Mike Portnoy - In The Presence Of Enemies (Drums only)

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[IxImetal4lifeIxI]

Jesus christ does anyone know how to count the part at 4:41?

[dc17commando]

@IxImetal4lifeIxI It's eight measures of 6 hits, twice.

[IxImetal4lifeIxI]

@dc17commando thank you... so.. much. i've never been able to figure it out.

[dc17commando]

@IxImetal4lifeIxI I was having issues with it too but then I noticed it flowed into the chorus part, which is also driven by 6-beat measures.

[IxImetal4lifeIxI]

@dc17commando sounds right to me. after i counted it out in 6 it makes a hell of a lot more sense. thanks!

[MIKEPEARTNOY]

Mike has an unfair advantage over other drummers: a third leg.

[fernievidal]

The best part of all 0:00 - 9:01.

[bleh151]

*clothes



[bleh151]

He is so god, he can change close in the middle of doing the tracks XD

[rodryi2808]

drumming LIKE A BOSS

[OneTakeJesus]

I just got 4 octobans check out my new HD video!!!!

[DrummingDisaster]

Nice video! Can somebody tell me what he does from min. 2.00 on. does he play 16th notes with the double bass or is it just to hits with the bassdrum? Its hard to hear.

Please tell me

thx

[alucard0712]

perfect drum composition!

[arie15silverlinings]

1:50

mike gone crazy...!!

i like this part...

[Sconies123]

Absolutely beautiful. Whilst I think that DT are better off without Portnoy in one sense, I doubt there is any drummer including mike mangini who is as talented as this man

[DCRivs]

Gotta love that drummin' !

[tacomonster98]

needs music

[IrTheBoobcat]

@tacomonster98 You needs a brain D:

[fernievidal]

Vintage Mike Portnoy!

[saranoxxis]

I won't see Portnoy's videos. He makes me feel a piece of shit as a drummer :(

[Fairlight60]

Can someone deconstruct 2:00-2:04 in a readable manner so that I can understand how he does that?

[collintmay]

@Fairlight60 it's a 3/4 beat with 2 16th not tome hits on every other beat. The other 2 16th notes available are filled with 2 bass drum kicks. Mike uses 7 toms in total in the fill. Each measure he uses 3 of them and then the next measure starts with the middle tom of the previous measure. There are 6 groups of this. The last of which is played down the octobans followed by the opening fill. So if you were to label the toms as numbers it would be:

123 234 345 456 567 765 *opening fill*

[Frossiah]

@Fairlight60 Mike does most his fills with a hand foot exchange if you get my drift. This one goes 4 on the hands 2 on the feet, 2 hand 2 feet, 4 hands 2 feet, 2 hands 2 feet twice then 4 hands 2 feet, 2 hands 2 feet twice again with a snare hit at the end.

[puerko9112666]

portnoy is fat!!!

[RX1603]

@puerko9112666 he's also quite small. but that doesn't change the fact he's a beast.

[MapexRG]

@RX1603

5' 10" is small?

[FaustoUlrich]

The most creative drummer I have ever seen!

[Metal4Ever4TheWin]

anyone else air drum along to this video? lol

[6strngz440hz]

With drums isolated, I really notice the Neil Peart influence. Specifically the intro, borrowed from "the Necromancer" ...Caress of Steel.

[froststorm134]

notice the DT table thing behind him where his coffee and stuff are LOL

[NeveGialla161]

Anyone else have not have to turn on their ipod and still know exactly where he was in the song?

[AhmadNadar1993]

@NeveGialla161 I played the whole song with him by just humming the damn thing !!

[wilhelmo360]

He didn't join to avenged sevenfold, sad..:((

[whiskeyrox1]

I like how after the opening drums he shrugs like " sure why not?" lmfaao

[metaldrummer47]

@whiskeyrox1 Right? Like yeah that'll work I guess; not my best but eh lol

[CygnusTheIronDream]

Sync ipod to video, mute video crank ipod. EPIC!!!

[xxMikePortnoyJrxx]

@CygnusTheIronDream or just plug headphones into your computer? lol

[samtattooargentina]

me sigue sorprendiendo cada dia mas...=)exct

[Afreddyman]

Easily the best drummer in the world

[zinck8]

All hail the drum god! o/

[glynard18]

love the kit.. but does he really need all that? haha.. amazing!! portnoy rules

[MCAmaZ]

@glynard18 In a some stage tour video, Mike says that he really needs all that. And the gong, he does use also that, but it depends about the set list. (Sorry for my bad english)

[madeinNorwayAM95]

@glynard18 It is 2 kits put together, he uses each for different songs

[ImThePie]

Where can I get that t-shirt?

[ImThePie]

My idol.

[wakkawakkabitch]

He is god. I mean don't get offended but he looks like him too haha

[DrummerOfVendetta]

love the sequence at 4:08

[thaitobacco]

He is best

[moose4life19]

Lol, at 0:12, he looks at somebody over in the corner and shrugs. Almost looks like he's just making this up as he goes!

[TheJazofski]

1:49 starts the crazy shit!!!

[1TheProgressive]

@TheJazofski crazy shit mp does it best!

[Spence233]

@TheJazofski You kidding me?! The whole fucking song is crazy man!

[glenndrummermagic]

AMAZING no one can match him

[glenndrummermagic]

AMAZING no one can match him

[vbdude006]

This is so cool. Its actually funny that I know DT so well that my mind places the missing instruments into the song XD

MP is god...so is the rest of DT :D

[freminick123]

0 dislike no justin bieber fan visited this video

[ghaliboy]

gah! Prophets of war used to be up here somewhere!!! IT was such a good video to show people, especially when he busts into the 2nd part with staxx and the double tom fills, crazy arm speed.

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BTW How amazing acoustically does his kit sound here :O Its so nice!

[TheThim51]

0:54 is totally Rush man!

[IvanXcore]

lo mejor ( the best ) es el ritmo que hace en el minuto 0:54 increible.

[elvetobbe]

haha look at 1:06 the papers on his side snare fell of haha

[gangstahz]

go to 2:04 for best part

[ratchet2424]

where u download this vid is it a dvd

[tdrummer123]

best sounding snare EVER!!!!

[m0tionlessskull]

only 1 man in the world I'd like to play drums with.

and it's him

[BBQwatchman]

MONSTER DRUM KIT

[Thekoraz]

Wooo I got this vid to sync up PERFECTLY with my itunes XD

[DrummerOfVendetta]

@Thekoraz how do you do that

[Monnett14]

Portnoy is a beast!

[MikeTheDark001]

1:57 HYPER DRIVE DOUBLE BASS INITIATE!!!

[ranyama]

@Trumavarium You don't even know what I sadi anymore ;)

[FallOfPhoenixDrums]

@ranyama Cant you see that trumavarium wrote that a year ago? And chadsmith actually deleted it. Stop with the "trolling" thing. Keep it out of YouTube. Bastard!

[dwsabianguy]

Snare drum sounds great on this video. Too bad it doesn't sound remotely the same with the rest of the band.

[dussan007]

part II?

[crystalthedrummer]

i love the sound of his bass drum !

[DoctorMario1337]

look at them biceps

[phatpeople1234]

what biceps? all i c if a fat arm

[29ryan49]

God's biceps are hiding in there.

[LEDZEPPEL1N88]

your not too bright are you? fat? lmfao... .drumming isnt easy pal.

[thenyappymaker]

@LEDZEPPEL1N88 hell no!! it takes a lot of practise, it's like a workout when u play.

[allstar550]

I think Portnoy and Petrucci are in a competition for the worlds biggest biceps.

[PolloXdeth]

fucking drums... sounds awesome :D

[ACDCfreak666]

Hes amazing AND sexy.

[LottoDeath]

Portnoy can change his shirts without his hands ;D it's like a teleportation :P

[jackpaice]

(h) hell yeah son!

[darthsupreme18]

@LottoDeath 2 Words : Mike Portnoy :D

[swat1021]

@LottoDeath and put his hair up lolol

[LottoDeath]

@swat1021 yeah, thats too xD

[666sometimes666]

@LottoDeath and his weight..

..that still divine, okay ! :D XD

[moose4life19]

@LottoDeath AND put his hair in a ponytail.

[LottoDeath]

@moose4life19

indeed :)

[MrSplatsplat]

@LottoDeath

and he can un-tie and re-tie his hair aswell XP

[klynt23]

awesome DRUM GOD!

[kevinegp]

@klynt23 amen.

[mournstar6]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drummerZman]

AH I love mike portnoy