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RUSH - Companion Book To Neil Peart's Taking Center Stage Instructional DVD To Be Released





According to RUSHisaband.com,
Hudson Music has announced the release of a full-color
retrospective/transcription book companion to the drummer Neil Peart’s
DVD, Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime Of Live Performance, on October
15th. The book is written by Hudson Music Senior Drum Editor, Joe
Bergamini.






Peart wrote the foreword for the book and also supervised the project as well as provided additional factual editing.



According to a press release: “This book combines astonishingly
detailed musical transcriptions, historical writing, instructional text,
and a beautiful collection of photographs to create a book that every
drummer and every fan of Neil and Rush will want to add to their
collection.


At the heart of the book are note-for-note musical transcriptions of
17 songs that are included on the Taking Center Stage DVD. These
transcriptions are exclusive to this book, since they are taken from the
performances on the DVD, documenting how Neil currently approaches the
songs.”


Songs include:



‘Tom Sawyer’

‘YYZ’

‘The Spirit Of Radio’

‘Free Will’

‘Subdivisions’

‘Time Stand Still’

‘Marathon’

‘La Villa Strangiato’

‘The Trees’

‘Caravan’

‘BU2B’

‘Far Cry’

and many others.


The book is divided into chapters corresponding to each and every
Rush tour from the time Neil joined the band in 1975, up to the present.
Each of these chapters contains extensive text discussing the musical
approach of the band at the time, the construction of the drum parts,
and Neil's setup.


Accompanying this are detailed diagrams of each of Neil's drum sets,
produced after extensive research into the exact instruments that were
used on every tour. Tying everything together are photos taken over the
past 30 years and color reproductions of just about every drum company
advertisement that has featured Neil during his career.



Bergamini commented: "Working with Neil on the Taking Center Stage
DVD was a dream come true, and this book, to me, is the true completion
of the project. I always wanted to do a coffee-table style book that
would not only include drum transcriptions, but also include colorful
photos, interesting text, and historical magazine covers and ads that
documented Neil's career. I designed the book with all Rush fans in mind
(not just drummers), and I think they will enjoy reading and looking it
at as much as I enjoyed working on it."



A PDF sneak peak can be found at this location.