I have spent a lot of time doing some research over the past couple of weeks, using my love of Rush and Neil Peart's drumming as a starting point, looking at bands and drummers that influence them and who were influenced later. The genre of Progressive Rock is one that's always been a point of interest for me. From it's beginnings in the late 60s and early 70s it has continued to function and develop, with the influence of it's ideas and themes influencing both the most avant garde of groups as well as many more mainstream acts.

I am keen in my performance to demonstrate the development of progressive music through the years, and also to showcase both the more specialised side of the genre and more popular modern acts who have exhibited typical features of the genre. I have a number of pieces already that I would like to play and I will forward these and my general ideas to both my drum teacher and my course tutors for approval.