OT: HOWDY, peeps!

[TRAGChick]

Geez Louise...

I go back to WORK....and I gotta ton o' junk to catch up in here!!

Saw Rush on Monday night....We had a third-tier view at the 'Hegan....

too freakin' funny! Never mind the "air Guitar"....it was synchronized "air DRUMMING"! LOL

[lights1961]

Geez Louise...

I go back to WORK....and I gotta ton o' junk to catch up in here!!

Saw Rush on Monday night....We had a third-tier view at the 'Hegan....

too freakin' funny! Never mind the "air Guitar"....it was synchronized "air DRUMMING"! LOL

I would love to see RUSH LIVE.... not since 1982.. are you trying to say they were not **live**

[conversationpc]

too freakin' funny! Never mind the "air Guitar"....it was synchronized "air DRUMMING"! LOL

I would love to see RUSH LIVE.... not since 1982.. are you trying to say they were not **live**

She's talking about Neal Peart. Instead of playing air guitar while they were at the concert, her and her husband were "air drumming".

[TRAGChick]

Geez Louise...

I go back to WORK....and I gotta ton o' junk to catch up in here!!

Saw Rush on Monday night....We had a third-tier view at the 'Hegan....

too freakin' funny! Never mind the "air Guitar"....it was synchronized "air DRUMMING"! LOL

I would love to see RUSH LIVE.... not since 1982.. are you trying to say they were not **live**

NO ~ not at all....

I'm sayin' that TONS of people in the audience were air-drumming in PERFECT TIME with Neil Peart....and from my vantage point up above looking down, it looked pretty damn cool.

10,000......SOLD OUT!!!!

[SusieP]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

[TRAGChick]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

I believe there's a TIIIINY walkway on one side....

Dude is INSANE....WRAPAROUND DRUM SET ON A FREAKIN' TURNTABLE......plays one side, then the other.....drum solo was otherworldly....as usual....

[conversationpc]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

I believe there's a TIIIINY walkway on one side....

Dude is INSANE....WRAPAROUND DRUM SET ON A FREAKIN' TURNTABLE......plays one side, then the other.....drum solo was otherworldly....as usual....

His drum solos are the only ones I can tolerate. Everything else is just a waste of time, in my opinion.

[SusieP]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

I believe there's a TIIIINY walkway on one side....

Dude is INSANE....WRAPAROUND DRUM SET ON A FREAKIN' TURNTABLE......plays one side, then the other.....drum solo was otherworldly....as usual....

That's what I mean! He seems to be surrounded on all sides - I've seen aerial shots of him - and wondered how he did it. I thought it had to be either the chopper & rope ladder scenario or rising up through a trapdoor below.

[*Laura]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

You know I have asked myself that too?
But doesn't he just look sensational in that "sound fortress" of his?! I could watch/listen to that man for hours.


I'm green with envy,Nora.

[lights1961]

Geez Louise...

I go back to WORK....and I gotta ton o' junk to catch up in here!!

Saw Rush on Monday night....We had a third-tier view at the 'Hegan....

too freakin' funny! Never mind the "air Guitar"....it was synchronized "air DRUMMING"! LOL

I would love to see RUSH LIVE.... not since 1982.. are you trying to say they were not **live**

NO ~ not at all....

I'm sayin' that TONS of people in the audience were air-drumming in PERFECT TIME with Neil Peart....and from my vantage point up above looking down, it looked pretty damn cool.

10,000......SOLD OUT!!!!

SORRY--- GOT IT!!! with all the alleged faking going on lately... LOL.... air guitar is more fun!! Air drumming... dont know about that one--- I do steering wheel druming..

Rick

Rick

[SusieP]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

I believe there's a TIIIINY walkway on one side....

Dude is INSANE....WRAPAROUND DRUM SET ON A FREAKIN' TURNTABLE......plays one side, then the other.....drum solo was otherworldly....as usual....

His drum solos are the only ones I can tolerate. Everything else is just a waste of time, in my opinion.

I don't like Lee's voice.

[Angiekay]

Dude is INSANE....WRAPAROUND DRUM SET ON A FREAKIN' TURNTABLE......plays one side, then the other.....drum solo was otherworldly....as usual....

AMEN!!! The one drum solo that people run BACK from the bathrooms to catch. Every Rush show I've been too, people just stand there mesmerized during his solos. Nothing like 20,000 air drummers all in one place...it truly is a site to see! My Rush show isn't until Sept 9th, really looking forward to it!

[conversationpc]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

You know I have asked myself that too?
But doesn't he just look sensational in that "sound fortress" of his?! I could watch/listen to that man for hours.


I'm green with envy,Nora.

Neal Peart is among the best, if not the best, in my opinion. He is very fast, technically adept, subtle, etc., all at the same time. His economy of movement is unmatched as well. Very little movement considering how busy he is back there behind that kit. That saves him a lot of energy since there's no wasted movement.

[SusieP]

He has such a HUGE drum set up - can you answer me a question which I've often wondered about, please?
How does he get in there? Does a chopper hover over the kit and is he lowered down into it by a rope ladder?

You know I have asked myself that too?
But doesn't he just look sensational in that "sound fortress" of his?! I could watch/listen to that man for hours.


I'm green with envy,Nora.

Neal Peart is among the best, if not the best, in my opinion. He is very fast, technically adept, subtle, etc., all at the same time. His economy of movement is unmatched as well. Very little movement considering how busy he is back there behind that kit. That saves him a lot of energy since there's no wasted movement.

Agreed. I always found Ian Paice pretty amazing too. They are great technicians - not tubthumpers IMO.

[lights1961]

Dude is INSANE....WRAPAROUND DRUM SET ON A FREAKIN' TURNTABLE......plays one side, then the other.....drum solo was otherworldly....as usual....

AMEN!!! The one drum solo that people run BACK from the bathrooms to catch. Every Rush show I've been too, people just stand there mesmerized during his solos. Nothing like 20,000 air drummers all in one place...it truly is a site to see! My Rush show isn't until Sept 9th, really looking forward to it!

rumors are they are coming to des moines in OCT...

[*Laura]

Neal Peart is among the best, if not the best, in my opinion. He is very fast, technically adept, subtle, etc., all at the same time. His economy of movement is unmatched as well. Very little movement considering how busy he is back there behind that kit. That saves him a lot of energy since there's no wasted movement.

Yes,I wouldn't hesitate calling him the best.His technique,especially the one you've mentioned regarding his minimal physical effort,is simply fascinating.That's one of the things that keeps me in awe - how can he touch everything so fast and move so little?
His sense of rhythm is out of this world anyway.

Haven't been following the info about him too much,is he feeling ok?I know he was really sick at one point.

[conversationpc]

Neal Peart is among the best, if not the best, in my opinion. He is very fast, technically adept, subtle, etc., all at the same time. His economy of movement is unmatched as well. Very little movement considering how busy he is back there behind that kit. That saves him a lot of energy since there's no wasted movement.

Yes,I wouldn't hesitate calling him the best.His technique,especially the one you've mentioned regarding his minimal physical effort,is simply fascinating.That's one of the things that keeps me in awe - how can he touch everything so fast and move so little?
His sense of rhythm is out of this world anyway.

Haven't been following the info about him too much,is he feeling ok?I know he was really sick at one point.

I wasn't aware that he was sick. He did give up drumming for a while in the late 90s, following the death of his daughter in an auto accident and, just a few months later, his wife from cancer. He sunk into depression and went on a 50,000 mile (or whatever amount it was) motorcycle trip across Canada, through the western U.S., and into Mexico. He wrote about it in his book "Ghost Rider".

[*Laura]

Neal Peart is among the best, if not the best, in my opinion. He is very fast, technically adept, subtle, etc., all at the same time. His economy of movement is unmatched as well. Very little movement considering how busy he is back there behind that kit. That saves him a lot of energy since there's no wasted movement.

Yes,I wouldn't hesitate calling him the best.His technique,especially the one you've mentioned regarding his minimal physical effort,is simply fascinating.That's one of the things that keeps me in awe - how can he touch everything so fast and move so little?
His sense of rhythm is out of this world anyway.

Haven't been following the info about him too much,is he feeling ok?I know he was really sick at one point.

I wasn't aware that he was sick. He did give up drumming for a while in the late 90s, following the death of his daughter in an auto accident and, just a few months later, his wife from cancer. He sunk into depression and went on a 50,000 mile (or whatever amount it was) motorcycle trip across Canada, through the western U.S., and into Mexico. He wrote about it in his book "Ghost Rider".

Yes,I remember reading about the tragedies he had to endure.Don't know why I vaguely recall something about an illness,but maybe it was the deep depression,not a physical illness.
I keep forgetting to order that book of his,I have been hearing great things about it.

[chad]

Neal Peart is among the best, if not the best, in my opinion. He is very fast, technically adept, subtle, etc., all at the same time. His economy of movement is unmatched as well. Very little movement considering how busy he is back there behind that kit. That saves him a lot of energy since there's no wasted movement.

Yes,I wouldn't hesitate calling him the best.His technique,especially the one you've mentioned regarding his minimal physical effort,is simply fascinating.That's one of the things that keeps me in awe - how can he touch everything so fast and move so little?
His sense of rhythm is out of this world anyway.

Haven't been following the info about him too much,is he feeling ok?I know he was really sick at one point.

Yes, it's called finger-control in the drumming world. It's basically moving a stick up and down withour using your arm or wrist. It what drummers try to get better at all the time.

Jazz drummers are masters at this.

[conversationpc]

Yes, it's called finger-control in the drumming world. It's basically moving a stick up and down withour using your arm or wrist. It what drummers try to get better at all the time.

Jazz drummers are masters at this.

I call it economy of movement, I guess from my guitar-playing days. Anyway, this is probably why most of my favorite drumers are heavily jazz-influenced players: Peart, Bill Bruford, Carl Palmer, etc.