Mike Portnoy has once again submitted to his urge to chronicle all he does, and thus “In Constant Motion” was born! Not unlike “Liquid Drum Theater” Mike is the host but his music is the star once again. More so then last time in my opinion. In the time between the two videos, Mike has done a lot of different stuff. With DT (Dream Theater) and many other various side projects including: Transatlantic, OSI, Neal Moorse, & four different tribute bands. In Constant Motion goes through the highlights of what he’s accomplished in that time and he gives insight into his place of all the different bodies of work he’s been a part of. This is a three disk set with the first two disks being one half of the main feature, while the third disk is nothing but bonus features. The box it comes in is a unfolding sort of mechanism that hold all three disks and has a slot for the poster that is included in the package. It can be a bit difficult to put the case inside of its cover again but it’s not that big of a deal. Read the rest of this entry →

Mike Portnoy is the host of this DVD but his music is the star. Liquid Drum Theater is all about Mike giving you some insight into what he was thinking and doing when he was playing with Liquid Tension Experiment and Dream Theater. Not unlike what Billy Ward did in “Voices In My Head” with his album “Out the Door” except in this case it is the full focus of the dvd.

The first disk focuses on the music of Liquid Tension Experiment, Mike’s Instrumental prog-fusion group. Mike goes through some of the songs on Liquid Tension Experiment 1 & 2 and breaks down some of the more interesting stuff he did on the two albums. Some of the tracks he covers include: Paradigm Shift, Biaxident, Acid Rain, When the Water Breaks, and others. Read the rest of this entry →