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The Making of Taking Center Stage: Part 3

Part 3 of "The Making of Taking Center Stage" is now available:

Part 3: Death Valley - The Project Takes on Meaning

"Taking Center Stage: Lifetime of Live Performances," is scheduled for an November 8 release date (pushed back from October 14).

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Neil Peart discusses "Limelight" in "Taking Center Stage" excerpt

In another excerpt from the upcoming instructional video "Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime of Live Performances," Neil Peart discusses "Limelight."

In this excerpt, you can see a few of the segments from the video, including: The Death Valley interview segment, the studio rehearsal segment, and the live segment where Neil's drums are slightly louder in the mix.

This is going to be an amazing video.

This video will be releasing on November 8.

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Neil Peart and Freddy Gruber lesson coming to Drum Channel's "Secrets from the Pros"

Just saw at the bottom of this page that there's an upcoming "Secrets from the Pros" lesson from Neil Peart and Freddy Gruber. More information when it's available.

Secrets From The Pros - Drum Channel - Online Drum Lessons, Drumming Techniques and Drum Shows

via iDrumMag

Labels: Drum Channel, Freddy Gruber

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Press Release: Rush Releasing "Time Machine Live" 2CD Set November 8

Here's the Press Release about "Time Machine Live" from Roadrunner Records:

Rush Releasing "Time Machine Live" 2CD Set November 8

Some highlights:

On November 8, Rush will release:

Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland on CD
Moving Pictures: Live 2011 on vinyl and digital formats

Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland track listing:

Disc One
The Spirit Of Radio
Time Stand Still
Presto
Stick It Out
Workin' Them Angels
Leave That Thing Alone
Faithless
BU2B
Free Will
Marathon
Subdivisions
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
Limelight
YYZ

Disc Two
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Caravan
Moto Perpetuo (featuring Love for Sale)
O'Malley's Break
Closer to the Heart
2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
Far Cry
La Villa Strangiato
Working Man

Labels: Time Machine CD

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The Making of Taking Center Stage: Part 2

Part 2 of "The Making of Taking Center Stage" is now available:

Part 2: Coming to an Accord, Production Begins

There are also some new samples of the video available, as well as pictures on the Taking Center Stage home page.

"Taking Center Stage: Lifetime of Live Performances," is scheduled for an October 14 release date.

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Interview with Neil Peart's drum tech Lorne Wheaton

There's a nice interview with Lorne Wheaton in the Canadian Music scene, including many great pictures of the Time Machine kit during the set-up process.

The Canadian Music Scene - RUSH Road Crew Interviews

Labels: drums, Lorne Wheaton, Time Machine tour 2011

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The Making of Taking Center Stage: Part 1

From Hudson Music:

In this four-part series, Hudson Music's lead editor and co-producer of Taking Center Stage, Joe Bergamini, shares his personal insights and experiences from the process of planning and filming this unprecedented work.

The Making of Taking Center Stage - Taking Center Stage

Here's an excerpt:

As I walked up the steps to the restaurant, I glanced over toward the parking lot, and it looked empty. I assumed the Ghost Rider had gone, and was speeding over some distant highway back toward the Pacific Ocean. I had planned on meeting the rest of the Hudson crew at 7 a.m. for breakfast, but was up early, so I figured I would get a cup of coffee, read, and enjoy the scenery. As the hostess led me toward the back of the restaurant, I rounded a corner and found that I had been mistaken--there was Neil Peart, the man who inspired an entire generation of guys like me to play drums, and one of the most revered rock musicians of all time, sitting there alone, looking over his journal. Even after having met him in 2008, and having worked fairly closely with him since then on the project which is the topic of this story, I paused. Neil glanced up, smiled, and invited me to join him. He showed me some of the newest "passport stamps" he had collected on his visits to national parks.

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Trailer and more details about Neil Peart's new instructional video

Neil Peart's new instructional DVD, "Taking Center Stage: Lifetime of Live Performances," is scheduled for an October 14 release date.

The website for this video now has a trailer, and more details about what's included: (The last bullet is the one I've always wanted to see!)

6 hours of footage
Exclusive footage of Neil's drum rehearsals
Set-up and sound check footage
A backstage interview while Neil warms up for a Rush show
Documentary footage filmed in Death Valley National Park
Detailed discussions of classic Rush drum parts
Slow-motion drums-only demonstrations
PDF eBook with note-for-note transcriptions
A full Rush concert shot from the drum cameras only

Via Rushisaband.com

Labels: instructional, Taking Center Stage

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Happy Birthday, Neil Peart

It's Neil Peart's birthday today. To celebrate, I thought I'd turn to Neil's own words about his first few years from "A Port Boy's Story," published in the St. Catharines Standard on June 24 and 25, 1994.

MY STORY begins in 1952, on the family farm near Hagersville. Mom tells me they used to wrap me in swaddling clothes and lay me in a manger, but don't get me wrong - this was no Christmas story. They just wanted me out of the way while they did the milking. But the dimly lit barn, redolent of straw and manure, was an early imprint, and to this day a dairy farm always smells like home to me. Wherever I may travel, from Switzerland to Senegal, my deepest memories are triggered by ... cow dung.

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