Place your bets again - DT's next top model.

[jonny108]

Please god let them announce it at 6.00 O'clock on a christmas morning.  That would be the best thing ever!!! 

[Martinman300]

Please god let them announce it at 6.00 O'clock on a christmas morning.  That would be the best thing ever!!! 

[volwrath]

I shall be checking early tomorrow. I believe tomorrow is the day. Now all we have to figure out is the timezone. Im amazed they kept it quiet for so long.

[Jamesman42]

Even if they announce it 6:00 tomorrow, I'll wait til I get up at 9, presuming I can't get out of bed.

[skydivingninja]

It has to be announced tomorrow.  I mean, come ON.

[cyberdrummer]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but it's worth posting again anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxEhQRfkCfI&feature=player_embedded#!

[skydivingninja]

I have not seen that before.  Man I'd be up for seeing some Piano blues on the next DT album.  The way Marco was able to jump in like that makes me even more optimistic.

[TempusVox]

Hell, I'd be waaaay up for just a blues effort from Jordan. My God, that was fantastic.

[tri.ad]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but it's worth posting again anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxEhQRfkCfI&feature=player_embedded#!

That was really cool. I'd love some blues-based music from DT.

[pain of occupation]

Maybe they could screw with us even more and release the album with still no word and the band shot on the cover has a blacked out sillhouette of the drummer.

Oh that would be friggin hilarious....not!

...since DT's the type of band that grace their covers with pics of themselves

[Global Laziness]

Maybe they could screw with us even more and release the album with still no word and the band shot on the cover has a blacked out sillhouette of the drummer.

Oh that would be friggin hilarious....not!

...since DT's the type of band that grace their covers with pics of themselves

[RoeDent]

In addition to the drummer silhouette, he can only be credited as 'Mr. L' on the sleeve.

Why 'Mr. L', I hear you ask? I have exclusive footage of band negotiations here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUMSzogqM_Y (It's short, but sweet)  

[Perpetual Change]

I think everyone wasting their holiday waiting for the guys to handle any Dream Theater stuff on Christmas Day will be sorely disappointed.

[ariich]

That's what I'm thinking as well.

[Perpetual Change]

That said, I plan on ignoring DTF for the entirety of my time home since I get to spend so very little there. So I'll see you guys all in about 10 days. Maybe they'll be something new to talk about then!

 

[Jamesman42]

That said, I plan on ignoring DTF for the entirety of my time home since I get to spend so very little there. So I'll see you guys all in about 10 days. Maybe they'll be something new to talk about then!

 

Watch, the new drummer will be announced right when you log off.

[Metabog]

That said, I plan on ignoring DTF for the entirety of my time home since I get to spend so very little there. So I'll see you guys all in about 10 days. Maybe they'll be something new to talk about then!

 

Yeah, right, you'll be up at 5:00 AM tomorrow, with the rest of the forum, to wait for the news. 

[Jamesman42]

Metabog, did I see you on 5/8 with an awesome post in their DT thread?

[Metabog]

Metabog, did I see you on 5/8 with an awesome post in their DT thread?

Probably.   

[Jamesman42]

Nice. I post there occasionally, though this is my internet home for sure.

[Metabog]

Nice. I post there occasionally, though this is my internet home for sure.

Well my internet home used to be the mp forum, but I got banned there years ago. Strangely enough, I still go there for some reason as if it was my home page, even though I know I can't post and nobody knows I exist anymore despite all the cool threads we had, and even though I don't even like MP that much anymore. But this place seems ok. What I hate is that I had a really stupid avatar picture of me when I was like 16, that I can't change now and it's forever immortalized into the forum history.

[nakedman]

I hope it's not Rod Morganstein, because I'm already missing out on Mangini lessons. Mangini has def. stopped for the upcoming semester, and does not respond to DT related questions. This, coupled with my friend who talks to Marco telling me that it is Mangini, makes me 90% positive it is him.

[Jamesman42]

I hope it's not Rod Morganstein, because I'm already missing out on Mangini lessons. Mangini has def. stopped for the upcoming semester, and does not respond to DT related questions. This, coupled with my friend who talks to Marco telling me that it is Mangini, makes me 90% positive it is him.

Holy crap, I forgot that you went there. Hmm....

[skydivingninja]

I'm inclined to take the "my friend who supposedly talks to Marco told me..." bit with a shaker of salt.  Hopefully when you say Mangini has stopped for the semester it means he's taking up some other part-time gig, because a new DT drummer would quit the job altogether, not just for a semester.

[Chino]

I wish it was one of these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8

[nakedman]

I believe Marco is doing session work for my friend's band. I don't fully believe it either, but it's all the inside scoop I have. IDK if Mangini is quitting beyond next semester, as the schedule only has next semester dates listed.

[Jamesman42]

I believe Marco is doing session work for my friend's band. I don't fully believe it either, but it's all the inside scoop I have. IDK if Mangini is quitting beyond next semester, as the schedule only has next semester dates listed.

Does he do summer courses? I don't think professors know their schedules for the next school year, but the summer is usually the end of the school year for colleges.

[kirbywelch92]

I wish it was one of these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8

Haha three of the finest drummers in the world right there, and everything they played was pretty much harder than the entire discography combined. I don't see how people could watch that and even try to contest that metal is more difficult.

[Adami]

I wish it was one of these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8

I couldn't watch more than five minutes of that before I started feeling the urge to murder myself due to a realization that I am worthless as a drummer.


Thanks. My self esteem needed that. It's down to -6 now.

[Major Thirteenth]

I hope it's not Rod Morganstein, because I'm already missing out on Mangini lessons. Mangini has def. stopped for the upcoming semester, and does not respond to DT related questions. This, coupled with my friend who talks to Marco telling me that it is Mangini, makes me 90% positive it is him.

We'll know soon enough either way since DT will be in the studio in a few days to beginning writing and recording their next epic album.

[i am fabio]

I wish it was one of these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6b_nBM-V8

Haha three of the finest drummers in the world right there, and everything they played was pretty much harder than the entire discography combined. I don't see how people could watch that and even try to contest that metal is more difficult.

The styles seem very similar to me besides the way they hold the stick and the heaviness of the sound lol. It doesnt look harder or easier to me. It looks damn hard on both sides.

I'm a guitarist though so that's just a blind eye.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

I'm inclined to take the "my friend who supposedly talks to Marco told me..." bit with a shaker of salt.  Hopefully when you say Mangini has stopped for the semester it means he's taking up some other part-time gig, because a new DT drummer would quit the job altogether, not just for a semester.

I feel like whenever people say stuff like that on the DTF, it usually ends up being...

True.

I'm probably just being selective with my memory, but for whatever reason, I 100% believe these people as long as they don't sound like morons and their stories make sense.

If it ain't Mangini at this point, I'll be shocked.

[ClairvoyantCat]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but it's worth posting again anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxEhQRfkCfI&feature=player_embedded#!

This is why we need to keep him away from his fancy continuum fingerboards and synth solos sometimes!

[skydivingninja]

Based on their interactions with each other just from that video, my hopes for Marco getting the job have increased tenfold.

[LTE777]

Based on their interactions with each other just from that video, my hopes for Marco getting the job have increased tenfold.

Same here! I think if all DT wants to do is replace Mike Portnoy for solid playing and stage presence, then Mike Mangini would be there guy.  If they want to replace him with the JR of the Drum world, then I beleive Marco is their guy.

Originally I was leaning towards Mike Mangini but that has now shifted towards Minneman.

If Marco gets the gig, I would expect the next DT album would be a return to form.