Celebrating Five Years of The Jay Jay French Connection: A Conversation with Mike Portnoy

Join us this week as we celebrate 5 years of the podcast! It has already been five years since the inception of The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music, & we've had quite a wonderful run of guests over the years. Today we welcome back the very first guest on the show, the one & only Mike Portnoy! After reflecting on podcast highlights & the years since its beginning, Mike gets into discussing his remarkable journey in the music sphere - from the initial struggles of forming a band to navigating his return to Dream Theater, to the transformation of the music business over the decades. Portnoy & Jay Jay's relationship serves as an inspiring testament to the importance of enduring friendships and collaborations, and the importance of community in the ever evolving music industry. Tune in for a must listen episode, as we celebrate 5 years of the podcast, & what's to come - only on The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music! Produced & Edited by Matthew Mallinger

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Celebrating Five Years of The Jay Jay French Connection: A Conversation with Mike Portnoy is an episode from The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music by Jay Jay French .

This episode is 00:45:59 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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