A truly exceptional package allowing the beginner to intermediate drummer to practice with a pre-recorded band. The seven tracks cover a wide range of styles such as straight eighths, sixteenth feel, rock shuffle, rock ballad, Latin, straight-ahead jazz, and rock and roll. Includes a roadmap chart for each tune.

John Blackwell brings his R&B/Funk/Pop drumming mastery to this enlightening educational DVD. Filmed in front of a live audience John demonstrates the musical skills that habe made him the drummer of choice for artists such as Prince Patti LaBelle and Justin Timberlake. John performs his original compositions with a burning band: Gary Grainger on Bass Mike Scott on Guitar and Corey Bernhard on Keyboards. Interspersed among the performances John touches on topics including grooving/playing in the pocket foot technique and showmanship along with extensive commentary and demonstrations of the grooves and concepts that have influenced him. Also featured is specialguest Marcus Williams John's teacher who leads an extensive master class segment on his amazing foot technique and soloing concepts. Also includes a PDF eBook containing transcriptions of John's grooves as well as other educational material. Also includes Spanish and German translations.

An introduction to linear time playing. The first section contains basic exercises for linear playing skills: voice coordination, dynamic balance, accenting, and more. The second section deals with the development of time feels in the linear style, including 4/4, half-time, shuffle, and odd meter feels.

For drummers with limited experience of playing Jazz music and the kind of soloing it requires. Includes a CD with full backing track and click track.

Paroles et partitions pour batterie de 7 chansons. + un CD Audio contenant deux enregistrements pour chaque titre : un démo complète et un version sans batterie qui vous permet de jouer accompagné d'un groupe / Batterie Et Percussions / Partition + Cd

The Ultimate beginner Xpress Series takes the fundamentals of the number one instructional music video (Ultimate Beginner Series) and combines it with the most revolutionary way of learning great songs (SongXpress) in order tocreate a path of learning designed to get you up and playing in no time. There are certain concepts and fundamentals that are common to all contemporary songs in their genre. Whether it's blues hard rock latin or rock 'n' roll this DVD will teach you the elements of a basic song in each style so you can apply them to your playing and learn hundreds of songs just like them. Special features include: Performance only Artist videopreviews Additional video tips Inspiring drummers series video preview Listening recommendations Internet connectivity

Let your technique soar to new heights with eight solos and dozens of exercises tailor-made for intermediate and advanced drum players in pop funk and R&B!Improve your independence; find your groove in mixed meters; ace your rolls paradiddles and triplets; increase your sight-reading chops; and interpret big band and samba charts like a pro all while learning how to use these skills in real-life performance situations.The CD includes recorded demonstrations of dozens of musical examples.

Gary Chester was one of the busiest studio drummers of the '60s and '70s and played on hundreds of hit records. His systems have been used and endorsed by drummers such as Kenny Aronoff Danny Gottlieb and Dave Weckl. This is not just another Drum book but rather a system that will help you develop the skills needed to master today's studio requirements. In this book Gary Chester will help you to improve your:Reading Concentration Coordination Right and left-hand lead Awareness of the click This revised edition contains access to a downloadable interview with Chester himself!

At last a DVD of the drummers who created the grooves on hits of the 60's like Cold Sweat Licking Stick Funky Drummer and Sex Machine with the godfather and founder of funk music James Brown. Groove masters Clyde Stubblefield and John Jab'o Starks represent the true roots of soul-all the roads of funk pass by them. This historical first instructional dvd will be an essential learning tool for every funk devotee demonstrating playing tecniques and valuable tips for creating the ultimate funk groove!

Drumset Edition Vol. 4-The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible and innovative tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate correlated book/CD packs: Keyboard Guitar Bass Drumset and Vocal.Bands can use the printed music and chord charts to play live together and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similar theme for easy set selection and the straight-forward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level.The CDs are playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recordingto any tempo without changing pitch to learn the songs at their own pace.Volume 4 includes: Beautiful One; God of All; He Is Exalted; In Christ Alone; Lord Most High; Lord Reign in Me; We Want to See Jesus Lifted High; Worthy Is the Lamb.

This book was created to help drummers improve their abilities to play great drum fills. The material presented was originally developed over the course of several years as a result of the needs and requests of many of mystudents. As drummers practice playing fills it becomes apparent that there are a variety of issues that need to be addressed. To play fluent and creative fills a drummer needs a strong foundation of basic fill concepts thetechnique to execute the fill and musical ideas for the content of the fill. Without these key elements playing fills can be a source of difficulty and frustration. To further illustrate this idea… In some cases a drummer maypractice a particular lick or sticking pattern to a high degree of physical execution but does not have a clear understanding of how to apply it well within a musical phrase. The opposite is also sometimes true a drummer mayunderstand a simple rhythmic idea and play it very well as a fill but doesn't quite know how to employ more interesting techniques or sounds into the phrase and get something else out of it. The goal of this book is to helpdrummers achieve a balance in these necessary skills. This book presents a diverse collection of studies and exercises that clarify the basics of drum fills develop more advanced and specific techniques to use in fills andpresent many ideas for musical phrases using the techniques. The studies are presented in an order that follows a natural progression of ability however… the exercises do not need to be played in the order they are presented.Students and teachers can select exercises to design a curriculum that fits a student's needs as their skills develop. With each set of exercises you will find descriptions tips and practice instructions. Sometimes they arewritten for each individual study and when appropriate they are written for the entire chapter. Be sure to read the text that accompanies each part of this book to get the most out of the exercise.

This is a complete instructional play-along package with a unique twist. The included minus drums CD features eleven tracks that gradually step up in tempo from 100 to 310 bpm.Based on classic jazz standard these play-along tunes give the drummer the opportunity to work on increasing his/her drumming facility in a real world musical fashion.The package contains drum charts and suggested patterns for each song as well as a lead sheet for each song helping the drummer to understand what he or she may encounter in a real jazz gig.Written by 2 jazz pros Peter Rezlaff and Jim Rupp it also includes a complete instructional method for learning how toplay jazz covering such topics as covering your jazz ride cymbal patterns feathering the bass drum learning comping patterns and playing with brushes.All of the songs and educational topics are accompanied by clear text that explains the concepts along with an extensive recommended listening discography.