Video Steve Gadd / Mike Portnoy


2 DVD set
Steve Gadd "American Drummers Achievement Awards"
A once in a lifetime event held by Zildjain cymbals on September 13, 2003 hosted by Mr. Bill Cosby, features an all-star band that included Vinnie Colaiuti and Rick Marotta on drums and culminating in an incredible performance by Steve and James Taylor. This double disc DVD features over six hours of footage including the evening's great performances on Steve's career: backstage interviews: rare, early footage of Steve and more. 5.1 Surround Sound mixes of all of the live performances.
(6 hours, 1 min.)











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Steve Gadd "Up Close"
Steve is the most recorded drummer of all time. His credits include recordings with Chick Corea, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, and Al Jarreau. On this tape Steve discusses his influences, plays some incredible solos, and shows how he applies rudiments to the drum set, demonstrates his bass drum technique, and more. (60 min.)











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Steve Gadd "In Session"
90 minutes of incredible music and dialogue by Steve Gadd with Will Lee, Eddie Gomez, the late Richard Tee, and Jorge Dalto. This classic video will give you a behind-the-scenes look at masters at work as they arrange tunes, work on grooves, and play funk, Latin, reggae, shuffles, and ballads. (90 min.) >






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Mike Portnoy "Liquid Theater" 2 DVD set
This hot DVD documents Mike Portnoy's innovative drum stylings in the highly acclaimed fusion/progressive metal music of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Disc 1 features music from both CDs by Liquid Tension Experiment and includes footage shot at Millbrook Studios where both were recorded. Mike performs 8 songs/segments and breaks down parts from each, explaining how to develop a 'toolbox" of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive footage of the making of the first LTE album, as well as rare live footage of the band. Disc 2 focuses on the music of Dream Theater and features footage shot at Beartracks Studios. Mike performs 11 songs/segments from the Falling into Infinity and Scenes from a Memory CDs and isolates the drum parts from each song. He discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing double bass technique, soloing and much more. Includes exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 World Tour. Special DVD features include 2 bonus, live performances - 1 by Dream Theater and 1 by Liquid Tension Experiment! Over 20 minutes of new footage! Also features extensive commentary by Mike, a camera switching option that allows the viewer to 'direct" four studio performances by Mike, a photo gallery, and more! Approximately 190 minutes.




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Mike Portnoy "In Constant" 3 DVD set
Disc 1:
In the Dream focuses on music from the last three Dream Theater albums, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, Train Of Thought and Octavarium; featuring complete band performances of six songs from these albums as well as new studio performances of the drum tracks and Mike’s in-depth analysis of each song.

Disc 2:
On the Side covers a wide range of Mike's side projects, including his work with TransAtlantic, John Arch, John Petrucci/G3, Fates Warning and Overkill. In addition to the nearly 6 hours of high quality, all-new content, excerpts of rare performances are also included - including a detailed look at each of Mike's tribute bands, paying homage to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who and Rush!

Disc 3:
Bonus Material contains four additional, exclusive Dream Theater tracks filmed on the band's 20th Anniversary tour, three live drum solos featuring duets with Charlie Benante, Jason Bittner and Richard Christy, a tour of Mike’s infamous "Albino Monster" drumkit and bonus clips including unreleased live solos, studio footage and more.