Rush working on new material
Canadian rockers Rush have begun working on new material according to drummer Neal Peart.
QMI Agency managed to talk to the legendary drummer and asked him about whether Rush was planning on hitting the studio anytime soon.
“Well, in fact, we’ve just started working on new material,” said Peart. “So we plan to get some writing and recording done. And we’re considering doing everything this year — maybe even a bit of touring.”
Peart went on to talk about how iTunes is shaping the way the band may release and even write their music:
Even since 2006, when we started Snakes & Arrows, the album has become less significant in these times of iTunes and shuffle settings and whatnot. But perhaps we can take advantage of that and work in a whole different way. So we decided, when we did meet, that we’re not constrained by the patterns of the past, where you spend a year writing and recording, and the next year touring. Anything’s possible now; we can record a couple of songs and put them out and then go on tour if we want.
Peart also went on to talk about how new songs are constructed between the members of the band:
We’re so unique in that regard — all three of us are equally involved. I tend just to give them a whole bunch of lyrics. I don’t walk in and say, “Here’s the song I just wrote, what do you think?” I give them choices, and genuine opportunities to respond. Geddy and Alex are getting together now on the musical side, so I just sent them a whole bunch of lyrical ideas. Anything they respond to, I’ll get inspired by. That’s what I’ve found in the past; if Geddy says, “I like these four lines,” that to me is great. It’s not a rejection of the rest of it; it’s that those four lines happened to reach him. So I’ll build on that.
He also went on to say that the band has literally just started working so there are no complete songs as of right now. Take your time, gents. No rush.
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