Pull Me Under

Mike Portnoy, the drummer for the progressive heavy metal band Dream Theater, presents a fantastic instructional DVD for intermediate to advanced players. Topics include: drum set assembly, double-bass techniques, odd time signatures, grooves and phrasing, and more. Portnoy, with John Myung on bass and Derek Sherinian on keyboard, plays various examples from Dream Theater songs: Pull Me Under • Voices • Metropolis • A Change of Seasons • Surround • Take the Time • Erotomania. Includes a booklet with exercises and transcriptions. 60 minutes.

A must for every Portnoy fan, this deluxe songbook features note-for-note transcriptions of nine drum performances hand-picked by Mike, including classic music by Dream Theater, spanning from their 1992 release Images and Words through their 1999 masterpiece, Scenes from a Memory. Some of Mike's most memorable drum performances from songs such as Metropolis Part 1, 6:00, and Hell's Kitchen are featured. Also included in its entirety is the legendary 17-minute When the Water Breaks from Liquid Tension Experiment 2, and finally, every note from the 31-minute epic All of the Above from Transatlantic's amazing SMPTe album. Features include: over 90 minutes of music transcribed note-for-note • performance notes by Mike • detailed transcription notes for each song • handwritten charts used by Mike in the studio • and diagrams of the drum kits that Mike used on each recording. Includes fantastic photos throughout.