Tag Archives: Neil Peart

Neil Peart on Music Marketing – ‘It’s a Sad Mess’

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Digital music devastated the old order of earning a living in the music business. I still don’t understand all the nuances those changes made. But I understand enough to know album sales and airplay lost much of their … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart On Making His Romanian Oak Drumset

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This morning, revisiting email exchanges with Neil Peart, looking for one exchange in particular, I came across Neil’s March 15, 2015 email and photo describing his “new Romanian Oak drumset,” destined for Rush’s 40th Anniversary show. I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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RIP Neil Peart – Traveling Invisible Highways

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Scott K Fish

RIP Neil Peart – Traveling Invisible HighwaysScott K. Fish, Special to the Piscataquis Observer • January 17, 2020 The news came through first at 7:12 pm; a voice message from friend Chip Stern, driving his taxi in Brooklyn, N.Y. But … Continue reading →

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SKF on Peart – Friends, Dreams, Mystical Resonances

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This post opens with my last email to Neil Peart in August 2018 — which he didn’t answer. On learning of his death and his years long struggle with cancer, I now know why Neil didn’t answer. I … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart – My Antipathy Toward Machines

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: As of this writing I don’t remember where or when this interview with Neil Peart took place. The latest reference I’m finding is to the Rush song Prime Mover which was released in 1987. When I figure out … Continue reading →

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