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Topic: Portnoy, Morse, Morse, and LaRue Project
Posted By: J-Man
Subject: Portnoy, Morse, Morse, and LaRue Project
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 14:39
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http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa/643483-steve-morse-neal-morse-mike-portnoy-dave-larue-project.html - http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa/643483-steve-morse-neal-morse-mike-portnoy-dave-larue-project.html Neal Morse, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue, and Mike Portnoy in a project together!  I can't wait for more announcements on this.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 14:50
| Interesting. Wasn't Steve Morse approached for the LTE guitar slot initially? |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 15:09
Yes, but the first one to be pursued by Portnoy to be LTE's guitarrist was Pantera's guitarrist, Dimebag Darrell.  -------------   
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Stooge wrote:Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 15:15
Yes, I remember that being mentioned in the liner notes. Would have definitely been a different album. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 16:17
| I'm glad to hear anything from Neal Morse, and it seems Portnoy is fine without DT, I think he likes playing with Transatlantic more anyway, who I hope do more albums, btw. Steve Morse should make an interesting choice for guitar. |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 16:18
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This is a pleasant surprise. ------------- 
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Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 17:08
| Glad to see Mike in a new endeavor! |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 17:15
Interestingly enough, he also mentions in the liner notes that his first two choices would've been Frank Zappa and John Lennon (which isn't possible, for obvious reasons). THAT would have been cool! -------------
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 17:28
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This is gonna be 3x better than LTE. ------------- 
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 18:16
lol, NO.  -------------
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 18:39
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This will be very interesting, Steve Morse with modern Prog "legends", hmm.. Let's hope Neal Morse isn't encharged of the songwriting department, that would make it Transatlantic's unexpected 4th album.
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 18:48
Lol, YES. Without Petrucci's and Rudess' endless solos these guys are actually gonna make music. -------------
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: November 28 2010 at 22:11
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I really hope this one shines (along with the project with SW and I forgot who else lol), just so he can rub it in the face of the old rusty machine named Dream Theater. -------------  |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: November 29 2010 at 04:49
Look @ Transatlantic.-------------
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Posted By: 2112R
Date Posted: November 29 2010 at 15:16
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Of course Portnoy has another side project... Regardless if you enjoy(ed) DT or not, it's these side-projects, that although amazing, really get in the way of his focus with the band (I believe) - I look forward to it but Portnoy ruins everything for me now ------------- "All (the naked man) means is the abstract man against the masses. The red star symbolizes any collectivist mentality." - Neil Peart |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: November 29 2010 at 15:49
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This could be great, as long as Jesus allows Morse to write songs about things other than Jesus. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 29 2010 at 16:00
You haven't met Jesus, have you?  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: November 29 2010 at 21:51
I don't see why Jesus would care what Steve Morse writes about. Most of his songs are instrumentals anyway.
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: November 30 2010 at 08:58
seconded with the power of Jeebus. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 30 2010 at 09:56
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I dunno...this certainly sounds very interesting and I will look forward to the release and probably buy the album.....but I am starting to think Portnoy is gonna become this studio session drummer guy with 25 different project bands and never find something that he is pleased with. Which to me tells me I will not see his potential come out anymore after Dream Theater.
And DT will end up as just a so-so metal band that will go thru a different drummer for every album.
Its good to see Steve Morse back in the studio....that will be a treat for sure!
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 30 2010 at 10:04
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Is it odd that Neal Morse is working with a guitarist named Morse, who isn't his brother Alan? Are the Morse brothers the Gallagher (Oasis) brothers of Prog? ------------- 
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 30 2010 at 14:02
I used to jokingly consider Neal and Steve working together due to the name connection, but never expected to see it actually happen, so I'm pretty excited. I hope Steve Morse is the primary composer. Have you guys heard Dixie Dregs? Incredibly intricate and playful music, would love to hear more from him. Dude's fond of keyboardists with better chops than Neal, though. On the other side of the coin, he was a lot of fun to listen to in Kansas, so even if it's mostly Neal-style, it'll still be neat. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: December 01 2010 at 22:20
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^ As much as that sounds good I think Steve has been in a compositional rut for about 10 years. I saw the SMB in January and while the new CD is good it isn't a whole lot different than the last several SMB cds. Maybe working this lineup will open some things up. It sure will be fun live though. ------------- 
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: December 01 2010 at 22:29
It certainly has the potential to be. -------------
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: December 01 2010 at 23:15
nah ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 02 2010 at 07:11
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Great news if this is true - Neal and Mike are best friends and work so well together
i saw them again on the testimony live DVD and they really have strong unified presence on stage. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: February 24 2011 at 07:52
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Apparently they entered the studio more than a month ago ... so we should expect a mid-summer release. Here's some links to forum posts about the recording sessions: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=168357696542012" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=168357696542012  ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 24 2011 at 08:11
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Great news definitely -------------
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