacks restraint." Sure, he's outgoing, but he knows when to pull in the reigns. 
Donati would be a good drummer for the band, and it pains me to read your comment of "don't lower yourself to DT's level." Donati is a drummer, DT is a band (and a damn good one at that), I don't think Donati is above DT's level. Sure he's good at polyrhythms, but that doesn't make him better than a group of highly skilled musicians who could easily play at a higher level than Donati.
So that's what I mean by snob. 
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