First of all,congratulations Mr Mangini,welcome to the DT family.
Peter,your audition was so great,you did great and we are happy here and thrilled with your excellent performance,skill,your personality and the fact that you were among the final 3 in a list that includes Mike Mangini,Marco Minnemann,Virgil Donati,Thomas Lang... you nailed it and we are proud for you here.We are also thankful for taking the time to post here and chat with us,you are our hero.I am looking forward to hear more from you in the future.
Aquilles Priester was torn to shreds here but he proved not only that he is a world class drummer,he proved (to me at least) that he is a great guy,a great personality and truly his place is among the greats on his craft.Congratulations mr Priester for a great audition.We hope to hear more from you in the future too.
I loved the last episode:We saw Aquilles giving his heart there despite a mistake,we saw Peter there dominating and making JM smile,we saw Mike crying listening that he is the new guy,we listened to JM introducing himself as JM(!)...such a great way to announce the drummer and such a great way for the band to communicate with us..hats off to everyone.
Last but not least,many thanks to Mike Portnoy for his work with the band all this years,we will support him in his future projects and we love him.
It seems to me that the shock of September 8th became a win win situation to all:the band,Mangini,fans,the auditioners and to Portnoy himself.We are going to have fantastic albums from both the band and from Mike's projects..and of course many of us we will start listening more to the other drummers work..
I can't thank the band enough for this..
Nikostheater