Live Scenes from New York

Yes, I couldn't agree more. He's an awesome drummer, but please...PLEASE take the mic away from him. I cringe whenever I listen to any live material from that album where Portnoy is trying to sing backup. It's like nails on the chalk board.

 

only thing i liked on it was the piano solo. DT bores me. awesome/brilliant musicians with no groove whatsoever. just my opinion.

 

you are right, portnoy´s singing sucks...and the tone of myung isn´t quite good , and the distorsion in his solos dont let you hear what is going on

 

Portnoy: Away from the mic. Away from the producer/editor booth (for reference, see video).

As far as I can tell, Myung screwed the Metropolis Pt 1 solo up big time...but I had to listen a couple times to figure it out. His tone covers him up pretty well...and that's not something to be proud of. Yick.

 

Portnoy doesn´t have indeed a very good voice..but what the hell?? They´re DREAM THEATER.

Every piece of their songs compensates it

Don´t say that DT hasn´t got the groove..

Listen to "groovy" songs like 6:00, fatal tragedy.

bahhhhh

Myung has a very particular "live tone" indeed. That covers his solos sometimes..

Maybe because of the amps he uses..A mesa tri-axis guitar amp modified..

I´ve just been listening to some musics of the new album SDoIT . and there he gets a sweet tone..with plenty of punch and definition.

DT

 

I got the new album over christmas. If you listen to the backing vocals they have going now with Mike and John compared to what they sounded like a few years ago, it is light years better now. At least they are trying.