jgflorida

I can't humanly understand how Geddy will successfully learn to sing and play these songs on CA. There are some extremely intricate vocal parts....but Geddy possesses Avenger-like musical power and I can't wait to witness it LIVE.

I don't know who develops most of the riffs as I imagine both Geddy and Alex generate ideas and a riff will morph to the final product. After listening to some of the earliest Rush (Fancy Dancer, etc.) it sounded like Alex may have been the most advanced early on and I suspect most of the blues-influenced rock songs of the early albums were some of Alex's stongest contributions but it is still hard to say as that was the music of the day. I doubt if Geddy wrote the opening blues guitar part to "The Way the Wind Blows" but he might have written the heavy riff following it. In terms of chord progressions, jam sessions individually and combined will likely spark ideas for Geddy's melodies. In this area I'm sure both contribute about equally.

Use an application or a device which will allow you to slow the song down without loosing pitch and learn it note for note really slow. Then practice speeding it up. I'm pretty sure Alex did this back in the day using the record player learning to play solos of his favorites. Good luck.

Hi to all quality-minded music fans and musicians out there. It's my first post. I'm resisting the urge to download (at the mercy of God allowing me to physically get it on May 1st). I'm curious to read anything relating to the new songs by others as it piques my interest even more. How about it?