Neil Peart – Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime Of Live Performance [2011, 3 DVD]

Hudson Music has announced the October release of a groundbreaking new 3-DVD set from Neil Peart, one of the true living legends of drumming. In Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime of Live Performance, Neil examines the details and challenges of performing in front of a live audience.

Drawing from over 30 years of touring the world, Neil breaks down, demonstrates, and performs classic drum parts from songs spanning the entire Rush catalog, thereby giving the viewer the most in-depth insight into Neil s body of work ever documented. Filmed in various locations over the course of a year, Neil takes you on a behind-the- scenes look at Rush s 2010-11 Time Machine Tour. This includes rare and exclusive footage of Neil’s personal pre-tour rehearsals and backstage events at a Rush concert (including a visit to the soundcheck, an unprecedented backstage interview, and Neil s warm-up routine). Neil then presents (in an interview setting with Hudson s Joe Bergamini) a detailed look at every single song in the Time Machine set list (which includes the entire Moving Pictures album). Each song features analysis and demonstrations (including slow- motion), which are coupled with a detailed PDF eBook containing transcriptions of Neil s parts. At the end of each song discussion, the viewer is transported onstage to a Rush concert to see the actual live performance of the song from the perspective of the drum cameras only (with an exclusive, custom audio mix that features the drums heard slightly louder than a normal concert DVD mix). With in-studio rehearsal footage, backstage scenes, live concert performances, and breathtaking interview footage filmed in Death Valley National Park, California, this package documents not only Neil s approach to live performance, but the very essence of his drumming style, on all the classic Rush songs, including Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, YYZ, The Spirit of Radio, Free Will, Limelight, Far Cry, and many more. The DVD also includes discussion, analysis, and performance of the newest Rush song, Caravan, and extensive bonus content.

Tracklist DVD 1
Opening Titles
Introduction
PREPARATION FOR THE TOUR
Choosing The Set List
“The Spirit Of Radio” Drum Rehearsal
Creating A New Solo
Drum Rehearsal: Solo Improv
“Love For Sale” Performance
Explanation Of Big Band Section
SHOW DAY
1:00 PM Drum Set-Up
5:00 PM Soundcheck
7:00 PM Pre-Warm-Up Discussion In Bubba Gump Room
7:30 PM Warm-Up
THE SHOW
“The Spirit Of Radio”
Introductory Riffs
Neil’s Signature Ride Pattern
Concert Performance
“Time Stand Still”
Chorus Groove
Opening Fills
Developing Fills Through A Song
Changing Setup Over The Years
Concert Performance
“Presto”
Second Verse Groove
Concert Performance
“Stick It Out”
Hi-Hat First Verse
Hi-Hat Second Verse
Concert Performance
“Workin’ Them Angels”
Tom Fill
Long Fill
Hitting Hard
Concert Performance
“Leave That Thing Alone!”
Nigerian Groove
Solo Break
Concert Performance
“Faithless”
Concert Performance
“BU2B”
Concert Performance
“Free Will”
Verse Groove
Guitar Solo
Changes To The Set List
Concert Performance

Tracklist DVD 2
picTHE SHOW CONTINUED
“Marathon”
Guitar Solo
Concert Performance
“Subdivisions”
Intro Section
Ending Section
Concert Performance
“Tom Sawyer”
Verse Groove
Guitar Solo
Drum Breaks
Concert Performance
“Red Barchetta”
Guitar Solo
Handling Odd Time Signatures
Tom Fill
Concert Performance
“YYZ”
Opening Section
Unison Figures And Main Grooves
Drum Breaks
Concert Performance
“Limelight”
Fills In Guitar Solo
Ending Section
Concert Performance
“The Camera Eye”
Rudimental Intro
Solo Fills
Concert Performance
“Witch Hunt”
Intro Section
Climactic Fill
Concert Performance
“Vital Signs”
Electronic Groove
Performing Moving Pictures Live
Concert Performance
“Caravan” Concert Performance
“Moto Perpetuo” (Drum Solo) Concert Performance
“Closer To The Heart”
Concert Performance
“2112: Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx”
Concert Performance
“Far Cry”
Intro Section
Two-Surface Groove
Climactic Fills
Solo Over Hits
Concert Performance
Encore: “La Villa/Working Man” Discussion
“La Villa Strangiato” Concert Performance
“Working Man” Concert Performance
Closing Remarks And Credits

Tracklist DVD 3 (Special/Bonus Features)

picThe Story Of ”Caravan”
”Bravado” Discussion And Performance
Snakes & Arrows Tour ”Natural Science”
Snakes & Arrows Tour ”The Trees”
Interwiew With Lorne ”Gump” Wheaton”
Photo Gallery
PDF eBook

Guitar Center Exclusive Downloadable Bonus Content (QuickTime Movie Files):

Snakes & Arrows Tour: “Digital Man”
In-Studio Rehearsal Of “Far Cry”
Interview About Consistency
In-Studio Rehearsal Of “Subdivisions”
Snakes & Arrows Tour: “The Main Monkey Business”

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