Mark Zonder Drum Clinic selections

[Ieronymous]

Portnoy is a "show off"...Zonder is the real deal..!!!

[taturner60141]

Just noticed he is using a matched grip instead of the traditional grip he use to use??

[taturner60141]

and like all great drummers,that left hand just don't sit there idle,waiting for that snare hit...it's always busy doing something that adds that little something extra!

[taturner60141]

I admire all of these guys,As a drummer myself,and I'm not anywhere near as good as them,I look at it like ok,if i was playing this song,how would I play it?I put my own twist on what I hear.I don't think it makes me better or worse,just different interpretation of the music we play

[TheClimb511]

Each of these drummers named in this comment log are all great percussionists. They all bring something very unique. None of them "Suck". Each of them can do different things, which makes them great. I used to think the world of Neil Peart, but then I heard Gavin Harrison play. :-) I can never say that one is "Better Than" the other. I mean, how would you even begin to compare the skills they have?

[ultimatefighter187]

So sick of hearing portnoys name i mean he's an icon but so overrated.

[jossy2112]

@ultimatefighter187 Well, you keep hearing Portnoy's name because people want to compare everyone (including Zonder) to Portnoy, which he's not and won't ever be. I don't prefer Portnoy's playing whatsoever, but trust me: Portnoy could play circles around this guy.

Zonder is extremely talented but in a Different category. People have the audacity to imagine Zonder could ever replace Portnoy in DT. Zonder would never be able to play at the speed of or as ferocious as Portnoy

[riffeishonman]

lol come on!

Portnoy is not fast at all, every fast part he just rolls tom tom kick kick in all of the DT songs.

If mark zonder played in DT he would actually come up with way better stuff than portnoy ever made. MP has good stuff but basically he just follows guitar accents all the time.

MP will be back in DT I can bet, Avenged sevenfold is too fast for him and DT makes more money.

[ultimatefighter187]

@jossy2112 i respect your opinon..but portnoy is in no way better....he's almost a rock drummer playing progressive...he has the most simplistic and unoriginal approach to odd times...and dream theater purposly writes songs based on numbers and not just "jamming" or playing....it's why the majority of their songs are boring and or unintresting.

[Quaellchen]

@ultimatefighter187 wrooong.

[FinnGamble]

@ultimatefighter187 The first two DT albums were great. The third was still pretty good, but after that they started repeating themselves in a bad way. I have theory that on I&W Portnoy mostly duplicated what Petrucci had programmed on the demos, so it became very un-drummerlike in a cool way. But Portnoy always pushed DT to be more "metal" (balls and chunk and all that), and that's the direction they went. Now, with Portnoy gone, the interesting stuff seems to be back!

[dmb912002]

@ultimatefighter187

Dream Theater in general is over rated... if not for Berklee music nerds, that band would have almost zero following..

[thomaslejon]

thomas lejon andromeda / A.C.T is far better

[bass1134]

i caught one of his sticks last night!

[fokbo]

annoying that there are no epic fills included in his playing

[Lobones0066]

Mark is a great rock/metal drummer cool shit

[sweetfly66]

i am not a big fan of this style of music but this guy has really good time and he makes up good parts also ...well done

[oooooooooorly]

That last section is incredible.

[MidnightFlight]

Great track !

What a drummer !

[abishekacoustica]

progressive musicians are the best.................(mike portnoy, danny carey, niel peart, john petrucci, ruddess, kevin moore, mark zonder)

[jimmymac63]

@abishekacoustica Don't forget John F'N Bonham! He was the forbearer to modern progressive style drumming!

[ckorch]

One of my favorite drummers of all time. His well thought out patterns are inspiring. He plays with such fluidity, and makes it look so effortless.

[GomerSexual]

He's just a simple genius! :)

[border66]

he's great.does he have an instructional video?

[fates77]

He is one of the best drummers...

[1orderlyfool]

Hell Ya, Marks a Baddass!!!

[johnfr1234]

Is this the most creative drummer out?? Listen to the stuff that he is playing in the context of the music. Doesn't need the drum solo to play all of his stuff. Very impressive.

[meetmeatthe1]

I saw Mark fall off of his throne once during "Parallel Lives" (it broke).  He immediately recovered and continued playing. A roadie placed another throne under him shortly thereafter. He sat back down and finished the song. All without missing a beat! Even in one of his worst moments, he inspired me.