Ep116: Mike Portnoy of Sons of Apollo, Dream Theater & more
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Drummer Mike Portnoy is one of the masters of his craft. Today he shares with us his history with music, the records that inspired him, the making of his career, his discipline and the new LP of the supergroup Sons of Apollo.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up? This is Mike Portnoy of Sons of Apollo and the Winery Doves and Middle Elegance and Flying Colors and the Neil Moore's band and Dream Theater and whoever else you're listening to. |
| 0:09.8 | And you're hanging right here on The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:12.9 | Well, hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 0:19.6 | And this week, we welcome drumming legend and |
| 0:22.8 | man of a thousand bands, Mike Portnoy, to the vinyl guide. We talk to Mike about a heap of stuff, |
| 0:29.7 | including the records he collects, his musical history with Dream Theater, all the way up |
| 0:34.3 | through today with Sons of Apollo, the rare recordings of his own work, |
| 0:38.1 | and heaps, heaps more. |
| 0:39.7 | And today's episode is brought to you in part by groove washer.com. |
| 0:43.6 | You have records, you have dust, there's no getting around it. |
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| 0:52.3 | It lifts and release grime from inside those tiny grooves, so your |
| 0:57.0 | records sound fresh as God intended. Plus, you could also use the groove washer stylus |
| 1:01.7 | cleaning brush to further reduce the dust and dirt from getting in between your ears and your |
| 1:07.6 | records. Get them all today at groove washer.com. And with that, let's get into |
| 1:12.7 | today's interview with drumming and pro-rock legend, Mike Portnoy. Do you listen to and collect |
| 1:19.6 | vinyl records? Well, you're in luck. Welcome to the vinyl guide, the podcast made for record |
| 1:24.9 | nerds like yourself. Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 1:30.1 | Oh, yeah, that's me. |
| 1:31.3 | Hey, everyone. |
| 1:32.6 | Thanks for tuning in. |
| 1:33.8 | Thanks for downloading. |
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