Audition songs (for fun)

[fadetoblackdude7]

Pretend that you are DT and you have to pick 4 songs for the drummers to learn for their auditions. (Pick 4 different-styled songs to test the drummers' diversity!)

Mine would be:

Metropolis (Classic)
The Spirit Carries On (Ballad)
I Walk Beside You (Pop)
A Nightmare To Remember (Metal)

[Daso]

Which are the classics? It's only like... 5 songs or something. Would you list them? I'm not too sure of what to pick in that category.

[fadetoblackdude7]

'Classics' are different to each person. In other words, whatever you think is a classic. I know, it makes no sense lol

[ResultsMayVary]

A Change of Seasons (classic)
The Spirit Carries On (Ballad)
Never Enough (pop-ish) (hehe)
The Glass Prison (metal)

[Daso]

Great! (?)

The Dance of Eternity(Classic)
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream (Ballad)
You Not Me (Pop)
Caught in a Web (Heavy)

EDIT: Didn't know what "Pop" referred to exactly, so I changed it 

[fadetoblackdude7]

lol Poppy-sounding songs.....like the radio-friendly ones

[Global Laziness]

I dunno...

The Dance of Eternity or Metropolis
The Glass Prison
Wither or Surrounded

No pop song.

[ZKX-2099]

Instrumedley.

[tri.ad]

Take The Time (classic/technical)
6:00 or Blind Faith (groove)
Wither (ballad)
The Glass Prison (speed/metal)

[Global Laziness]

Ooh, Take the Time is a good one.

[Mladen]

The Spirit caries on
Take the time
This dying soul
Erotomania

[Bonham]

6:00
The Dance of Eternity
These Walls
First four minutes of Count of Tuscany

[fadetoblackdude7]

Instrumedley.

[Ben_Jamin]

Scarred
New Millenium
TMOLS
Metropolis

He's got to know their most popular song

[IdoSC]

A Change of Seasons (classic)
Disappear (ballad)
Wither (pop)
Honor Thy Father or The Mirror (metal)

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (stamina test)

[DarkEternalNight]

The Dance Of Eternity
This Dying Soul
Wither
The Count Of Tuscany

[Adami]

The Dance Of Eternity
This Dying Soul
Wither
The Count Of Tuscany

No older songs at all?


Anyway, I'd do the following

Learning to Live (Classic)
Lifting Shadows (Ballad)
These Walls (pop)
A Nightmare to Remember (Metal)

[Jamesman42]

Metropolis (Classic)
LSOAD (Ballad)
Wither (Pop? But whatever)
The Glass Prison (Metal)

And hey, two more categories:

TDOE (Instrumental)
Octavarium (Epic)

[wolfking]

This Dying Soul
6:00
A Change of Seasons
Under A Glass Moon

[andreas_adelek]

Um, I would make the drummer play "You Not Me" five times

Seriously

Octavarium
This Dying Soul
Nightmare to Remember
Count of Tuscany
Change of Seasons

[Jamesman42]

Blind Faith (groove)

Actually, I really like this choice. It's a long song, has a pretty complex/fast instrumental, and is a bit experimental in the beginning, and the auditioning drummer can see how he does bringing in the drums during all that atmosphere.

[Daso]

I'll give this a second try with some of my old picks

Learning To Live (classic)
Lifting Shadows off a Dream (ballad)
Wither (pop)
Misunderstood (don't know what fucking category  )
Fatal Tragedy (heavy)
The Ytse Jam (instrumental)

[Setebos]

A Change of Seasons (Classic)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance (Ballad)
Octavarium (Pop)
The Count of Tuscany (Metal)

Ok, maybe I cheated a little.

[bloop]

Learning to Live (Classic)
The Spirit Carries on (Ballad)
I Walk Beside You (Pop)
Glass Prison (Metal)

[JayOctavarium]

Learning to Live (Classic)
The Spirit Carries on (Ballad)
I Walk Beside You (Pop)
Glass Prison (Metal)

[wolfking]

I'd throw in Acid Rain, Paradigm Shift or When the Water Breaks too if possible.