wowza

5/18/2007 12:18:26 PM

very good....he's sticking most everything...i just don't agree with how he holds his sticks traditionally. His left hand is a bit loose and floppy, but when you are playing that fast...i guess it has to be.

5/18/2007 2:06:36 PM

Neil Pert FTW!!

5/18/2007 2:27:02 PM

Pretty cool. I thought it was kinda lame until about 2/3 of the way through it. Until then, he didn't really play anything even remotely mindblowing. Quarter notes on bass and a snare solo is kinda cool, I guess, but not that difficult.


When he actually starts using the set (mainly the kick drums) it is pretty gnarly.



Check this guy out.
http://www.vicfirth.com/features/DCI2005/video/IandE_turnerHQ.html

5/18/2007 2:27:20 PM

Honestly I wasn't that impressed. Obviously he is a pro, and he has an incredibly complex and expensive set, but I thought it was kind of boring until about 2 minutes left. IMO, drums are not an 8 minute long solo instrument. They sound so much better when supporting other instruments. This got really good when he actually started playing more jazz style along with the horns. That part was great...otherwise, meh.

However, it did make me miss my old drum set (can't wait til I have the space for another)...

5/18/2007 5:18:13 PM

In the words of Harold Weir, "Neil Peart couldn't drum his way out of a paper bag."

\/ Agreed.

5/18/2007 5:26:42 PM

tony royster jr. ftw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPncumXZExo

5/18/2007 5:29:06 PM

Terry Bozzio and Chad Wackerman did a show at my old highschool that was imo better than that


but then again i don't know much about drumming so...

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[Edited on May 18, 2007 at 6:23 PM. Reason : oops]

5/18/2007 6:18:23 PM

Does Neil Peart know any other drum solos? Seems live every one I've ever heard from him sounds just like the one in the first video.





He is still bad ass

5/18/2007 6:27:21 PM

^ There's some truth to that. I see a lot of the same stuff over and over again in his solos. Tony Royster Jr. was defininately ripping back in the day, but the kid needs to lay off the double bass every once in a while.

Anyone got any recommendations for getting reaalllly good at snare work? I've been putting a lot of focus on it for the last year or two and I've gotten better, but I still see high school kids who can outplay me by a mile. I basically just learned a few rudaments and I've worked with them every time I play. It has definately helped me in that I have carried a lot of the new skills across the toms and cymbals, but when I watch the greats like Buddy Rich I am literally humbled.

Also, my left foot has become half retarded or something. I have literally lost a ton of speed and timing on my double bass work over the last year and I can't explain why. I've moved my seat up and down, I've moved the pedal in and out and also forward and back. I don't know what is going on there.

[Edited on May 18, 2007 at 11:37 PM. Reason : l]

5/18/2007 11:35:32 PM

I like this Neil Peart solo much better; he was paying tribute to Buddy Rich. And make no mistake, Buddy Rich is still the greatest drummer who ever lived--and even Peart said so.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1bIchqJoxFQ&mode=related&search=

Buddy Rich solo (in full tux, no less):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYpR5iw9F1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0sD1ODVy8&mode=related&search=

Somebody please embed all of these.



[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 1:02 AM. Reason : .]

5/19/2007 12:45:35 AM

Quote :

"And make no mistake, Buddy Rich is still the greatest drummer who ever lived"

5/19/2007 4:51:39 PM

Quote :

"Pretty cool. I thought it was kinda lame until about 2/3 of the way through it. Until then, he didn't really play anything even remotely mindblowing. Quarter notes on bass and a snare solo is kinda cool, I guess, but not that difficult. When he actually starts using the set (mainly the kick drums) it is pretty gnarly."

Agreed.

5/19/2007 5:35:24 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G9BuxCWqDVU

5/19/2007 8:54:35 PM

Before I clicked on this thread I was thinking to myself "I hope to either see Neil Peart's YYZ solo, O Baterista solo, or the Der Trommler solo"

Thank you GraniteBalls...you win this thread

Embed Peart's solo in YYZ or the O Baterista solo and you solidify the win

Quote :

""And make no mistake, Buddy Rich is still the greatest drummer who ever lived""

I definitely agree to this statement to a certain extent. I don't think Buddy Rich could play the humongous drum set like Peart can. But other than that, Buddy Rich FTW.



[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 9:14 PM. Reason : yo]

5/19/2007 9:03:00 PM

^ Buddy Rich could play percussion on anything, anytime, anywhere. I've seen him play mind-blowing drum solos on nothing but a snare, on two bass drums, and even upside down on a rotating drum riser--years before Tommy Lee even thought of it. Hell, you saw the clip of Rich playing part of a solo with nothing but his sticks--and part of the solo was him simply clicking the sticks against each other in a superbly rhythmic pattern.

I'm a rocker--always have been and always will be. But when it comes to drum solos, I'll take the old jazz guys over any other genre any day of the week--and most great rock drummers will tell you the same thing. Here is a clip of Max Roach paying tribute to the great Papa Jo Jones on nothing but a hi-hat, and a clip of Jones himself playing the drum kit with his hands during a solo--years before John Bonham did it. It's not what one can do on a giant kit (Terry Bozzio notwithstanding), but rather, what one can do on the traditional four-piece kit that really matters.

Max Roach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpDQztqWQw

Papa Jo Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrKShqNkcnI&NR=1

5/20/2007 4:01:25 AM