That's why they call him THE PROFFESOR.............

Keep in mind that this would be in the middle of a three hour concert, and he'd be able to repeat it the next night, the next week, and so on. He was known as a compositional drummer, so none of that was ad-libbed.

@Gort-Marvin0Martian

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same the first time I saw this. I don't know how many times I've watched the perfection in this. Picking up perfectly with band at the end. Definitely not ad-libbed.

@Yellow_Leader

2 жыл бұрын

This isn't entirely true. There are definitely sections of all of his drum solos that are completely improvised.

It was explained that this solo is a tribute to the different drumming styles and genres over time. Neil was always a student of the craft seeking inspiration and even lessons of certain styles of percussion and rhythms. This solo basically took you thru his own journey of what he studied and learned.

@unattributed1641

3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say "how'd you like your history lesson from the Professor?" Because that's what this solo is... it's a lesson from a master.

Neil was more than a drummer. He was a total all around percussionist. R.I.P. The Goat 🐐

@bokhidesmgtow6996

Жыл бұрын

Buddy Rich was better

@StevenRogers-hw9dj

4 ай бұрын

@@bokhidesmgtow6996 Drop the crack pipe.

For me, the most amazing part is when he is playing the 3/4 time waltz with his feet while playing all kinds of fills in different time over the top of it with his hands. He worked on that aspect for many years to get to the point where he could play anything in any time over the 3/4 waltz. Truly an inspiring and dedicated master of his craft!

@dunnd1

2 жыл бұрын

its like he has two brains

@modsquad20

2 жыл бұрын

@@dunnd1 Well, two hemispheres. Or as Rush called it, Hemispheres.

The fact that he never looked to be working hard is amazing. The easy and comfort he shows while playing. The cross overs are impressive.

@ivarwinter3049

2 жыл бұрын

Figure this one, prior to this trip and tour in Europe, Neil had just finished round one of chemo for the cancer that took his life a few years later. One thing you may not have noticed. Eventhough his cadence shifted enough times, Neil never broken a 4/4 timing base. Neil was one of a kind and it will be a long time before we see that kind of talent again.

@gary2928

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he was very awesome to see in concert the whole band was awesome together but I don't care what anybody says he is ranked the number 1 drummer the world I saw them in concert 8 times and every concert was awesome GOD BLESS Neil peart and I hope he is still drumming up in heaven

@mong82191

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivarwinter3049 This was 12 years before Neil would be diagnosed. and 11 years before Rush stopped touring. This is the R30 tour, not the R40 tour.

I'm a guitarist, so I don't know much about the technical aspects of drumming, but what I saw here was simply amazing. It appears that he has a lot of little rhythmic pieces stored away to incorporate into his playing. Pure genius.

@butchgifford1809

2 жыл бұрын

@Randall V Very Great Observation!!!! Almost all of your Professional Drummer's these day's, have there drum teck tune there drums.. In one of Neil Pearts Books?? He talks all about how (Very Important it is too him,to how his Drum's Sound!) There's a video all about how (DW Drum's) got there start on how to choose the wood they used,"too get the Greatest Sound,Response,and Resonance from as many types of different wood that they used.." And then they discovered trees that had been,Lying under water for hundreds of year's. And some were along the time,that they discovered trying this paticular and expensive wood.. They called on,"The Professor Behind the Drum Kit!!" And they feel in Love with The Knowledge of Neil Peart's Love for how to make a much better sounding set of Drum's, from the many different types of wood,"that had been preserved underneath water for many many year's! And this was how Neil got to Love playing ((The Drum Workshop Drum's!!)) Neil Peart has alway's been looking for the most unique and perfect sounding tone,to come out of any drum,he has ever played!!! There a Great Video all about it,but i can't remember the exact name of the video?? It can probably be found on a DW Drum Website!!! NEIL PEART DEFINITELY TOOK,"THE WAY HIS DRUMS SOUNDED,AS PERFECT AS HE COULD!!" THEY CALLED HIM THE PROFESSOR FOR AN OBVIOUS REASON!!!!

The G.O.A.T. at his best! Neil was amazing to watch in concert! He is severely missed! RIP brother!

Young man, this is why Neil Peart is called the Professor, when Neil Peart sits a drum kit, class is in session.

And he was triggering the jazz background himself. Crazy

@randywissler9923

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure thats what his left foot was doing the whole time.

NP described his live solos as running a marathon whilst simultaneously solving equations and all this in the midst of a 3 hour full on intense Rush show

Neil Peart "The Professor" Was lucky enough to see Rush 9 times His kit kept growing to be mentioned with the goats John Bonham and Keith Moon. Buddy Rich and Max Roach were his idols he worked so hard making his feet and hands independent amazing drummer GOAT!

I haven't even seen your reaction to this yet. But, I already know you're gonna LOVE this!!

No words necessary, no pausing necessary, your look throughout the whole solo says it all. Neil Peart the GOAT! RIP Professor.

There are musicians who bring stuff to the table. And then theirs Neil, who brought the whole table and every plate with it.

Neil is my all time fav. drummer at this point. Also he was such an amazing man in all other aspects. What he had to go through in life most people cannot even imagine. His wife died, then his daughter died. But instead of withdrawing, he rode his motorcycle all over North America. Then Rush continued, then he got terminal cancer. He sure did leave a major mark when he was here.

Best Rock & Roll drummer of all time!

FYI. Notice the reflective ankle band? It is a tribute and ode to the fact that he used to regularly get dropped off many miles from the gig location, and ride his road bike sometimes more than 50 miles to get to the show. He would arrive with said ankle reflector on his leg. Maybe he did it for this show as well.

The day I heard Neil had passed away, I cried like I had lost a family member, and I thought something was wrong with me. Then I realized that most fans felt the same way. Not just the passing of the man, but the knowledge that part of my youth had gone with him. I cry every time I watch this. What a genius. Missing the Rush tour right now.

He mastered his craft so well for so long, even he said he couldn't keep replicating his own grooves day in and day out in his later years. He designed it to be difficult and it is. He flat out said that he couldn't do it anymore before he passed. RIP Neil. My personal favorite drummer.

There will never be another like Neil.

Don’t know how I missed this….especially from a drummer 😀 this man was a genius.RIP Professor.❤️

The best part for us is KNOWING you are a drummer and were just going for an advanced lesson from the Professor himself!

Neil was drummer with Rush from 1974. In the early 90's, he had a couple of personal tragedies. His daughter was killed in a road accident and, less than a year later, his wife died of cancer. Neil basically stepped away from music until the Vapor Trails album in 1997. After that tour (check out YYZ from the Rush In Rio show from that tour), he became friends with a jazz drummer named Freddy Gruber and basically relearned how to play from scratch. A completely new technique to what he was used to and how he had played for the first 20-odd years of the band.

Great reaction video! You wanna know how good he was? There is no click track and there is no temp track playing behind him. Everything was being played by him live, until the very end big band part. What sounds like a click track was Neil using his left foot to constantly press (open and close) his hi-hat pedal and all of the "special effects" sounds were triggered by either foot pedals or drum triggers. A truly amazing thing to see close-up and live, which I had the honor to get to do, once.

He is his own Drumline!! thank you for not pausing it every 10 seconds and giving your opinion...

Neal Peary is a intellectual…. Reads Homer, Emerson, Greeks, Tolstoy!!! Very intelligent!!!!! High praise! As a drummer myself!!!!!

All of those big band sounds were triggers. He didn't use any backing tracks. The man planned every move he made. He even wrote out his rehearsal pre-show warmup! I don't know if there was, is or ever will be another musician of his caliber. He was so much more than a drummer. Thank you for reacting to this clip!

@randywissler9923

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that's what his left foot was doing. Controlling the triggers.

@gold98gtp

2 жыл бұрын

@@randywissler9923 The horns were triggered from various cymbals

@randywissler9923

2 жыл бұрын

@@gold98gtp maybe, but watch his left foot when he makes sounds that aren't actual drum sounds. Pretty sure that's what his left foot us controlling.

We all stare in awe of the professor, rest in peace Neil, play for God now, everyone back here on planet earth miss you!

When I saw the xylophone (or whatever it is called) I imagened that a the multicolored one that children have. I wonder if that was his first toy. Loved the ending with him drumming with the Big Bands clips.

24k kit at its best! Rest in peace, Neil!❤

love how it started out all smiles and then went into the 1000 yard stare

I keep saying the Neil was not a "drummer"...he was a "percussionist"...of the first order............................ Thanks for reacting to this! I Loved watching your face...

And by the way, Neil had what every single drummer in the world trys to achieve myself included, total all four limb independence, what he could do is pretty much beyond mortal men!

Omg when he switched to the traditional grip on the snare...the look on your face was priceless...it said... you gotta be effin kiddin me man.

The Best Drummer EVER.

@drummerboy2834

3 жыл бұрын

Debatable, one of the best rock drummers maybe

It's mind blowing! That's the Professor. Class in session.

Check out Ian Piace live in Copenhagen 1972 the mule. You will be amazed. He bounces his sticks off the rim. He has a Buddy Rich style to his drumming.

Blows me away when he does the over/under cross handed playing at that incredible speed.

Go and listen to his solo during the Working Man Medley off their All The World's A Stage tour album, 1976. You'll hear Geddy introduce Neil as 'the Professor on the drum kit' to the world. Plus you'll hear some familiar runs, except they will be at a much higher tempo given he was only 23 at the time it was recorded. He was a master even back then, but still he continued to learn, as a master would.

He played with severe joint pain every show but ya couldn't tell.

And he write the lyrics to the Rush songs too

This is an old video but the thing I love about N.P. is his ability to subvert your expectations and surprise you with a little flair because you get into the beat and it just makes you smile when it happens. That was a hell of a run on sentence.

Should find a link to the “Buddy Rich memorial “ from 1990, it has Neil plus many other amazing drummers!

@richardnanian6075

3 жыл бұрын

Peart was quite unhappy with his performance that night. He and the band had miscommunicated, and as a result he learned a different version of the song, so he and the band were literally not on the same page. His dissatisfaction was part of what motivated him to do a later tribute album titled "Burning for Buddy."

@tperran

2 жыл бұрын

Cho’s, love all of your reactions. This is one of the best I’ve seen. If you get a chance, check out drummers week on David Letterman. Peart is the final show. Outstanding!

The ending song that kind of music is called big band it was the roaring 20s and you know the 30s with prohibition and man did those people live brother Peace love and joy to you and yours

Neil Peart the Greatest drummer ever died last year at 63

Check out "Working Man/Finding My Way " from Rush's first live album, "All The World's A Stage ". It contains Neil's first recorded drum solo! Much better in my opinion because all he had back then was acoustic drums. No electronics. FANTASTIC!

My friend, first of all it's Neil P-EAR-T (pierT). Or call him "The Professor." Please keep in mind that this solo is in the midst of a 3 HOUR concert during their 30th Anniversary Tour. Neil is not a young man here either. He's about 53!!! Another aspect of this show is the best into ever!! Rush plays snippets off their first 6 albums before morphing into "The Spirit of Radio!" There will always be the ongoing argument "Neil Peart or John Bonham?" As an old school hippie chick and fan of both Rush (since 1975) and Led Zeppelin (since 1973), I say it's a tie!! Peart is pure finesse and technicality, and Bonham is pure power and rhythm. How can we say Mozart or Beethoven or Bach or Wagner? Just appreciate them all!! Oh, and then we have Ginger Baker, Carl Palmer, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Keith Moon, Bill Ward, Ian Paice, Bill Bruford, Alan White and others!! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

@gregbrown3905

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more Justine.. In my opinion all the drummers you mentioned are absolutely amazing incredible… but Neil Peart is the man the myth the legend… and was and will always be #1 drummer ever.. and 2nd Danny Carey from tool.. watch Pneuma live drum cam….

Awwww sh*t. I’ve been waiting for this. 👏👏👏

Neil Peart the EVH of drums

As a fellow drummer, you HAVE to react to Terry Bozzio - Drumming and the Ostinato. It will either make you want to practice non-stop or just put your sticks down altogether!! But, Neil Peart is the King! R.I.P. my hero!

Live albums from the early years, "All The Worlds A Stage" & "Exit Stage Left" have great drum solos on them.

Chod, see what you have to look forward to. And I have every confidence that you will get there. Don't ever limit yourself. Oh and his name is pronounced " Peert." Great job again as usual.

I've seen this solo many times but I know Chod you understand as a drummer what your hearing far more than I ever will so I await your insight!

Random music critic: There will never be a drummer better than Buddy Rich. Neil Peart: Hold my beer

@mhlevy

3 жыл бұрын

Given Neil's love for Buddy Rich, and knowing how humble he was, I would seriously doubt it. But it was Neil being disappointed with his performance at a Buddy Rich benefit concert that had him ask Steve Smith about how to improve, and Steve told him to study with Freddie Gruber in the 1990s. Though he changed his style, and took the lessons to heart, in the 2000s, he looked for another teacher, this time studying with Peter Erskine. But Neil loved Buddy, which was why he put together the "Burning for Buddy" sessions together, and he played many performances with the Buddy Rich Big Band (including a version of YYZ, with Jeff Berlin on bass!)

@brucebrown73

3 жыл бұрын

I liked Peary, but I agree with you. However, Buddy Rich did like and respect Carl Palmer. I believe he had more finesse than Neil by far.

@wildimpo

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, someone may come along and be as good but it's not even possible to be better, Neil was one of the best in the world without a doubt!!

Every sound is triggered by his feet or hands. If you look you can see his feet hitting the horn sounds as well as some of his cymbals. There are to small round trigger pads on that set as well. Alex and Geddy hit trigger foot pedals as well throughout their entire show. Every sound they make. Neil has put his voice on trigger's just to get exactly what he wanted. Pure perfection. All three are the top of the game. You make a mistake , any mistake in that band it will stick right out. I've seen every tour since grace under pressure. Including moving pictures in it's entirety. These three kill it. Hands down the mist talent in one band.

I've been waiting a while for you to see this awesomeness!!!!

Neil's drum kit is comprised of a Drum Workshop custom designed kit.A full Roland V-Drums kit.The Midi Mallet is the other main piece of the kit.Neil also uses foot triggers connected to samplers for some sounds.Everything in the solo was played or triggered by Neil

You ask your favorite drummer who their favorite drummer is they will say Neil Peart!

A Legand.. I've seen Rush Live many times.. I even saw Niels motor bike up close at the Roll the bones tour t the Sheffield areana.. peart was a genius, RIP..

The best drummer of all….can I get Amen!

What a great Reaction video. So impressive to hear the depth of knowledge of drumming. Thanks so much for this video.

The Professor. Thank goodness for all this footage, particularly this performance. Shining down on us for sure 💖✨💖

Please tell me you are going to react to Buddy Rich impossible drum solo. It's from the concert for americas. Neil worshipped Buddy Rich!

whoa i can see Erik B and Rakim on your wall there, respect.

It is an electronic marimba. I never saw one until I saw him perform this. Awesome either way!!!!!

He was a drummer of drummers. A One Man Drumline. a one of a kind. RIP Neil.

I’ve been looking forward to you watching this for awhile now. Enjoy 😁👍

Watching you face enjoying this made my day!!!

One of Neil Peart's heroes was Bill Bruford, the drummer for Yes, and latter King Crimson. Another great 70s drummer was Karl Palmer of Emerson Lake & Palmer, try "Tank" or "The Barbarian", both have hreat drums.

xylophone... meet 98 piece drum set 💜.

The Drum Master (circa 1991) Drumming has the power to unite people, no matter how varied their language or cultural background might be. On a recent trek through Africa, Neil Peart had a singular experience that proved just that. "I was in Gambia, walking through a small village, and I heard the sound of a drum. So of course I was curious! I looked into a compound and I could hear the drumming coming from a curtained room. I walked up to a woman doing laundry in front of the room. She could see my interest in the sound, so she waved me to go in. Inside I found a young, white missionary from a nearby Catholic school. Sitting across from him was the commanding presence of the local drum master. He was attempting to show the missionary how to play any kind of beat. The missionary was trying as hard as he could, but he wasn't having a lot of success." After a time the drum master, frustrated by the missionary's lack of ability, noticed the other man who had come into the room. The master had no idea who this person was, but he thought to himself, "Why not see if he can play?" According to Peart, what happened next was fascinating. "The drum master gestured to me to try and play a rhythm. So we began playing together, and he started smiling because he could tell I had a rhythm - maybe not his rhythm, but a rhythm of some kind. We were playing and playing, building the intensity, and little kids started coming in, laughing at the white man playing drums. Then a few women came into the room, and everybody began dancing to our beat! The master and I even started trading fours. It wasn't a spoken thing, but he could tell that I would lay out and listen to what he was doing for a certain amount of time, and then he would do the same. It was just a magical moment." When they finished, a confused and startled missionary ran up to Peart and asked, "How can you do that?" Chuckling to himself, Neil politely responded, "I'm in the business." World Inspiration Neil's love of bicycling and travel is well known - it's almost the stuff of legend. While on tour with Rush he's been known to avoid the tour bus and bike to the next town and venue. When not on the road with Rush, he has taken his bike to the four corners of the globe, including Europe, mainland China, and Africa. Upon entering Peart's Toronto home, one is immediately struck by the fact that this man has seen and experienced locales most people can't imagine. "Here's a prized possession of mine," he says proudly, showing a raw-metal sculpture standing about ten inches high and resembling a tribal version of Rodin's "The Thinker." "It's from Africa. It weighs about twenty pounds, and I had to carry it a hundred miles on my bike. but it was worth it." Neil's passion for authentic African art is obvious. Unique drums, with their rich, hand-carved elegance, are displayed in his home with reverence. Original Chinese gongs decorate a few of the walls. The decor hints at the fact that a drummer lives in the house, shouts at the fact that a word traveler resides there. Peart's love of travel is obvious, but does actually going to other parts of the world inspire him musically? "First of all, I think travel is very important for any person," he insists. "It's affected me enormously, and I'm sure it filters down to my work. Africa is not an abstraction to me anymore - neither is China. They're places I've experienced, places where I've met people, made friends - and just broadened my thinking. "I've written lyrics that were directly influenced by my travels abroad. In a drumming sense, I've had some interesting experiences in different countries, experiences that may not directly affect the way I play drums, but that certainly inspire my feelings about drumming. And I've gotten very interested in hand drumming. Lately I've been working on playing the djembe." One way Peart's wanderlust has directly affected the sound of his drums is through sampling. "One of the small drums I brought from China is an antique that's too fragile to play. So I took it and a few of the other delicate instruments that I own and sampled them - along with many of my other instruments like my temple blocks and glockenspiel. I've built up a huge library of sounds, and they've made their way onto our albums in many of the different patterns I play." A particular pattern Neil has recorded that demonstrates the value of "world inspiration" comes from Rush's last album, Roll The Bones. "On that record we had a song called 'Heresy' that had a drum pattern I heard when I was in Togo. I was laying on a rooftop one night and heard two drummers playing in the next valley, and the rhythm stuck in my head. When we started working on the song I realized that beat would complement it well."

@juliebrockett3471

3 жыл бұрын

Great research!! Great story!! Well done, my friend!

Neil mastered the most difficult technique... polyrhythms

You just witnessed a Master Class in percussion. There's a reason that after Buddy Rich died, jazz musicians wanted to play a memorial concert and asked Neil Peart to play the drums. RIP Neil (the Professor) Peart.

R.I.P. Neil. So Beautiful.

That kit looks expensive, like I could buy a house with that kind of money.

@revdmcspumcsb

3 жыл бұрын

I guess when your net worth is $42 million, you can play in amazing toys.

@bladawiec

3 жыл бұрын

It sure is, his Slingerland kit much more basic, which he played from 1974 to 1977 (if I remember correctly) was sold in auction for $500000.

@mpkelley20

3 жыл бұрын

His final kit was made from wood that was like 1500 years old that was found in a river in Romania. There is a documentary on KZread about ITV from DW drums. Goes through all the sonic differences they can create based on how the wood is cut. It’s quite fascinating even if you are not into drums.

@leddygee1896

3 жыл бұрын

@@mpkelley20 That's a great documentary, I highly suggest it.

Do Buddy Rich. Legend is that he had a heart attack during a solo and FINISHED the GD thing!!!!

The man truly had four limb independence.

I know Rush - Hung out with them in the 70.s The drummer Neil's last name is pronounced PEERT

The beginning of this solo is all paradiddle combinations.

Ginger Baker another to get into

He not only played drums and the MalletKat 7KS (the instrument that looked like a xylophone), he also used drum triggers and pedal triggers. These were what made the music leading up to the video playing behind him. It was insane what he did.

Excellent camera work on this video.

Greatest drummer EVER

You need to check out Led Zeppelin Moby Dick what a Drum solo you will love it

That other instrument he had was a xylophone

@rtwbikerider

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the DrumKAT MalletKAT. Sort of a MIDI-enabled xylophone.

@JimGeigerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Its a MIDI marimba.

That’s why they call him “Professor”!

In the old days....that set would rotate in a he air...he would be strapped in like he was at Kings Island

Glad you enjoyed it.

Love your reviews! Track 10 from Roll The Bones has a double bass genius play that matches the lyrics. The bass drum sounds like a horse gallop with the lyrics “Stakes are the same”.

BTW...I love this kids reaction....it's as if he's saying to himself....no human can do this!

Neil Peart. 🇨🇦🔥

RIP NIEL PEART 🐐 RUSH / ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME ICONS/ WITH ONLY THREE MAN BAND!!! WHAT ? 🙊

Hey ! You better compliment Neil ! LOL

One of the best of all time.

This is written music. The tune is called "Der Trommler"...The Drummer.

Love this video... BTW, pronounce his name like "ear"-- P (ear) t -- RIP Neil

My favourite drummer but I'll be nice and say one of the greatest drummers of all time (but we know the truth - LOL). "Your drummer's favourite drummer": Neil Peart!!

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

I think that the instrument you're talking about is a midi-controller set up like a marimba, called the MalletKat Express, by allowing Neil to play melodies as part of the drum solo. Because it uses midi, it can sound like a marimba or just about any other percussion instrument, or be used to control any sort of synthesizer. Plus he had a number of assorted midi triggers around his kit for additional sound effects, or to start or stop the background music, which are stored as samples.