My drummer = master of Rush

[The_Evil_Erk]

we are a 2 piece band, and Rush has been our mian cover focus since we picked up our current instruments a few years ago. We dont have a singer, but that doesnt stop us. Check out this video cover of spirit of radio where my drummer plays peart like cake and sings geddy like **** simultameously as i do what ever the heck it is that alex does.
http://www.freewebs.com/quantumrock/media.htm

Well, mabey not "master" but easy isnt a term applied here.

[Undisco Kidd]

Neil is so jealous.

[Futuro]

Not bad not bad. Recording quality sucked. But the playing was decent. He has potential.

You guys really need a singer and bassist though.... Really...

How bout the camera guy?

Also ending was pretty cool.

[The_Evil_Erk]

Camera guy several years ago actually was the original singer/bassist, and then we discovered that he sucked all around at music and sadly had no potential whatsoever.
yeah, I have a bunch of nice recording equip. but i have yet to use it since we are still finishing up the studio shown. for some reason my school wanted video for a tryout peice, so thats what we did.

[mamcdonald]

I like how you say it's very difficult to do Rush with a two piece when Rush is only a 3 piece.

[The_Evil_Erk]

I like how you say it's very difficult to do Rush with a two piece when Rush is only a 3 piece.
no, rush is difficult to play becuase of the mass amounts of skill required in nearly every aspect of the band. Neil = best drummer, Geddy = impossible to imitate, Alex = Alex, spirit of radio = hardest melody ever (that ive incountered and not a solo) and we combine all of them.

he knows id say about 80% of rush welll on the drums, and plays about 80-90% of what niel does right on.

[Futuro]

They do multiple tracks in the studio to. Which is why I am surprised Rush live sounds that damn perfect.

Also nice job with the hammerons.

[GhostGrooveMike]

nice nice not bad

[The_Evil_Erk]

They do multiple tracks in the studio to. Which is why I am surprised Rush live sounds that damn perfect.

Also nice job with the hammerons.
pulll offs actually lol :lol: thanks, only took me 3 months to get it right...

[santi3hg]

Wow and your drummer is singing! That is good cover work on Rush, best I've heard. Well second time. But better than the 30 year olds I saw.

[FockerTheLopper]

Get a singer.

Good job though I couldn't stand that echoes with the sound of salesmen though, the "singer" was so off key. Hes a pretty good drummer, needs to develop chops though had the same probably I had 2 weeks ago(yes 2 weeks I have some pretty good chops now). I say he has stick control so if he devlops it he'll be able to get around the toms cleaner.

Good job overall though. GET BASSIST AND SINGER!!!

[Det_Nosnip]

You know, there is this evil stereotype that abounds that everyone who listens to Rush is a giant nerd. I'm glad that you guys came along to...challenge that stereotype.

[Futuro]

You know, there is this evil stereotype that abounds that everyone who listens to Rush is a giant nerd. I'm glad that you guys came along to...challenge that stereotype.Off to save the princess Morglendag!

/Turns on Zelda.

[FockerTheLopper]

FAITH!! I THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING OVER TO PLAY DUNGENS AND DRAGONS!!!

:amaze:

[Double Bass Jim]

That made me shed tears of pain

[Futuro]

Ah common Jim. I thought they did a decent job for a kid cover band.

[Zildjian]

oh please he is not the master...I can do spirit better than that

[Double Bass Jim]

Ah common Jim. I thought they did a decent job for a kid cover band.
Well it's usualy not a good idea to try and cover rush

[FockerTheLopper]

Well it's usualy not a good idea to try and cover rush
So you will never tell your guitarist to learn rush so you can play it?

[Double Bass Jim]

No I wouldnt

[Futuro]

True Jim.

I would rather get some good friends together and just jam, then play cover tunes.

[Double Bass Jim]

Exactly

Use things as an insperation

[Electric Requiem]

They do multiple tracks in the studio to. Which is why I am surprised Rush live sounds that damn perfect.


Everythings perfect except Geddy's singing :rolleyes:

[Futuro]

I see you are a tool fan. I am one too. Have you seen This (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0H3U1S5XAMYGX3Q0M4FK7J8HLF)?

Everyone messes up once and a while.

[rohbit]

Jim's protective of Rush. I on the other hand would be stoked to play Spirit...

I love playing along to songs I like. It makes me feel good inside.

[The_Evil_Erk]

Nerdy...yes...lol, but our originals arent nerdy...well, not that nerdy...i prefer the term, puts a lot of thought into what they do. and its very difficult to find someone our age who can even come close to geddy. we have a few more people joining our band but we wont be doing rush covers.

you tube will be down for a few hours, so it wont be viewable until the server is back up

[Matter]

def not the master of rush...but not to shabby... the singing on the other hand...he does realize when a persons sings its not just talking loudly but actually hitting notes?

[The_Evil_Erk]

yeah, he tried the singing thing, and me and the camera guy were like no...that is much to painful cuz he tried to imitate geddy. Its really just a last resort. He did not want to sing this at all actually.

[White]

not bad, I would highly suggest you turn up your amp though lol. I really only heard drums with a faint background of guitar. Also, Ya mind not being so concieted about your drummer being "so great" its annoying.

[othankheavenfor311]

you guys are alright but u defiently couldnt do anything wit tht singer and no bassist

once u get tht covered... ull do pretty well

[Loser]

Second video - "Differant"

You suck at spelling.


Edit: not as bad as the guy before me.

[DillingerEscp]

You guys need to learn to be more modest.

You deffinetely have skill, especially for youngens, but youll notice if youre cocky, no matter how good you are, youll turn a lot of people off by that.

[othankheavenfor311]

but u can understand what im saying right?

its called shorthand typing... easy and quick

[Carn]

keep it up guys; that was definitely good, if not great, given the time you have been playing.

[FL3P]

You guys need to learn to be more modest.

You deffinetely have skill, especially for youngens, but youll notice if youre cocky, no matter how good you are, youll turn a lot of people off by that.

Bingo! Im not even goona watch the vid after seeing the thread title.

[The_Evil_Erk]

lol, "master of Rush" it was meant to an exageration, and at the bottom of the first post there is the whole "mabey not master but easy is not a term applied here." sorry if it sounds cocky. BTW, no whre in this thread did I put that he was great, good, better, exectional, brilliant, perfect or any other synonym, you assumed that.

The amp was as loud as it gets, im gonna buy a new one here shortly.

I cant help but notice that Loser just noticed that people have horrible spelling over the internet. lol. Mabey one day we'll have grammer teacher here on MF, he'll show us the light.

[Futuro]

Your drummer has a horrible feel. I was able to listen again with the volume up just now. He needs alot of work.

[The_Evil_Erk]

yeah, but he was singing at the same time, and i dont understand drums, so some "advanced" critques rather than "he needs a lot of work" would be appriciated. Some time soon we will have real recordings up.

[Futuro]

yeah, but he was singing at the same time, and i dont understand drums, so some "advanced" critques rather than "he needs a lot of work" would be appriciated. Some time soon we will have real recordings up.
He plays everything with a garbage feel, singing or not (I watched the other video too). He needs more practice with a metronome. His fills were off, alot. His posture during fills sucks, Looks like he needs more room back there.

Practice more dynamics. Your original was like one long verse just because the Dynamic levels were so bland.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Well it's usualy not a good idea to try and cover rush

It is if the members know what to play. Me and my guitar player study Rush's music all the time. Thats why every show we play, we play a 20 minute Rush medly. I wish I had sound clips but we do pretty right on.

[Bonham#1!]

He was a good drummer, your a good guitar player. Not so good singer, need a bass player (as has been said). Didn't much care for your original but you guys sound alright.

[The_Evil_Erk]

yeah the original is worth **** at the moment because it was not meant to sound like that. the beginning drumming however, is a 7/4 alternating paradidle *thing* that is mind baffleing. remember that i have no idea what im talking about in this context.
Thanks for the tips, ill let him know. Posture and metronome. Your right, the last time he set up he set up to close to the wall.

[Quinto]

hes not the master of rush but hes pretty good.

[Elmo McCheese]

The intro sounded really empty without bass. The singing wasn't too great but not a lot of people can sing like Geddy. Overall it was good and better than anything my band can pull off even though the quality was crap.

[DillingerEscp]

when I was very young I could have sworn geddy was a woman.

take note. When I was YOUNG, dont get your panties all in a bunch.

[rohbit]

when I was very young I could have sworn geddy was a woman.

take note. When I was YOUNG, dont get your panties all in a bunch.

If I wasn't paying attention and when his hair's long.. he could pass for a really ugly one.

[Double Bass Jim]

Never insult geddy

[rohbit]

What about Alex And his Cheese Fetish?

[Double Bass Jim]

Hahaha yea thats classic though

And the soup!

[rohbit]

LMAO!!!

The soup is awesome.

I think the best part was when Neil mentioned it. He seems so serious all the time, and Alex and Geddy seem more relaxed; when he mentioned the soup I cracked up so badly.

[Double Bass Jim]

Hahah yea he really is a funny dude

[Det_Nosnip]

yeah the original is worth **** at the moment because it was not meant to sound like that. the beginning drumming however, is a 7/4 alternating paradidle *thing* that is mind baffleing. remember that i have no idea what im talking about in this context.
Thanks for the tips, ill let him know. Posture and metronome. Your right, the last time he set up he set up to close to the wall.

Why don't you just get your drummer to get his own dumb *** in here, rather than posting for him? :rolleyes:

[Det_Nosnip]

Geddy seem more relaxed

Haha, no way! Geddy strikes me as a pretty compulsive guy. Alex is the only one who you can tell is really laid back.

[Double Bass Jim]

Ohh we couldnt have that now could we

That would be to easy!

[rohbit]

Haha, no way! Geddy strikes me as a pretty compulsive guy. Alex is the only one who you can tell is really laid back.

Well Alex is Laid back, but he's also the most compulsive and generally jovial of the lot.

[The_Evil_Erk]

Why don't you just get your drummer to get his own dumb *** in here, rather than posting for him? :rolleyes:
Cuz i have internet that works, and enough time
wat is ***? i thought it was ****?

[Talos]

Ouch man, that kit sounds terrible. Pretty good playing though. Shame about the vocals, he really is terrible at singing.

[Jody LeCompte]

Great, Now make him write lyrics worthy of being signed Neil Peart, and find a Geddy.

[Vannaroth]

While we're on the subject of geddy/rush, anyone who has the "Exit Stage Left" album listen to Red Barchetta, at around 2:19 is it just me or does geddy do a little death grunt when he sings the "I" of "'I fired up the willing engine''?

[Tusk]

I dunno.. im pretty damned impressed. First off, kids this age with all likelyhood would be playing music that I dont like very much instead of drawing inspiration from a truly great band.

The drumming certainly isnt the best, but for someone his age? Wow.. good rhythm. The timing of his fills should improve with practice. I guess my only recommendation is to practice more jams, and to remove singing all together for a while until you find someone who can fill out your sound.. you guys should be way more concerned with timing at this point, now that it seems as if you've mastered the basics.

If you really want to blow me away, I'd love to see an original 20-30 minute jam session of you guys just tooling around and having some fun.. incorporating other like minded bands into your repertoire.. being able to do that while still under the 'ripe old age' of 18, yea.. that would impress the hell out of me.

Good luck guys.

[SkaRabbit]

Meh!

[Carn]

I dunno.. im pretty damned impressed. First off, kids this age with all likelyhood would be playing music that I dont like very much instead of drawing inspiration from a truly great band.

The drumming certainly isnt the best, but for someone his age? Wow.. good rhythm. The timing of his fills should improve with practice. I guess my only recommendation is to practice more jams, and to remove singing all together for a while until you find someone who can fill out your sound.. you guys should be way more concerned with timing at this point, now that it seems as if you've mastered the basics.

If you really want to blow me away, I'd love to see an original 20-30 minute jam session of you guys just tooling around and having some fun.. incorporating other like minded bands into your repertoire.. being able to do that while still under the 'ripe old age' of 18, yea.. that would impress the hell out of me.

Good luck guys.

well said. Most guys on this board have bad ego problems, altough they will never admit that and will sum up tons of reasons to dismiss my statement.

Point is; the guys definitely have something good going. Keep it up. If they have a ****ty attitude they will run into trouble anyways so why bother hammering on that.

[Loser]

but u can understand what im saying right?

its called shorthand typing... easy and quick


Hardly. I'd be willing to bet I, as well as many other people who actually spell out words, can type faster than any idiot who relies on shortening 'that' to 'tht' in order to save time.

[othankheavenfor311]

hahahah i dont know, guess its just a bad habit

damn AIM....

[spike9908]

Never insult geddy

You do have to admit he looks better now than he did in the 70's. The straight hair doesn't fit him.


And the soup!

"Sometimes we would talk when we ate the soup, and sometimes not... but we still had soup. And sometimes we would have soup after we had soup, so we had 2 soups."


The 3 DVD re-releases are being sold as 1 set. June 13.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Hahah yea he really is a funny dude

hahaha hell yeah. The whole 2nd dvd had me rolling on the floor laughing.

[Double Bass Jim]

Haha yea I think he's like that constantly too

[drummer_mp3]

I think that cover was on the limit of bareable. I mean there's a difference between playing Rush and knowing what it's about. Sure your drummer can play the songs but his technique would make Neil cry. You on the other hand have this guitar stuff down.

[The_Evil_Erk]

thanks to everyone, good or bad critique, its all helpful.