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It really nice to see that not everyone is just hating this such a amazing guy and drummer. Cool reaction.

I've seen DT live three times in the Mangini era, and he is EASILY the tightest member in the band live. The most insane drum parts of the most insane DT songs are absolute child's play for him. I've lost count of how many times he was literally laughing while playing ridiculous parts with complete ease. I've found myself fixated on him and ignoring the other members during songs, which in a band like DT is no easy task. I have no doubt he could play an entire concert one-handed and if you closed your eyes you wouldn't even know it. The man is a god amongst mortals.

People can talk whatever they want about Mangini. But holy shit, this guy is a beast!

The "problem" with Mangini is that he makes us think it is easy because of how effortlessly he plays.

Mike Mangini is so advanced technicly spoken , precise and groovy it's insane lol

"This is a simple DT song, its just 19/16 time signature"

It's crazy... it almost sounds like he's doing a drum solo sometimes... but it's part of the song!

I am not a drummer, I do appreciate great technical drummers it is sad how people hate on him so much. People need to watch the auditions and who was there to audition it was very impressive list. I really like Mangini he has great skills and has a great personality.

Seen him 6 times with DT and always blows my mind

Mangini has more than proven that he deserves to be in Dream theater, we all love Portnoy but he left and Mangini wants to be there and has been giving his 100% since he joined the band which is almost a decade ago so it’s about time people understand that he is AMAZING. This video will help people get it, so thanks for making it and good job cause it’s nice too have a video that is not too dumb but not too smart for people like me that are non drummers.

Mike Mangini...super drummer indeed..love it! so effortlessly played..

Really enjoy your videos bro! I like them because you know more about drums than I do so I learn, but you don't overdo it so I can still understand. Subscribed.

Dude your concept is really good! Reaction are fun but I don't learn anything when watching it. You are pointing out really nice little things here and there I'm not overwhelmed by informations and stuff so keep it up dude! 😊 Cheers from France!

That was great man! Had a lot of fun watching that with you. Thx.

Another great reaction vid, man! Keep it up

...love the isolated drums on this & a camera that doesn't jump around. If you can post more like this I'll watch...

Thanks for this amazing video! Cheers from Italy

I mean he's ok. He's no Lars Ulrich.

Great video! Loved your breakdown and commentary!

Thanks for share this great drummer. I think there is a lot of Mike mangini in the last dream theater album. He has a really sense of music in his sound. No only rhythm

Mate I don't know how I never heard Dream Theater before but damn. I jumped down the rabbit hole... And I'm absolutely loving it! The more I hear them, the more I'm addicted to them! Thanks Pat 😁

Had the pleasure of seeing them in Lisbon in February. Guy's insane. All of them are. The tones that he introduces with the toms and stuff Portnoy did that but with the cymbals. His work on cymbals was out of this world. All in all MM is much more proficient with less show and movement. Portnoy was a show within the show. Long story short i love them both

Love the reaction and the commentary! I'm a drummer myself, I'm also doing air drumming while watching this like that's what a drummer always do everytime, I guess? Anyway, expecting more to watch from your channel, subscribed!

Pat, I've watched a fair number of 'reaction' clips on KZfaq and I have to say, yours is fantastic. In the true spirit of a reaction, we're seeing you, an actual musician, give honest and interesting appraisal on another musician. I can tell that you're not just artificially looking for something to watch in order to justify an upload, you're adding value to the rest of us. I'm a guitarist, not a drummer and yet the fact that I've come away from this video of yours knowing more and being entertained is fantastic.

Best reaction video I've seen. Its not just full of 'oh shit dude, wow' like the rest of them, its very theoretical and insightful for a non drummer as to what is going on. Good stuff

Loved the reaction and the commentary especially when you said that you're in the middle. No too much technical but not just making faces either. I started learning drums myself this year so this is so helpful for me to digest. I liked your reaction to Pneuma too but I wouldn't say hated rather disliked that you talked while the video was playing. Since that was your first video it is understandable so I knew you would take care of that in the next and you did. Great work! I guess you'll be getting plenty of song requests (Gavin Harrison - Anesthetize) but I would love to see your reaction to a Mario Duplantier solo - Minotaur. You'll probably get a lot of Gojira songs too. That guy's a beast! Anyways, keep it up! Cheers.

Awesome video man 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Dude as far as nearly every "whatever-reaction" vids I've watched (or typically no longer deign to watch), your down to earth style and your love for drums makes your vid very enjoyable. Most are BS clickbait thumbnail followed by vapid "reaction" with little info to offer. Good job!

For some reaction channels, you're right, they are just making faces and saying "woooooow" and "great song" & then telling their viewers to buy merch or to pay to watch exclusive videos. It's been so monetized and everyone with a camera can make these channels that the uniqueness of it has been diluted. I've been watching these types of videos for about 3 years now, I've seen a lot of them. This is my first time watching you and you have a good concept of what these videos should be 👍

Love your commentary

I watched this concert!! From the 1st line, really close to the band!! When they played The Spirit Carries On, a woman beside me was thrilled, crying a little, so Mike saw and threw a bottle of water to her... really cool haha

THANK YOU for making this video. While I'm not a drummer, I've always been amazed by the amount of hate Mangini gets. Portnoy will always be my favorite drummer (and actually, my favorite musician as a whole), but MM's degree of technical skill is just INSANE. He doesn't wale on the drums and he isn't the showman MP is, but he can be extremely creative and he is flawless live.

I watched so many reaction videos but yours is so cool.

As a person that's heard this song many times, it's weird as hell to hear the drums and it sounds like the rest of the band is in another room.

Both Mikes have their own type of charisma. Portnoy was the rebel kid in the back row and Mangini was like the teachers pet. Portnoy definitely inspired me as a youth. Mangini has insane skills and he’s fighting upstream against prog snobs. I appreciate both their work.

Great approach with not getting too technical. Having grown up with DT I naturally play with both Mike's in mind, and I naturally air drum in the car with everything set high so traffic and fans can see me look ridiculous. Lol

Great reaction,You are right Mike is more than just a Drummer,people who say mike is boring to watch have no idea.

Awesome review! Look, we all love Portnoy, but once you see Mangini live, you realize he is one of the top drummers ever. And his chemistry is perfect for the band.

I was lucky enough to see Mike with dream theater a few years back in Australia. Have a look at Dan Presland from Ne Obliviscaris "And Plague flowers the kaleidoscope" The man had calves of steel. Cheers

Great reaction!

As far the cymbals being high, its also to prevent James' mic from picking up cymbal noise according to Mike. A great idea on Mike's part!

Great set too !

For me, he Is the best drummer i ever seen

Oh and how about a drum commentary of Gavin Harrison playing Anesthetize? 😁

I first saw Mike back in 1994 with Extreme at Donnington Rock Festival (known now as Download I believe) and his drum solo was mind blowing. I had not heard anyone play polyrhythms, double bass, one handed rolls etc etc with that POWER and precision in all my young years. I keep an eye on his progress all the way though to Steve Vai's band and so forth to now finding the perfect band to play his phenomenal skills on. And I dare say, even in that band, he's at best being playing at half capacity. Notice how he doesn't SLAM his drums. So many of these prog metal drummers are BEATING SHIT out of their drums, he doesn't need to do that, I knows about efficiency of motion and control. What's more, he comes of as a genuinely lovely person. Mike is my hero!

I really appreciate Lt. Jim Dangle taking time out of his busy schedule of trying to find where he parked his bike to review this drummer.

He's like a locomotive, once he gets going, there's no stopping him. Cool react video.

this was played in Chile! i was there that night!

That part around the 7min mark is in 5/4... and then he plays quintuplets (i think) in that 5. It’s insane

I can not imagine other drummer with the mangini capacity. Musicality, Fastest, versatily, mathmatch, creativy, carismatic...the genius of the drummer of all time.

These Dream Theater guys are really good, surely they will make it! :D

It is interesting to see that he holds his stick at the best fulcrum point instead of the end of the stick to achieve great single handed 16th strokes.

Having cymbals so far above is great for a sound engineer reducing restrictive bleed, especially in a in-ear band like this.

He is so good that makes it looks like easy

those kicks are so beeeeeeeefy

incredible brother, thanks man

Great musician overall, very melodic in his approach to drumming.

I've always thought Mangini was a better technical drummer than Portnoy (back when he was with Vai too). But I still prefer Portnoy's style, and how he helped shape the band compared to the Mangini iteration.

Great reaction! 🤘the drumming on this track it's just amazing. I find very entertaining seeing Nightwish's drummer Kai Hahto live drum videos. Weak fantasy drum cam video for example, just pure fun. You should give it a listen!

I would like to hear more the music during the drum cam video to get a better understanding of the track. This guy is a beast.

This guy is insane on the drums.

I've never heard a drum kit so well tuned.

Seen this live. The drum was beyond powerful and even better than the studio version.

Mangini is a beast, i fell in love with DT post Portnoy era but I love all their albums. Phenomenal band.

Mangini is very similar to Simon Phillips in their style and precision and I could watch both guys all day.

Great video! I'd love to see you watch Mangini's drum corps for A Nightmare to Remember if you get the chance.

Who agrees that his drumkit sounds better than EVER in this video ? Dudes O can't stop watching this drum video bcz of them beautifully sounding toms and snare and kicks... I wish the album has this same tone

Amazing

As a drummer mangini is an extraordinary drummer ever, he's another level of a drummer and brought alot for DT, he's insane...

You should react to A Nightmare To Remember! Also I saw Mangini on that tour. :)

Mike has stated the reason he plays so high is to isolate his cymbals from the rest of the kit, as well as seeing people for a change

Im right there, in the front row🤘🏼🇨🇱

Awesome

Brutal todo eso. Imagino cuando termine de tocar un concierto quedara con los hombros reventaos.

DUDE ..... finally some 1 who is not scared to say that he cant play what mangini does sometimes xD ... love ur vids man keep it simple and real love ur content : )

This is one of the weirdest drums layout i've ever seen, i like it.

Actually the cymbals and the cannon time aren't that high up. Mike just makes it look that way for show purposes.

Gotta get into Matt garstka's "madness of Matt" drum series.especially ectogenesis.also arithmophobia and a few others.all mind blowing

Mangini looks so much like Portnoy from that view. The only thing missing there is the PORTNOY on the t-shirt ahaha

Cool reaction. Would love for you to check out Jaime Saint Merat from Ulcerate and try to break down some of what he's doing. I have no clue, but I'm not a drummer either!

Manginni literalmente o melhor, o difícil pra ele se torna fácil e divertido 😂😂

the lighting director does a great job keeping up... everyone sees them, no one hears them or knows who they are

@5:34 - more of that, not less!

i enjoy so much waching your videos, i would like a video reaciton of George kollias

Would love to see what you think of Elliot Hoffman from Car Bomb! He's just wild and thats all i can say about it man I think you'd really enjoy it since you're a fellow musician

Totally thought you were from Unleash the Archers. Great mustache.

KUDOS!!! to the Lighting Guy!!!

Great thing about this audio mix is that you can't hear Labrie

Please React to his Drum solo Live at Luna park

mike mangini is one of the best

Just to help if you're still trying to play the fast hand parts; he does not play just with his fingers. He uses and focuses on the larger muscle groups and says any movement in his fingers is a "derivative motion" from the larger muscle groups. Maybe you'd find it easier if you played around with different techniques. Great video, man :)

Fucking amazing! Mangini sure knocks it out of the park!

From engineering standpoint, the higher the cymbals the better. Less bleed to deal with in the snare and tom mics.

I love Dream Theater, and familiar with their propensity for odd time signatures, but when you said, "It feels like 4:4, but then it's got this extra kick. This is actually 19:16" I just lost it. Couldn't stop laughing. Of course it is... why not!? lol

I mean he is pretty damn good. It's just that in the end I'm left feeling. Wow, "very precise" and not "wow, that was awesome dude I can't wait to hear it again"

FUN FACT: A lifelong sufferer of Hyperhidrosis, he developed his style of playing because of his need to constantly air his armpits. This "fact" brought to you by my cat.

luv how phil rudd from acdc plays 4/4........i wish i could play 4/4 like that.wish i could play like this guy too but i would have to practice more to play like phil rudd.simple can be really hard and so can dream theater drumming..bye

7:01 melhor reação pro Mangini.. haha 😅

People that don't like him cant do anything he can do . Mike is one of the best in the world