John T

Hope not but he may have had an accident or a family crisis.....

I got that too!...Same thing for years...

Moving Pictures to me is the essence of Rush, timeless, passionate and a special album for me nostalgically. The production is unbiased, musicianship and songwriting at it's very best, Limelight is still one of the greatest examples of songwriting/musicianship by any band not just Rush. Hemispheres and 2112 are big faves of mine too 'Turn the Page' from Hold your fire is a gem as is Geddy's bassline....Good album but i really disliked 'Tai Shan' . They deliver consistantly creatively evolving modern music and it's kind of expected of them but then they have moments of sheer brilliance like 'The Garden'...last track on CA and what a parting shot, i remember hearing that for the first time and i filled up, music does that to me like nothing else.

Happy Christmas!.. I'm at work unfortunately listening to Sister Sledge. There was an Owl in the warehouse canopy earlier, a big White one.

Some nice touches in there, that guitar refrain/melody and especially liked the middle section. Good song. Bass sounds pretty fat too 👍

Angel dust. Faith no more.🤘

Never heard of the fella, cracking player......Great feel/groove. The guy sitting with the 5 string around 50 seconds in, puts down his bass....... 'that's me done then'

Sounds like you've earned it....

Shame you had a bad experience with this clown, 'Delusions of Grandeur' seems appropriate. Cheer up dude have some nuts, it's Christmas!

Absolutely, no idea what's on tv these days though....

I should rephrase myself on re reading my post....I actually meant the piece is self indulgent, not him.

The guy is talented, no question. Self indulgent, probably....is there a point, who knows.

Excruciatingly painfully dull

There you go then! 👍

I'm with you there, it can be stressful and shows when you take to the stage to ply your craft....Though punters more often than not see the tension, you and your band know you've had a howler of a gig! My next gig will probably be a pub and with a different instrument too.....If it ever happens.

Nothing much more to it than that really....We were polite and remained as professional as possible and waited...and waited.....and waited. No access to the stage while they (she) was on it and had to wait to build my kit around their gear when they were done....As a result of this we reduced the set by 2 or 3 songs and i only had time to throw together a scratch kit as they had used up our allocated soundcheck and were bleeding over into show time....The best we could get was a line check. I appreciate that it was their show as headliners but were totally uncooperative {apart from the bass player fella} to us as a mere support band... The point we made that was relayed to their management and the promoter was - we had sold tickets too and had people travelling a fair way to see us play a 45 minute set reduced to 30....These things happen all the time as it's just the nature of the beast....You roll with it or go back to playing in pubs.

Yeah, i'm sure it was 2014, maybe 2013....Vaguely remember bassist's name was 'Chris' now you mention it....perhaps SK and FPM had a cobb on that our manager had complained about them spending nearly an hour working on new material while soundchecking preventing us from having one!....Rock and roll eh

Opened for Curved Air a couple of times on their 2014 tour, liked their arty/proggy/folky thing back in the 70's. Good muso's especially the bass player who was a really friendly fella...... Ms Kristina and Florian Pilkington Miksa were very aloof though.... wouldn't even acknowledge our presence, no hello, kiss my derrière, nothing....

Mark King was a drummer, still plays a bit too.........His percussive style lends a lot to this. I'm with you there...Recent gigs with half a ton of drum kit in and out of venues took it's toll, didn't care when i was a lad, we don't do we! Glad it worked out for you, not sure how i'll feel if/when the time comes....

Not intending to highjack the thread here though i guess it's all relative. I was wondering how as a fellow ex drummer you got on the first time you played with a band in your new role as a bass player and looking over your shoulder seeing another guy sat where you did before switching? My retirement was a forced one so i may feel different to you as you seem to have been a willing participant?

Not wishing to sound patronising at all here but that is where 'listening' becomes your friend.....Listen to everything, not only to what you do with your band/s but to everything else, even music you wouldn't normally listen to and dissect and try to understand the mechanics of what is going on. A good thing to do which always helped me is to jam with your drummer just the two of you and lock in to what you are both doing and go where he goes and visa versa. Playing off eachother is something that comes with time with some players and quicker with others depending on their experience. Some bassists have a real good drummers ear and as a drummer you lock in with them pretty quickly.....It's a learning curve though and you never stop learning. I have only ever played/recorded bass to my own drumtracks so having never played bass with a band and if i ever go down that road at some point it will be an eye opener for me.....

If you play with a pick you can do the same with up-down strokes or alternate fingerstyle in the same manner.....Can't see much benefit in it though Yeah, i played for many years up until 2017 when i retired with arthritic fingers, and having had surgery on one shoulder and manipulation on the other, severe tendonitis in my right elbow, knee and foot/heel problems, in fact i don't think i've got a decent joint anywhere in my body!.....i'd do it all again though! Iv'e not really thought about whether it has helped me as a bass player as i've kind of always known where things go and how the two relate to each-other. Two of the best lessons as a drummer you'll ever learn about the rhythm section is listening....and playing for the song.

Unfortunately that's what happens when you have more than one huge ego in a band!

Copeland got involved in writing scores for film and tv many years ago, musically a lot of it sounded very samey but still creative and different to what was around at the time. For those not aware of this complete curveball album check out The rhythmatist here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoznqZqYGyM He did the Buddy Rich 'bang on a rock in Africa and see if it resonates' thing, which even then in the 80's he was criticised for for being ever so slightly pretentious. Loved it when it came out as i was exploring Worldmusic.