MP is now a Twitting Twat

Hey Gang,
 
Since I keep my Facebook only for my real friends and family (although I do keep most of my wall visible), I decided to finally take the plunge and open a Twitter account that I will keep wide open for the fans...
 
Here ya go:
 
http://twitter.com/MikePortnoyDT
 
MP
 
 

MP said twat. lol

David Cameron, the Conservative party leader in the UK, recently said during a radio interview, "too many tweets might make one a twat" to the hilarity of many

Looking forward to following you, Mike

Voices UK - The Official English Language Fanclub!
Here we go, Brownies, here we go... woof, woof!
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” – Douglas Adams

Also, how awesome is that?!  MP using Nelicion's drawing as his twitter display picture!

Following Ya'll. Great addition to Mr. Rudess' updates :) \m/

LOL I was like.. OMG what did someone say about MP!?!? haha, then I see it was MP. 

Gosh I'm so excited for this GOW3 song and game. I love the first 2 (and the soundtrack was awesome to begin with).

mabee


Also, how awesome is that?!  MP using Nelicion's drawing as his twitter display picture!

O rly? Awesome!
Will dust off my own twat account to follow ya MP! 

chicks dig prog

Wow, being a huge Twitter-er myself, this makes me very excited!  ANd what a massive compliment to Nicolien that Mike is using her picture of him :D  Congratulations again!  And can't wait to get your updates, Mike :)

Simon likes this.

http://www.last.fm/user/Simo46

Carp Diem - Seize the Fish

Love the order in the Bio:

Husband of Marlene, Father of Melody & Max, Drummer of Dream Theater, Transatlantic, LTE...

There's some awesome priorities :-)

Rule 9?



Really cool of MP to use Nel's drawing on there.

It was time, I felt, for an Agonizing Reappraisal of the whole scene.

I love how everybody's first Tweet is something along the lines of "hello? is this thing on? don't know how this thing works..." hehe

Now all MP needs is a YouTube account to upload multiple videos every day just like JR.... never enough eh? heheh

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


I kid   I think Twitter is a good thing for following musicians, filmmakers etc (even though I don't do so myself).

Thanks a lot Mike ! Now I have to make a Twitter account myself to follow you But ofcourse I will (somebody help me !!!! )
Oh, and you make Nicolien a very happy and proud girl, using her drawing, awesome Mike !
 

as if jordan wasn't enough now we have mike

best start to the year ever

I just got in on this goodness as well.  Now we just need to get the rest of the band to hop on board THIS Train Of Thought.  Looking forward to the updates...


Later - Mike

Yeah, I can play all of John Petrucci's music... At 1/4 speed!!!

Like wildebeests on the Serengeti, I cross the river last, once others cross first.  You never know what's in the water.

LTE meets Meshuggah? That obviously means JP's using an 8 string tuned to F.

Curtis with a K
"Fuck me with a sugar dick."

mabee


Also, how awesome is that?!  MP using Nelicion's drawing as his twitter display picture!

That was the first thing I recognized as well

And then in his bio:

Drummer of...

... HAIL...   

Cool

I also signed up for following John Myung

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Silver bootleg and other sales www.thefunkygibbons.net

thefunkygibbons


Cool

I also signed up for following John Myung

John Myung and Martin Mendez should have a joint account, might get an entry between them

zomg...twat on a thread title

rule!

Carpe Diem !

van Furlay

mabee


Also, how awesome is that?!  MP using Nelicion's drawing as his twitter display picture!

That was the first thing I recognized as well

And then in his bio:

Drummer of...

... HAIL...   

 
this. very cool, indeed!!

must've been hungry when I chose my profile name

now following...

As long as I got rock n roll, I'm forever young

Cool message about the new instrumental...LTE meets Meshuggah!!!!!
Can't f****n wait!

  Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.

"real friends and family"

So the twats are for us fake friends and quasi stalkers
 
 
I'll let you young'uns fill me in on the twat haps, I'll pass.

damn, now I have to make a twitter

Sometimes you just don't know what to say.

You don't need a twitter account to follow other people's updates.  If you just favourite the link MP gave you should be ok.

Following

Sorry for the ignorance...

...but what is being written musically that is LTE meets Meshuggah?!!  This sounds intriguing...

KtremelloH


Sorry for the ignorance...

...but what is being written musically that is LTE meets Meshuggah?!!  This sounds intriguing...

A song for a console game.

Very cool! Following and retwitting!

LTE meets Meshuggah sounds very promising!

http://www.soundcloud.com/worldengine
http://www.twitter.com/worldengine
http://www.soundcloud.com/coletivo433

Now MP just needs a Farmville, then I'll be satisfied with his web 2.0 presence. ;)

.

Duke


Like wildebeests on the Serengeti, I cross the river last, once others cross first.  You never know what's in the water.

Dude, haven't you ever watched National Geographic?  Nile crocs feast on the periphery.  You need to be in the body of the herd!

2 Minutes to Maiden on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/2minutestomaiden

ganpondorodf


You don't need a twitter account to follow other people's updates.  If you just favourite the link MP gave you should be ok.

Too late, I actually just needed and excuse to join Twitter. hehe
As I didn't know anything about twitter, I  joined.

Sometimes you just don't know what to say.

oh yes: LTE MEETS MESHUGGAH!
Mike, I'll take you up on that!
Can't wait!

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Awesome! I am now watching you tweet, twat, and whatever else you want

'Have you ever heard of Dream Theater?'
"Yeah man...they play a lot of notes" -Bryan Nichols, Jazz Pianist

emtee


"real friends and family"

So the twats are for us fake friends and quasi stalkers
 
 
I'll let you young'uns fill me in on the twat haps, I'll pass.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family, or the obsequious toadies that follow you.

757 followers in what? 10 hours?...that´s awesome!

lennartbar


757 followers in what?

in 12 hours. :P

szabiakanich

lennartbar


757 followers in what?

in 12 hours. :P

nitpicker

van Furlay

szabiakanich

lennartbar


757 followers in what?

in 12 hours. :P

nitpicker

LOL. I think lennart mean "following him in what?". I just wanted to mess with him a bit ;D

So Tarantino is a fan of MP. Groovy. I still say there will come a day very soon when MP sits behind a camera...
 
Wonder if he has ever contacted Mike about doing some music for a film??

emtee


So Tarantino is a fan of MP. Groovy. I still say there will come a day very soon when MP sits behind a camera...
 
Wonder if he has ever contacted Mike about doing some music for a film??

No no. It's the other way round ;) MIke is following Quentin. Quentin isn't following Mike (yet). So Mike can see what Quentin is tweeting about, but not vice versa. Just like all the 700 sheep that are following Mike, but Mike isn't following any of the 700 sheep, or well only a few. :D

^gotcha.

You can tell I don't have a history with the twat.

mabee


Also, how awesome is that?!  MP using Nelicion's drawing as his twitter display picture!

That is awesome!

She will be ecstatic!!!

Due to Jack Bauer, Parental Discretion is Advised.
(I><|><I)

szabiakanich

van Furlay

szabiakanich

lennartbar


757 followers in what?

in 12 hours. :P

nitpicker

LOL. I think lennart mean "following him in what?". I just wanted to mess with him a bit ;D

You wrote 12 hours, since Lennart wrote 10 hours, didn't you?

emtee

You can tell I don't have a history with the twat.

I can't believe you have the stones to admit that in public.

Oh, and--"that's what SHE said".

Ok, I'm followin' you! (no, I'm not behind you, I'm talking about twitter) ok, bad joke, sorry, I didn't sleep well last night xD

"Dubito ergo cogito, Cogito ergo sum"

DebraKadabra

emtee

You can tell I don't have a history with the twat.

I can't believe you have the stones to admit that in public.

Oh, and--"that's what SHE said".

Out of woman come the man
Spend the rest of his life gettin back where he can
As a bow, so a dove
As below, so above
From the black hole
Come the tadpole
With the dark soul
In coal she burn, she burn

As I drove into the sun
Didn't dare look where I had begun
Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
From the white star
Came the bright scar
Our amoeba
My little liebe schoen

szabiakanich

van Furlay

szabiakanich

lennartbar


757 followers in what?

in 12 hours. :P

nitpicker

LOL. I think lennart mean "following him in what?". I just wanted to mess with him a bit ;D

HOLY SHIT SZABI!

I wrote that to check the time difference (I can never remember if I´m 6 or 7 hours ahead of forum time) and edited it right away...but you were faster...
damn...just look on my post again and it all makes sense...

status: following

I've been resisting twitter so far, but I may finally have to join just for this!

http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/

Following! Just saw he's following Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson. Nice!

MP just updated

www.dementiaradio.com

lennartbar

szabiakanich

van Furlay

szabiakanich

lennartbar


757 followers in what?

in 12 hours. :P

nitpicker

LOL. I think lennart mean "following him in what?". I just wanted to mess with him a bit ;D

HOLY SHIT SZABI!

I wrote that to check the time difference (I can never remember if I´m 6 or 7 hours ahead of forum time) and edited it right away...but you were faster...
damn...just look on my post again and it all makes sense...

It does make sense now, hehe. But yeah I was right on your toes and quoted you as soon as you posted it :D

Awesome.

I'm ridiculously excited about the instrumental now.

God damn it, another reason for me to get Twitter 

Bolus - I play keyboards, in a band, we make music, it's good when you hear it, ya.

Time And Tension - more delicious prog! yum!

Soundchaser


God damn it, another reason for me to get Twitter 

As has been mentioned. You don't have to have a twitter account to follow someone.

justve


Now MP just needs a Farmville, then I'll be satisfied with his web 2.0 presence. ;)

If this happens, I will stop living. 
















seriously.

Bolus - I play keyboards, in a band, we make music, it's good when you hear it, ya.

Time And Tension - more delicious prog! yum!

Angz

mabee


Also, how awesome is that?!  MP using Nelicion's drawing as his twitter display picture!

O rly? Awesome!
Will dust off my own twat account to follow ya MP!

It's official.  If I am to marry any person on this forum, it's you.

This sucks.  I don't have a phone that's advanced enough to allow twitter.  Hopefully that will change at some point.  In the meantime, I will be following as best I can.

MP: "...the type of person that can name the fill-in drummer when Ringo had tonsilitis..."
Me: "JIMMY NICOL!"
MP: "OH MAN!"
Neal Morse: "Whoa...!" (from YMC DVD/CD 2011)
 

szabiakanich

Soundchaser


God damn it, another reason for me to get Twitter 

As has been mentioned. You don't have to have a twitter account to follow someone.

Ya I know, I can favourite the page, I just mean the reasons are increasing.

Promoting my band, keeping up with people like JR and MP, etc.

*ponders..*

Bolus - I play keyboards, in a band, we make music, it's good when you hear it, ya.

Time And Tension - more delicious prog! yum!

So far from this existing I can tell that JM isn't writing as much of his bass anymore.

Weird.

I shall duck behind the couch.

ganpondorodf

thefunkygibbons


Cool

I also signed up for following John Myung

John Myung and Martin Mendez should have a joint account, might get an entry between them

Quote of the Year.

So weird! I set up my Twitter account on the same day as MP, and I didn't even know Mike had one! Pretty cool coincidence. 

Why is Mike following the fake Mikael Åkerfeldt account that only posts things about having sex with Steven Wilson?

Fjubb


Why is Mike following the fake Mikael Åkerfeldt account that only posts things about having sex with Steven Wilson?

Hook, line, and sinker.

Ok, I'm in. http://twitter.com/SteveTheater

Hope this is more fun than facebook or myspace, which I don't really like.

Steve

 
  
 
 

STEVETHEATER


Hook, line, and sinker.

Ok, I'm in. http://twitter.com/SteveTheater

Hope this is more fun than facebook or myspace, which I don't really like.

Steve

Well the thing is with Twitter, that you only have 140 characters to write and that's that. No games, no apps, no quizzes no nothing. You can post text/links and that's that really.

szabiakanich

STEVETHEATER


Hook, line, and sinker.

Ok, I'm in. http://twitter.com/SteveTheater

Hope this is more fun than facebook or myspace, which I don't really like.

Steve

Well the thing is with Twitter, that you only have 140 characters to write and that's that. No games, no apps, no quizzes no nothing. You can post text/links and that's that really.

Thats fine by me  ... so no mafiawars on twitter? THANK GOD!!!

 
  
 
 

Be cautious MP. TMI is not necessarily a good thing.

For mystical revelations you must enter:
http://twitter.com/dukeapotter

Nice to know that the tracking of the instrumental is finished and mixing will be done today.

"I'm in a glass case of emotion."

What is this Twitter thing you speak of?

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789

DTD


What is this Twitter thing you speak of?

Link in the very first post man... use your initiative and have a look for goodness sake!! 

I am so sick of all this pseudo ignorance people seem to be displaying! 

 

^Ummm DTD knows of the twats. He was just being tweety.

DTD be smart.

Yeah, me know twats!

Yeah, I was just being cheeky and attempting to imply that I have yet to acquiesce to some of the web 2.0 stuff. It seems marginally useful, but mainly serves as a distraction (IMO). I should have added the smiley to the original post....

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789