One of the things that i have heard a lot from drummers learning Neil's work is "damn this is tough but so much fun" it shows me that Neil really loved his instrument and found challenge's delightful and fulfilling thus every piece was a masterpiece. I think Neil would just be grinning ear to ear knowing she had this much fun with this song.
This is someone who is phenomenally talented, incredibly practiced, but who just LOVES doing it too. Rare glimpse at an artist loving to play. That moment at the end when her tongue comes out and she’s going for it is ALL OF US when we play new music. This is why all of us do it. VIBE.
The performance from this lady is incredibly impressive. I've watched this performance a dozen times. I'd love to have those drumsticks, a sign from the drumming-gods!!
I grew up in Ireland and never heard a single Rush song, even though I was always into music and even played bass in a band for a while. Then about 5 years ago I happened upon a video of a girl playing a bass cover to a strange song called YYZ. That was my introduction to the Rush rabbit hole, and I haven't left the burrow since.
This was my introduction to this song as well, and wow! I definitely gotta do a Rush deep dive. I'd heard of them, but didn't grow up with classic rock. Can't stop listening to Limelight on repeat, it's too good!
TH-cam is full of music fans and even drummers who never heard of Rush until recently. Andrew Rooney is one of them that comes to mind. Never got radio play in New Zealand
Sometimes you just have to put the metronome aside and just play on how the music makes you feel. She nailed it. She definitely has a great sense for feeling the music.
Rush came about in a time when bands released a new album nearly every year and toured behind it from anywhere between 3-4 months to 6 months or a year. If Rush is introduced to a younger audience it’s going to be through their parents, siblings, friends but most likely here TH-cam or other relevant social media platforms.🤘🖖✌️🥁🎸🎤🎹
To all those that can't believe she's never heard it before. Well then she has just proved herself to be a great actress as well! Seriously, you're nuts. She grew up in a different country focusing on different musical styles. Are you certain that you would be familiar what whatever music she finds iconic?
That song had a certain feel that someone with a musical brain like her can pick up on. Some parts just felt necessary like the 6/4 feel kind of demanded a certain bass/snare pattern and she felt it right away. Just a great song and I’m gonna have to look up Mars Volta
gotta give just a little love to the Ged - he lays down some pretty good rhythm on the bass/vocals - that's gotta help a little (learning bass myself - so I'm biased - these vids keep me inspired to keep practicing at a 'late' age -mid 40s). But what an amazing drummer! I'm definitely going to be adding Mars Volta to my playlist!
I LOVED EVERY SINGLE SECOND of this video when I watched it yesterday. She was awesome! Your video was ok too, Colby 😜 lol j/k. I always love watching your videos 🤘
I've never heard a single rush song, I'm about her age. At some point there's just so much out there, especially if it's from a different era or different scene than you're into.
This was really incredible and I have to say of all the people that could do this Drumeo challenge well with Rush it would be a Mars Volta drummer. Super cool.
Aldi's Rush fans doubting that she is unfamiliar with this song, how many of the hip hop drum artist influences that she grew up with have they heard of???
She's from Europe and while Rush does have its fan base there, it's not nearly as popular as in the States and Canada. That's why it's possible that she never heard them
Pretty sure she heard them since she has Neil's signature sticks at home, but not like studied them precisely. It's wild though, even if you don't remember the music and the drum parts, Geddy's voice is unique and instantly recognizable
@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power sure, a professional rock drummer with years of experience, constant gigs and signature Peart sticks in her house never heard Peart play drums. Dude, come on.
@@levindeed I used to have a Jack DeJohnette china that I still, decades later, wish I never traded for whatever; I still remember thrbname, but don't think I've heard any of his projects to date 😂 Yes, it's possible to have signature gear and not know the body of work.
I've only seen a couple of Drumeo's videos & get the feeling they have the stock kit, that a drummer comes in & has to memorize the layout of & frick, she did a awesome job. I suspect I could kill a lot of time (I don't have to spare, haha) on their site - Chaka Khans drummer had "Jerry was a race car" driver by Primus which was also pretty dam good....
My three favorite people since 1981. I love Rush. I heard of her band, I just never dug into it. I think I'll check into them. Especially with John Frusciante. My old high school friend. She seems rad. I love women drummers. Karen Carpenter was so awesome. Rock on people!!! ❤❤❤
Rush kind of has three different phases if you’re going to deep dive. They started out more prog rock/hard rock, then started adding a lot of synths in phase two, and got more slick, phase three they got more raw again.
@RY30DM I'm talking about The Mars Volta. I have not really took the time to listen to any of their stuff over the years. Rush, on the other hand, has been the soundtrack of my life for 43 years.
Well she's been drummer of mars Volta for just a few years, but you should check out the band, it's really good. My favorite album is Da loused at the commatorium.
Great mention of Karen!! So many know her for her voice, but she was an EXCEPTIONAL drummer!! Old videos of her behind the kit, she looks completely at home!
I don’t think the fact she hasn’t heard it is so crazy, she’s from Germany and Rush has never been a big deal in Europe. At least compared to north america.
It completely makes sense to me and I’m 53. Kids aren’t getting music from the radio anymore. They discover it from TikTok, for example, or if a song is featured on a show like Stranger Things, for example. Máster of Puppets got a massive bump after it was featured on Stranger Things.
She’s a classically trained orchestral percussionist and daughter of an opera singer and then went into jazz, Rush probably wasn’t on her playlist at all.
It’s possible if she grew up in Germany. She doesn’t look old enough to have been a youngun listening to it. And let’s face it… a lot of girls skipped Rush.
I've been a rock and metal head since I was 10 and I heard Rush for the first time when I was like 22 or something. I don't understand why people are so obsessed with their sacred cows. And especially since Neil was a low-key humble man who wouldn't give a fuck about being not known by somebody. And on top of that, she did a phenomenal job. I don't give a fuck if a person doesn't know any of my favourite bands. I discovered Death at 29 and Nevermore at 31. I'm 34 now and they are my favourite bands.
I entirely agree: seeing how many people STILL - in 2024, FFS! - think that their subjective knowledge and taste are shared by all is appalling. Many of us fled Rush because we couldn't stand the singer's voice (and we never cared to know what his name is). So, no, we didn't know Limelight either, but were happy to discover its amazing drums and the super job done by Philo - so much so that we agreed to endure that terrible voice.
@MetteC5 this is your opinion, it's errelavent to the many rush fans that loved his voice and that recognized the genius and talent of this one a lifetime band,this is my opinion, this (good) drummer didn't even come close.
@@robcandiani6355 Yes, of course it's my opinion - that's precisely what my comment was about. I respect your opinion but don't share it and never will.
@MetteC5 mine is more of an observation actually .what I heard was an interpretation of the song,.which in my opinion was not even close,so if the drummer was trying to get close to the actual sound and feel it didn't even come close.
Why?!?!? This would be so much better if they played the track without Neil Peart's drums so we hear what she's hearing, We've all heard the original thousands of times.
These videos are too cool, and super impressive. For a musician to blindly go in and put down parts is nuts. As a keyboardist the craziest one I've heard so far is this one... th-cam.com/video/Vep37knwSf4/w-d-xo.html
I dont think she could have fucked this up more. First of all limelight is not difficult on drums. Also shes playing the verses in half time? This is a professional drummer? Wow
You do know she's making up her own drum part and not replicating the drums from Peart, right? She didn't hear the drum part... That's the whole point.
I don't believe for one second this person never heard Rush before. Also, not a very good interpretation. Got a cool nose ring though, I'll give them that.
I’m not buying this whole “Hearing Rush for the first time” garbage. Being a drummer, a rock drummer or a student of percussion and never hearing Neal Peart or Rush play is just not possible/believable to me. I guess it makes for a better/more impressive video saying this is the first time hearing it and then going out and playing well with it/to it.
A couple of things, first off she’s German. I don’t know how popular they are over there. Secondly, if you’ve ever been to a Rush show (been twice) it’s a bit of a sausage party. Woman do not like Rush.
As someone else pointed out "She’s a classically trained orchestral percussionist and daughter of an opera singer and then went into jazz" also she's German, and not unfamiliar with Neil, just hasn't heard all his music. Maybe what you buy or don't doesn't matter. Whether it's believable to you only means anything to YOU, trust me, no one else gives two shits about your opinion on anything.
Same here. I think the Drumeo guys, as awesome as they are, approach it as a show. Nothing to do with Germany. I am German musician and I know Rush since about 1980. It might be a generation thing, if anything.
A young, gorl, from opera and Jazz background.. missing Rush totally plausible. I’m American and grew up in Led Zeppelin, Rush, etc. I had never heard of King Crimson which is a huge band in prog rock. I’m 50 years old and just learned of them this year. Had no clue. But they’re huge.
That song had a certain feel that someone with a musical brain like her can pick up on. Some parts just felt necessary like the 6/4 feel kind of demanded a certain bass/snare pattern and she felt it right away. Just a great song and I’m gonna have to look up Mars Volta
Oh check TMV, you are in for a treat! They are really creative and explorative but yet, you will find classic progressive rock everywhere, jams, punk, weird, time signatures, epicness, noise, amazing vocals, atonals, and ALL of their drummers are out of this world too. They are a hard swallow first time. But oh boy.. If you like big rock riffs and vocals, orchestra like, the whole Frances the Mute album is from start to end an incredible journey.
One of the things that i have heard a lot from drummers learning Neil's work is "damn this is tough but so much fun" it shows me that Neil really loved his instrument and found challenge's delightful and fulfilling thus every piece was a masterpiece. I think Neil would just be grinning ear to ear knowing she had this much fun with this song.
She is both amazingly talented and cool. If Neil was alive today, I think he would smile ear to ear.
I think she made the solo even more incredible! I grew up with MTV and Rush. She allowed me to hear the guitar solo in a different way.
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This is someone who is phenomenally talented, incredibly practiced, but who just LOVES doing it too. Rare glimpse at an artist loving to play. That moment at the end when her tongue comes out and she’s going for it is ALL OF US when we play new music. This is why all of us do it. VIBE.
Saw her with the mars Volta here in Brazil last year and it was MIND BLOWING
The performance from this lady is incredibly impressive. I've watched this performance a dozen times.
I'd love to have those drumsticks, a sign from the drumming-gods!!
signature sticks? I guess you can order a set?
She totally nailed this on a small drum kit. She's going to be a legend! Thanks to her and her honor to Neil! Well Done!!
I grew up in Ireland and never heard a single Rush song, even though I was always into music and even played bass in a band for a while.
Then about 5 years ago I happened upon a video of a girl playing a bass cover to a strange song called YYZ.
That was my introduction to the Rush rabbit hole, and I haven't left the burrow since.
I live in Canada, grew up here, knew them, never listened...til NOW
Watched this on Drumeo when they dropped the vid, such an awesome job!
This was my introduction to this song as well, and wow! I definitely gotta do a Rush deep dive. I'd heard of them, but didn't grow up with classic rock. Can't stop listening to Limelight on repeat, it's too good!
Really talented. Great musical sense!
TH-cam is full of music fans and even drummers who never heard of Rush until recently. Andrew Rooney is one of them that comes to mind. Never got radio play in New Zealand
Sometimes you just have to put the metronome aside and just play on how the music makes you feel. She nailed it. She definitely has a great sense for feeling the music.
Rush came about in a time when bands released a new album nearly every year and toured behind it from anywhere between 3-4 months to 6 months or a year. If Rush is introduced to a younger audience it’s going to be through their parents, siblings, friends but most likely here TH-cam or other relevant social media platforms.🤘🖖✌️🥁🎸🎤🎹
To all those that can't believe she's never heard it before.
Well then she has just proved herself to be a great actress as well!
Seriously, you're nuts. She grew up in a different country focusing on different musical styles.
Are you certain that you would be familiar what whatever music she finds iconic?
That song had a certain feel that someone with a musical brain like her can pick up on. Some parts just felt necessary like the 6/4 feel kind of demanded a certain bass/snare pattern and she felt it right away.
Just a great song and I’m gonna have to look up Mars Volta
FREAKING AWESOME!! That was some great RAW adaptation. She is amazing!!! I'm a lifelong RUSH fan, and THAT was very interesting!!! Thank you!!
It’s so beautiful…I cry every time I watch this. It’s so big.
gotta give just a little love to the Ged - he lays down some pretty good rhythm on the bass/vocals - that's gotta help a little (learning bass myself - so I'm biased - these vids keep me inspired to keep practicing at a 'late' age -mid 40s). But what an amazing drummer! I'm definitely going to be adding Mars Volta to my playlist!
She does a phenomenal job! She gets the structure and general feel of the song after just a couple listens.
She is so freaking amazing!!
YOO hell yeah, Mars Volta is one of my favorite bands!!! This is so dope.
She totally crushed that! Props to her!
I think Philo honored Neil by being herself and feeling the song. What a great take on an awesome song.
I LOVED EVERY SINGLE SECOND of this video when I watched it yesterday. She was awesome! Your video was ok too, Colby 😜 lol j/k. I always love watching your videos 🤘
She plays so organic. Awesome!
I've never heard a single rush song, I'm about her age. At some point there's just so much out there, especially if it's from a different era or different scene than you're into.
This girl is amazing ... I like this kind of challenges
you'd be surprised how many people who aren't drum nerds haven't heard Rush 🤣
Not knowing rush isn't shocking it's the fact that she is a drummer AND she's using his signature sticks! Lol
Well, for never having heard that song, she has done great.
I was really impressed with how she handled that and worked into a groove that fit really well all things considered.
Omar has great taste in musicians. Wow.
I would love to hear her play Red Barchetta.
Wow, what a drummer. Rush and MV two of my favorite bands.
Everyone should do themselves a favor and go see The Mars Volta live. One of the most incredible concerts of my life.
She is a true musician
This was really incredible and I have to say of all the people that could do this Drumeo challenge well with Rush it would be a Mars Volta drummer. Super cool.
Aldi's Rush fans doubting that she is unfamiliar with this song, how many of the hip hop drum artist influences that she grew up with have they heard of???
She killed it! 🥰
She's from Europe and while Rush does have its fan base there, it's not nearly as popular as in the States and Canada. That's why it's possible that she never heard them
Pretty sure she heard them since she has Neil's signature sticks at home, but not like studied them precisely. It's wild though, even if you don't remember the music and the drum parts, Geddy's voice is unique and instantly recognizable
@@levindeedNews flash: everything in this world has people who know nothing about it. Even people with internet access.
@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power sure, a professional rock drummer with years of experience, constant gigs and signature Peart sticks in her house never heard Peart play drums. Dude, come on.
@@levindeed I used to have a Jack DeJohnette china that I still, decades later, wish I never traded for whatever; I still remember thrbname, but don't think I've heard any of his projects to date 😂 Yes, it's possible to have signature gear and not know the body of work.
@@levindeed And how do you know what she has at home?
Neil, as he looked down watching had a deep smile on his face!
It’s closer to a remote viewing “target” experiment.
It’s entirely plausible that a 30 year old German hasn’t heard Rush before.
I’m a 28 year old ameican that never heard rush 🤷🏽♂️
A job well done,it sounded great.
That was fun & you did 👍 😊!
Yeah baby, great job girl
did she just play a Rush song without using the rack drum !!?? wow she's amazing !
If I’m not mistaken left shoe is on and the right foot is a green sock. Fucking dope getting comfortable respect! And destroying😊
I've only seen a couple of Drumeo's videos & get the feeling they have the stock kit, that a drummer comes in & has to memorize the layout of & frick, she did a awesome job. I suspect I could kill a lot of time (I don't have to spare, haha) on their site - Chaka Khans drummer had "Jerry was a race car" driver by Primus which was also pretty dam good....
My three favorite people since 1981. I love Rush. I heard of her band, I just never dug into it. I think I'll check into them.
Especially with John Frusciante. My old high school friend. She seems rad. I love women drummers. Karen Carpenter was so awesome. Rock on people!!! ❤❤❤
Rush kind of has three different phases if you’re going to deep dive. They started out more prog rock/hard rock, then started adding a lot of synths in phase two, and got more slick, phase three they got more raw again.
@RY30DM I'm talking about The Mars Volta. I have not really took the time to listen to any of their stuff over the years.
Rush, on the other hand, has been the soundtrack of my life for 43 years.
Well she's been drummer of mars Volta for just a few years, but you should check out the band, it's really good. My favorite album is Da loused at the commatorium.
Great mention of Karen!! So many know her for her voice, but she was an EXCEPTIONAL drummer!! Old videos of her behind the kit, she looks completely at home!
My mind is blown!!
I think she did an amazing job. 🤘💯👏❤️
Amazing she play so good
She's young, and if she's known for hip hop and whatever else, it's understandable she's not familiar with this song, or Rush, period.
Exactly and also she’s German and Rush has never been as big in europe as it is in north america.
Wrong you must not be familiar with the band that she plays in. She's a rock drummer too
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Incredible drummer 🥁 great l please listen Rush
I don’t think the fact she hasn’t heard it is so crazy, she’s from Germany and Rush has never been a big deal in Europe. At least compared to north america.
This was epic .never heard her before sure missed something ok Need to check this lady
Amazing.. .
Alex and Geddie give her a call and see if she wants to do a 4 year tour
Fantastic!!!!
nailed, great feel and aproach on this music.. the main beat its better than original ! in contra tempo
Why is it weird not to have heard Rush? I've never - at least knowingly - heard Rush
Impressive.
Philo crazy talented
It’s crazy how the younger generation doesn’t know about some of the most iconic music ever!
no it's not. rock fans born in the 60's probably didn't know much about big band swing from the 40's.
Right? I knew my parents favorite movies and singer/bands. And I'm talking 30's and forward.
It completely makes sense to me and I’m 53. Kids aren’t getting music from the radio anymore. They discover it from TikTok, for example, or if a song is featured on a show like Stranger Things, for example. Máster of Puppets got a massive bump after it was featured on Stranger Things.
She’s a classically trained orchestral percussionist and daughter of an opera singer and then went into jazz, Rush probably wasn’t on her playlist at all.
No way she never heard this song. It's too perfect. No shade... Just happy for this video and her.
It’s possible if she grew up in Germany. She doesn’t look old enough to have been a youngun listening to it. And let’s face it… a lot of girls skipped Rush.
As a german I can confirm rush was never really big in germany!
Shes dope
I'd really like DRUMEO to challenge a drummer with a Nightwish song. Drummer Jukka Nevalainen was so good ....
She must had heard this in her infancy
I've been a rock and metal head since I was 10 and I heard Rush for the first time when I was like 22 or something. I don't understand why people are so obsessed with their sacred cows. And especially since Neil was a low-key humble man who wouldn't give a fuck about being not known by somebody. And on top of that, she did a phenomenal job. I don't give a fuck if a person doesn't know any of my favourite bands. I discovered Death at 29 and Nevermore at 31. I'm 34 now and they are my favourite bands.
I was raised up with rush,in canada she's not even close.
I entirely agree: seeing how many people STILL - in 2024, FFS! - think that their subjective knowledge and taste are shared by all is appalling. Many of us fled Rush because we couldn't stand the singer's voice (and we never cared to know what his name is). So, no, we didn't know Limelight either, but were happy to discover its amazing drums and the super job done by Philo - so much so that we agreed to endure that terrible voice.
@MetteC5 this is your opinion, it's errelavent to the many rush fans that loved his voice and that recognized the genius and talent of this one a lifetime band,this is my opinion, this (good) drummer didn't even come close.
@@robcandiani6355 Yes, of course it's my opinion - that's precisely what my comment was about. I respect your opinion but don't share it and never will.
@MetteC5 mine is more of an observation actually .what I heard was an interpretation of the song,.which in my opinion was not even close,so if the drummer was trying to get close to the actual sound and feel it didn't even come close.
nice job your queenlyness.
Rush toured many times in Germany, where she is from...
Doesn’t matter. Rush is a sausage party (I’ve seen them twice) Woman don’t like Rush.
But she’s deceptively young
@RY30DM maybe if you're out looking for sausage mate. My wife and her sisters love Rush
its like a writer what never read Hemingway,,Joyce...Shakespeare..Tolstoi...how this is posible??
It isnt 😂
Hmmm, has sig sticks, yet NEVER heard Limelight. Come on now
She's German
Why?!?!? This would be so much better if they played the track without Neil Peart's drums so we hear what she's hearing, We've all heard the original thousands of times.
I found her playing too simple...my brain prefers the professor hands down!
These videos are too cool, and super impressive. For a musician to blindly go in and put down parts is nuts.
As a keyboardist the craziest one I've heard so far is this one...
th-cam.com/video/Vep37knwSf4/w-d-xo.html
Are you really doing reactions to reactions?
Lets be real: She didn't "nail" anything. Guess I have to be the anti-simp on this one.
Dude, loose the AI-generated captions! They're distracting and full of mistakes.
You ain't a drummer if you don't know Rush.
No even close😂.
I dont think she could have fucked this up more. First of all limelight is not difficult on drums. Also shes playing the verses in half time? This is a professional drummer? Wow
If you're so much better why is she playing for the mars volta and you're not?
Lollll clown
You do know she's making up her own drum part and not replicating the drums from Peart, right? She didn't hear the drum part... That's the whole point.
I don't believe for one second this person never heard Rush before. Also, not a very good interpretation. Got a cool nose ring though, I'll give them that.
It was never supposed to be an „interpretation“
I don't buy these BS videos drumeo does. You cannot expect me to believe The Mars Volta would bring on a drummer who's never heard Rush
I’m not buying this whole “Hearing Rush for the first time” garbage. Being a drummer, a rock drummer or a student of percussion and never hearing Neal Peart or Rush play is just not possible/believable to me. I guess it makes for a better/more impressive video saying this is the first time hearing it and then going out and playing well with it/to it.
A couple of things, first off she’s German. I don’t know how popular they are over there. Secondly, if you’ve ever been to a Rush show (been twice) it’s a bit of a sausage party. Woman do not like Rush.
Andrew Rooney has a great drum channel, quite good himself, somewhere in 40s, never heard of Rush.
As someone else pointed out "She’s a classically trained orchestral percussionist and daughter of an opera singer and then went into jazz" also she's German, and not unfamiliar with Neil, just hasn't heard all his music. Maybe what you buy or don't doesn't matter. Whether it's believable to you only means anything to YOU, trust me, no one else gives two shits about your opinion on anything.
Same here. I think the Drumeo guys, as awesome as they are, approach it as a show. Nothing to do with Germany. I am German musician and I know Rush since about 1980. It might be a generation thing, if anything.
A young, gorl, from opera and Jazz background.. missing Rush totally plausible.
I’m American and grew up in Led Zeppelin, Rush, etc. I had never heard of King Crimson which is a huge band in prog rock. I’m 50 years old and just learned of them this year. Had no clue. But they’re huge.
She’s awful. Her reaction to the original was so emotionless. 😂😅
That song had a certain feel that someone with a musical brain like her can pick up on. Some parts just felt necessary like the 6/4 feel kind of demanded a certain bass/snare pattern and she felt it right away.
Just a great song and I’m gonna have to look up Mars Volta
She's a new drummer, none the less mars volta has a long line of incredible drummers.
I love that observation. I felt the same way.
Oh check TMV, you are in for a treat! They are really creative and explorative but yet, you will find classic progressive rock everywhere, jams, punk, weird, time signatures, epicness, noise, amazing vocals, atonals, and ALL of their drummers are out of this world too. They are a hard swallow first time. But oh boy..
If you like big rock riffs and vocals, orchestra like, the whole Frances the Mute album is from start to end an incredible journey.