Customer Reviews for Liquid Drum Theater (DVD)
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Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 20, 2009
seriously?
if you think michael portnoy is such an average drummer, why don't you try playing his part on the dark eternal night? as far as skill and entertainment go, michael portnoy is good enough to challenge neil pert from rush!
12 of 25 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
September 14, 2006
MIKE PORTNOY IS AMAZING
that Ryan guy down there obviously knows nothing about drumming because mike portnoy is definitely not over rated, he's won so many awards for a reason, he's amazing! and the fact that he tought himself all of that stuff is just insane, i would love to be that good! i would completely reccomend this video to any drummer, beginner or advanced. and no, i am not another Mike Portnoy "fanboy", i would totally not be entertained by mike portnoy playing a triangle for three hours.. anyway.. this is an amazing video i would reccomend it to absolutely every drummer out there.. !!
11 of 25 people found this review helpful.
Kevin Moore
Location: from --
August 25, 2006
I'll choose MP rather than DW
To tell you honestly,Dave Weckl is WAY BETTER than Mike Portnoy in the technical side of drumming...BUT...Mike has come up with his own style of playing,which oppossess alot of other number of drummers around the world...the LTE albums prove to be a masterpiece and MP is proud to be one of the 4 people who made history.Plus,Mike wasn't taught on how to play: He practiced his ass off withouth any proper training unlike DW who was taught on how to play traditionally... Overall,Mike Portnoy is one of the greatest Rock/Metal drummer who has stepped in the music industry and Dream Theater is also one of the best bands around the world.
13 of 27 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from England
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
November 13, 2005
Rather Dave Weckl anyday
Mike Portnoy, the lord of unsubtlety, but whilst some drummers are unsubtle (e.g Dave Weckl) but fabulous musicians Mike Portnoy is actually not that good! He taught himself, and you can tell, he uses fast fills and lots of crashes to make it all sound very exciting, but if anyone wants to hear the drums played in a truly masterful way listen to Will Kennedy, or Dennis Chambers. This video is annoying, he attempts to be amusing, his music is pretentious and over the top and his drumming lacks any sense of class.
12 of 25 people found this review helpful.
Aaron
Location: from Essex
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
September 30, 2004
MIKE PORTNOY! LEGEND!
Look people the reason people like Dream theater and Mike Portnoy is because they are a fantastic band. And we like Mike because he's the worlds greatest ever drummer! I've tried his stuff and I can't do a lot of it! His off beats are fantastic...So if you say he could play the triangle for ages and we'd like it we wouldn't...It would be boring...:S We love his DRUMMING!
12 of 25 people found this review helpful.
Chris Mesnard
Location: from Bellevue, NE
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 2, 2004
Just the Facts
Mike Portnoy is without a question a great drummer. The review written by Ryan brought up some good points of Mikes approach in the video, but the truth is Portnoy is an extremely skilled and talented percussionist. I also find it a little ignorant that you criticize his clinician skills when he has won 12 consecutive best clinicians and 2 best progressive rock drummer awards from "Modern Drummer". He is definately a stands out in the crowd and you could hope to be half as good as him, if that.
6 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Cao
Location: from Arkansas
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
April 14, 2004
Its pretty good
This video is pretty good but I have to admit that the viewer below me made some good points. It became rather boring after awhile of watching because I found Mike Portnoy shouldnt really try to make these videos because I dont think he can break it down for people, he can just play it over and over again. I also agree that is somewhat overrated and over done quite often by fans. But nevertheless if you know dream theatre it is intresting to see the parts and see what hes doing and I think it is good for a progrssing drummer and I still reccomend it.
7 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Ryan
Location: from Atlanta, Ga
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 29, 2004
The time is long past due.....
to finally admit that Mike Portnoy is by far..... the most overrated drummer of all time. If you don't know who Mike Portnoy is, you will find this DVD extremely boring, and with very unprofessional approaches and demonstrations on the drumset. If you are another Mike Portnoy fanboy, then of course, you will love this DVD. He could have played the triangle for 3 hours, and you would still enjoy it.
6 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Gabriel
Location: from Puebla México
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
January 21, 2003
GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ ESTRADA
Thanks for the excellent service! "rRcomended" includes music of liquid tension and dream theater 20 minutes of bonus footage, camera switching option, live performances one from liquid tension and one from dream theater, and photo gallery mike portnoy play step by step for the all drummers in the world is the best instructional DVD video.
8 of 14 people found this review helpful.
aLex
Location: from Mexico City
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
June 2, 2002
Mike Kicks!!!!!!!
The best drummer ever!!!!! Dream Theater rocks!!!!!
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.