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CD/DVD Releases: Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion; Plus Interview On Tama.com

Posted on Saturday, March 03 @ 21:05:13 UTC by nightowl

Featuring three discs with over seven hours of instruction, live and studio performances and insights on the numerous projects he has been involved with, In Constant Motion is Mike Portnoy's latest DVD release from Hudson Music. In Constant Motion is the Dream Theater drummer's first DVD since his award-winning video, Liquid Drum Theater, was released in 1999 and covers music from the last three Dream Theater albums as well as several of Mike's outside projects, including tribute bands Yellow Matter Custard (The Beatles), Hammer Of The Gods (Led Zeppelin), Amazing Journey (The Who) and Cygnus & The Sea Monsters (Rush). With such a wealth and diversity of instructional and performance material, In Constant Motion is recommended for drummers of all interest and ability levels.



Disc 1: "In The Dream" focuses on music from the last three Dream Theater albums, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, Train Of Thought and Octavarium; featuring complete band performances of six songs from these albums as well as new studio performances of the drum tracks and Mike's in-depth analysis of each song.

Disc 2: "On The Side" covers a wide range of Mike's side projects, including his work with TransAtlantic, John Arch, John Petrucci/G3, Fates Warning and Overkill. In addition to the nearly 6 hours of high quality, all-new content, excerpts of rare performances are also included - including a detailed look at each of Mike's tribute bands, paying homage to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who and Rush!

Disc 3: Bonus Material contains four additional, exclusive Dream Theater tracks filmed on the band's 20th Anniversary tour, three live drum solos featuring duets with Charlie Benante, Jason Bittner and Richard Christy, a tour of Mike's infamous "Albino Monster" drumkit and bonus clips including unreleased live solos, studio footage and more.

In addition to state-of-the-art, studio-quality digital audio and video, In Constant Motion also includes special features such as: PDF transcriptions of selected performances, key grooves and fills. Camera-switching option on three in-studio performances. Complete Discography, Videography and Photo Gallery. Be sure to look out for In Constant Motion - coming mid-March 2007!

Click here for the trailer at Hudson Music: www.hudsonmusic.com/features/portnoy_sneakpeak.html

Plus: Now available at Tama.com is a new interview with Mike Portnoy. In the interview, Mike talks about the new Dream Theater album Systematic Chaos, his Albino Monster, the upcoming G3 tour with John Petrucci, his new instructional DVD In Constant Motion, working with Neal Morse and more.

[Source: Dream Theater Newsletter]

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