In a latest chat with The Prog Report, Mike Portnoy shared some thrilling information in regards to the progress of Dream Theater‘s sixteenth studio album. It must be famous proper up prime that in a separate Facebook post, Portnoy famous the interview was recorded a couple of weeks in the past, so issues have clearly progressed since then.
Portnoy revealed: “It is going nice. The writing is completed. My drum tracks are finished. Guitars are finished. So, this week we’re in bass land. I am house for the time being. So I am type of leaping backwards and forwards between the studio as wanted. I am not there 100% of the time. However I am gonna return for keyboards in a couple of weeks after which we’re gonna begin the vocals, I feel, subsequent month.”
Elaborating on the recording course of, Portnoy talked about Dream Theater‘s old-school recording method. Not like his work with different tasks, the place members usually report individually at house, Dream Theater has a extra conventional, collaborative studio setting, technique.
“It is a lengthy course of. I have not spent this a lot time making an album in a very long time, as a result of often NMB [Neal Morse Band] or Flying Colours or no matter, you type of get collectively, do the writing and the monitoring, and all people does it at house. However Dream Theater remains to be old style the place the band is within the studio the entire time. And it is not like anyone’s doing something at house individually. We do all of it collectively, coming in one by one to work and report.
“So, yeah, it is a longer course of than I’ve had in fairly a while. However it’s nice… It is the previous approach. It is the way in which I all the time made data with Dream Theater. I simply hadn’t finished it that approach in so lengthy, however it’s good. And the method is absolutely detailed this manner. In all these different bands and tasks, everybody type of simply does their very own factor on their very own time at their very own place. However this actually provides an actual unified type of band vibe.”
“Even a few weeks in the past, James flew again out, got here down from Japan and we frolicked collaborating on vocal melodies, so lyrics will be written to these melodies, which is type of the way in which the method is in Dream Theater. So, it is good to only be part of every one among these steps, just like the previous days. It has been some time since I made a report this manner,” Portnoy defined.
The drummer additionally expressed his pleasure in regards to the upcoming launch however remained tight-lipped on particular particulars. “I am unable to give away a lot particulars about Dream Theater‘s subsequent LP, however we’re all simply actually, actually enthusiastic about it, actually pleased with it. And simply cannot wait to unleash some information, however I am unable to try this simply but,” he mentioned.
This album is especially vital because it marks the band’s first LP since Portnoy rejoined them final October.
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