ytserush Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 What's the difference in approach between analog and digital mediums? What is behind the decision to revise the art on the three reissues so far and is any of the band members (Neil) involved with the revisions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 What are some of his favorite album covers that he didn't design? Or who are some of his favorite peers? What is his favorite album cover that he did design! How does he come up with ideas for new works? How quickly does he settle on an idea? And lastly, if asked to do a Rush Christmas Card, what would it look like off the top of his head? This is super cool for you Rod! I look forward to reading this one! :) He answers many of those in this interview: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/qa-with-rush-starman-hugh-syme/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 The intent for Rod is go 'fishing' for questions to ask Hugh that haven't been asked already for this upcoming interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) Thanks again for all the questions, especially RushFanForever, who sent me a lot of material from Hugh! The Dream Theater forum had some great questions as well. Funny enough, there's a lot more criticism for his work with DT from their fan base than there is from the Rush fans. I sent Hugh my 36 questions last night for his review, and the interview will be on Tuesday. I suspect that this is going to be a long one, because he's very passionate about his work and likes to discuss it - which is great, and not always true of the musicians I interview - and also because the usual interview I do has about 20 questions, so this one has 80% more! Edited December 1, 2019 by Rod in Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Here you go Rod. This is posted today from the Indianapolis Star. Rush album artist Hugh Syme will sign his book at Indianapolis gallery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hope it's not too late, but you definitely need to ask whether Permanent Waves is a 70s or 80s album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitalsigns318 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Congratulations, Rod in Toronto. Have a great in-depth interview! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hope it's not too late, but you definitely need to ask whether Permanent Waves is a 70s or 80s album. Yep and i know isnt rush-related but i'd appreciate it if you could get his opinion on whether Die Hard a Christmas movie or not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 Hugh's comment in an email to me after the interview: "Hi Rodrigo, Good speaking with you. I enjoyed our conversation this evening. One of those things that differentiates a "casual" (candid) conversation from an interview — is to contain some of the tendencies to digress or divulge — lol" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChuck Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Any idea when the interview will be published for all to see? Can’t wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 I don't know exactly when, but I'll post it here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) Two new interviews with Hugh Syme here and here. These interviews is to promote his appearance in Indianapolis for his new art exhibit titled The Artwork of Hugh Syme and the signing of his book The Art of Rush. Edited December 15, 2019 by RushFanForever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Two new interviews with Hugh Syme here and here. These interviews is to promote his appearance in Indianapolis for his new art exhibit titled The Artwork of Hugh Syme and the signing of his book The Art of Rush. I've seen those appearances advertised! I wished I lived closer to Indiana; to see the artwork and to have gone to one of his appearances. We did used to live there but that was years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Two new interviews with Hugh Syme here and here. These interviews is to promote his appearance in Indianapolis for his new art exhibit titled The Artwork of Hugh Syme and the signing of his book The Art of Rush. He's doing more interviews now that he's ever done before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 He is. Ours is underway, and he wants to have a say in the final result, that's why it's taking so long to be published... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 He is. Ours is underway, and he wants to have a say in the final result, that's why it's taking so long to be published... He needs to approve and sign off on it before it gets published? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 He asked for it. Anyway, here it is: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-hugh-syme/?fbclid=IwAR3JtT6ntDB2GoxtH9jze6s2tTqLuYMzytTm-PcLMq-WWmzL4diniqUbS3c I hope you listen to it, enjoy it, comment on it, and share it to as many people as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 30 minutes in, It's pretty good so far. Also, I didn't know he worked with Styx! Thats great, I love the Edge of The Century cover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thanks! By the way, the images you see on the Youtube video were provided by Hugh himself, to illustrate the interview. I'm glad you like it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Rod, thanks for asking him my question about the p/g cover - the 'wing'. Amazing that the question turned into so much other information, how very cool! Though I guess that after 35 years I need to recognize that I'm looking at a razor blade and not a wing. Who knew? Excellent interview! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 THANKS, Rodrigo, for asking Hugh about "living in the limelight"! You da MAN!! :haz: :haz: :haz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Thanks for the feedback! I did try to squeeze in as many questions as possible, and as you could see,that was a loooooooong chat. He asked me to omit two things he said, one about Geddy's abilities on keyboards and the other one about being overwhelmed by Dream Theater's music when he first heard it. He thought the comments were somewhat derrogatory to his main two clients. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Syme's comments about doing album covers that were risqué and/or sexist were very interesting. There are a great many albums from yesterday that would have zero chance of being printed today. :tsk: :tsk: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Hugh Syme's work with Ian Thomas isn't discussed a lot on here. Mind you, I'm a supporter of lesser known Canadian legacy acts. Below is the album cover that Hugh did with the Ian Thomas Band called Delights (1975), which Neil Peart mentions here, which lead to doing art work for RUSH and beyond. Also here's the album cover for Glider (1979) below, which Hugh mentions in the interview as well. Edited January 2, 2020 by RushFanForever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Also I found some photos of the Ian Thomas Band here taken from a concert they did at Houston Music Hall on December 15th, 1976. They were opening for Al Stewart on his 'Year of the Cat' tour. As well, there was a TV special from 1975 featuring the Ian Thomas Band promoting the 'Delights' album. Ian posted the footage here from the special. The mellotron on 'Tears' is one that Geddy bought from Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson that Ian noted here, Edited January 2, 2020 by RushFanForever 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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