In a latest chat with The Prog Report, Mike Portnoy shared some thrilling information concerning the progress of Dream Theater‘s sixteenth studio album. It needs to be famous proper up prime that in a separate Fb publish, 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 finished. My drum tracks are achieved. Guitars are achieved. So, this week we’re in bass land. I am residence in the mean time. So I am form of leaping forwards and backwards 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 believe, subsequent month.”
Elaborating on the recording course of, Portnoy talked about Dream Theater‘s old-school recording strategy. In contrast to his work with different initiatives, the place members sometimes report individually at residence, Dream Theater has a extra conventional, collaborative studio atmosphere, 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 normally NMB [Neal Morse Band] or Flying Colours or no matter, you form of get collectively, do the writing and the monitoring, and all people does it at residence. However Dream Theater continues to be old-fashioned the place the band is within the studio the entire time. And it is not like anyone’s doing something at residence individually. We do all of it collectively, coming in separately to work and report.
“So, yeah, it is a longer course of than I’ve had in fairly a while. Nevertheless it’s nice… It is the outdated manner. It is the best way I at all times made information with Dream Theater. I simply hadn’t achieved it that manner in so lengthy, however it’s good. And the method is admittedly detailed this fashion. In all these different bands and initiatives, everybody form of simply does their very own factor on their very own time at their very own place. However this actually offers an actual unified form of band vibe.”
“Even a few weeks in the past, James flew again out, got here down from Japan and we hung out collaborating on vocal melodies, so lyrics might be written to these melodies, which is form of the best way the method is in Dream Theater. So, it is good to simply be part of every one in every of these steps, just like the outdated days. It has been some time since I made a report this fashion,” Portnoy defined.
The drummer additionally expressed his pleasure concerning the upcoming launch however remained tight-lipped on particular particulars. “I can not give away a lot particulars about Dream Theater‘s subsequent LP, however we’re all simply actually, actually enthusiastic about it, actually happy with it. And simply cannot wait to unleash some information, however I can not do 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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