Fast Track DVD is an exciting new way to quickly learn how to play that Drumkit you just bought.Each of the Fast Track DVDs are filmed in hi-definition and features on-screen music with tons of full-band examples. It's like having a private lesson that you can pause fast-forward or rewind any time you want. What's better is that across the series (Drums Guitar Bass Keyboard) the last three full-band songs are the same so you can play along with your fellow new instrumentalists as a band!

Jam with 17 Virgil Donati Tracks-Each book in the Ultimate Play-Along series features the finest professionally recorded tracks complete transcriptions detailed explanations and performance notes. Each song has demonstration tracks that can be used for learning and practice and then turned off to allow playing parts along with the CD. Solos are fully demonstrated and explained. Finally the book drummers worldwide have been waiting for the ultimate drum transcription with audio play-along from drumming pioneer Virgil Donati. This package presents songs selected from two of Virgil's classic recordings Serious Young Insects (On The Virg) and Universe (Planet X). These explosive compositions mixed withand without drums are meticulously transcribed and broken down. Included are several breakout exercises with audio loops and double bass drum performances that have been slowed down for easy understanding and execution. Also included are simple song charts and road maps to follow along with to improve your skills. A must-have for Virgil's fans this book will take you inside the artistic and rhythmic mind of one of the true inspirational visionaries in the drumming community!

With this series of DVDs anyone can learn to play Hand Drums without learning to read music. First you simply watch the rhythm being played with the Players Eye View Camera (no transposing left hand for right) then singalong with the rhythm as it appears on the screen just like words of a song. Finally you play along as each part is demonstrated slowly and clearly on the Drum.Session 1 contains: a level 1 study guide; keys to developingrhythm and essential drumming skills; 19 rhythm patterns with signals and two rhythm arrangements of Yankadi and Macrou; West African Drum rhythms their geographical ethnic and cultural origins and applications; the handstrokes and tones and drum language; how to take care of your hands; Right Hand-Left Hand coordination builders; Drum Signals the key to opening and closing the rhythms; and an illustration of the relationship between drummingand dance. For beginning through advanced players.

Drumset 101 is a contemporary approach to playing the drums by veteran authors Dave Black and Steve Houghton. Inside, aspiring drummers will find in-depth, easy-to-understand introductions to such topics as groove patterns, snare drum and bass drum independence, and drum fills in context. The book contains written charts for every tune, and a play-along CD with 40 multi-stylistic tracks that can be used to strengthen time keeping, improve ensemble playing, clarify phrasing and expand the player's knowledge of styles.

The Alfred Jazz EASY Play-Along series for Rhythm Section goes beyond the other play-alongs. The rhythm section book has written out parts for piano, bass, and drumset to show comping suggestions. In addition, each of the nine jazz standards includes the melody and a sample written-out jazz solo for you to listen to, play, and practice. The included MP3 disk has a demo track and a play-along track for each tune for piano, bass, and drums. The demo track, featuring a pro rhythm section with a horn player, is a learning tool for the melody, piano comping, bass lines, drum parts, and improvisation. The play-along track allows each player to practice with the rhythm section as individuals with their part removed from the mix. In addition, the rhythm section parts in the book can be used as small group arrangements. Each jazz standard has specific improvisation tips and suggestions. The written out comping examples and melody along with the written out sample solos are all invaluable assets that makes learning how to improvise easier. Nine great tunes=great jazz! Titles: After You've Gone * Blues March * Lazy Bird * Lester Leaps In * Mr. PC * Road Song * Scrapple From the Apple * St. James Infirmary * Summertime. - See more at: http://www.fabermusicstore.com/Easy-Standards-Play-Along-2-Rhythm-CD-36090.aspx#sthash.66bVow8j.dpuf

Description An inside look at the drum styles of Metallica, from Kill 'Em All to Reload , in a comprehensive play-along package. Includes note-for-note transcriptions and detailed performance notes on how to play dozens of classic licks, fills, riffs and solos - complete with recorded demonstrations. The CD also contains slowed down versions of the fast and tricky passages. And the recording is split channel, so you can listen to all the instruments or play along with the band! Songlist Battery Blackened Damage, Inc. Enter Sandman Fade To Black For Whom The Bell Tolls Fuel Hero Of The Day King Nothing Leper Messiah Master Of Puppets Nothing Else Matters One Sad But True Seek And Destroy The Memory Remains The Unforgiven Until It Sleeps Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

On this DVD drummer Jason Gianni teams with Hudson Music and Sound Percussion to present a complete primer on your new drum: setting up tuning and an introduction to playing. A perfect user's manual for the beginning drummer this DVD brings Jason's Professional expertise as a player and teacher into your new home as you follow his instructions on getting started playing the drums. Topics: Unpacking your drums and assembling them adjusting your pedal setting up your drumset fine-tuning the snare drum getting comfortable on your kit stick selection basic hand technique pedal technique tuning introduction to the rudiments and 5 basic rock beats.

A collection of Fan Favorites by the Charlottesville Virginia songwriter and his band especially presented for the Drums with accurate Play It Like It Is transcriptions. Includes Crush The Space Between and Jimi Thing.

Phil Maturano's Afro Cuban Drumming an overview for Drumset is designed to give the drumset player a birds eye view of the Afro Cuban drumming experience. If you've always wanted to get into Latin styles this is your chance. Phil's attention to detail is fantastic using two of the most popular styles of Afro-Cuban music players of every level can learn from the very beginning! Start by seeing and hearing the patterns played on the original; instruments then learn how to adapt everything you see on the drumset all with close-ups and detailed explanations. Then you will cover a topic rarely explored in this kind of instructional material - how to apply thesepatterns in a rhythm section! By adding one percussionist at a time we see and hear the function of the drumset in Afro Cuban music. As everyone knows there is more to this music than just patterns to really understand the language of this music Maturano uses his unique system for decoding the phrasing of all African descent music - RTS.

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.

Hard work and practice pays off. This is the story of how 15-year old Jason Hartless made it to the big time playing arenas on a massive American tour at age 14. Learn the basic fundamentals of drumming as well as Jason's own techniques on this amazing DVD. Jason takes you into the studio and out to the stage and everywhere in between with some very special guests. Also watch Jason grow up drumming with personal home movies and behind-the-scenes footage. This jam-packed DVD also includes some very special performances with Jason's famous friends. So sit back and get ready to rock! Includes live performances by the Pink Spiders and Shram with guest appearances by DaveAgoglia of Rev Theory Chad La Roy of Cavo and Mark Causley of Critical Bill.

Presented by Vic Firth-The second edition of the best-selling original Groove Essentials features a DVD and companion book/CD package with 53 brand new grooves and over 100 variations for intermediate to advanced players. Students will learn the difference between ghost and grace notes (while being encouraged to experiment with both in all six groove “families”) as well as important “go-to” grooves like the Train and Bo-Diddley beats. For more advanced players and professionals GE 2.0 introduces the concepts of groove construction interpretation and manipulation- training drummers to think like musicians in order to maximize their full potential. The DVDfeatures more than 70 new songs covering 4/4 2/2 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures with three levels of difficulty for 5/4 7/8 and 9/8 meters. On the 3-hour 45-minute DVD Igoe discusses and demonstrates each groove in multiple tempos alone and with a band with many patterns shown on both acoustic and on Roland HD-1 and TD-9 electronic drumkits. The grooves span rock funk R&B/hip-hop jazz (sticks and brushes) world/specialty extreme tempos all-purpose hybrid rideless classic and odd-meters. The companion play-Along book and CD contain (available separately) over 90 tracks including every song from the DVD in their full-length versions minus the drums; allowing drummers to expand their skills by playing any of the grooves with a band and recording themselves on audio or video (optional) to help facilitate the learning process. These tracks also supply a variety of fill-in and soloing opportunities to challenge advanced players. In addition the book features Igoe's extended “global tours” that will test even the most seasoned professionals chops creativity and stamina and as a “first of its kind” bonus there is a full-length orchestral play-along track designed to provide a taste of playing in a full orchestra complete with multiple moving tempos dynamics and feels.

Steve Gadd Gaddiments. In this, the first drum book he has written, music legend Steve Gadd presents a series of rudimental passages inspired by his experience in drum corps and his love of the rudiments. Each of the etudes is based on a classic or contemporary rudiment, or on Steve's personal variations. He takes the phrases and then displaces them to begin on different subdivisions of the beat, thereby creating new, challenging patterns from the basic sticking. All of the solos are written in musical phrases that reinforce the player's understanding of the importance of phrasing as a key element of musicianship. The book has been painstakingly hand-engraved at Steve's request, to bring a comfortable and classic look to the pages. The layout of each page was also designed specifically by Gadd to create an easy yet musical flow to the reading. The book is also spiral-bound making sure it lays flat. These features are reflective of a man who has read thousands of charts in the studio on some of the most important recordings of our time. Accompanying the book is a full set of videos with Steve demonstrating each etude using the method he used to write the book: Playing with his rubber-tip practice sticks on a piece of wood. Even in this situation, Gadd's legendary groove and musicality shine through. Drum set, drum corps, and classical drummers will find an instant classic in these pages, with elements that will improve your technical ability, musical phrasing, groove, and your rhythmic vocabulary using the challenging technique of displacement that Steve bases the book upon. STEVE GADD is one of the all-time legends of drumming, having appeared on thousands of recordings in every major style in which the drumset is played, with artists who comprise a literal who's-who of contemporary recording artists, including Chick Corea, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Al DiMeola, Al Jarreau, Stanley Clarke, Chuck Mangione. He is also an established producer and bandleader of the Gadd Gang and the Steve Gadd Band.

Drum Play-Along Volume 26-Play your favourite Aerosmith songs quickly and easily with Drum Play-Along Volume 26: Aerosmith. Just follow the drum notation listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch.Drum Play-Along Volume 26: Aerosmith contains sheet music for 8 Aerosmith songs arranged for Drums including Back in the Saddle Draw the Line Dream On Same Old Song and Dance WalkThis Way plus others.