RandoRadio.com is celebrating a full year of live streaming 24/7. They are really proud of the progress our live stream has made over the last 12 months and to celebrate a 3-Day Event that will feature lots of live free form broadcasts, in-studio performance and special encore presentations of past live in-studio guests will be held from Friday May 1 … Read More

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From Mike Portnoy – Originally, my intention was to record several shows and combine them to make one compilation CD/DVD release…but in reviewing the tapes, it became very obvious that the NYC and LA footage each offered very different perspectives of the shows we did…each with their own distinct personalities and both having their own charms (and flaws…). The NYC … Read More

The fine folks at DTNorway have put a new interview with Jordan up to download as a podcast! You can check it out by subscribing using the following link – http://dtnorway.com/podcast.xml In other news, RandoRadio is soon celebrating the 1 year anniversary of their live stream, and as part of it will be re-broadcasting the DEEP SPACE performance by Jordan … Read More

New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their PROGRESSIVE NATION tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe and the UK throughout Sept, Oct and Nov 2009. PROGRESSIVE NATION founder and mastermind, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, once again hand-picked the bands based on musicianship, originality and diversity…not necessarily by popularity and marquee value. He … Read More

Progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER have announced BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS as the title of their tenth studio album. The band commenced work on the album – their second for Roadrunner Records, following up 2007’s Systematic Chaos — in October of last year. Roadrunner will release the record on June 23. In addition to the standard version CD, the … Read More

The amazing folks at SampleBase have released what is possibly THE coolest new SoundBlock for their Satellite synth player. The story – “Halfway through the 2009 NAMM show in Anaheim, Jordan noticed that his voice had changed as a result of straining to talk over the loud rumble of the show, producing a second tone that was exactly an octave … Read More

The band can now announce the show in Israel as follows: 16th June Exhibition Grounds, Tel Aviv, Israel The hall details are: Beitan(Hall) 1, Exhibition Grounds, Rokach Blvd, Tel-Aviv. Click here to visit their website. Click here to purchase tickets! Tel. 03 5215200 (area code +97 and drop the 0 for calling from outside Israel) so 00972 3 5215200 for … Read More

DREAM THEATER’S “PROGRESSIVE NATION 2009” TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN JULY/AUG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION AND BEARDFISH New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their PROGRESSIVE NATION tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/Aug 2009. In addition to a headlining set by … Read More

For those who are heading along to NAMM this year, you can catch Jordan at the following events! THURS 1/15 KORG PRESENTATION 1:30 PM – KORG BOOTH (#6440) @ Anaheim Convention Center FRI 1/16 ROLAND PRODUCT DEMO 3:00 PM – ROLAND PERFORMANCE THEATER @ Anaheim Convention Center SAT 1/17 KORG PRODUCT DEMO 1:30 PM – KORG BOOTH (#6440) @ Anaheim … Read More