![]() Having started his career working under Daniel Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios near his hometown of Dundas, Canada, David was swept over to the UK during the making of Peter Gabriel’s career–defining album So. These days, our work is closely interwoven within his company Mainstation Music.ĭavid’s credentials mark him out as one of the exceptional producers and mixers of the past 20 years. David and I chose to start working together as colleagues in production when the timing worked out, starting with smaller independent projects and evolving into larger projects, like Rush. I met David through a mutual friend and colleague, producer/mixer Brian Moncarz. I’d then spend my nights recording music, and ended up building a career juggling studio work, mixing music for broadcast, and recording classical music. My own audio career started out in post–production for TV, working on smaller shows that had found their way onto bigger networks. David and I have been working together for years now, so I was fortunate enough to have been brought on as Assistant Audio Producer. “After having worked with Rush on a few previous projects, we’d built a great working relationship,” David Bottrill tells me from his mixing studio, where he also mixed the R40 show. With the tour marking such a significant milestone, Rush chose to record their Toronto homecoming shows for the R40 Live DVD and album, and had no hesitation when it came to choosing a producer for the job. All the iconic Rush backdrops make an appearance, from the washing machines to the giant amplifier stacks, until we end with humble combo amps on wooden gymnasium chairs, recalling the band’s earliest days. Throughout the performance, the stage shifts and changes, pulling the audience through that lifetime, and on occasion projecting cameo appearances from Hollywood’s elite. Coming only a couple of years after their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it is in some ways the culmination of their entire career.įittingly, the R40 show was designed to take fans on a trip through the band’s history. ![]() Celebrating 40 years of epic musicianship, with over 40 million albums sold, Rush graced the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. ![]() On shows 17 and 18 of their “last major tour”, the most prolific band in prog rock came home to Toronto to blow out the Air Canada Centre. ![]() Which is handy when they’re recording the farewell tour of one of the world’s biggest rock bands, and timecode trouble is brewing. Ryan McCambridge (left) and David Bottrill at work in the LiveWire Recorders mobile studio. ![]()
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