A Reference Guide to Prepare Drummers for Real-World Gigs By Daniel Mullowney Achieve versatility. Become more marketable. Get real-world gigs. Drummer Wanted is a styles book and play-along that provides intermediate to advanced drummers with a foundation necessary to play a multitude of gigs: Broadway, West End, Vegas, cruise ships, theme parks, studio, television, casinos, resorts, and theatre. Loaded with 84 stylistic beats and 29 tailored play-along charts, this book opens the door to real-life drumming skills and provides the tools essential in succeeding as a working drummer. Track Order Preface Acknowledgements About the Author Notation Key / Star System and Symbols Chapter 1: Home-Base Beats Home-Base Beats Bolero Bossa Nova Cha-Cha-Cha East-Coast Swing Foxtrot Hustle Mambo Merengue Night Club Two-Step Paso Doble Polka Quickstep Rumba Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz (American) West-Coast Swing Chapter 2: Beats, Grooves, and Rhythms Beats, Grooves, and Rhythms Abanico Afro-Cuban 6/8 Beguine Bo Diddley Beat Boogaloo Bulgar Calypso Charleston Clave Rumba Son Bembe Country/Texas Two-Step Cumbia Dirge Disco Dixieland Drum 'n' Bass/Jungle ECM Groove Freylekhs (Frailach) Funk Displaced Funk Funk Rock Ghost-Note Funk Latin Funk Linear Funk New Orleans Funk P-Funk Habanera Hava Nagila Hip-Hop Variation Jig Krupa Groove March March in 6/8 Motown Fill into Groove Mozambique New Orleans (March) New Orleans (Syncopated) Reggae (One Drop) Reggae (Rockers Beat) Reggae (Steppers Beat) Rock Standard Mersey Beat Blues Shuffle 12/8 Groove Roll-Off Shuffle: Backdoor Shuffle: Blues Shuffle: Chicago/Jazz Shuffle: Country Shuffle: Purdie Ska Variation Soca Songo Stripper (The) Tarantella Train Beat Chapter 3: Jazz Jazz Ride Notation Jazz Ride / Swing Ride Jazz Ride 3/4 Brushes: Swing Ballad Brushes: Medium/Up-Tempo Swing Blues Play-Along Rhythm Change Play-Along Chapter 4: Big Band and Show Band Big Band Charts Sight-Reading Checklist Big Band Play-Along #1 Big Band Play-Along #2 Big Band Play-Along #3 Show Band Transitions Time Signature Exercise #1 Time Signature Exercise #2 Two Beats Snare Solos Personal Trainer #1 Personal Trainer #2 Appendix Dynamics Note Terminology Symbols Music Vocabulary Bibliography
