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With DREAM THEATER's MIKE MANGINI At His Home Studio (Video)

October 11, 2013

MusiciansFriend.com recently had the chance to visit drummer Mike Mangini of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER at his home studio in Massachusetts. Mike talked about his early drum kits; the evolution of his current setup; and his relationship with his sponsors (Pearl, Remo, Shure, Vater, Zildjian). Check out the footage below.

DREAM THEATER's new, self-titled album sold around 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on September 24 via Roadrunner.

DREAM THEATER's previous CD, "A Dramatic Turn Of Events", opened with 36,000 units to land at No. 8. The band's 2009 effort, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", premiered with 40,000 copies to enter the chart at No. 6. This was roughly in line with the first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "Systematic Chaos", which shifted 36,000 copies in 2007 to debut at No. 19. 2005's "Octavarium" premiered with 27,000 copies to land at No. 36.

The nine-track "Dream Theater" disc was recorded at Cove City Studio in Glen Cove, Long Island, with Petrucci producing and Richard Chycki engineering and mixing. It's the band's second album with Mike Mangini, and the first one on which he was a part of the writing process from Day One.

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