Neil Peart was a guest on TSN Radio (thanks hermy) yesterday afternoon at 5:30PM. Neil spoke for about 10 minutes about the rigors of touring/drumming, how he stays in shape, the recording of the new album, the Hockey Theme, and the TSN Snag the Snare contest. The podcast is available on the TSN Radio website, but for some reason it's a wav file instead of an mp3 and doesn't seem to play in the player on their site - at least not for me. Although you can directly download the wav file at this link and it's also available on iTunes. The Snag the Snare contest is for Canadian residents (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec) where the winners get 1 of 3 limited edition Neil Peart snare drums; replicas of the drums used in the recording of the NHL on TSN's Hockey Theme last year. For all the details and to enter go to this link. The contest runs through this Friday, December 16th. The original kit used by Neil is now on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Neil Peart used this kit to record his percussive-centric version of The Hockey Theme in late 2009. Neil's recording of the song debuted back in January 2010 during a Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs game on The Sports Network (TSN). You can watch this one-minute video for the song which features Neil pounding away on the custom kit along with hockey video highlights interspersed throughout. Neil Peart wrote extensively regarding his experience recording the song in a news update at NeilPeart.net and there's also this making of video which you can watch at the Drum Channel's YouTube page. You can also purchase the track on iTunes.

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