My nephew did the drum set up (and I just found out that he did the video as well), and met Neil during this shoot. Said Neil was a very kind and pleasant person even without the cameras on. What you see is what you get. By the way, I have those drums sticks hanging up in my music room. RIP Neil. You were the Master of the drums.
What an awesome experience that must've been. And congrats on getting the sticks! I tried to get them at the R30 tour-I'm the STICK PLEASE guy Neil wrote about in Roadshow-but no dice! I'm over it and just so appreciative for Neil's genius and inspiration.
A rock drummer practices a somewhat of a jazz groove, to practice going up on stage playing a massive gorgeous DW collectors series drum kit, and play intricate, metronomic, and progressive rock patterns. A fucking legend
I met Neil at DW headquarters in Camarillo, CA along with John Good. Neil autographed a Remo drumhead for me and my son. Cool guys. Also met Louie the guy who does all his drum kit artwork. We all had lunch together. Will cherish that experience forever
He just seemed like such a nice man and it sucks when bad things happen to nice people. Neil endured more tragedy than one man should have to and he handled it with such dignity. He could have drank or did drugs to ease his pain but that wasn't Neil Peart. Instead, he went on a journey reflection and self discovery. Neil Peart was one of the greatest musicians of all time and the music world will forever be at a loss without him. There will always be a void where once stood a giant and brought joy to so many. R.I.P Mr. Peart.
The more you read and understand about Neil's life and "journey" in drumming, the more you respect his resilience, individualism, bravery and sheer stamina.
I’m a Canadian and to me the most patriotic moment of my entire life will be listening to Rush preform YYZ at Molson while looking at the CN Tower. RIP Neil Peart
This is why he was so damn brilliant Perseverance and practice and damn hard work Every Rush song he played on was done to perfection - listening through all the albums since the awful news of his death, it’s remarkable how brilliant always was RIP Professor
He really made drums sing. They just sound so coherent and pleasing. I used to be able to work to his drum instructional dvd; any other music would distract me.
Miss him and live Rush so much. I'm always hoping something he wrote is recorded by the guys and put out. They've got so much left in the tank it's hard but respectable.
Audience: Wow !!, thanks for the magnificent solo Professor, amazing !!. Professor: "That was just my warm-up".... This is just a sample of how gifted this man was. RIP Professor, you are missed. True inspiration of a man.
Your favorites, but not the best ever lol. They had huge influence on rock music, sure, but they’re far from the best. Even in rock there are far better drummers.
@@IarwainBen-adar Ian Paice, Dany Carey, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio, Gavin Harrison, Carter Beauford... The list goes on. That’s just a start, popular names, and it’s only for rock. You dont wan’t to go into the jazz/jazz fusion/progressive rock discussion lol.
When I had my set back in late seventies, I tried playing along via the radio listening to, Rush particularly, the out of this world, master genius that ea Mr. Peart. Will miss him dearly!!!. I am wil always be a"Rush" fan. Sure wish I, could've seen them live in concert!!! Him and, Carmen Apice, and not forget; the Police drummer are my muscial heros for sure!!! I am uniquely qualified to show such respect because; I am an African American female drummer or was back then. Oh how I miss it now with my, inspiration passing!!!! Rest in peace my drum master. Hanging out now with the drummer greats in paradise!!! Yep!!!😀😀😀😀
At 1:07 the jazz riff he plays sounds like something from "Studio - Jazz Drum Cookbook" by John Pickering, or the classic Chapin book "Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer Volume 1"
I'm going to tell everybody right now that playing a 3/4 beat with your feet and a 4/4 solo with your hands is fucking HARD...20% of all drummers can do this and that might be stretching it. RIP NEIL 🙏
Ok, two things first thing. It was a joke, so chill out, maybe pull the broom out of your ass. secondly. if you knew ANYTHING about "The Professor" as you call him, and many other call him, you'd know he doesn't take himself too seriously at all. He doesn't like getting accolades and getting praised by people in any way. it's not a personal thing, he just gets extremely uncomfortable, and shy. In fact, he'd probably have a good laugh at the look a like comparison we just made.
JoeJoe I'm well aware of Pratt's proclivity to avoid accolades and fawning fans... we are the same age and lived in virtually the same town. Matter of fact, my dad used to buy parts from Neil's dad for his tractor. I've grown up with and observed him grow into the amazingly nuanced and brilliant drummer, writer, philosopher that he is. Believe it or not, I got your joke and have heard or read the same reference to Hank's appearance more time than I can remember. That being said... Hanks is still a giant gapping douche bag and it offends me when Pratt is compared to him... even in jest. Hugs
I picked out some bits and pieces of exercises contained in 'Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' by Ted Reed in that opening jazzy routine. At least sounded like it to my ear. Even seasoned pros (understatement, that) go back to tried and true exercises for warm-up practice.
THE MASTER showing how it's done. Love the end part where the hi hat is doing a double beat and everything else is going independently. Try doing that ya'll.
Stuart H Yup Exactly...I thought the sound of the 1500 year old DWs he played on the R40 tour sounded amazing. They reminded me of that rich sound of his Tama drums from the 80s.
Stuart H No I don’t think that’s the issue. For the period of time that I grew up listening to them, mid 80’s, Neil’s drums had a range that was just musical and his image was partly based on “his sound” that was unmistakable. When Test For Echo came along it wasn’t so much that his sound had changed but his overall approach to his new style. IMO from that point on I always felt he was trying to play in a style that sounded forced and because his style changed so did his sound (ie playing). Neil’s performance on TFE was just weak and Vapor Trails was even worse. Neil’s DW kits became a fixture of their shows with their flashy paint jobs and inlays and gold plating.....those are cool but to me it’s the sound that matters and his kits were always lacking from TFE to the end and his RRO TT kit was decent but it just sounded so dead.....flat but warm. Neil’s traditional sound was tight, quick, sharp, responsive and yet resonate; everything his DW kits weren’t. Even the way he loosened up his hi-hats. They used to give a nice chick chick sound and when they were opened it was quick and sweet. Then he wanted to take Peter Erskine’s advice and he loosened his hi-hats to the point of flopping.....they sounded horrible. I still stay the worse thing that ever happened to Neil Peart as a musician was being introduced to Freddie Gruber. Freddie robbed Neil of his passionate creative and powerful style and put the thought into Neil’s mind that he could be a jazz musician and incorporate that into Rush music. Test For Echo is a perfect example of what Freddie did to Neil’s playing. So the short of it is not jealousy because Neil has a drum set that costs a bazillion dollars. NO. I think it’s more than that. I think the overall story of how Neil came to use those horrible sounding drums via Freddie and how Freddie robbed Neil’s passion THAT is at the heart of why people don’t like Neil behind a set of DWs. They want to hear and see him playing his double bass drum candy apple red Tama kit, pink and purple parkle Ludwig kit or his blue or purple Ludwig kits because he made a name for himself on those kits. Don’t get me started on Neil switching to Sabian. That was more of a Canadian loyalty thing plus Zildjian wasn’t going to create a line of cymbals tailor made to Neil’s specifications. I hated to see Neil retire but I think he needed to. I can only imagine what kind of havoc you can do to your body after 40+ years of touring so they deserve a long break. They’ve made their point and made it well. I saw Rush in Greensboro NC during their final 2015 R40 tour and left the auditorium sad because instrument wise Rush was on point but it was sad to hear the condition of Geddy’s voice......he had one of THE best voices in rock and he sounded tired. They gave us decades of music so I should be happy.........but those DWs of his really sucked.
John Tetreault According to who?? Because what sounds good is subjective. What I think sounds good you may not like. It doesn’t make either one of us right or wrong because they are after all our opinions. Sorry you can’t grasp that concept.
Each drummer contributes with something to the evolution of the species! Neil is as genious in criativity! Swing is his very weak side, but ok! I think the fact he can't swing is is related to his rigid personality and rigid conception of existence. Seems to me that after "Signals" his drumming became to be more and more rigid. By the way, in track "Losing It", his jazzy-swing is brilliant. But that's ok. His contribution in inventiveness make history and entered into eternity of the drum history.
Kevin Kelly. He used that fabric cycling band (Velcro closed) to keep his right pant leg tight so the bass drum beater wouldn’t get caught in the pants.
My nephew did the drum set up (and I just found out that he did the video as well), and met Neil during this shoot. Said Neil was a very kind and pleasant person even without the cameras on. What you see is what you get.
By the way, I have those drums sticks hanging up in my music room.
RIP Neil. You were the Master of the drums.
He was a great human all around, he definitely earned the nickname “The Professor.”
What a awesome story. 👍love hearing the man , the legend, the professor 👨🏫
What an awesome experience that must've been. And congrats on getting the sticks! I tried to get them at the R30 tour-I'm the STICK PLEASE guy Neil wrote about in Roadshow-but no dice! I'm over it and just so appreciative for Neil's genius and inspiration.
Ya, so say
After all these years, still warming up 30 mins twice on a show day. Consummate professionnal.
My favorite drummer of all time passed away. I'm so sad right now. Rest in peace Neil. My condolences to his family and friends, RUSH.😭☹😦
He is every normie boomers favourite drummer
A rock drummer practices a somewhat of a jazz groove, to practice going up on stage playing a massive gorgeous DW collectors series drum kit, and play intricate, metronomic, and progressive rock patterns. A fucking legend
Makes total sense, Jazz is not simple in any way
Nailed it.
I met Neil at DW headquarters in Camarillo, CA along with John Good. Neil autographed a Remo drumhead for me and my son. Cool guys. Also met Louie the guy who does all his drum kit artwork. We all had lunch together. Will cherish that experience forever
Neil was an utter perfectionist, his mind blowing talent is sorely missed.
He just seemed like such a nice man and it sucks when bad things happen to nice people. Neil endured more tragedy than one man should have to and he handled it with such dignity. He could have drank or did drugs to ease his pain but that wasn't Neil Peart. Instead, he went on a journey reflection and self discovery. Neil Peart was one of the greatest musicians of all time and the music world will forever be at a loss without him. There will always be a void where once stood a giant and brought joy to so many. R.I.P Mr. Peart.
The more you read and understand about Neil's life and "journey" in drumming, the more you respect his resilience, individualism, bravery and sheer stamina.
No doubt! I'm a guitar player, and Neil is one pf my favorite musicians because of his skill and professional attitude.
Monster player, incredible musician, composer of the highest order!
Couldn't agree more. What a huge loss, not only to the music world but to the human race. A beautiful man, mind and heart. 🙏😔💗
Patient (C's ) time, our own time
Most complete drummer and an erudite gentleman...the world will miss u
Even his warm-ups are melodic and musical. Pure class and a one in a billion talent.
Miss this incredible professional professor for all and hearing and learning every time to see any content and concert is possible RIP Neil 🙏🥁🔔🥲
I’m a Canadian and to me the most patriotic moment of my entire life will be listening to Rush preform YYZ at Molson while looking at the CN Tower. RIP Neil Peart
This is why he was so damn brilliant
Perseverance and practice and damn hard work
Every Rush song he played on was done to perfection - listening through all the albums since the awful news of his death, it’s remarkable how brilliant always was
RIP Professor
Neil is one of the best drummers ever of any genre. He was a genius behind the drum kit
Greatest drummer of all time. 💜🙏🏻
RIP Neil...you were the best drummer ever.
We'll miss you, Neil.
Since he changed to traditional grip, he's an all-drum soundtrack for movies and tv. Just mesmerizing listening to all those nuances.
Neil’s warmup checks all the boxes!
Rush, three as one! 🇨🇦
Never ceased to amaze us all! Gorgeous kit also! RIP
So flawless at keeping that pocket,it's amazing.
Neil Peart has an approach to every aspect of his own drumming techniques that is explained in precise detail.
The wear mark on his snare head shows just how precise he was.
He really made drums sing. They just sound so coherent and pleasing. I used to be able to work to his drum instructional dvd; any other music would distract me.
at 1:25 hits the bass drum like a boxer hitting a speed bag.
Shows his precision with the little patch on his snare drum worn away..RIP man.
Miss him and live Rush so much. I'm always hoping something he wrote is recorded by the guys and put out. They've got so much left in the tank it's hard but respectable.
What a blessing he's been to all musicians ❤
Audience: Wow !!, thanks for the magnificent solo Professor, amazing !!. Professor: "That was just my warm-up".... This is just a sample of how gifted this man was. RIP Professor, you are missed. True inspiration of a man.
Best drummer ever. R I P Neil.
I love how this guy talks! R.I.P N.Peart
Amazing percussionist!
We will miss you professor 💚💐🤟🏼
GREATEST DRUMMER EVER!!!!! I have many picks and sticks from a lifetime of concerts. 2 Eddie Van Halen picks and a Neil Peart drum stick top my list.
The 5 greatest drummers of all time have left us. Baker, Rich, Moon, Bonham and Peart
Danny Carey’s still alive
Yeah dude moons no match for danny!!!
Your favorites, but not the best ever lol. They had huge influence on rock music, sure, but they’re far from the best. Even in rock there are far better drummers.
@@Ogilla okay who...
@@IarwainBen-adar Ian Paice, Dany Carey, Phil Collins, Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio, Gavin Harrison, Carter Beauford... The list goes on.
That’s just a start, popular names, and it’s only for rock. You dont wan’t to go into the jazz/jazz fusion/progressive rock discussion lol.
Never been a Rush fan per se... but how can one not respect this Giant?
Looks so darn easy... Maestro !
The soundtrack of my life......
The Professor at play!!!
When I had my set back in late seventies, I tried playing along via the radio listening to, Rush particularly, the out of this world, master genius that ea Mr. Peart. Will miss him dearly!!!. I am wil always be a"Rush" fan. Sure wish I, could've seen them live in concert!!! Him and, Carmen Apice, and not forget; the Police drummer are my muscial heros for sure!!! I am uniquely qualified to show such respect because; I am an African American female drummer or was back then. Oh how I miss it now with my, inspiration passing!!!! Rest in peace my drum master. Hanging out now with the drummer greats in paradise!!! Yep!!!😀😀😀😀
I think I was hypnotized there for a second. I just had blank stare looking at my phone because I was so mesmerized
RIP, the professor has left the building xx
R.I.P! A great drummer! Groove Master!
RIP to a legend :(
The man, the Myth, The Legend
Rest in Peace Mr Peart X
At 1:07 the jazz riff he plays sounds like something from "Studio - Jazz Drum Cookbook" by John Pickering, or the classic Chapin book "Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer Volume 1"
"Neil Ellwood Peart"
September 12, 1952 --- January 7, 2020
"A Farewell to a King"
The master professor!
Neil... :’(
[ RIP ]
He's doing double kick with one foot, nice.
I'm going to tell everybody right now that playing a 3/4 beat with your feet and a 4/4 solo with your hands is fucking HARD...20% of all drummers can do this and that might be stretching it.
RIP NEIL 🙏
1 second standard of International System Units has been calibrated with Neil Peart timing
yea
@Barren Savant fuck that fatass bastard baker
".....and then go to work".
John McLeod he’s a goddamn legend
He is GOD... what a great human being the professor...
Great sounding cybal
Brother Neil...AKA "The Professor"
I didn't know that Tom Hanks was such an extraordinary drummer XD What an amazing musician. Thanks for the vid!
XD, Chad Smith is great. Bill Hicks (jeff Porcaro) is great on drums as well
Tom Hanks...🙄
What an insult to the greatness of The Professor.
Hanks is a douche bag.
Ok, two things
first thing. It was a joke, so chill out, maybe pull the broom out of your ass.
secondly. if you knew ANYTHING about "The Professor" as you call him, and many other call him, you'd know he doesn't take himself too seriously at all. He doesn't like getting accolades and getting praised by people in any way. it's not a personal thing, he just gets extremely uncomfortable, and shy. In fact, he'd probably have a good laugh at the look a like comparison we just made.
JoeJoe I'm well aware of Pratt's proclivity to avoid accolades and fawning fans... we are the same age and lived in virtually the same town. Matter of fact, my dad used to buy parts from Neil's dad for his tractor. I've grown up with and observed him grow into the amazingly nuanced and brilliant drummer, writer, philosopher that he is.
Believe it or not, I got your joke and have heard or read the same reference to Hank's appearance more time than I can remember.
That being said...
Hanks is still a giant gapping douche bag and it offends me when Pratt is compared to him... even in jest.
Hugs
Alright. thank you for clarifying
I picked out some bits and pieces of exercises contained in 'Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' by Ted Reed in that opening jazzy routine. At least sounded like it to my ear. Even seasoned pros (understatement, that) go back to tried and true exercises for warm-up practice.
Very good player, I like it.
Awesome
Plays relax then goes does a 2 1/2 show and plays like a beast.its not about his technique.Its about the parts he created for RUSH...FANTASTIC
Drum God!
His warmup is more skillful than the performances of 98% of drummers working today.
Please put more drumming up 🙂😃
bit difficult now bud...
@@russbooth6766 There has to be more footage
The original beats in the initial warm-up is so Ginger Bakererest Love it
No words
I also like Neil Peart more than anything in the whole world.
That's the most musical warm up I ever heard
Neil's warm up > most guys rehearsed solo......RIP Professor....It breaks my heart that we have to say that.
Amen
God walked among us... I'm proud to have seen him 5x .... Thanks Neil... Love ya ♥️
Only 5?
I was late to the party (2004)... 5 is better than 0 😎
It would take me years of hard work just to be able to do the first 8 bars of his warm up. That was a clinic in itself.
cant stop watching the high hat and his left foot...
I love that you rarely see Neil not wearing Rush merch. lol.
THE MASTER showing how it's done. Love the end part where the hi hat is doing a double beat and everything else is going independently. Try doing that ya'll.
Thanks a lot...RIP😑
RIP good man ❤️✌️
God bless you Neil rest in peace. 😎🇨🇦👍
I like Rush. Rush is my favorite Canadian Rock Band in the whole world. 🇨🇦
Not sure why everyone picks on his choice of drums; they sound pretty good to me. Maybe everyone is just jealous they can't afford as nice of a set?
Stuart H Yup Exactly...I thought the sound of the 1500 year old DWs he played on the R40 tour sounded amazing.
They reminded me of that rich sound of his Tama drums from the 80s.
I bought a set of dw because they were the closest sonically to my old Slingerlands....
Stuart H No I don’t think that’s the issue. For the period of time that I grew up listening to them, mid 80’s, Neil’s drums had a range that was just musical and his image was partly based on “his sound” that was unmistakable. When Test For Echo came along it wasn’t so much that his sound had changed but his overall approach to his new style. IMO from that point on I always felt he was trying to play in a style that sounded forced and because his style changed so did his sound (ie playing). Neil’s performance on TFE was just weak and Vapor Trails was even worse. Neil’s DW kits became a fixture of their shows with their flashy paint jobs and inlays and gold plating.....those are cool but to me it’s the sound that matters and his kits were always lacking from TFE to the end and his RRO TT kit was decent but it just sounded so dead.....flat but warm. Neil’s traditional sound was tight, quick, sharp, responsive and yet resonate; everything his DW kits weren’t. Even the way he loosened up his hi-hats. They used to give a nice chick chick sound and when they were opened it was quick and sweet. Then he wanted to take Peter Erskine’s advice and he loosened his hi-hats to the point of flopping.....they sounded horrible. I still stay the worse thing that ever happened to Neil Peart as a musician was being introduced to Freddie Gruber. Freddie robbed Neil of his passionate creative and powerful style and put the thought into Neil’s mind that he could be a jazz musician and incorporate that into Rush music. Test For Echo is a perfect example of what Freddie did to Neil’s playing. So the short of it is not jealousy because Neil has a drum set that costs a bazillion dollars. NO. I think it’s more than that. I think the overall story of how Neil came to use those horrible sounding drums via Freddie and how Freddie robbed Neil’s passion THAT is at the heart of why people don’t like Neil behind a set of DWs. They want to hear and see him playing his double bass drum candy apple red Tama kit, pink and purple parkle Ludwig kit or his blue or purple Ludwig kits because he made a name for himself on those kits. Don’t get me started on Neil switching to Sabian. That was more of a Canadian loyalty thing plus Zildjian wasn’t going to create a line of cymbals tailor made to Neil’s specifications.
I hated to see Neil retire but I think he needed to. I can only imagine what kind of havoc you can do to your body after 40+ years of touring so they deserve a long break. They’ve made their point and made it well. I saw Rush in Greensboro NC during their final 2015 R40 tour and left the auditorium sad because instrument wise Rush was on point but it was sad to hear the condition of Geddy’s voice......he had one of THE best voices in rock and he sounded tired. They gave us decades of music so I should be happy.........but those DWs of his really sucked.
They need to get some peanut butter for that jelly.
John Tetreault According to who?? Because what sounds good is subjective. What I think sounds good you may not like. It doesn’t make either one of us right or wrong because they are after all our opinions. Sorry you can’t grasp that concept.
What kind of mics are on his Toms?
Eddie Thomas Audio Technica
A genius
Any time i see niel play any size kit i can only think of what yoda said
"Size matters not"
Uses the same grip (non-match grip), Buddy Rich uses for his warm ups. And he warms up with jazz as opposed to prog rock. A multi-faceted musician.
beautiful
He's a giant behind that regular kit
What’s he doing with his left foot? I thought it might be his double bass but it’s moving, so what is it?
Hihat cymbals stand.
Just curious if anyone knows what kind or recognizes his shoes ?
those are custom made dancing shoes soft soles
Warmup? That beat is something I would consider as a whole song
I wasn't done watching... R.I.P. Neil
So much independence
I loved him in Forrest Gump.
Luar biasa 👍❤❤❤👍
Each drummer contributes with something to the evolution of the species! Neil is as genious in criativity! Swing is his very weak side, but ok! I think the fact he can't swing is is related to his rigid personality and rigid conception of existence. Seems to me that after "Signals" his drumming became to be more and more rigid. By the way, in track "Losing It", his jazzy-swing is brilliant. But that's ok. His contribution in inventiveness make history and entered into eternity of the drum history.
Billy Ponzio Jazz @ funny you mention “Losing it” that is such a deep tune that people don’t appreciate as much as they should have !!!
Yeah he can't swing. I don't see anything particularly creative either. Just another tech boy going through some triplet exercises.
RIP Neil
Anyone know the significance of the band around the kick leg?
Kevin Kelly. He used that fabric cycling band (Velcro closed) to keep his right pant leg tight so the bass drum beater wouldn’t get caught in the pants.
its the same thing bike riders use to keep their pant leg out of the chain
"Nice solo!"
"That was just my warmup."
RIP, man...
That's pretty much how I warm up (except for that bit between 1:42 and 1:49). Except the Professor does it much better than I.
🤘🤘🤘🇧🇷
What's Lars Ulrich's warm up like in comparison?
Larson did coke to play that fast!!! Stamina endurance otherwise he wouldn't of last