Profil Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy lahir pada 20 April 1967 dan dibesarkan di Long Beach, New York, di mana minatnya pada musik dimulai pada usia dini. “Ayahku adalah seorang DJ musik rock n ‘roll, jadi saya selalu dikelilingi oleh musik terus-menerus. Saya punya banyak sekali koleksi ketika saya masih muda dan sangat menyukai The Beatles dan juga Kiss. Tidak heran kalau akhirnya saya akan menjadi seorang musisi. “

Meskipun Mike belajar sendiri cara memainkan drum, dia mengambil kelas-kelas teori musik di sekolah menengah. Selama masa itu ia mulai bermain di band-band lokal Intruder, Rising Power dan Inner Sanctum, di Band terakhir mike dan kawan – kawan merilis album mereka sendiri. Mike meninggalkan band setelah mendapat beasiswa di Musik Berklee College di Boston.

Mike merupakan seorang kolektor yang luar biasa, Mike memiliki ruang penyimpanan Dream Theater memorabilia termasuk bootlegs, poster, kliping dan segala sesuatu tentang band tersebut. Koleksi video klip yang sangat banyak termasuk film favorit tahun 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Jacob’s Ladder, The Wall, seluruh episode The Simpsons dan Video pertandingan tinju.

Mike mengatakan bahwa pengaruh terbesar adalah Rush, drummer dari Neil Peart dan almarhum Frank Zappa. Drumer favorit lainnya termasuk Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Simon Philips, John Bonham dan Keith Moon dan band-band seperti The Beatles, Queen, Yes, Metallica, Jellyfish, Iron Maiden, U2 dan Jane’s Addiction. Dia juga seorang penggemar musik rap.

INFO PRIBADI
Full name – Michael Stephen Portnoy
Birthday – April 20, 1967
Height – 5′ 10”
Hair color – Hitam
Eye color – Hijau
Website – http://www.mikeportnoy.com
Equipment – Tama Starclassic drums, Melody Master Snares, Sabian and Sabian Max Cymbals, Remo heads, Iron Cobra Pedals, Pro-Mark 420 Drumsticks and Latin Percussion

FAVORITES
Directors – Woody Allen, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick
Actors – Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino
Sports – Tinju
TV shows – Twin Peaks, The Simpsons, The Twilight Zone, The Sopranos
Food – Fast food, dan yang paling spesial Taco Bell
Drink – Jagermeister, beer.

Discography
Dream Theater
• 1989 – When Dream and Day Unite
• 1992 – Images and Words
• 1993 – Live at the Marquee (Live)
• 1994 – Awake
• 1995 – A Change of Seasons (EP)
• 1997 – Falling Into Infinity
• 1998 – Once in a LIVEtime (Live)
• 1999 – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
• 2001 – Live Scenes From New York (Live)
• 2002 – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
• 2003 – Train of Thought
• 2004 – Live at Budokan (Live)
• 2005 – Octavarium
• 2006 – Score (Live)
• 2007 – Systematic Chaos
• 2008 – Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
• 2008 – Chaos in Motion (Live)
• 2009 – Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Avenged Sevenfold
• 2010 – Untitled Album

Liquid Tension Experiment
• 1998 – Liquid Tension Experiment
• 1999 – Liquid Tension Experiment 2
• 2007 – Spontaneous Combustion (as Liquid Trio Experiment)
• 2009 – When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago (CD) (As Liquid Trio Experiment 2)

Transatlantic
• 2000 – SMPT:e
• 2001 – Live in America (Live)
• 2001 – Bridge Across Forever
• 2003 – Transatlantic Demos by Neal Morse
• 2003 – SMPT:e (The Roine Stolt Mixes: circa 1999)
• 2003 – Live in Europe (Live)
• 2009 – The Whirlwind

Neal Morse
• 2003 – Testimony
• 2004 – One
• 2004 – Testimony Live DVD
• 2005 – ?
• 2006 – Cover to Cover
• 2007 – Sola Scriptura
• 2008 – Lifeline
OSI
• 2003 – Office of Strategic Influence
• 2006 – Free
• 2006 – re:free

John Arch
• 2003 – A Twist of Fate

Tribute Shows (CD and DVD)
• One Night in New York City – Yellow Matter Custard (2003) (The Beatles) with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse and Matt Bissonette
• Two Nights In North America – Hammer of the Gods (2006) (Led Zeppelin) with Paul Gilbert, Daniel Gildenlöw, and Dave LaRue
• One Night in Chicago – Cygnus and the Sea Monsters (2006) (Rush) with Paul Gilbert, Sean Malone, and Jason McMaster
• One Night in New York City – Amazing Journey (2007) (The Who) with Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Gary Cherone

With selected musicians
• 1984 – Rising Power: Power For The People (out of print)
• 1986 – Inner Sanctum: 12 A.M. (out of print)

Instructional DVD Releases
• “Progressive Drum Concepts” (Rittor Music 1995 1 VHS/DVD)
• “Liquid Drum Theater” (Hudson Music 2000 2 DVDs)
• “In Constant Motion” (Hudson Music 2007, 3 DVDs)

Mike Portnoy Di Film
• “Asian Clinic Tour” (MP4 Productions 2001, 1 DVD) (out of print)
• “Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming” (MP4 Productions 2002, 1 DVD)
• “Drums Across Forever” (MP4 Productions 2002, 1 DVD)
• “Drums of Thought” (MP4 Productions 2004, 1 DVD)
• “Live at Budokan” (MP4 Production 2005, 1 DVD)
• “Mike Portnoy – Drumavarium” (MP4 Productions 2005, 1 DVD)
• “sysDRUMatic chaos” (MP4 Productions 2007, 1 DVD)
• “SCORE” (MP4 Productions 2008, 1 DVD)
• “Black Clouds & Silver Drumming” (MP4 Productions 2009, 1 DVD)