RUSH thrives in this world of disposable 'talent' by doing it ALL well. They pretty much wrote the book, followed it untiringly, weathered countless storms ( and a few Tsunami's), and stayed true to their families, friends, and personal artistry. What a long, great trip it's been ... and continues to be, thanks to ALL involved.
Yes, it does take a lot of hard work & hours to make a great show every single night. Cheers too the road crew for making Rush sound great on The Snakes & Arrows World Tour. It it was a complete success
with out this vid, i would have never known the task that roadies endure. all of you deserve so much credit and more for your countless work. BEST OF THE BEST REGARDS!
Even though I'm not a Rush fan I must say that I should pay my respect to this amazing crew. Quite a tough job they do to make everything work. Think of that next time you criticize the quality of a concert, sometimes it's not the band's fault.
"Mild panic".. lol, i hate that feeling that comes just 20s- 1 minute before the show starts. You could ask my name and i couldn't tell you. You could over and over again the very first seconds, go thru the first "act" and transitions, 5 seconds, countdown takes for ever.. While the show is on, it is quite a heightened state of alertness, not really scared as you ain't got time for that, time is totally a different concept, you would be amazed how long a second really is ;). It is quite awesome job but the mystery bruises and cuts, all the accidents i've seen, how much the coffee and no sleep damages your body and how impossible any kind of social life outside the job is.. Getting "promotions" takes a long time and there is only one seat behind the main desk.. I'm much happier in game design, all thou getting projects done in time with the resources that are available, how to communicate fast and precisely, how to manage complex systems that has thousands of components. getting all that shit to work smoothly and in time is a freaking great skill (in plain english; this is what we got and we'll make it work, no daydreaming of what could be possible if we had this equipment or just a bit more time, show start at 21:00, period). Roadies are polymaths, problems solvers. You give them a country to run on monday and it'll be in full working order by friday afternoon.
Also I remember being a runner for a rush show back in the 80s. Back then in the analog world there was one gamble console and one engineer just for the drums and another desk and engineer to take care of everything else.
Howard actually does nearly AN ENTIRE SHOW on camera, but it's in one of the other hours of this series. I have all the shows, but haven't got them digitized from the PVR yet. I only learned this show was part of a series about 3 weeks after I posted this show. This show was only meant to show the SOUND side of the show. The other hours cover RIGGING, LIGHTING, AND INSTRUMENTS. I'm going to get around to posting them eventually.
Man that was AWESOME! I've worked in a recording studio & even did (\sound for bands (clubs) but have never seen the pro-end of live sound engineering. Amazing they check the house pa against recorded live shows. I'd like to learn more about pink-noise, spectrum-analyzers, etc. Anyone know of any good vids besides this? Thank u so much for posting this series!!
The „mild panic“ thing but also this special moment, when house lights are killed and the intro kicks in.... I know that so well....and in these times I miss it so much.
The load-out/wheels-up ending every night has a strange, almost post-coital depression with it. Impossible to explain to those who will never know it. But very real, nonetheless.
Not for me, brother. Win, lose or draw, I am rocked out, worked out, and still alive, with well earned dinner and some rack time in front of me, maybe some days off too. It's one of the best parts of the show... considering that the neck chills and awe already went down and it isn't... time for those anu more.
I recently saw dream theater, and I think Brent Carpenter did the FOH that night. I pretty sure, but I was wondering that the whole show, " is that the guy who is in the rush documentary?" does anyone know for sure??
Brent Carpenter started working with RUSH on the Vapor Trails Tour until the final Rush R40 Live Tour 2015 Brent Carpenter Vapor Trails Tour Brent Carpenter R30 Tour Brent Carpenter Snakes and Arrows Tour Brent Carpenter Time Machine Tour Brent Carpenter Clockwork Angels Tour Brent Carpenter R40 Live 40TH Anniversary Tour
Disappointing how the monitor guy with a chip on his shoulder monopolized the series. Maybe he was having a bad day. A really long bad day. Like one of those 48 hour days he mentioned in a previous episode lol
Best place to see what it is like is to get yourself in the local crew first; the guys doing heavy lifting that are employed from each town the show visits. To get in the local crew, you need to find which companies do that sort of thing in your area and try to get a job there, most likely you will have to start as an intern. Even the local crew put up shows in the local area that are complex enough to kill people if the structures fail so you need to earn the trust. The guy in this video series struggling to put pins in the line-array is perfect example; if you forget to lock it, the whole stack might come down.. Fortunately, there is education now and knowing the technical side is much easier now than it use to be. And you need to know about everything, even if you just bang pins on trusses for five years, you are expected to handle a simple light console and mixing desk, how to connect things, what are basic safety guidelines when dealing with electronics, fix a cable or use a tablesaw, the list is endless.
This show took what should've been a very interesting and informative subject and turned it into an hour of slogging, jaded ambiguity. No excitement, no energy, no real motivation - nothing to imply that any of the people working on a Rush tour road crew actually enjoys their job.
Lol. Rushes users guitar samples. I guess they're not rock gods after all. Any band that doesn't play. 100% authentically, meaning that EVERYTHING you hear is bring played by the one of the 3 guys, is a shit band. And NO, having a member of the backstage team hitting a trigger does not count. Neil has sooooo many sample triggers he hits its ridiculous. Its the equivalent of lip synching. A bunch of frauds.
Thank You Rush for documenting so many of your shows, good memories for Rush fans now that we no longer have your concerts.....RIP Neil
RUSH thrives in this world of disposable 'talent' by doing it ALL well. They pretty much wrote the book, followed it untiringly, weathered countless storms ( and a few Tsunami's), and stayed true to their families, friends, and personal artistry. What a long, great trip it's been ... and continues to be, thanks to ALL involved.
Very informative. These guys work their asses off to make sure the audience is getting their money's worth. I am glad I found this series.
Yes, it does take a lot of hard work & hours to make a great show every single night. Cheers too the road crew for making Rush sound great on The Snakes & Arrows World Tour. It it was a complete success
Awesome ! Thank you for posting !!
I am in school at the Metalworks Institute to do essentially everything this video featured. I really appreciate a quick glimpse into my future
with out this vid, i would have never known the task that roadies endure. all of you deserve so much credit and more for your countless work. BEST OF THE BEST REGARDS!
You guys are the best ❤️
GREAT DOC 🤘🤘🤘😊
its amazing to see how danny carey manages to be an incrdible drummer and also the sound engineer from Rush
My first show was on the Moving Pictures Tour, Indianapolis Market Square Arena, March 11th 1981.
Even though I'm not a Rush fan I must say that I should pay my respect to this amazing crew. Quite a tough job they do to make everything work. Think of that next time you criticize the quality of a concert, sometimes it's not the band's fault.
Great documentary! Thanks for posting this.
"Mild panic".. lol, i hate that feeling that comes just 20s- 1 minute before the show starts. You could ask my name and i couldn't tell you. You could over and over again the very first seconds, go thru the first "act" and transitions, 5 seconds, countdown takes for ever.. While the show is on, it is quite a heightened state of alertness, not really scared as you ain't got time for that, time is totally a different concept, you would be amazed how long a second really is ;). It is quite awesome job but the mystery bruises and cuts, all the accidents i've seen, how much the coffee and no sleep damages your body and how impossible any kind of social life outside the job is.. Getting "promotions" takes a long time and there is only one seat behind the main desk..
I'm much happier in game design, all thou getting projects done in time with the resources that are available, how to communicate fast and precisely, how to manage complex systems that has thousands of components. getting all that shit to work smoothly and in time is a freaking great skill (in plain english; this is what we got and we'll make it work, no daydreaming of what could be possible if we had this equipment or just a bit more time, show start at 21:00, period).
Roadies are polymaths, problems solvers. You give them a country to run on monday and it'll be in full working order by friday afternoon.
Also I remember being a runner for a rush show back in the 80s. Back then in the analog world there was one gamble console and one engineer just for the drums and another desk and engineer to take care of everything else.
Howard actually does nearly AN ENTIRE SHOW on camera, but it's in one of the other hours of this series. I have all the shows, but haven't got them digitized from the PVR yet. I only learned this show was part of a series about 3 weeks after I posted this show. This show was only meant to show the SOUND side of the show. The other hours cover RIGGING, LIGHTING, AND INSTRUMENTS. I'm going to get around to posting them eventually.
Load them trucks! haha
Man that was AWESOME! I've worked in a recording studio & even did (\sound for bands (clubs) but have never seen the pro-end of live sound engineering. Amazing they check the house pa against recorded live shows. I'd like to learn more about pink-noise, spectrum-analyzers, etc. Anyone know of any good vids besides this? Thank u so much for posting this series!!
Very interesting stuff -thanks a bundle for the upload!
I liked the frog sounds during the intermission.
very interesting to watch! thanks for posting
Thank you sooooooo much for ALL of these!! Can they be bought somewhere? LOVE IT!!!!!!!
wow. this is soo great! love it
Brilliant insight
That would be great!
@kevinwayte can you please put those other video's up? I would be really interested in watching them. Especially the rigging and lighting.
Awesome, thanks for this...how come no High Quality option for part 6?
The „mild panic“ thing but also this special moment, when house lights are killed and the intro kicks in.... I know that so well....and in these times I miss it so much.
The load-out/wheels-up ending every night has a strange, almost post-coital depression with it.
Impossible to explain to those who will never know it. But very real, nonetheless.
Not for me, brother. Win, lose or draw, I am rocked out, worked out, and still alive, with well earned dinner and some rack time in front of me, maybe some days off too. It's one of the best parts of the show... considering that the neck chills and awe already went down and it isn't... time for those anu more.
AMAZING is an understatement !!!!! NOW !!!!!!! where do I sign on ?????? I was backstage in ATLANTIC CITY & I want this !!! :-)
I recently saw dream theater, and I think Brent Carpenter did the FOH that night. I pretty sure, but I was wondering that the whole show, " is that the guy who is in the rush documentary?" does anyone know for sure??
I don't know what happened to part 6. Every section was uploaded as the same file type and parameters. RUclips won't post it as HQ !
@kevinwayte I know it was a year ago you said this, but have you got any further with uploading the lighting ones?
I absolutely love this band and respect Geddy a lot, but moments like 5:28 make me wonder if they should have continued with him on lead vocals.
I can assure you that you are the *ONLY* person in the world who can even pretend to take you seriously.
Go get your shinebox.
@@gavinvalentino1313 Took a worldwide poll, did you?
@kevinwayte Could you please do a lampie one. Great videos. Thankyou
Agree. I'm more into the lights
@kevinwayte Don't suppose we'll ever see the others will we?
The only thing the lighting director did in all this videos was showing the bus :P
@PhotoGib Its geddy´s brother.
Geddy had a son called julian
Brent Carpenter started working with RUSH on the Vapor Trails Tour until the final Rush R40 Live Tour 2015
Brent Carpenter Vapor Trails Tour
Brent Carpenter R30 Tour
Brent Carpenter Snakes and Arrows Tour
Brent Carpenter Time Machine Tour
Brent Carpenter Clockwork Angels Tour
Brent Carpenter R40 Live 40TH Anniversary Tour
@kevinwayte where can I find those other episodes?
thanks
Disappointing how the monitor guy with a chip on his shoulder monopolized the series. Maybe he was having a bad day. A really long bad day. Like one of those 48 hour days he mentioned in a previous episode lol
I wish they got into the lighting and the video setups.
+bleh151 they do in other videos in this DVD series. There's a separate one on lights and the video production
Looks like a digidesign Profile
Does anyone know how Allen Weinrib is related to Geddy? Is it his son? He's listed as Production Liaison.
They're siblings
Too bad they didn't show what I really wanted to see, lights.
what venue is that??
How do you get a gig as the road crew with Rush? Love to be a roadie!
Best place to see what it is like is to get yourself in the local crew first; the guys doing heavy lifting that are employed from each town the show visits. To get in the local crew, you need to find which companies do that sort of thing in your area and try to get a job there, most likely you will have to start as an intern. Even the local crew put up shows in the local area that are complex enough to kill people if the structures fail so you need to earn the trust. The guy in this video series struggling to put pins in the line-array is perfect example; if you forget to lock it, the whole stack might come down.. Fortunately, there is education now and knowing the technical side is much easier now than it use to be. And you need to know about everything, even if you just bang pins on trusses for five years, you are expected to handle a simple light console and mixing desk, how to connect things, what are basic safety guidelines when dealing with electronics, fix a cable or use a tablesaw, the list is endless.
+VWGTI www.roadiejobs.com When you come to Houston you have to give me backstage passes.
Dude, awesome share. I really enjoyed watching this. Check out some of my bootlegs from the Snakes and Arrows tour if you like.
Sound and/or Electric Engineering, administration, management, dude.
This show took what should've been a very interesting and informative subject and turned it into an hour of slogging, jaded ambiguity. No excitement, no energy, no real motivation - nothing to imply that any of the people working on a Rush tour road crew actually enjoys their job.
a job's a job.
Todays Tom Sawyer...
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Lol. Rushes users guitar samples. I guess they're not rock gods after all. Any band that doesn't play. 100% authentically, meaning that EVERYTHING you hear is bring played by the one of the 3 guys, is a shit band. And NO, having a member of the backstage team hitting a trigger does not count. Neil has sooooo many sample triggers he hits its ridiculous. Its the equivalent of lip synching. A bunch of frauds.
This is a HILARIOUSLY ignorant and stupid take.
Very informative. These guys work their asses off to make sure the audience is getting their money's worth. I am glad I found this series.