Illinois Entertainer February 2014 | Page 8

mixed bag. Neal Continued from page 6 the end of March of last year, and the beginning of April. I was working on demos, and I sent them out to the guys. We never really talk about what we're gonna do until we get together. It seems to be an unwritten rule. So, when we actually get together we start Transatlantic 2014: Neal Morse (far left), plus L to R: Portnoy, Trewavas, Stolt IE: How do you coordinate it? With two members living in Europe and two in the United States, it has to be challenging. NM: We send demos around now through the Internet. In the past we used to send cassettes, and CDs, and what not. Now we just send MP3s around to each other, and then we have to fly in to be together. I'm grateful that I have a recording studio in my house, so all the guys come to my place. Everyone gets together here in )9