Saturday, April 30, 2011

THE NEW DRUMMER in DREAM THEATER


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L609JsPFmmI&feature=fvst


Check out what's going on the above. Click and watch the audition of a new drummer in Dream Theater!
Dream theater has been together for 25years and the members are bonded strongly together until the ex-drummer, Mike Portnoy left the band last year,2010. After that, the band had been looking for a drum who would replace the place of Mike and there were a few elected ones would have audition with the members!!!



  • At his height from 2002–2005, Mangini was notorious for setting five World's Fastest Drummer records. These include the Fastest Matched Grip at 1,247 single strokes in 60 seconds in 2005, Fastest Barehands, which he earned by executing 1,138 single stroke notes in 60 seconds in 2002, until Glen Sobel (Of Beautiful Creatures) broke it with 1,140 notes in 2006. Fastest Traditional Grip which he earned by executing 1,126 single strokes in 60 seconds in 2003, a record that stood for five years before falling to Matt Smith (1,132) in 2008, and Fastest Single Stroke Foot record playing 13,222 hits in 15 minutes and 4,555 hits in five minutes; records that stood for two years before falling to Mike "Machine" Mallais (13,309/4,595) in 2007.




This was when he got a call from DT members... his face was just.... Priceless...



Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would ultimately become Dream Theater. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess until September 8, 2010 when Portnoy left the band. In October 2010, the band held auditions for Portnoy's substitute drummer.



The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from
music instruction magazines. Guitarist John Petrucci has been named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any invited players. In 2009 he was named the No. 2 best metal guitarist by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. He was also named as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" by GuitarOne magazine.[1] Former drummer Mike Portnoy has won 23 awards from Modern Drummer Magazine and is also the second youngest person (at the age of 37) to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame. John Myung was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a poll conducted by MusicRadar in August through September 2010. The band was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2010.[2]

 The band's highest selling album is the gold selling Images and Words (1992), which reached #61 on the Billboard 200 charts.[3] Both the 1994 release Awake and their 2002 release Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also entered the charts at #32 and #46 respectively and received mostly positive reviews. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also led to Dream Theater becoming the initial band reviewed in the Music Section of Entertainment Weekly during its opening week of release, despite the magazine generally preferring more mainstream music. In 2007, Systematic Chaos entered U.S. Billboard 200 at #19.[3] Dream Theater has sold over 2.1 million albums in the U.S.,[4] and over 10 million records worldwide.[5]
The band's tenth studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, was released on June 23, 2009. It entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at #6 and Eurochart Hot 100 at #1, marking their highest entry on either chart. Dream Theater began recording their eleventh studio album in January 2011; it is currently under development.
 - From Wikipedia:D

Monday, April 25, 2011

Tom... my cat.


This is my baby, Tom....
When he came to my room for the first time, he wasn't used to the environment...
He was very curious about the place and kept wondering where he was...haha

Okay, this is how I/We found him...
One day, as usual, we were having lunch at Chinese restaurant and saw this one pathetic, poor and dirty kitten near by us... and I just couldn't stand his cuteness regardless how STINKY he WAS!!! :p
So I picked him up straight away, went to the studio and washed him with hand-wash soap. haha
and here HE is now with us all the time~~~! HE would come to us when he's away and he comes when we call him:D
WE just love him so much!!! <3 !!!



Yes... we call him 'GANGSTER' since he acts like one firstly....
except for Fiona (another cat... !) he wouldn't be easy on you guys..hahahah....
I still remember how I felt so special when I took him to vet for vaccine and deworm... the doc said he is very possessive of me... it could be very harmful(?) or unfriendly towards the others but not to us!!! :P

He loves to play with my phone chain... and out of nowhere, i could capture this moment of him putting it to his mouth~! but looks like he's shocked looking at something! Isn't he adorable....

Sunday, April 17, 2011

T.I.M.E

2011 is passing swiftly without warning me this time. I've done quite many things, not wasting time (thankfully) and be able to stay in this country although having some issues here, ha...
We all are heading May and almost 1/3 of 2011 is already in the past. I did begin this year by worrying so many things and was in stress mode most of time, however, things were going quite smoothly thus I went with flow.
And here I am (TADA) on 17th of April, mid- April, plus-ing my job from this month... I am really grateful for what I've done and I am doing these days.
If People ask me "How's your 2011 so far?" I would just simply say "So far, So good" which explains perfectly than anything else. Sometimes, I wonder why my life has become so dynamic and why I am leading this life like this. Even when certain events where I may not be involved, I would still be in this life style and and makes me ponder many times with a lot of question marks... ??????????????

I've met quite people and they all seem to have plans in their lives and I am amused how they are leading their lives according to the plans. Of course, there are ups and downs, however, it's just so wonderful to hear their stories.... ME? I call myself very organized and always try my best to manage time and stick to the plans... But hahahaha.. there are quite things that don't happen at all or I've become very lazy to do them.

The moment I've mentioned 'go with the flow', I was startled at myself knowing that I am actually living with the flow. This could be quite challenging and randomly dangerous... Challenging - because you never plan.... things.... your time management / Dangerous - because you never calculate the outcome of them. HAIKS >_<!

I am very curious how it is going to be... and what it would be like in the future. Is Time leading me? or Am I supposed to lead my time...?

Smiling but not smiling

today -- thought it's going to be a good day. stretched my body, refreshed my mind. it will be alright, it will be a better day. it ...