Aces High, I have come to conclude that YOU are Mark Farner! ;DThat is really funny! Hold on let me see.... Mark Farner.... yeah... I like the ring of it!
A middle aged Jew unable to read music.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q-UD-sArXI&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q-UD-sArXI&feature=related)
Re: Holy cow, never heard of Buddy rich. Incredible. "
No one has yet to be able to truly understand his technique, let alone transcribe his playing into musical notation.
Another great super-Jew.
Played behind Frank Sinatra when both were in the Dorsey Bros. Band.
Everything about the man and his music is worth a deep study - they don't make 'em like him anymore - a former Marine and a black belt in Karate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_peart
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Early in his career, Peart's performance style was deeply rooted in hard rock. He drew most of his inspiration from drummers such as Keith Moon and John Bonham, players who were at the forefront of the British hard rock scene.[1] As time progressed, however, he began to emulate jazz and big band musicians Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. In 1994, Peart became a friend and pupil of jazz instructor Freddie Gruber.[2] It was during this time that Peart decided to revamp his playing style by incorporating jazz and swing components. Gruber was also responsible for introducing him to the products of Drum Workshop, the company whose products Peart currently endorses.
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Play style reinvention
In 1992, Peart was invited by Buddy Rich's daughter, Cathy Rich, to play at the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert in New York City. Though initially intimidated by the request, Peart accepted the offer and performed for the first time with the Buddy Rich Big Band. Feeling that his performance left much to be desired, Peart decided to produce and play on two Buddy Rich tribute albums titled Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich in 1994 and 1997 in order to regain his aplomb.
Peart wrote on his personal website that "And yet...I still had a nagging feeling that when I played in that style, I was just imitating it, not really feeling it properly. As the old Duke Ellington standard goes, 'It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing', and I didn’t think I did."[17]
In early 2007, Peart and Cathy Rich again began discussing yet another Buddy tribute concert. In response, Peart decided to once again augment his swing style with formal drum lessons, this time under the tutelage of another pupil of Freddie Gruber, Peter Erskine, himself an instructor of drummer Steve Gadd. On October 18, 2008, Peart once again performed at the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom.
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Style and Influences
Peart is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rock drummers by fans, fellow musicians, and magazines.[23][24] His influences are eclectic, ranging from John Bonham, Michael Giles, Phil Collins, Steve Gadd, and Keith Moon, to fusion and jazz drummers Billy Cobham, Buddy Rich, Bill Bruford and Gene Krupa.[25][26] The Who was the first group that inspired him to write songs and play the drums.[27] Peart is distinguished for playing "butt-end out", reversing stick orientation for greater impact and increased rimshot capacity. "When I was starting out", Peart later said, "if I broke the tips off my sticks I couldn't afford to buy new ones, so I would just turn them around and use the other end. I got used to it, and continue to use the heavy end of lighter sticks - it gives me a solid impact, but with less 'dead weight' to sling around."[28]