Play Drums with the CD backing tracks and the matching music booklet (DVD insert sized) included in the case. This pack includes five rock greats.On the CD: Two specially recorded 'soundalike' backing tracks of eachsong:Full demo with Drums showing you how the song should sound.Backing track without Drums for you to play along with.In the Music booklet:Full drum score with lyrics and melody linein standard notation.

Basic Method for Drumset-This is the continuation of the successful method Real Time Drums: Basic Method For Drumset - Level 1 by the experienced musician and composer Arjen Oosterhout who was a percussion teacher for many years. In the same successful and practically oriented style as the first volume this second book presents nine complete chapters in which new percussion patterns rhythms and styles are introduced including rock and funk paradiddles and 'fitness exercises' for drummers. Apart from the exercises and explanations the student will also find background information rehearsal suggestions guidelines for variations and fills and the encouragement to improvise.The CDs included with the method present all exercises twice once to listen to and once to play along with so you can put everything you have learned into practice immediately!

This remarkable three-disc set - two DVDs and a play-along CD - takes a unique look at the art of playing with brushes. Brush masters Billy Hart Eddie Locke Joe Morello Chari Persip and Ben Riley join drumming greats Adam Nussbaum and Steve Smith as they demonstrate and discuss their distinctive brush styles. All seven artists were filmed playing the same tempos and feels including 4/4 and 3/4 swing at several different tempos as well as ballads and Latin feels and each was then interviewed about each performance. By watching these performances back to back viewers will gain insight into the approaches and techniques of each drummer and will be able to applythese concepts to their own brush playing. The third disc a 17-track play-along CD includes ten tracks that each artist played with plus seven additional tracks allowing you to practice with the same music. Conceived and co-produced by Nussbaum and Smith this timeless document is an educational and inspirational resource that will never go out of date and is certainly one that belongs in every drummer's library!

Designed to be used as either a standalone product or in combination with the Creative Control DVD Thomas Lang presents the unique and innovative system that he has used to develop his awesome speed control finesse and coordination a step-by-step system that will allow you to hone your drumming chops so that you can play more effectively in any style of music. Actually two books in one throughout Part I Thomas details his methodology and provides you with over 90 challenging exercises created to allow you to practice technique endurance accuracy timing independence coordination mechanics and stamina. Part II of the book contains applied musicalexamples that showcase many of the techniques and ideas presented in Part I. Included are play-along rhythm charts for five musical compositions from the DVD which were specially re-mixed without drums exclusively for this book and are included on the enclosed audio CD. In addition to the charts Thomas has written extensive performance notes for each song in which he describes in detail how the pieces are constructed and his own thought process in creating his drum parts for these songs. So dive in and prepare yourself for one of the most exciting challenging and rewarding experiences of your musical career!

This book and CD package contains all the beats grooves and fills Chad plays on the video/DVD tutor as well as play along charts and drum TAB versions of the Chili Peppers' tunes. Put it together with the audio and the actual Chili Peppers tracks from BloodSugarSexMagic and you've got one hot package.

Budding drummers start here with this terrific tutor pack telling you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your sticks. Check out the CD containing audio versions of the exercises in addition tofull-length accompaniment tracks for you to play along with.

With Online Audio and Video-Frank Briggs' Complete Modern Drum Set offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher planewhile improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation displaced beats polyrhythms and more. Briggs states 'the more you know about different styles and theinner workings of time and phrasing the better your ability to contribute to the music at hand. The clearer you see the parallels or the common threads that tie these concepts together the more freedom you will have to expressyourself.' The music is challenging and suitable for the advanced drummer. Styles include odd meters metric modulation tuplets funk Latin mid and up-tempo swing and fusion. This set includes access to onlineaudio. which is a play-along for Drums with full stereo versions of the music charts included in the book. Sketch Electric Red Moon Home Funky Track Jazz Swing and 32 Bar are recorded with Drums and without Drums (the trackswithout drums include a click track) so that the student can listen and play-along. Solo sections are included on most of the tracks. The instrumentation is Drums Bass Keyboards and Sax. The companion video online:Re-edited from the original masters this video offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-oneplay-along tracks CueLink(tm) and a metronome make this video the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. This video features complete performances of Red Moon Home Along the Mohawk Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drum Set Book (nearly every page in the book is performed... including page headers and pattern numbers for

A Fresh Approach to the Drumset will give you a solid foundation to take your drumming to the next level! Whether you're a beginner intermediate or advanced drummer you'll benefit from the simple step-by-step approach forlearning technique independence music reading and grooves.Topics covered:Rock Beats and FillsHand & Foot TechniqueCoordination and IndependenceReadingMusicUnderstanding Song ConstructionR&B Jazz Latin Styles and more!Including MP3 CD packed with 41 Play-Along Tunes (with and without drums) and over 400 Demonstration Tracks!

For Useful Musical Drumming-Designed as a companion to Todd Sucherman's award-winning first DVD release Methods and Mechanics this book sheds new light on the playing and concepts of one of the most exciting drummers of our time. Built around note-for-note transcriptions by drummer/educator Brad Schlueter the book also includes detailed commentary from both Todd and Brad about the concepts contained in Todd's playing. Included in this package are 8 songs 5 breathtaking solos and several of Todd's custom drum lessons (highlighting his approach to double bass drumming and hybrid rudiments on the kit).All of the songs and solos are included on the CD as well as drumlessplay-along mixes of all four of the Taylor Mills songs. Usable with or without the original DVD release this book serves as a complete package to analyze practice and understand some of the concepts employed by Todd with artists such as Styx Brian Wilson Jerry Goodman Peter Cetera Brian Culbertson Spinal Tap Michael Bolton The Falling Wallendas Eric Marienthal and many others.

Outta Sight Funk and R&B Patterns for Drums by Andrew D. Gordon author of more than 30 instructional books is designed to help drummers and drum programmers improve their funk drumming technique with a wide range of different Funk and R&B patterns and grooves. Each of the 55 examples in the book contains 4 two measure patterns increasing in complexity. There are a total of over 200 different funk rhythm patterns in the book. Each of the 55 examples in the book has been recorded twice on the accompanying audio CD. The first time through you will hear the drum pattern along with a full rhythm section of keyboards bass and guitar. The second timethrough you will hear the drum pattern slowed down to 60 beats per minute with a click track in the left speaker and the drum track in the right speaker allowing you to play with or without a click track or drum pattern. Also available are play-along rhythm tracks of all the 55 examples as .mp3 files. These files are around 2 minutes long and contain the rhythm section of keyboards guitar and bass as well as a click track so you can practice in a band-like situation. Visit www.adgproductions.com to find out how to obtain these files at no additional cost.

This easy-to-follow progressively graded Drums method is great for self-instruction or classroom use.Helps new drummers learn:Parts of the drum setNotes & beatsSingle- and double-stroke rollsBeats and fills in a variety of stylesMusic reading... and more.The CD helps students hear beats and play along.