Peart has no particular warmup routine before playing the drums on any given day. It's just between me and those drums." PEART'S WARMUP REGIMEN But I do love that, the feeling of it even without an audience. "Geddy always jokes that I'm the only musician he knows that rehearses to rehearse. REHEARSING TO REHEARSEĪlthough Peart has played drums for nearly 47 years, "practicing" drums remains one his favorite things "because it's so free of responsibilities and consequence." To prepare for a Rush tour, Peart begins rehearsing by himself for several weeks before he ever rehearses with his bandmates. Peart graciously offered us a rare opportunity to have a master class with the master himself. In July 2012, we caught up with Peart at DW's Drum Channel studios in Oxnard, California, as he rehearsed in preparation for the upcoming tour. tour that begins in September 2012, followed by a 2013 European tour. Rush will support the Clockwork Angels album with a U.S. The novel is based on Peart's story and lyrics. If that weren't enough, Peart (who doubles as Rush's lyricist and is an author of several books) co-wrote a Clockwork Angels novel with science fiction author Kevin J. (Rush's last studio album was 2007's Snakes & Arrows.) The latest offering, Clockwork Angels, is an ambitious concept album filled with 12 original songs that show Rush's three members performing at least as good, if not better, than ever. In 20, Rush did something very few aging rock bands do: They recorded a full-length studio album. But Rush has never done what most bands do. Given their collective age and status, Rush could rest on their laurels and do what many older rock legends do: periodically show up for an award show, play a tune, and then go home. This makes Peart just slightly older than his two bandmates: Geddy Lee (bass/keyboard/vocals) and Alex Lifeson (guitars/keyboards). It merely means he's entering his sixties. Always the intellectual, Peart acknowledges, "I'm approaching my sexagenarian years," which is not nearly as perverted as it sounds. He has occupied the drum throne for Canadian progressive rock trio Rush for 38 years. Neil Peart is one of the select few who sits atop this drumming pyramid. Lots of people play drums fewer make a living doing it even fewer get famous and a very select few achieve the sort of legendary status where the general public knows their name. We sit down with the Canadian prog giant for an in-depth discussion of his approach on Rush's latest album, Clockwork Angels, to determine what it takes to play like Peart - with or without the 360 degree drum set. Libman, DRUM!, October 2012, transcribed by John Patuto
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