Mike Mangini (Annihilator, Extreme, Steve Vai) eventually became part of Dream Theater as a drum. this be good news for Dream Theater's own after a long search for a replacement drummer. Since the month of September 2010 as the drummer Mike Portnoy and Dream Theater's founder announced to quit the band for a while with the reason he wanted to rest after 20 years he was a career total with the band. But his friends would continue even without Portnoy.
In October 2010 in open auditions to find a replacement drummer Portnoy. Noted there are seven world class drummer who auditioned like Mike Mangini (Extreme), Thomas Lang (Glenn Hughes), Virgil Donati (Planet X), Marco Minnemann (Kreator), Derek Roddy (Malevolent Creation), Peter Wildoer (Darkane), and Aquiles Priest (Angra). After going through the audition for months finally John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, Jordan Rudess and proudly say "Welcome to the family" for Mike Mangini.
Mike Mangini as a drum teacher at the Berklee College of Music and has held 5 times World's Fastest Drummer world record. Mangini had cried several times after being contacted to join Dream Theater, "My brain takes a few minutes to understand what happened. And when all was settled, that feeling is a tremendous relief," Mangini said.
Mangini had said "I like puzzle pieces. And with Mike Portnoy specifically, I feel very honored to continue this torch untu him. I will continue to bring the spirit,". Mangini was impressed with what he created Portnoy of Dream Theater together. "I am very grateful to Mike Portnoy for setting the bar so high in the music of Dream Theater. I played a part Portnoy specifically for the audition because I wanted to put the music first of all, not chop me," he said
Mangini has now finish its recording drum tracks for the new Dream Theater album. Petrucci said that John Myung has just finished recording his part and as a keyboard player Jordan Rudess is busy working. And the CD album scheduled to release in the fall.
In October 2010 in open auditions to find a replacement drummer Portnoy. Noted there are seven world class drummer who auditioned like Mike Mangini (Extreme), Thomas Lang (Glenn Hughes), Virgil Donati (Planet X), Marco Minnemann (Kreator), Derek Roddy (Malevolent Creation), Peter Wildoer (Darkane), and Aquiles Priest (Angra). After going through the audition for months finally John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, Jordan Rudess and proudly say "Welcome to the family" for Mike Mangini.
Mike Mangini as a drum teacher at the Berklee College of Music and has held 5 times World's Fastest Drummer world record. Mangini had cried several times after being contacted to join Dream Theater, "My brain takes a few minutes to understand what happened. And when all was settled, that feeling is a tremendous relief," Mangini said.
Mangini had said "I like puzzle pieces. And with Mike Portnoy specifically, I feel very honored to continue this torch untu him. I will continue to bring the spirit,". Mangini was impressed with what he created Portnoy of Dream Theater together. "I am very grateful to Mike Portnoy for setting the bar so high in the music of Dream Theater. I played a part Portnoy specifically for the audition because I wanted to put the music first of all, not chop me," he said
Mangini has now finish its recording drum tracks for the new Dream Theater album. Petrucci said that John Myung has just finished recording his part and as a keyboard player Jordan Rudess is busy working. And the CD album scheduled to release in the fall.
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