Excerpt from Drum Workshop's 'Drum Day LA' event, this moving, beautiful clip features John Good (Vice President of Drum Workshop) and Russ Kunkel (The Immediate Family, legendary session drummer) visiting the Drum Workshop 'John Good's Gallery' and reminiscing on their experiences with the late Neil Peart. Drum Channel founder Don Lombardi comments: Neil Peart's loss was devastating on two levels. First, of course, to the entire drumming community. As Jimmy Chamberlin recently commented, “A piece of Neil lives in nearly every contemporary drum part in rock— whether people realize it or not.”⠀ ⠀ Secondly, on a personal level. Before every tour, Neil would block out a Drum Channel studio for a full month to practice before Rush rehearsals even started. One big lesson I definitely learned from Neil is always be prepared.⠀ ⠀ While he was at DC we would have lunch every day in my office and he would always want to know what other drummers might be coming in to visit or record. It was always amazing to me that he was just as excited to meet his drumming idols as they were to meet him.⠀ ⠀ There are so many great memories. I once bought a light at Restoration Hardware because I thought the wing screw design would be perfect for the Time Machine set— and Neil agreed.⠀ ⠀ When he liked something he would just light up. If he thought something was not quite right, he would never say he didn’t like it. He would just say, “Let’s try something different.”⠀ ⠀ Neil cared greatly about education for drummers and the importance of having a good private teacher. He almost quit drumming at one point but his teacher encouraged him to keep going.⠀ ⠀ There is a lot that we can learn from Neil as a person and a drummer. We will do our best to continue our mission... as he wanted it. — Don Lombardi Thank you to Drum Workshop for letting us repost this excerpt from their 'Drum Day LA' event, featuring all the most exciting new products from your favorite drum and percussion brands. Killer new drums from DW and Gretsch, breakthrough percussion from LP and astounding value in drums and hardware from PDP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3E9A0RiD8 --- Stay in touch with Drum Channel! 📕 Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/DrumChannel/ 📸 Instagram – http://www.instagram.com/DrumChannel/ 🐦 Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/DrumChannel/ Get better faster with our Practice Assist Metronome™! http://www.drumchannel.com/practice-assistant/ Visit the Drum Channel Store! https://shop.drumchannel.com/