Neil Gives Unannounced Clinic in Vermont

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QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 01:53 PM)

QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Aug 3 2011, 01:02 PM) QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 3 2011, 11:21 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 10:15 AM) sorry but: "computerized clinics for superior cynics who dance to a synthetic band" Wow..seriously?...   Its a f*ckin disgrace you were in the Documentary. You were in the documentary?       Yeah, I was.   apparently somebody in this thread jumped the gun and thought I was making an issue out of Neil giving a clinic. I don't have a problem with Neil giving a clinic. It's just that the lyric popped into my head once seeing the word "clinic".   Of course, I wouldn't be interested in the clinic because I'm not a drummer. I just hope that those who attend the clinic aren't just going to meet Neil.   edit: Thank you, Mara. Xanadoood....pretty jumpy there, weren't you?

[teababe27]

Very cool. Awesome of him to do something like this.

[CMWriter]

QUOTE (Lerxster @ Aug 3 2011, 08:16 PM)

QUOTE (CMWriter @ Aug 3 2011, 04:48 PM) What brought him there, A car.     Just kidding, good questions. Perhaps something personal involved, or, he's just a plain real nice guy who decided he had a day to spare for such an event. How do you know he didn't take a plane?! Or motorcycle!? No, I kid, I kid.   Haha, well, I wasn't thinking any sort of negative ulterior motives or anything, I would never assume the worst concerning anyone... I'm just curious. I know there have been a few big names come to my old high school before to give clinics to our jazz band. A couple have been graduates who made it big and wanted to come back, say hi, and give back. Others were just invited and thought it was a neat gig to do.   I'd say he's a relatively busy guy, since the tour ended just a month ago and of course he's got his family and everything.. Like I said, pure curiosity.

[Lerxster]

QUOTE (CMWriter @ Aug 3 2011, 11:27 PM)

QUOTE (Lerxster @ Aug 3 2011, 08:16 PM) QUOTE (CMWriter @ Aug 3 2011, 04:48 PM) What brought him there, A car.     Just kidding, good questions. Perhaps something personal involved, or, he's just a plain real nice guy who decided he had a day to spare for such an event. How do you know he didn't take a plane?! Or motorcycle!? No, I kid, I kid.   Haha, well, I wasn't thinking any sort of negative ulterior motives or anything, I would never assume the worst concerning anyone... I'm just curious. I know there have been a few big names come to my old high school before to give clinics to our jazz band. A couple have been graduates who made it big and wanted to come back, say hi, and give back. Others were just invited and thought it was a neat gig to do.   I'd say he's a relatively busy guy, since the tour ended just a month ago and of course he's got his family and everything.. Like I said, pure curiosity. Neil was quoted as saying, "Look, I thought I was supposed to be getting a change of scenery. But so far, I've been in a train and a room, and a car and a room, and a room and a room. Well, maybe that's all right for a bunch of powdered gee-gahs like yourselves, but I'm feeling decidedly strait-jacketed."   He hee, nah, that was actually grandpa from A Hard Days Night. I hope you didn't feel the need to further explain to me. He's not known for doing clinics, so I thought you had a good question.

[Xanadoood]

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 3 2011, 08:20 PM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 01:53 PM) QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Aug 3 2011, 01:02 PM) QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 3 2011, 11:21 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 10:15 AM) sorry but: "computerized clinics for superior cynics who dance to a synthetic band" Wow..seriously?...   Its a f*ckin disgrace you were in the Documentary. You were in the documentary?       Yeah, I was.   apparently somebody in this thread jumped the gun and thought I was making an issue out of Neil giving a clinic. I don't have a problem with Neil giving a clinic. It's just that the lyric popped into my head once seeing the word "clinic".   Of course, I wouldn't be interested in the clinic because I'm not a drummer. I just hope that those who attend the clinic aren't just going to meet Neil.   edit: Thank you, Mara. Xanadoood....pretty jumpy there, weren't you? No. CT hates Neil. Its well documented.

[Digital Man]

QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 4 2011, 08:49 AM)

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 3 2011, 08:20 PM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 01:53 PM) QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Aug 3 2011, 01:02 PM) QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 3 2011, 11:21 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 10:15 AM) sorry but: "computerized clinics for superior cynics who dance to a synthetic band" Wow..seriously?...   Its a f*ckin disgrace you were in the Documentary. You were in the documentary?       Yeah, I was.   apparently somebody in this thread jumped the gun and thought I was making an issue out of Neil giving a clinic. I don't have a problem with Neil giving a clinic. It's just that the lyric popped into my head once seeing the word "clinic".   Of course, I wouldn't be interested in the clinic because I'm not a drummer. I just hope that those who attend the clinic aren't just going to meet Neil.   edit: Thank you, Mara. Xanadoood....pretty jumpy there, weren't you? No. CT hates Neil. Its well documented. http://www.tarantino.info/wiki/images/Jules.jpg   Example?

[circumstantial tree]

On the contrary, I don't hate Neil. I just don't always agree with his views on religion and wish he'd get off of that topic. It would be a refreshing change.

 

By the way, when I was being interviewed, I was forthright with Sam on things I didn't like and mentioned I wasn't crazy about their more recent material. The interview lasted an hour but you see that my presence in the documentary was 10-15 seconds long.

[Xanadoood]

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 4 2011, 10:01 AM)

On the contrary, I don't hate Neil. I just don't always agree with his views on religion and wish he'd get off of that topic. It would be a refreshing change. By the way, when I was being interviewed, I was forthright with Sam on things I didn't like and mentioned I wasn't crazy about their more recent material. The interview lasted an hour but you see that my presence in the documentary was 10-15 seconds long.

I dont believe you.

[Lerxster]

QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 4 2011, 12:11 PM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 4 2011, 10:01 AM) On the contrary, I don't hate Neil. I just don't always agree with his views on religion and wish he'd get off of that topic. It would be a refreshing change. By the way, when I was being interviewed, I was forthright with Sam on things I didn't like and mentioned I wasn't crazy about their more recent material. The interview lasted an hour but you see that my presence in the documentary was 10-15 seconds long. I dont believe you. It would have been funnier if you said they included in the movie every positive comment he made from that hour long interview.

[Khan]

Good for him...very cool that he did that.

 

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[LyndseyG]

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 4 2011, 04:01 PM)

On the contrary, I don't hate Neil. I just don't always agree with his views on religion and wish he'd get off of that topic. It would be a refreshing change. By the way, when I was being interviewed, I was forthright with Sam on things I didn't like and mentioned I wasn't crazy about their more recent material. The interview lasted an hour but you see that my presence in the documentary was 10-15 seconds long.

Really? How far in the movie?

[librarian]

QUOTE (kbomb106 @ Aug 3 2011, 04:37 PM)

QUOTE (librarian @ Aug 3 2011, 04:00 PM) ^^^J/K ^^^ VT is one of the states I would actually move to - Me too. So I did. Ain't ever moving back to NJ, either.   But your points are all well taken; not a lot of people live here. I may well have had more people living in my old town in NJ than live in the entire state of VT. People around here worry about a terrorist attack on the nearby nuclear plant. I point out that no self-respecting terrorist would attack Vernon, VT. How do you brag about it? "That'll show those Americans! We killed all 3 people living in the state!"   At any rate, Neil should have played closer to here. My local bar has (the) Macallan. I am green with envy kbomb106 - I don't think he would ever play here in Florida, NY with Polka King, Jimmy Sturr.

[treeduck]

Neil is a man, just a man, don't ever forget that you RUSH freaks!!

 

 

[PariahDog]

QUOTE (LyndseyG @ Aug 4 2011, 12:57 PM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 4 2011, 04:01 PM) On the contrary, I don't hate Neil. I just don't always agree with his views on religion and wish he'd get off of that topic. It would be a refreshing change. By the way, when I was being interviewed, I was forthright with Sam on things I didn't like and mentioned I wasn't crazy about their more recent material. The interview lasted an hour but you see that my presence in the documentary was 10-15 seconds long. Really? How far in the movie? He talks about Subdivisions, IIRC.   At first glance I also thought CT's comment was some kind of dig at Neil, but then I realized he was probably just quoting the lyric.   I'm actually surprised there hasn't been more Neil bashing in this thread. I thought the angle would be, "if Neil REALLY cared about the fans, he would have let us know about this so we could have been there! Thanks a lot, Professor!"

[Xanadoood]

QUOTE (PariahDog @ Aug 4 2011, 01:33 PM)

QUOTE (LyndseyG @ Aug 4 2011, 12:57 PM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 4 2011, 04:01 PM) On the contrary, I don't hate Neil. I just don't always agree with his views on religion and wish he'd get off of that topic. It would be a refreshing change. By the way, when I was being interviewed, I was forthright with Sam on things I didn't like and mentioned I wasn't crazy about their more recent material. The interview lasted an hour but you see that my presence in the documentary was 10-15 seconds long. Really? How far in the movie? He talks about Subdivisions, IIRC.   At first glance I also thought CT's comment was some kind of dig at Neil, but then I realized he was probably just quoting the lyric.   I'm actually surprised there hasn't been more Neil bashing in this thread. I thought the angle would be, "if Neil REALLY cared about the fans, he would have let us know about this so we could have been there! Thanks a lot, Professor!"   Its a dig, don't let him fool you.

[Earthshine]

QUOTE (Atomic @ Aug 3 2011, 02:45 PM)

QUOTE (Earthshine @ Aug 3 2011, 01:33 PM) What did he do at the clinic? Did he teach anything? Did he have any kind of format? Or did he just play? Of course he had a program...   First he said, "I'm enormously powerful..."   and then he said,   "watch and learn kids... watch... and learn."   And then he ripped into a 6 hour 40 minute solo.     Then he ran off to the bus, while giving everyone in attendence the finger and drank himself into oblivion while telling Michael what a bunch of kiss-asses they were at the clinic. Then he got on his bike the next morning and rode home to Morin Heights, QC... thinking how cool he is.     I am sure that is exactly what happened. I am not kidding.

[King Whompus]

QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 3 2011, 11:21 AM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 10:15 AM) sorry but: "computerized clinics for superior cynics who dance to a synthetic band" Wow..seriously?...   Its a f*ckin disgrace you were in the Documentary. That was...umm...rather rude. I think it was awesome that CT was in the documentary.

[Ghostnotes]

QUOTE (The Mighty Dudad @ Aug 3 2011, 09:12 AM)

Saw this on RIAB. Didn't see it posted here yet, so thought I'd share. "According to a post on the Hudson Music Facebook page yesterday, Neil Peart gave an unannounced 1-hour drum class at The 16th Annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop, Camp & Festival at Castleton State College in Castleton, VT over the weekend. The Facebook post includes a picture of Neil at the workshop along with this caption: An unannounced class by Professor Neil Peart at Kosa/Vermont. A pretty special day... A special day indeed! Hudson Music also added the following details in the comments on the Facebook post: Neil did a great class and played drumset with a small percussion ensemble and he also played djembe with them to close out the class. A good time was had by all.... Wow. Thanks to Ken for the heads up." Here is the picture: http://www.rushisaband.com/images/201108/1971.f.jpg

Love that color!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rolinda Bonz]

QUOTE (The Mighty Dudad @ Aug 3 2011, 08:12 AM)

Here is the picture: http://www.rushisaband.com/images/201108/1971.f.jpg

new desktop pic!

[ColdFireYYZ]

QUOTE (King Whompus @ Aug 4 2011, 06:51 PM)

QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 3 2011, 11:21 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 10:15 AM) sorry but: "computerized clinics for superior cynics who dance to a synthetic band" Wow..seriously?...   Its a f*ckin disgrace you were in the Documentary. That was...umm...rather rude. I think it was awesome that CT was in the documentary.   Anyway, this must have been awesome!

[WCFIELDS]

QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Aug 3 2011, 10:21 AM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Aug 3 2011, 10:15 AM) sorry but: "computerized clinics for superior cynics who dance to a synthetic band" Wow..seriously?...   Its a f*ckin disgrace you were in the Documentary. he was?

[kbomb106]

QUOTE (librarian @ Aug 4 2011, 02:04 PM)

I am green with envy kbomb106 - I don't think he would ever play here in Florida, NY with Polka King, Jimmy Sturr.

Florida, NY? Isn't that the town between Warwick and Chester? I remember driving through there. If so, where would they play? The drive-in?

[librarian]

QUOTE (kbomb106 @ Aug 5 2011, 08:00 AM)

QUOTE (librarian @ Aug 4 2011, 02:04 PM) I am green with envy kbomb106 - I don't think he would ever play here in Florida, NY with Polka King, Jimmy Sturr. Florida, NY? Isn't that the town between Warwick and Chester? I remember driving through there. If so, where would they play? The drive-in? Yep. That's where Florida is.   There's nowhere to play here.   The Florida Fun Fest is August 14th I think, so Neil can chopper on by and we'll give some onions. It's onion country out here, and then he can polka with the locals!

[PariahDog]

QUOTE (Rolinda Bonz @ Aug 4 2011, 08:32 PM)

QUOTE (The Mighty Dudad @ Aug 3 2011, 08:12 AM) Here is the picture: http://www.rushisaband.com/images/201108/1971.f.jpg new desktop pic! The best thing about that pic is that Neil is NOT wearing his usual hat.   On the other hand, I Think He's Going Bald.   And he looks more like Kevin Spacey every year.

Edited August 5, 2011 by PariahDog

[PariahDog]

QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Aug 4 2011, 11:52 PM)

he was?

Yup, I think CT was the guy who talked about Subdivisions.