Mike Portnoy: Liquid Drum Theater [VHS] (2000)

Modern Drummer Magazine

***VOTED BEST VIDEO 2000***

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. In addition he explains how to develop a “toolbox” of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive “home footage” of LTE in the studio and rare live footage of the band. Songs Include Acid Rain Osmosis Kindred Spirits Paradigm Shift When the Water Breaks Biaxident Chris and Kevin’s Excellent Adventure Another Dimension Universal Mind Total running time: 89 minutes Volume Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater and features footage shot at Beartracks Studios. 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 also discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing d (more…)