Brody and Nina present their latest offering - a full cover of the popular Rush classic Limelight (originally released on the Moving Pictures album in 1981).
This idea began with Brody suggesting Nina add it as one of her popular "famous guitar solos covered on electric violin" series. Brody considers it a personal favorite of Alex's many great solos, and thought it would lend itself well to the violin.
Then as a birthday gift, Brody granted Nina's long-time request for a Rickenbacker bass guitar. It was a given that a Rush song would be in the near future. So, shortly after returning home after getting married in New York, the newlyweds began laying down tracks for the full song, with Nina on electric violin (a custom Mark Wood Viper 6-string model) and the Rick bass, while Brody played drums, guitar, synth and vocal.
Great care was taken to preserve the sound of the original recording....although the solo is played on violin vs guitar, and we obviously had to make do with electronic drums and plugin (virtual) amps and effects.
Brody and Nina took turns filming each other with an iPhone and the mix/edit was done by Brody in Logic and Final Cut Pro.
If you enjoyed our previous cover of Rush's 1982 song Losing It, as a tribute to the then nearly-departed Neil Peart, we think you'll also like this effort.
As always, a huge thank you to the holy trinity of Canadian rock, Geddy, Alex and Neil!
