@@cesaraugusto8630 Well, Maiden WAS my first “favourite” band when I was a little kid.

@@gijoemon225 That is high praise! Thank you very much. I’m honoured to be held in even the slightest regard next to him.

@@g.christopherlyn685 Thanks so much! Very kind of you to say. 🖤

@@donaldmccracken2856 Thank you!

@@bhenrydrum77 thanks, Brett! I appreciate it!

As a drummer of 49 years( started when I was 10) that loved and attempted to cover Neil for decades, I understand how difficult it is to nail a Rush song. You are really impressive. I wish I had videos like this back in the day. Would’ve been a lot easier to learn Neil’s drum parts. You are helping a whole generation of young drummers. Please keep it going. Again, impressive.

@@bhenrydrum77 when I started playing at 16, 34 years ago, I cut my teeth on Neil’s parts…laboured over them, agonized over them….played them constantly.

@@CaseyLewis understand that so well. Agonizing is a great way to put it😂😂. Every year they put a new album out I was blown away trying to figure out the new things Neil was doing. His passing was a sad day for all of us who listened and were amazed. Still miss him. He impacted countless drummers.

@@DinaDAndrea You’re so kind! Even though I love almost every single Rush song, this song in particular means the world to me, resonating with the teenage misfit that I grew from. When Neil died, I sat in my chair and wept for about an hour, then set up my cameras, mica and lights in a hurry and recorded this. That’s why I look so sad in the video. I love them so much! 🖤

@@CaseyLewis I feel this so much and couldn’t agree more. There is truly no other band like them, and Neil was certainly one of a kind. Your band, though, is quite good!! Ever come to Windsor, Ontario to tour?

@@DinaDAndrea Not often! We have some lower ON shows in September: Toronto, Hamilton and London, but that’s the closest we get for the foreseeable future, I’m afraid!

@@CaseyLewis that’s still a trek!! Btw I would love to hear you do a 2112 cover!! Or Malignant Narcissism. Or any of their other several amazing songs 😆

@@DinaDAndrea I think there is poorly recorded video camera footage somewhere of me performing Overture/Temples with some friends as part of a tribute show. But you definitely wouldn’t hear Rush at a Belvedere show…haha.

@@DinaDAndrea That is high praise! Thank you VERY much, Dina! 🖤

@@DinaDAndrea thank you so much! It’s a challenging one, no doubt! Especially since there was no metronome track in the stems, everything is footloose and fancy free. So locking it up was a listening challenge! 🥰

@@DinaDAndrea Awww! That’s very, very kind, Dina, I appreciate it! If you like Rush, check out my earlier drum tributes to Neil on my channel! 🖤🤘

@caseylewis I will absolutely do that!

Haha…was thinking the same thing about you! 😂

Thanks so much!!! I appreciate you taking the time to watch, and to say so! 🖤

Thank you so much! That’s very kind. 🖤

Awww! That’s so nice! Thank you so much! 🖤

Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it. ☺️

Thanks so much! 🥰

Thanks! Had to pay tribute to my hero! ☺️

Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching!

Haha!!! Thanks so much, man! Hopefully we’ll be back to Argentina soon!

Thanks, man! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤘

Thanks so much! 🖤

Haha….thanks!

Thank you, Tim!

Thanks, man! Yeah, I can sing and play pretty much whatever Rush tune, but my head voice is definitely less clean than it used to be.

Thank you! Nice to have those appreciated…haha

Haha…thanks!

Thanks so much, Thomas!

Aren’t we all neighbours on the internet, really? 😂

Thanks pal! 🙏 I appreciate it more than you know!

Thanks, man! I guess it’s smaller than Neil’s….haha.

@CaseyLewis just a tad bit...but you make it work. Lol.

Thanks, man. Means a lot to me.

Thanks so much, man! I really appreciate that! (And well spotted in subdivisions, I was actually full-on singing while I was playing it…when the drum tracks were soloed I could hear my voice in the overheads a little bit…haha)

Thanks so much, Kelly! 🙏 Both for the compliment and taking the time to watch it.

That is so nice, Daniel, thank you! 🙏 I really appreciate that. 🖤

Thanks so much! That’s very kind of you!

I like the sound and feel. I need power and I need space for my left hand on the snare. Just feels right for me.

Thanks so much! I appreciate it. ☺️ As for the speed, there’s really no shortcut, I’m sad to say. There are several techniques that people use to achieve those kinds of fast doubles, the one I use it most closely related to toe slide technique, although I move my foot position much less than most toe slide players. Having the right kick pedal settings for your technique and body also helps. Then the rest is just practice, practice!

Thanks man. I bloody knew what the answer is lol, just hoping to avoid it! It looks like you use your ankle to achieve the speed rather than the whole leg or big toe slide moves, is that right? I’ll have to go…er… PRACTICE that!

@@funland108 one of the major secrets to all effective drumming, or maybe all effective fast movement in general, is to minimize the amount of large muscle groups that you have to use. Ankle, foot, even toes a little bit. The whole leg is big and heavy and takes more energy. Same with hands: I use WAY more finger movement than arm.

@@CaseyLewis thanks, good reminder. You have certainly mastered that.

Thank you so much! 🖤

Thanks so much! That’s very kind of you to say. I don’t know what that project is, but if they want me, they got me…haha