"The Camera Eye" by Rush

[eggnogonthebog]

Amazing drumming....Brilliant.

[green66vw]

Id really like somebody to do better than this.Neal,if he plays it this good,hes happy.People on here are snide in thier commments,very smartallicy.

[pkfiya]

1:25 amazing, nice job on the cover.

[ForeverResplendent]

xXSWEETXx Well Done!!!



[eggnogfrog]

Skillz.

[AquaDonkey]

at and around :50 are the most amazing moments of music ever, makes me feel all tingley inside.

[Moonchild7o7]

Nice work dude!! :) You've got the timing down to a T! That's 90% of it all!

[Moonchild7o7]

Nice work dude!! :)

[DickLodge68]

Simply awesome! Thanks so much for your posts! I love the drums Neil did on this song especially, and it makes me even more grateful I grabbed a six string instead of some sticks.

[zarwarrior]

Excellent.

[343434richie]

Fantastic playing,do you work it out just by ear?coz most neils fills are a mystery to me-how do you decipher them?Thanks for sharing this

[MrManydrums]

You know, gotta hand it to you. Seen many hacks try to emulate "The Professor" You do a nice job with it.

[Pauliewanna]

@MrManydrums Thanks... I hope the time didn't drag too much for you on this one -).

[menom7]

@Pauliewanna OH PUH-LEEEEEEEEZE Paulie..............."TIME-dra­gging" while watching you play?? HA,gimme a BREAK here!! LOL. Simply sittin here watching You do NOTHING more than tap on your drum-head hoops is entertainment for ME!! LOL. As ALWAYS,WELL-DONE My Friend!! ~Peace~

[MetallicBill]

Geddy Lee mentioned not long ago that they plan to put this in their current live set due to the popularity as you mentioned, and well ahead, you predicted perhaps, they would consider it's inclusion!! I always loved it it was one of the first CDs I experienced.... Moving Pictures

[frase1234]

Dude !!!!

[frase1234]

Paulie you Fat Bastard.... I Love You Man ...................  Did anything ever happen with that thing about all your stuff getting pulled from youtube ? Keep those Sticks goin' buddy (Sorry about the line about being a fat bastard) Hi From Melbourne Australia

[constantinosbassman]

Great Job 5 Stars Weel Done thats comin From A fellow Rush Freak !!!!

[BillF1967]

Great job. Thank you for posting.

[lonelypinay22]

well done...impressive, and very close. dont wave at your crashes when u have multiples, it looks indifferent, and lacking passion. I would give that a 9.5, very enjoyable to watch.

[Pauliewanna]

@lonelypinay22 Waving at the cymbals is not indifference, it is an attempt to stroke them with a glancing hit so that I don't break them. I find that this technique makes the cymbals last a lot longer.

[onefugowie]

trust me put head phones on....later in years you will need to get use to saying Huh....

[Pauliewanna]

@onefugowie I have sound cancelling, snugg fitting SHURE, in ear monitors in my ears turned down to a comfortable listening level. I'm 44, I've been drumming for almost 23 years and my hearing is fine. And when I play just the drums, I use full cans by Vic Firth which filter everything very nicely. I always protect my hearing. Thanks for raising the point though!

[onefugowie]

@Pauliewanna "Huh"???

just kidding

[iammovingtomexico]

you rock, dude. i wanted to play drums when i was a kid, but the band instructor at my school put me on tuba instead. .... and often, i had to take that tube home to practice. can you imagine what it was like, as a 6th grader, taking a tuba on the school bus. those fuckin' 8th grade toughs made my junior high days miserable..

if only i could've played drums. just sticks and a practice pad.

anyway - i enjoy your vids.

[Steel1977]

good work

[miced]

cool but there are foot splashes w/ hh in intro i think. coolio job

[sisirider1963]

That was really fantastic.  Must be pretty sweet to be able to play so accurately. Well done.

[Tama12pc]

Great job dude. Maybe you can help me. Im trying to make a video such as this. (I'm a drummer) I have an Alesismultimix 8USB mixer, and a laptop w/ a pre-installed camera. How can I do this?

[stwla888]

From the Vapor Trails tour until now. All of Moving Pictures has been played live except The Camera Eye.

[hemispheres3]

Yeah the whole song? please.

[Pauliewanna]

Read the 'more info' section.

[hemispheres3]

Nails as always, you play the Neil and the rush and god bless you for doing it! One of the best Rush songs of all time that doesn't get play because it's too long or makes sense!

[Shoreman22]

Dude, some of the best Rush drumming I've seen on the net. Keep it going!

[bri1334north]

Nice work, dude!

[ToungAndGrove]

Where's the rest?

[fendergibs]

try terry bozzio, challenge yourself

[NEWMOONER]

Very impressed! I can tell you are a big Neil Peart fan, to me probably the greatest drummer I have ever seen. I have seen RUSH seven times in my lifetime but let me tell ya I don't seem to get tired of watching you... Keep up the good works, I enjoy watching your enthusiasm. Thank You !

[EMBOBZ2112]

brilliant!!

[ritchieification]

Lets face it this guy is 100%

Increbible. The new Rush. He is a talent.

Come on listen to this guy and look at him. WOW Young guy who knows what he is doing. Better than the original alomost the drums. Looooooooooook at the drums. This guy we can make mamous.

[Rainbowdementia107]

This is awesome!

[Pauliewanna]

WTF kind of remark is this?

[brianherrick2112]

you did great on this on. its one of my favorites from rush. its easy to see why neil p. is the best who ever lived.period. noone can even dream of some of the stuff he's come up with.

[kemokeo]

no RED SECTOR A ?

[Pauliewanna]

I did that song. Go to my page and do a search for "sector" and you'll find it.

[malarch7]

Stick work / transitions from ride to hi-hat to snare (starting at 5:16) is very impressive. I would've taken a more pedestrian approach between the ride and snare only. Good work...great track and another masterful performance my Neil Peart.

[conquistador1958]

Thats some kinda mean sticks Paulie

ROCK ON !

[jcsmith440]

what kinda sticks do you use?

[Pauliewanna]

vic firth AH5B

[monos70]

MAESTRO!

[JeffTewell]

Dont know about the earplug thing, but brother you ripped it up!! Very nice!!

[aresthefearless]

You are too good

[niceguytt]

dude that is so effin brilliant! This is the first drum cover I have watched start to finish! Gonna check out the rest of your Rush work - great job and keep it up!

[nuphi90]

what exatly is that beat at 5:17 how are you doing that can you please tell me how to play that part i am stuck like chuck dude and by the way your the freeking man

[Mydrumclub65]

LOL ''Here's a another Head phone player '''sound''s great ....need to learn to take the Plug's out of your when Playing ...help out a lot ...Dude rock On ....

[Pauliewanna]

I don't understand this comment or who it's directed towards.

[BIGTONY2132001]

Nicely Done!!

[RandomTask42]

why would you cut out the soloooo!?!? lmao. anyways. awesome cover. spot on.. 5 starsss!

[Pauliewanna]

It's a guitar solo. The last five minutes of this song are deathly boring and retread on the drums... And also, the limit for a little -ole private citizen like me is 10 minutes.

[CJR1492]

haha im impressed was not expecting that

[cygnusx13]

damn dude, look at you go.

[jtcaseyjr]

Wow you are really good, and another one of my favorite Rush songs. played spot on too, Good job

[flamecolumn]

I've always loved the beat at 5:17 and wondered exactly how

Peart did it. Drummers the world over love that groove.

Thanks for nailing it!

[trevizons]

Well Paulie, not only the most requested Rush song in the last 10 years, but at least in the last 25 years ! Beautiful job, exhausting isn't it ?

[WolfmanSIUE]

not only perfectly played but good sound quality

[norstar74z]

SPOT ON...DEAD ON!! Your a freakin rock star!!!

NICE WORK!

[musikg33k]

dude keep on drumming

[JTrials31]

Nice on the part in the mid 5:30 part where you did the ride and hi-hat at the same time. Loved it! Possibly my favorite song off of Moving Pictures.

[blummedia]

ANyone know where I can find YYZ?

Great job on this Dude!

[dreamline2008]

what china do you have? the one closer to the cam.

[Pauliewanna]

That is a 19" Wuhan china.

[dreamline2008]

nice, I've heard they are good..

I might buy a Stagg that also are great I believe.

I just recently bought the Paragon china 19'' which is not bad at all but I would be beter with a 16" China with a more trashy sound.

keep up hobby

[SirGod85]

love 5:18!!!! very nice rhythm! amazing man!

[zdude620]

dude, for the love of god, don't say your an amateur at drumming. by simply watching you, anyone could tell you're good.

[rush7112112]

Dude, once again, well done. LOVE the way you play the intro snare parts, very free-flowing, on time, a little unique, and very YOU...but man, it is awesome~

[turfguy87]

awesome double cymabaling again at 5:23

[turfguy87]

thanks man I all but forgot about this song!!

[paarnold77]

LOVE IT! Rush is one of my favorite bands because they combine meaningful lyrics with instrumental virtuosity. Very impressed with your skills.

[abatzkon]

Mike Portnoy and Danny Carey are both amazing drummers as Neil is. I'd love to see you play something from TOOL, Paulie.

[fcoac]

That was an EXCELLENT JOB! I really enjoyed it!! Rock on!

[Blaineisawarlock]

Paulie, once you become a very good drummer, how hard is it to drum to Rush compared to other artists? I know Rush completely as they are my fav band but I cannot play an instrument so I was just wondering?

[Pauliewanna]

For me, it's all about liking the song. If I like a piece of music, no matter how hard it might appear to be to learn, I find it easier than begrudgingly learning something that i don't enjoy listening to. I find certain drummers (neil included) to be easier to learn since I sort of know their styles. Other drummers I would have great difficulty learning, not just because they play complicated pieces (they do), but because i don't like the music -- two that come to mind are portnoy and carey.

[Pauliewanna]

Both Dream Theater and Tool have virtuoso musicians and are admirable in that aspect, but I just don't like their creations enough to care about taking the immense effort to learn them and re-create it. To me, playing a Dream Theater song is a technical challenge and I'm certain that I could overcome that, but the musical challenge (that is, the lack thereof) is insurmountable. There are many other instances where this is the case. On other hand, I get off playing simple classic rock in my band.

[Stryder46]

Excellent job, Paulie. I'd love to see a Rush drumoff with you and Martin Periard.

[crimn]

i will have a listen. us rush fans are so picky with everything. don't get me wrong, you are a great drummer and i love watching your videos.

[crimn]

when you add the hi hat at 5.30 it ruins that part of the song.

[Pauliewanna]

Take a listen to the studio version -- I'm not 'adding' anything. I'm playing what is already IN the song!

[analogk]

Another great performance!

[NastyGreaser]

elegance in person at 5:18!!!

[Bakongo2]

Not prisoners holded execution

[banlatbulldog]

I HAVE TO SAY....... IMPRESSED!!

[ayn911]

Good job.

[pearlavalanche]

you got it dude, sounds amazing!

[9IEIIYIIEIISII]

opening snare work...

[juandaru2112]

good stuff...but you left hanging! haha...cheers, From FL.

[haruuj]

Open your high hats more, they sound choked!

[becksbeers]

Man - That was f*cking awesome !

Better than dare I say it - Neal Peart

Good on ya - keep it up dude.

[LMBob]

By far that is one of the best pieces of Rush playing I have heard. I takes years of playing to get it right like this I know, it took me years as well. Keep up the great playing. Bob in Orlando

[minuteman3]

Love your stuff, particularly with the narration! Keep it up man!

[1Triphammer1]

friggin awesome dude !!!

woohooo !

[thedarkside7979]

Paulie, how do you prepare yourself mentally right before you play a song like the Camera Eye? Do you like need time to clear your mind or do you just hammer away at it?

[Pauliewanna]

I never warm up. I don't really prepare mentally. I find I usually do better if I just jump right in. Usually, my first take or second is the best of a bunch. If I make a mistake in the third take, I give up for the day and try again when I'm fresh.

As you rightly point out, once you get past the sheer physicality of performing the activity, it IS mostly mental and I find my mind-->hand pipes are most open with no mental preparation.

[wurlytone]

Excellent skills. Drums sound great. Recording sounds sweet. 5½ stars! ♪♫

[AnubisXII]

5:17-5:40.

I don't think you're supposed to be able to do that.

[rockfan1]

Excellent!

At 5:18 is when the real talent is shown.

Thanks for posting.

[jkerrigan1990]

I LOVE this song. Thanks for covering it. I hope Rush actually plays this song live one day.

[langer1972]

What I mean is .52 to 1:28 into the song but hay thats just me.

[Pauliewanna]

Hey, what can I say, I didn't have a compressor yet and I was constantly experimenting with my sound.

[langer1972]

You have moved me in all the songs that you have done but for some reason the hihat on this song just sounds to raspy and on edge.But that is just me.Plaese don't be mad at me I think that you are a great drummer but it might be just the start of the song that got to me becuase the hihat in the rest of that song sounds great I guess I am just nitpicking sorry.

[bryant313]

hey if u edit your videos on windows movie maker u can hella size down your videos

[thedarkside7979]

Perfect, I think the Professor would be proud. I really like how you anticipate the changes and make the transitions from section to section, chord, to chord

[ACELLOFAWARENESS]

give that man a cracker!!!!

[mrichmond328]

you da man. can we call you the junior professor?

[cruzerton]

Oh my!!! Great old school song from Rush...dude u nailed it...wow....awesome!

[cny70]

dude, I love your setup.

I wish I could play the drums in my small apartment.

[stingrayglobal]

f..king killer man! Unreal! Rock on!

[Weinhold]

Hey Dude! I saw a lot of guys who pretend they could play like "The Professor"! But you are really close to the edge! Loce your work! Really GREAT!

Greetings from Germany! :-)

[rjvc69]

great, sounds just like NP! keep going

[stwla888]

The first time I saw Rush in 83 they played this song But, I was to high to remember. They have not played it since This makes up for it (a little).

[Crabola437]

Paulie ur great....Can u drum to zeppelin's "KASHMIR"?

[Pauliewanna]

Well, I COULD play "kasmir" but I'd probably fall asleep before its plodding 8 and a half minutes were finished. In other words, it's too deathly boring for me to bother. Sorry!

[ieetemos4breakfast]

Hell ya man I hear that...Kashmir is way beneath someone of your talent. That song was even beneath John Bonham.

[uuunderground]

I wonder if you have any interest in Radiohead. Particularly the song "Subterranean Homesick Alien." No doubt the drums would be a breeze for you, but the rythym seems a little tricky to me and I'd like to see it in action.

[uuunderground]

Dude! Kickin' it!. Outstanding.

[batterist93]

sei bravissimo... tecnica un casino!!

[bowendesigns]

Damn... Wow...

[cutlassmountain]

I thought I was the only rush fan in the world?

[rushnut4ever]

I can only sum it up as "AWESOME". I've been a huge RUSH fan since 1975 when I purchased their first album......which tips you off at how old I am..........I truly enjoy seeing others have the same passion for this band as myself. Neil is the MASTER of the drum kit...no one comes close. Your rendition is just as methodical and crisp as anyone I've seen play........great work!

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

I've always had major trouble timing those rolls during the synth breaks. Good job with that!

[analogkid13]

Damn man!!! Loved the part where your playing on the hats and the ride and hitting the snare!!! Two questions for you: (1) How long have you been playing; (2) The rudiments/ sticking for those SUPER crazy long signature Peart fills???

[Pauliewanna]

I've been playing on and off since 1989. That's 18 years, but there was a period of 5 years when I went to school and lived in apartments that I didn't play at all. And then there was that time... ah hell, a while. But I didn't start until I was 22. It's really tough to start as an adult.

[Pauliewanna]

Now, about those "super crazy long signature Peart Fills: which ones? LOL

[analogkid13]

Well like the "grand finaly" fill on limelight. How's that done? Because I see all these guys doing it RLRL ya kno? And their all tense, and it doesn't sound write. And you watch the professor, and it's fluid, and it sounds great!

[Pauliewanna]

Well, there's no 'right' way to do stickings for fills, but there are more relaxed/easy ways to do it. I've never tabbed it out, but I think the ending of "limelight" CAN be played with just straight single-stroke rolls, but then, it's all in the execution. I've seen a lot of youtube vidoes on a lot of songs and some peoples' ideas of what 'accurate' is are funny.

[analogkid13]

Yeah, so I hear. I didn't start till I was 13, and I felt like a "late bloomer". That is, until I found out that Mr. Peart himeself didn't start till he was 13 as well.

[lindseykf]

Damn good drumming dude! Nice kit, I had to sell mine to get a car when I was 17 and never got back into it.

[blarghwastaken]

You are truly a true musician. I really appreciate your love for it and your talent. Why can't there be more people like you?

[teege911]

You have a excellent ear for Neils drumming. You are able to pick up on each little detail perfectly. I too have tried to play his music but I just dont have the correct number of pieces to come even close to sounding as good as you. You have alot of heart for this band, dont let it go. Get some friends together and just do covers. You sound great keep it up.

Tom in NY

[neilzep]

awesome Paul,great job

[miandjk2112]

Honestly... It was perfect! I'm impressed!

Check my rush drum videos and let me know what you think...

[KingXanadu]

that was amazing! the camera eye is such an awesome song. i would've traded 10 songs from the snakes and arrows tour (which was still incredible) if i could've heard them do this live!

[fiuwriter]

FUCKING GREAT!

[kict951]

I've tried to play this song many times, and I can't get the 5:17 - 5:40 area, it's so confusing and it pisses me off, lol, although I am only 15, I really wanna be able to play the peartmeister, any advise on that part?

[Pauliewanna]

Sorry Kict,

I just saw this question. I guess I'm a few months late with the reply. LOL. A hint would be to try playing the bit WITHOUT the hi-hat grace-notes. That is, just play the bass/snare/off beat ride pattern (that's hard enough by itself) and get that down playing with just your right hand and THEN add the hi-hat stuff without the squelches. Then, for the third stage, add the hi-hat open/close. It's a difficult thing to play when you first try it. Good luck!

[krushinghead]

nice accents on the hi-hats dude...I enjoy watching you play camera eye as if neal peart were playing it himself.Again ,Great job.

[krushinghead]

i think you were dead on with this song...Good job,man!

[foxmtbr]

Wow, awesome job. This has always been one of my favorite songs, I've jammed out parts of it, but I've neve just sat down and played it all. You're sport on throughout the whole thing, it's certainly one of the best videos I've ever seen.

[MisterAndresen]

Damn! You did a song I was going to do.

I better hurry and do the one song I know drummers will not attempt, and it's not what people are going to expect.

Dude, you nailed yet another one, awesome.

[thealien666]

Well well, as I said before, getting better and better each time. The sound I mean. The playing is always great! Your sound tweaking has produced good results; the ride pick-up is much better, the hi-hats and cymbals too. The overall balance of the kit is much improved! Still a bit of work to do for normalizing all the toms though. A bit more low frequency content wouldn't hurt (suggestion; cut down the mids by 3db on those toms). I'll talk to Paul Northfield about giving you a hand with that...

[Pauliewanna]

Thanks for the feedback. I really do try to incorporate everyone's suggestions. I'm having a bit of a problem with one tom (the 12" rack) bleeding into my snare mike which is why it's so ridiculously out of proportion. As everyone can tell, I'm not a sound man and I'm literally playing it by ear. One day, I'll have some good sound.

[thealien666]

I had a similar problem on my kit, but I moved the snare mic away from the bleeding tom (it's at 10 o'clock now, where as before it was at 1 o'clock). Also, the snare mic is pointing almost straight down and quite close to the drum head (about 3 cm). Of course it all depends on the sensitivity of your mic, you don't want to overload it. But even with the sound you have now, it's WAY better than 90% of drumming videos on YouTube! (but not mine....yet! LOL!)

[Pauliewanna]

I think my problem is a sympathetic resonance problem. My 12" tom is tuned to almost the same note as my snare (without the strainer on it) and I think the snare vibrates at its natural tone. I'll experiment with different mike placements, but I'm not sure how I can possibly move the snare mike without it severely impeding my fluidity since it's a clip-on. Again, thanks for your input and your drumset DOES sound really good.

[hskyo]

Bass drum sounds a little too loud...

other than that, great job!

[ruby186]

Sorry, no need to answer the ride question, i just checked out your page...

[ruby186]

Very well done.. I'm a big NP fan and you got his style off pat, especially the back/forth retardendo. What model of ride is that you are playing..?

[stylechuntaro]

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[Rammy72]

awesome classic! great job drumming too it...two thumbs up!

[c0ri]

nice work with the cymbals around 5:25.. love that part! one great song. overall brilliant drumming as usual :)

[thornybrush]

LOL!!! Loved how you gracefully bowed out of the remaining part of this great-great song Neil!!! Errrr, I mean Paulie!! Superb drummanship!!