IsaiahBenJamin
Junior Member
I've had the pleasure of taking private lessons from Mr. Mangini. He has earned his new post. Congrats, Mike!
Just heard the new Dream Theater single. This album is the second with Mike but the first on which he is writing his own drum parts.
I am just so happy for Mike, he earned everything he got and he is the perfect drummer for this band.
Of course, he lets some killer fills rip near the end on this relatively "radio friendly" first single off the record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoVAUUFjl0I
Very true, this guy is amazing at what he does technically.
I read an article on him in DRUM (or MD) where he went on to say people of certain cultures do not understand odd-times. Hmmm, interesting, I guess he hasn't done much traveling or studying world cultures. After reading that (and a few other 'legendary' articles) and being disgusted by it, I thought, OK, amazing drummer but I will now refer to him as Mike Mangina.
Did he say people of all other cultures or certain cultures don't understand odd-times? You seem to imply the latter which is not necessarily inconsistent with having a world view.
His comments might also imply that persons of a particular background that are even located in the U.S. may lack sensitivity to odd-times.
All this is to say that Mike's comments may have been more nuanced and worldly than you give him credit for.
Mangini is a monster behind the kit. I think his drumming fits the music well, but I dont care for the music any more. Its not because of his drumming though. Its the structure of the songs, the awkward key and timing changes that get made and the general direction the music is moving towards, which is strangly sci-fi, theatrical and over the top.
Lots of the musical direction came from Portnoy who kept it more grounded in a heavy prog rock style. But with Portnoy gone you are left with Petrucci and Rudess to go crazy. Granted both of these guys are musical virtuosos, but its too much crazy and really needs to get grounded back to its heavy prog rock roots. This latest "rock-opera" album is neither rock, nor opera. Its awful.
Lets get back to something like Train of Thought. That was a fantastic album! If they want to get "proggy" try writing songs like When Dream and Day Unite, or make another album like Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance if you want the concept style album with "balls and chunk" (to use a DT term).
This is arguable and anyway Keith is sadly no longer with us.Even Emerson, Lake, & Palmer would be totally weird if Keith Emerson had his way. Greg Lake helped to balance that out and the group was grounded with a couple of hits.
Mangini is a monster behind the kit. I think his drumming fits the music well, but I dont care for the music any more. Its not because of his drumming though. Its the structure of the songs, the awkward key and timing changes that get made and the general direction the music is moving towards, which is strangly sci-fi, theatrical and over the top.
Lots of the musical direction came from Portnoy who kept it more grounded in a heavy prog rock style. But with Portnoy gone you are left with Petrucci and Rudess to go crazy. Granted both of these guys are musical virtuosos, but its too much crazy and really needs to get grounded back to its heavy prog rock roots. This latest "rock-opera" album is neither rock, nor opera. Its awful.
Lets get back to something like Train of Thought. That was a fantastic album! If they want to get "proggy" try writing songs like When Dream and Day Unite, or make another album like Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance if you want the concept style album with "balls and chunk" (to use a DT term).
Ruddess is a fantastic musician but their songs went downhill once he joined.
This is arguable and anyway Keith is sadly no longer with us.
1000% agree.Ruddess is a fantastic musician but their songs went downhill once he joined. .