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 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 accomplished. Guitars are accomplished. So, this week we’re in bass land. I am residence in the meanwhile. So I am type of leaping forwards and backwards between the studio as wanted. I am not there one hundred pc 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 strategy. In contrast to his work with different initiatives, the place members sometimes document individually at residence, Dream Theater has a extra conventional, collaborative studio surroundings, technique.
“It is a lengthy course of. I have never 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 type of get collectively, do the writing and the monitoring, and all people does it at residence. However Dream Theater remains 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 document.
“So, yeah, it is a longer course of than I’ve had in fairly a while. However it’s nice… It is the outdated manner. It is the best way I all the time made information with Dream Theater. I simply hadn’t accomplished it that manner in so lengthy, however it’s good. And the method is de facto detailed this fashion. In all these different bands and initiatives, everybody type of simply does their very own factor on their very own time at their very own place. However this actually offers 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 best way the method is in Dream Theater. So, it is good to only be part of every one among these steps, just like the outdated days. It has been some time since I made a document this fashion,” Portnoy defined.
The drummer additionally expressed his pleasure concerning 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 stated.
This album is especially important because it marks the band’s first LP since Portnoy rejoined them final October.
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