The Spirit of Radio - Rush - Drum Cover

[chromaxabc]

This little guy is GREAT!!!!!!!!

[SpeedStream110]

good stuff kid!~

[mrkabob3892]

if u want ur child to be a drummer lock him in a room with one cymbal a bass a snare an a metranome that never stops for a few weeks.

[ucdeeznuts]

aww hes so cute cuz hes young and plays the drumms,,ahh shit the fuck up no who gives a fuck about how old u are just play the fucking song correctly and get on with it

[rhythmantic]

Man, what talent! Playing & navigating through some complex rhythms at such a young age. 

[17drums]

Great job, Neil! It's amazing that you're already tackling the tougher material like Rush at your age. That's the path to greatness--always shoot high!

[TheMrnerfdoger09]

@rennieallen tom sawyer

[HopefulSwine]

ONLY 10!!!! Amazing job Neil!!!

[UnReAlKiLlA505]

dang ur really good u got talent

[lunatik98]

I love your snare becuase it sounds soo much like all drummers' snares

[drummerchick2005]

I've been playing the drums for almost 10 years and there's no way in hell I could pull this off. Awesome job kid!!

[CrawfordDrummer]

Is that dad's set next to him on the left haha?

Come check out my cover and tell me what you think!

[dacorner8]

wow this inspires me to play drums

[redfiremustang05]

All i can say AMAZING!!!!!

[NintendoSwii]

Aww, man, This crap pisses me off. This took me a month too learn and this kid can play it.

[chanoskyxs]

good future !!! ;)

[raredrumd]

Into is horrible.

[TheKickassdrummer]

If this kid sticks with it, I think he has a very bright future

[cashmerestaten]

DAMN how long has this kid been playing you could give him trash cans for drums and it would sound good. u cant let this kid stop playing

[brotheregghead]

For a ten year old, you did pretty fricken good!! Is your real name Neil?

[rennieallen]

Yes, real name is Neil.

[n9xvt]

being a huge rush fan,,i gotta say,,nice!!keep up the hard work!

[Rob42496]

good job..

hook up some mics to that kit soon

makes it sound a lot better

and if keep playing...u'll get really good whenu get older

keep it up man

[RaStApAsTa182]

starting at :38 while hitting the ride there is no hi hats and at :45 it's only hi hats but other than that its pretty good

[Drummerkid1231]

nice

[boats696969]

good job lil man...keep it up and you might make it somewheres dude

[rolyatgjg15]

i too noticed a few problems ..first off i wanna say for 10 playing rush is really good but still... one flaw is at the beginning you are on the ride with high hat shots (around :50 ish) where that part is on the high hat and i think just as you grows up and just keeps practicing drumming will become a little more fluid and natural... but still quite good for 10!

(just a side note i kinda dislike your cymbols but it may just be the mix... nothing wrong with you there just saying)

[anikin419]

that was amazing but the open hats sounded out of place

[pacocanas]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[121ark]

snare drum doesn't sound right. Keep up the good work!

[sanzot431]

well done!!!

you're on the right way!!!!

[evilash1996]

its not the song but who cares he has alot of coordination

[WayneMechanic]

is this his own set or does he just play on yours?

[RaStApAsTa182]

im sorry but this is just really off.I love how he likes rush and tries to play but he has some really big mistakes,keeps practicing though

[Brossel]

Excelent !

[john1dolmayan]

WELL DONE

[xxkilledxx]

wow that was an amazing performance! how does that kid afford all of those drums himself?!

[Code5Gaming]

its a thing called parents

[onehalfpoint]

no its called loaded parents lol

[JelloJames16]

very well done!

wish i had a drumset... :(

[Ripper17]

he will grow up as a great musician! keep on pratice!

[EnigmaIsACoolBand]

Kids got it.

If I was his age I'd be practicing the bass 6 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just turned 23 and decided to learn, and now finding time for it is hard.

sigh

Amazing how quickly kids pick up new skills.

[MichaelKoenig888]

Way Cool!

Keep rockin bro!

Michael

[GeddyLee9523]

Excellent work man! Keep up the good work!

And for those haters out there, get out of your parent's basement and find a LIFE! :P

[electrikfox]

well talented! looking forward to the future!

[QU3NIDGE]

After reading the massive info the vid had finnished lol

[sportsguy125]

nice, sweet kit to mate

[LJKBIGMAC]

hey thnx for that and i wasnt blaming u for minusing it i was pretty much talking to other people

[LJKBIGMAC]

hey and thnx for minusing my comment i thought i was being nice

[LJKBIGMAC]

a couple mistakes but its so good! ur younger than me and still better! but as scunnewman said dont listen to the people saying that you suck and everything,the reality is,is that they suck,so there gonna put there negativity on you.but keep up this awesome drumming

[scunnewman]

Jesus he's ten years old, give him a break. Of course it's not perfect but what the hell did you guys play like at 10. He obviously has the raw ability and he's pulling some cool chops out. Give him time and he will be smokin all u negative losers. As for the folks that like to throw the negative shit out there, where are yr postings? Keep up the good work little man and good job. Don't pay any attention to these jerks. They like to step on ants too.

[cllogan69]

dude sweet job. cant belive you went for neil pert that is one of the best drummer of all time sweet job keep it up and just follow the music peace!!!

[revcrash]

QUALITY!!

You have an amazing future ready for you, dont waste it

Keep up the drums

Well done

[adamo36532]

LOL pwned

[C2Mrox]

Love those symbols. this is great bunch of us drummers talking. its great to talk to ppl who no so much about this when beginners know so little. this kid is the beast. someone aughta sign him a record deal. this kid will make it. i know a star when i see one.

[dnantis]

WOW ! This is not anymore a kid !! He's an animal , a beast at work !!

I see millions shortly and also him pkaying dad's drumset !!

He HE ...

Dad Thanx for buying your kid a drumset !

Congrats to both !

[xanadu77]

Keep up the good work, young man. You will go far with your obvious good taste in music!!!

[vrsca02]

Right on young man. Thanks for letting me post my video response!! Peace to ya and keep up the good work!

[GEChauvin]

COOKIN!!! WOOOHOOO!! Great stuff, kiddo!

[jellycolors]

some guys can play the drums and some can cook the drums this guy cooks,He is so small and never tires drumming is very physical,very strong young man.great job.

[tjjlm]

again amazing neil very well done and dont listen to the haters. you are not only good for your age you are good for all ages. keep up the good work

[ronpix]

Mom won't let my kids get a drum set. I might just do it anyway, LOL.

[johnnyray1717]

*MILLIONAIRE*

[berpaderp]

The part at 00:19 and 3:39 stumps everyone. It's never been scored or tabbed right, but even at half-speed it's hard to tell what they're doing. Everyone I know of flubs it. That's prog for you.

Where's the glockenspiel? :) Just kidding; nicely done.

[cometpowell]

the open hi-hat kind of kills it... but otherwise it was pretty good!

[Munky81]

Little man, that was excellent. I started smiling as youp layed, keep playing, get out there and do your thing! :)

[rifraf4u1]

dude, one word. Tour

[blinkmaster333]

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyy better then dont stop believing

[swift65594]

cool!

[sara16921692]

umm... that really sucks lol it's ok, ur young keep workin buddy

[yodadawg]

Wow...

[xxkilledxx]

sara169 kind of has a point. this isn't a good cover. i mean, he hits all the notes and stuff, but the sound is bad.

[vince11229]

hey rotted vagina, lets see you do it better

[KralleCR]

simply just, wow. i have always wanted to be able to make people do what u did to me when i heard u playing. i started smiling out of being impressed and started to move to the music. youve got future in music my friend, keep it up

[sheznof]

pretty good

[durazoom]

you rockkkkkkkk!

[romopower1]

Wow!!! I have watched many other older and so called accomplished drummers cover rush's spirit of radio!!! You blow them away by far!!! You possess tremendous talent!!! Keep on rockin!!! Your performance in a word was AWESOME!!!!!

[durazoom]

awesome

[vrsca02]

Absolutely fantastic job young man! Keep it up!

[TheGolord]

you keep using Peart for practising and you'll be untouchable like he is.

[EnragedBannana]

what are those skinny drums to the right of the screen called? thanks in advanced.

[TheGolord]

rototoms

[EnragedBannana]

ok cool thanks

[zander8605]

Kiddo, you're amazing. I'm not one to condescend to those younger than me, so I hope you know that my comment is genuine.

[supermattthehero]

Outstanding! I remember when I started playing drums at age 10, and I can really appreciate Neil's skill. This kid is going to have the women clawing down his door!  KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! Enjoyed the hi-hat accents!

[peaceonearth777]

I am guessing you are his parent. Good move, I agree. He will do just fine. I found a simple African drum and a nice, or bad day just beating out rythyms helps. Take care.

[peaceonearth777]

Ignore some of these negative comments. Not just here, other vids. Keep playing, as in keep it FUN! Peace on, big guy!

[wawacom]

During the main riff he could clean up the open hats, other than that it was great.

[ragingage12]

good job thats awesome

[rennieallen]

Thanks!

[wawacom]

You're welcome!

That was a fast reply. O.o

[Shane6293]

O wow thats great I also play a lil stare in the school band , but after my first year our band teacher went off to college and quit and the fill in teacher was a disater so I decided just to teach myself at home but joining the band is going to impove his already impressive skill

[Shane6293]

Hey great job keep those pad hot and you will reach great success in life kid "good luck and great druming keep it up!"

[alphadeck69]

your dad did a good job - looks like he has a nice set next to your Tonka set.

[MasterThrasher666]

Damn im impresses. For a 10 year old your pretty good. Cant wait to here some shit from you when your 15 or even Neil Pearts age

[GreatTippy]

he hits his sticks together too often

[salord09]

man lucky kid, parents got u a sick kit, i recommend picking up a book on how to tune those cause they arent getting the great resonance that those drums should get

[taqeto]

uhg man this kid is better than me but one day ill drum like that i wonder how long it took him to learn or he just picked it up. man i got 2 watch this again

[rennieallen]

This one took a while to get to this point. Most of the other songs on youtube were picked up pretty quickly, but for whatever reason this one was more difficult than it seemed it should be. Of course, it is not perfect by any stretch even now, but I think it is respectable.

Thanks for the comment, and keep on drumming!

- If the whole world were drummers there wouldn't be any wars... well, then again, maybe there would be wars, but you wouldn't be able to hear them :-)

[taqeto]

thanx and idk about that war thing

[rennieallen]

Sorry, that's "Jack Handey" style humor.

[taqeto]

ok cool

[bombifan]

haha, i'm so glad other people know about Jack Handey. i got your war joke :)

[edxing]

He's pretty good...

I mean...He IS only ten.

[rennieallen]

You probably came from Astrotama... He *is* a hard act to follow... LOL!

[jeffbguarino]

hi its me brittany how are you doing well i been doing great i love this music!!!!! see you later

[mikerizzo42]

Rock on little dude, Im sure your gonna score some girls in your time.

[groundbeefega]

My apologies on my mistake.

Cool to see some Remo Rotos on other peoples kits. :D I have always loved them.

[rennieallen]

No problem, just don't want anyone to think Neil would be so presumptuous as to think he could improve on Neil Peart :-)

[groundbeefega]

First off, yes it is a great thing and a great job for this young man...but this is no way any improvement. The extra high-hat accentuations aren't good. They actually detract from the tune. This is cool to see young interests in Rush and he does a great job. Keep up the great work...

[rennieallen]

LOL! Not an improvement from Rush... an improvement from his prior attempt (which has since been taken down).

If you check the initial comments, you can see agreement on the accentuated high-hat...

Thanks!

[GShockPolo]

Hey, this is amazing. Wow.

[thesteven1]

wow, i am impressed kid! you picked a song from basicaly the god of drums and played it almost flawlissly

[rennieallen]

Thanks for the kind words!

[chargers202020]

wow niceee cant wait tos ee you at 18 if your that good at 10!!!

[gene23smith]

Nice job kid! Keep it up. You couldn't have picked a better drummer to learn from.

[rennieallen]

"You couldn't have picked a better drummer to learn from."

Couldn't agree more!

[winngnut19]

you rock...keep practicing....youll be the next..peart!

[Titanik14]

meh, lots of mistakes and the fills are near accurate but i guess ok for a 9 - 10 year old

[ricky1187027]

bull shit! this kid is amazing! this is awsome for a 18 year old!!

[tajarimus44]

Just ok?

I smell jealousy

[kooobla]

Excellent Mr. Allen NOW lets see some Rick Allen "Too late for love."

[snochicka]

Well, post some videos of your awesomeness then. Oh that's right, you don't have any.

[Sires83]

youre a dick. no question about it

[DragonTamer2345]

You sure this isn't Neil Pert when he was a child?

[lkjn88]

listen pal ,for your age you are very good ,people on here knocking your cymbals know your good,they just like to pick,keep it up.

[giobby90]

ma che cazzo è? non fare cose che non sono alla tua altezza. vola basso

[britishrockfan]

You're terrific! Can't wait to see you up there in eight or nine years doing more!

[LeviMan2001]

hi hat sounds wired compared to the origonal song, but dang! that was amazing!

[wifebeater77777]

shit thats better than most ppl i know who play

[rennieallen]

Not all the cymbals are the best that's for sure; but I think the microphone (on the cheap digital camcorder probably plays a role in the quality).

The far (from the camera, on the right) crash, is a really really nice Zildjan, and it sounds great in person; likewise the Paiste rude (being used as a ride) is also a very nice cymbal. The others are definitely low end.

[Commend33]

Wow, you're awesome for a ten year old.

[theheadbangerguy]

very good for a ten year old. your a lot better then my drummer

[drummerboy589]

some of screw ups but pretty freakin good for a 10 year old

[JunFanJimi]

Ther meter on his playing is off but he's only 10yrs old give him time and he will no doubt be a really good drummer with a career ahead of him. God bless.

[rushlover56]

not perfect but pretty good

[drumingemini]

Oh Man!!! Dude you need to keep it up! LOL, that was sick. Your parents have to be very proud of you, congrats to you and your parents!!

[tylerdurden1221]

Just curious, what age did you start playing? Did you take lessons? Keep it up

[rennieallen]

Banged around on drums at 4, started taking Lessons at 5. Fell in love with Rush at about 6 (hemispheres of all things), the who at age 7, somehow encountered Airto Moreira and went through a phase that tickled his interest in general percussion.

He loves playing drums. I do also, but I neither encouraged or discouraged him (other than the fact I had drums, and you got to figure that to a 4 year old a drum kit looks like something you just *have* to play with :-).

Thanks for commenting!

[drummrgy]

Not every ten year old could even begin to attempt Rush. Superb, keep it up.

[kict951]

Blah! Now I must one-up you! lol, nicely done... but a few too many sizzles on the high-hat that seemed to awkwardly stick out IMO.

[lkjn88]

the kids 10,leave it out mate.

[clank25]

yo good job man. nicely done

[hughman174]

crazy..just plain crazy..he plays that better than i could even think of playing it. nice job