I don’t learn unless I am in that position because I feel a sense of responsibility and I don’t want to influence people poorly. "I had my first week of the year at Berklee and then I did eight clinics in nine days in South America.
He has also played for bands and artists such as Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai.Before joining Dream Theater, Mangini was a faculty member at Berklee College of Music. That year, he joined Boston hard rock band Extreme, replacing original drummer Paul Geary. This would be his first collaboration with bassist Philip Bynoe. I am so in-awe of what Jonathan has done with his life. Perhaps his days as a full-time touring musician were over? He also formed the short-lived band Tribe of Judah with former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone and bassist Pat Badger. I was just looking for work to supplement my income because there wasn’t enough money from a professor’s salary to have a family and a house. I don’t even remember why it broke up. Go figure, the one thing I’ve tried to get away from is my life, but I’m having a ball.”“I can name them in order. John Petrucci was clear on the material and that was helpful. The BBC artist page for Mike Mangini. Ringo Starr was the first, Bobby Colomby from Blood, Sweat and Tears was second. But over time I was able to do less professional work because it interfered with what some administrator saw as too much time away from the school. Not quite.“Yes. Someone left their job and I took the job. I wish I had valued that more in my younger years. Michael Mangini (born April 18, 1963) is an American musician who is the current drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, following the departure of founding drummer Mike Portnoy in 2010. But, we shouldn’t be surprised that Mangini’s introduction to the band has been so seamless. I was self taught, they say by ear, but for me it was by eye.“In the early days I was engrossed with practising individual things that took hours and hours, weekly, monthly and yearly. He has appeared on every Dream Theater release since.Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Mangini first started playing the drums when he was two and a half years old, being inspired by Ringo Starr of The Beatles. Even though that is what I have ended up doing for most my career, getting into bands and having to copy the guy before me! He also taught drums privately in Boston during this time.After graduating from Waltham Senior High School in 1981, Mangini put aside his music studies to pursue a computer science major at Bentley University. That was hard to just show up and play. I remember those things instead of why it broke up. Nothing would get in my way because I didn’t have the full perspective.”I was afraid that I couldn’t do it.“I went into athlete mode. I believe at one point Paul’s heart was more into managing rather than doing what I was doing and banging the drums for six hours. I joined a Van Halen tribute band and Nuno Bettencourt heard me practicing through our rehearsal room wall. Topic. Well, it might be a little fun but that book could change my life.”Mangini is out on the road with the prog rock titans when we catch up with him. The people that ask why I use this stuff or why does my drum kit look like it came out of Home Depot. “With Extreme I remember the joy of the phone call from Nuno, the joy of seeing the other guys, the joy Pat Badger ribbing me because I was the new guy and even the joy of giving Paul a hug.