lol
MP is and will be truly the gift that keeps giving in DT land. It's uncanny how chill things were before he posted that comment.
Way to keep us entertained in DT-related discussion these days.
@ToT-147:
It's fine that you love and admire MP so much, as lots of us once did (and probably some still do); but I think the whole point was that you got pretty defensive and seemingly upset about someone making a remark about his repetitive use of fills. I mean, if I had to throw my opinion into the pot I would kind of agree that MP's drumming became somewhat stale (in terms of drumming finesse) after 2002 because he definitely became more of a quantity over quality guy (it's very VERY hard to maintain a certain degree of quality and creative invention when you're putting out so much music), although he remained an incredibly solid and fun to watch drummer (and still is).
Let's think of JP, for example. He has the creativity, technical prowess and the skill to play in more material than the albums he formally puts out (although that second solo album is really draggin'!), but you can really feel in his playing and evolution that his creative energies are focused in DT. A Mike Portnoy fan might easily say: but that's MP's magic. He's just way too creative and skilled to be only focused in one project (as one of MP's main arguments of why he left the band back in 2010); but that's not usually the way it works. He IS incredibly skilled, and incredibly talented in marketing himself; but he's become more of a "MP the guy that plays everywhere" brand more than the "MP the virtuoso drummer" brand that he had a couple of decades ago.
And also, the guy is smart. He knows his (and DT's) fanbase like the palm of his hand. He knows people are discussing this as we speak, because he knows his "harmless" Instagram comment triggers people like us
As someone said, it derails attention from DT's actual recording process to him. Maybe he meant no harm, but he's not dumb. He knows what happens every time he comments things like these. You'll never see JP or even JR (the actual members he's still close to) posting things like those in his social media because, well, they're JP and JR.
And on the actual subject of the album: I'm so excited that MM is bringing lyrical ideas into the fold. That's going to be something incredible because I have no earthly idea of what to expect out of that.