
Portnoy terkenal dengan keberanian dan skillnya dalam bermain drum. Ia juga telah mendapatlan 23 penghargaan dari Modern Drummer Magazine.
Karir:
Mike pada dasarnya adalah drummer dari Dream Theater, namun pada 8 September bahwa ia akan hengkang dari Dream Theater. Hengkangnya Portnoy dikarenakan adanya perbedaan pendapat dan kesenangan antar anggota. Disamping itu Portnoy juga memiliki beberapa proyek band sampingan diantaranya Liquid Tension, Translantic, Neal Morse, OSI, John Arch. Portnoy juga menjadi pemian drum untuk Avenged Sevenfold selama tur. Dari kiprahnya bersama band-band tersebut, ia telah berhasil meluncurkan beberapa album. Portnoy telah merilis videonya saat bermain drum bersama dengan Dream Theater maupun dengan band-band proyeknya melalui perusahaan rekamannnya sendiri dalam bentuk MP4.
AWARDS
" Mike Portnoy won the following Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll awards:
" Best Up & Coming Talent (1994)
" Best Progressive Rock Drummer (1995-2006)
" Best Recorded Performance (1995 for Awake, 1996 for A Change of Seasons, 1998 for Falling Into Infinity, 2000 for Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory, 2002 for Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, and 2007 for Score)
" Best Clinician (2000, 2002)
" Best Educational Video/DVD (2000, 2002)
" Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)
DISCOGRAPHY
With Dream Theater
1989 - WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE
1992 - IMAGES AND WORDS
1994 - AWAKE
1997 - FALLING INTO INFINITY
1999 - METROPOLIS PT. 2: SCENES FROM A MEMORY
2002 - SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE
2003 - TRAIN OF THOUGHT
2005 - OCTAVARIUM
2007 - SYSTEMATIC CHAOS
2009 - BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS
With Avenged Sevenfold
2010 - NIGHTMARE
2010 - WELCOME TO THE FAMILY EP
With Transatlantic
2000 - SMPT:E
2001 - BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER
2009 - THE WHIRLWIND
With Neal Morse
2003 - TESTIMONY
2004 - ONE
2005 - ?
2006 - COVER TO COVER
2007 - SOLA SCRIPTURA
2008 - LIFELINE
Tribute Shows (CD and DVD)
" One Night in New York City - Yellow Matter Custard (2003) (The Beatles) with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse and Matt Bissonette
" Two Nights In North America - Hammer of the Gods (2006) (Led Zeppelin) with Paul Gilbert, Daniel Gildenlöw, and Dave LaRue
" One Night in Chicago - Cygnus and the Sea Monsters (2006) (Rush) with Paul Gilbert, Sean Malone, and Jason McMaster
" One Night in New York City - Amazing Journey (2007) (The Who) with Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Gary Cherone
With selected musicians
1984 - RISING POWER: POWER FOR THE PEOPLE (OUT OF PRINT)
1986 - INNER SANCTUM: 12 A.M. (OUT OF PRINT)
2001 - ANDY WEST WITH RAMA: RAMA 1
Instructional DVD Releases
" Portnoy has released several instructional drumming videos/DVDs. These include:
" "Progressive Drum Concepts" (Rittor Music 1995 1 VHS/DVD)
" "Liquid Drum Theater" (Hudson Music 2000 2 DVDs)
" "In Constant Motion" (Hudson Music 2007, 3 DVDs)
Portnoy's self filmed performances
" Portnoy has self-released DRUM-CAM DVDs of the last several Dream Theater and side project recording sessions through his own "MP4" production company. These are "in-studio" recordings typically consisting of Full Band, Isolated Drums tracks, and an Audio Commentary.
" ASIAN CLINIC TOUR (MP4 Productions 2001, 1 DVD) (out of print)
" TEN DEGREES OF TURBULENT DRUMMING (MP4 Productions 2002, 1 DVD)
" DRUMS ACROSS FOREVER (MP4 Productions 2002, 1 DVD)
" DRUMS OF THOUGHT (MP4 Productions 2004, 1 DVD)
" LIVE AT BUDOKAN (MP4 Production 2005, 1 DVD)
" MIKE PORTNOY - DRUMAVARIUM (MP4 Productions 2005, 1 DVD)
" SYSDRUMATIC CHAOS (MP4 Productions 2007, 1 DVD)
" SCORE (MP4 Productions 2008, 1 DVD)
" BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER DRUMMING (MP4 Productions 2009, 1 DVD)
" WHIRLWIND DRUMMING (MP4 Productions 2010, 1 DVD)
With Dream Theater
1989 - WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE
1992 - IMAGES AND WORDS
1994 - AWAKE
1997 - FALLING INTO INFINITY
1999 - METROPOLIS PT. 2: SCENES FROM A MEMORY
2002 - SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE
2003 - TRAIN OF THOUGHT
2005 - OCTAVARIUM
2007 - SYSTEMATIC CHAOS
2009 - BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS
With Avenged Sevenfold
2010 - NIGHTMARE
2010 - WELCOME TO THE FAMILY EP
With Transatlantic
2000 - SMPT:E
2001 - BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER
2009 - THE WHIRLWIND
With Neal Morse
2003 - TESTIMONY
2004 - ONE
2005 - ?
2006 - COVER TO COVER
2007 - SOLA SCRIPTURA
2008 - LIFELINE
Tribute Shows (CD and DVD)
" One Night in New York City - Yellow Matter Custard (2003) (The Beatles) with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse and Matt Bissonette
" Two Nights In North America - Hammer of the Gods (2006) (Led Zeppelin) with Paul Gilbert, Daniel Gildenlöw, and Dave LaRue
" One Night in Chicago - Cygnus and the Sea Monsters (2006) (Rush) with Paul Gilbert, Sean Malone, and Jason McMaster
" One Night in New York City - Amazing Journey (2007) (The Who) with Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Gary Cherone
With selected musicians
1984 - RISING POWER: POWER FOR THE PEOPLE (OUT OF PRINT)
1986 - INNER SANCTUM: 12 A.M. (OUT OF PRINT)
2001 - ANDY WEST WITH RAMA: RAMA 1
Instructional DVD Releases
" Portnoy has released several instructional drumming videos/DVDs. These include:
" "Progressive Drum Concepts" (Rittor Music 1995 1 VHS/DVD)
" "Liquid Drum Theater" (Hudson Music 2000 2 DVDs)
" "In Constant Motion" (Hudson Music 2007, 3 DVDs)
Portnoy's self filmed performances
" Portnoy has self-released DRUM-CAM DVDs of the last several Dream Theater and side project recording sessions through his own "MP4" production company. These are "in-studio" recordings typically consisting of Full Band, Isolated Drums tracks, and an Audio Commentary.
" ASIAN CLINIC TOUR (MP4 Productions 2001, 1 DVD) (out of print)
" TEN DEGREES OF TURBULENT DRUMMING (MP4 Productions 2002, 1 DVD)
" DRUMS ACROSS FOREVER (MP4 Productions 2002, 1 DVD)
" DRUMS OF THOUGHT (MP4 Productions 2004, 1 DVD)
" LIVE AT BUDOKAN (MP4 Production 2005, 1 DVD)
" MIKE PORTNOY - DRUMAVARIUM (MP4 Productions 2005, 1 DVD)
" SYSDRUMATIC CHAOS (MP4 Productions 2007, 1 DVD)
" SCORE (MP4 Productions 2008, 1 DVD)
" BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER DRUMMING (MP4 Productions 2009, 1 DVD)
" WHIRLWIND DRUMMING (MP4 Productions 2010, 1 DVD)
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