New Digital Man

I wonder what has become of all the bands equipment, a decision of the future of it would have to be made at some point I imagine? Neil doesn't have a home studio so I guess his drums would be in storage with everything else!

It's the rub-your-head and pat-your-belly thing, only with a bunch of bellies and heads. But that's mindless. This looks like it's involving two different beats at the same time. That must take a lot of concentration. This might be a better example!!!

The future!

It would be more interesting to hear about an accidental off duty meeting rather than the same routine that everyone goes through at a meet and greet, he's always travelling so somebody must have bumped into him somewhere? I'm regularly in the near vicinity of his London apartment and always keep an eye out for him wandering around!

So let me get this right, we are invited to pay good money for a book showing pictures of Geddys relatively new collection of basses, most of which are an assortment of vintage Fender Jazz basses, that have little to do with Rush and were used only for the last tour, with a distinct possibility that some of the instruments that featured heavily in the bands career like the Steinberger and Wals probably being emitted as they've been airbrushed from Rush history it seems? Hmm, think i'll probably save my money and take a browse round the Central London music shops and see vintage guitars for free!

Robert Smith did some great work with Siouxsie And The Banshees as their guitarist, also in this clip check out the bass guitar, might look familiar and not thin sounding for sure;

Sad news indeed but what concerns me now is who is gonna replace all these musical giants we're losing at what seems an incredible rate? At least their music will live on!

This rare drum clinic is worth watching, he plays three or four songs and you can hear a lot of those subtle little things he's doing, lots of interesting things said and he's in a really friendly mood, paints him in a different picture but this is obviously before his tragedies! The sound improves a couple of minutes in;

Often Geddy is praised for his ability to play difficult bass lines and sing in perfect pitch at the same time but take a look at this McCartney clip;

Eddie Van Halen would drink Brian May under the table!!

It's worth remembering that the tone he's talking about here is his current tone, that is over the last 15 years or so maybe from after Test For Echo with his Fender and is not really relevant to most of the classic period!

With respect I just don't see anything worthy of comparison here, they're poles apart, music isn't a competition, both are great but in vastly different ways! Obviously if you said EVH or Guthrie Govan then it's different and GG blows him away in every aspect, or almost anyone else really!

um because he has better options now....and lots of them? It's a bit late for better options, not that they are, he can't change the past and why would he want to, all these basses in his collection that have nothing to do with the bands body of work!

I realise that not everybody was a fan of the Wal bass years, or Steinberger come to that, but they made some classic albums during that time which is a massive part of the bands legacy as well as some of Geddys finest bass work so I find it odd and quite sad that he has written those instruments out of the bands history, they haven't been seen or mentioned for over twenty years and are not seen hanging on the wall with all those others! Maybe they're in storage or in the bassment or he may have sold them, wonder why he hates them so much when at the time he had so much praise? Shame as the Wals are such great, unique and beautifully hand crafted instruments, would like to hear his views on them now!

Ha Ha!! Everyone knows where the band live don't they, call yourself a fan!!! You said Bridle Path, so that was my starting point, simples!

Truth is, they're both probably less than a 45 minute drive from you so you should track them down and ask them! ;) I was running the other day towards Bridle Path here in Toronto, and a friend from the same running group said "hey, that´s Drake´s house". I said "who???", much to her disbelief. I honestly didn´t know who he was, and had to google him afterwards. But hey, I was thinking Alex and Geddy probably live in the same area if they spend time in Toronto...should I stalk them? Sure why not! Google maps says you're 1 hour 52 mins walk from Geddys place or 20 mins in a car, let us know what he says when you arrive!!

I really doubt that. Neil probably doesn't care what the guys at his former job are doing or want to do. Alex and Geddy would just do it, putting a nice and polite Canadian explanation out that would allow Neil to save face. And Neil would be earning money all the time for doing nothing! How would Neil earn money from an unrelated band that performs its original material? Yes obviously if it was unrelated material and had nothing to do with Rush then he wouldn't earn anything however in the unlikely event that Geddy and Alex went out on the road with another drummer I can't imagine that they wouldn't throw a couple of Rush tunes in the set, in which case Neil would be entitled to his share of royalties as he is on the bands back catalogue!

I really doubt that. Neil probably doesn't care what the guys at his former job are doing or want to do. Alex and Geddy would just do it, putting a nice and polite Canadian explanation out that would allow Neil to save face. And Neil would be earning money all the time for doing nothing!

It was riding his motorcycle from show to show that really did him in. He wouldn't be anywhere near as exhausted if he could of just relaxed and read books on a bus or a plane during the tours. I keep hoping one day Neil will want to show Oliva the USA, Europe and Asia. Show her the business of music and touring. in the book Ghost Rider he was talking like the money he had then was going to run out if he did not start working again. Hopefully, in a year or so, he will start feeling the same way. We never know, he might want to build that nest egg back up. I think most millionaires have a different concept to the idea of the money running out to the rest of us lol!

Dave Gilmour is a classic example of this...although used in a prog sense, his style is thoroughly rooted in the blues, and it's one of the reasons he plays with such emotion and feel....you can't really teach that, it's ground into you by experience. I have always maintained he can do more with one note than many others can do with twenty, and no matter how well I learn his stuff, there is no way in a month of Sundays i will ever sound quite like him. Excellent example of playing with 'feel'. One of the best. For sure. He's my 2nd favorite player. He easily has the best sense of phrasing of any guitarist I've heard. You obviously haven't heard of Jeff Beck then?

Multi-tracking, why? Did Geddy, one of the best bass players in rock music really need to put down 3 mediocre bass tracks for each tune then I read that Alex had used 50(really??) guitars or something? Wtf?

I think it's a little selfish of him not to make an official statement about his retirement unless he's keeping all his options open, selfish either way really, don't think announcing it through his 8 year old daughter is particularly professional!

In Chapter 10 of Neils book Ghost Rider he says that Liam contacted him after having a meeting with Geddy and Alex regarding cutting their expenses as they had no income coming in and what to do with a Warehouse full of band equipment? Surely that same issue is relevant this time and the same question would have to be asked, the answer from Neil would surely wrap things up?

Don't think I ever recall Geddy having issues with his bass or bass rig, I could be wrong?