Nate1647

Neil Peart

THISSSS except I couldn't attend Seattle at all, but I'd rather hear Manhattan Project and SCOG! Manhattan Project is in my top 10 Rush tracks. Then again I guess I wouldn't be too upset with Middletown Dreams and The Pass, which are both pretty high on my list too.

To me the nuances I've never noticed are so much fun to realize....there are so many. This is one of the things that I love about this album. When it first came out, I loved it, but it seemed a little slimmed down musicianship wise than their past efforts. Over the past year though, I've noticed so many little lines, fills, guitar part oddities, and effects that only show up once (and you have to listen for pretty much) that just put this album so over the top for me. I really do urge people to listen for the little things. Unlike other recent tracks like TMMB, where they just shoved all the crazy progressive stuff right in your face, you have to find it. And it (and all the other factors) make this their best album ever. I'm sure I'll be finding little things in these songs for a long time to come.

DW's sound better than all. And where's the dauz pad and the FatKat pedals! :P Great render though

Time machine leg one in Seattle. It was the VERY end of the 2112 Overture, Alex completely butchered the little guitar run under "and the meek shall inherit the Earth." Geddy stopped singing and said "where are you" in the mic, and they went into Temples. Al ran and hid behind his amps, it was pretty funny hahahaha

It amazes me that people still don't get what all goes into a rush show. Weeks of rehearsal and programming. Its an incredibly thought out and orchestrated process that involves so much more than the 3 guys on stage.

Just from watching the videos on youtube, it seems that the guys LOVE having them up there. And while maybe on future tours they wouldn't play together for 12 songs, 5 or 6 every night would be great. The part that David wrote for YYZ is fantastic!

I've been looking for a name for the new instrumental jam I just wrote, I think you just called it!

Not surprising. A Trailer Park Boys clip? A male prostitute. Rocky Mountain Hop now. Is that the Colorado version of the Misty Mountain Hop? :P

*hopes for the string ensemble and headlong flight*

Headlong Flight! :haz:

I am seriously hoping we get Tom Sawyer and Headlong Flight. But I'm guessing its TS and TSOR.

Manhattan Project

I will be very very very surprised if we DON'T hear Headlong Flight.

Honestly this would be my ideal song choice for them to play lol. Esepcially after seeing it twice last tour, and it being the most powerful song on the DVD (IMO), it would just be excellent.

Nice!! What section, 101, 102 or 103? Have you seen this seating chart (VERY detailed.....zoom in, etc.)? http://sleepcountrya...fo/seat-layout/ 102. Not the 15th row I had for tmt leg 2, but I'm still stoked and its my gfs first show

My favorite album they've ever done. There's just way too much "good" in the whole project for anything else to beat it. My top 5 rush Albums sure are a strange list lol 1. Clcokwork Angels 2. Permanent Waves 3. Power Windows 4. Hemispheres 5. Snakes and Arrows

That was my GF and I on the last leg :( I've only seen them 3 times so I'm trying to squeeze in what I can, but the 6 hour trip to Seattle along with ticket prices just made it impossible to attend pretty much. Already got tickets for this leg in Portland though, 18th row!

Rivendell or Bust

They still have people "changing the floppys." (although now its just presets on the samplers lol). That doesn't count as playing though, it just loads all the sounds to the pedals/keys/pads for the next song. Just like Gump pressing the "next" button in Neils older solos for patch changes.

That was when they were playing TSS in the late 80's, before they had the IEM (in ear monitor) tech that they do now. Now all they have to do is pump a specific tempo'd part into Neil's ears a little louder in the mix and they are fine. And where are you getting your info that GD or LTTA or clicked? You couldn't be more wrong. Listen hard to the push and pull of the tempo done by Neil, when the samples aren't playing. It's something they've been striving for a lot these past few tours and they are very proud of it. There is no way those songs are clicked. And yea, it is difficult to play to stuff with no click, but if a bunch of guys in their early 20's can do it (my friends and I), then 3 of the greatest musicians on the planet can. Once you get the hang of the tempos in your head, its really quite easy.

Waiting for a response man!

Neil doesn't use a click!!!! He used to in the 80s when he first introduced the Simmons pads, but not anymore. The headphones were just a temporary replacement for his IEM's beause he had an ear infection. He has the sampled parts fed through his IEM's louder in the mix so he can stay in time with them, but NEVER a click. He has a little metronome next to his snare drum that flashes a few counts before each song so he can get a reference point for the stick click intro, but that's it. Sheesh people. http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/modern-drummer-12.2011.php Scroll down to the "Freewill" part.

mind sharing which ones?

They still do not use a click, I'm not really sure where people are getting the idea that they are for this tour. Check out Manhattan Project, in the few breaks in the beginning you can clearly hear Neil clicking his sticks to stay in time, and all over the place you can see him pushing and pulling the tempo. You can't push and pull to a click track. If you've watched Neils latest instructional dvd, you know that pushing and pulling to create a sense of groove or urgency is something that the band has been working hard on (on the Time Machine Tour, as well as this one). Listen to some boots of Clockwork Angels, and the 2 seperate verses are all over the place (in a good way). No clicks to be found. And I hope that they never use backing tracks (although I don't think they ever will.) They pride themselves on triggering everything themselves, and they are REALLY damn good at it. To someone who's played drums and bass in Rush tunes, I can tell you that its so freaking hard to multitask like they do, and they make it look easy. It's one of my favorite parts of the band too, and other fans who are really strong musicans i know will agree with me. Also, I think some songs would be harder playing to backing tracks. As many sampled parts and time changes as Rush songs have, one slip up and the rest of the track is out the window if you're on a click. With the pedals, you can hit the wrong trigger, figure out the trainwreck, and then regroup (see the actual live TMT version of presto, not the doctored one of the DVD).