An A-Z Guide to Tips Techniques & Much More-Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary in this all-encompassing book/audio package for drummers. You'll receive valuable tips on performing recording the music business instruments and equipment beats fills soloing techniques care and maintenance and more. Styles such as rock jazz hip-hop and Latin are represented through demonstrations of authentic grooves and instruments appropriate for each genre. The accompanying audio includes many of the examples in the book performed by Ed Roscetti on drumset electronic kits and other percussion instruments. Many examples are also recorded in a full band setting to hear how important concepts fit in withother instruments and ensembles.

Learn & play 25 top drummers grooves.. Dave Weckl Robby Ameen Carlos Vega Jeff Porcaro Steve Gadd.Contains written parts and playing suggestions for drummers and bassists. Also include Minus One CD for drums & bass.In this book are included some drum Grooves performed by the most farummers in the world. This selection obviously included also the research on the work of the executants. Biographies and photos come along with each and every stage of the work from the very beginning of the artistic career till today. This idea wassome years ago when while writing down a drum score I realized that this could be a very difficult task especially for those who are notproficient enough musically. Drums groove is often muffled by other sounds; nevertheless if we listen to ths as isolated from other instruments everything gets clearer. If you don’t mind my giving you a piece of advice listen to the Grooves and perform those you like most but while playing always try to be true to yourselves.

Play drums with Aretha Franklin Ray Charles Lauryn Hill James Brown and others. Includes 10 leadsheets for drummers and a CD with full versions and playalong versions with clicktrack. The author is an experienced teacher especially for beginners and also works as a band coach.

Life on the Road Songs & Solos Stories Lessons-Todd Sucherman's Methods And Mechanics 2 is a four-hour 2-DVD set which includes 15 song performances with analysis and breakdowns including the music of Styx and others. Todd also covers topics such as odd phrasing hand exercises and applications concepts for practice routines and an extensive look at ghost notes. He also touches on several topics rarely covered on other drum DVDs including career development ideas and concepts to navigate through life as a touring/working musician. Many other concepts and tips are also presented along with several new drum solos.'Todd is a world-class drummer and one of the leading lights in rock drummingright now ' says Hudson Music Senior Drum Editor Joe Bergamini. 'So we were delighted when we had the opportunity to team up with Todd on this DVD and his forthcoming book project. With these products Todd shows that he is not only a great player but also a great educator.''I'm excited to team up with Hudson Music for my second DVD release ' says Todd. 'I feel it's important to pass on useful information to other musicians and the next generation of players. There's unique information on Methods and Mechanics II - musically and conceptually - to help prepare musicians for working and touring in the 21st century. It is my hope that viewers are entertained inspired and excited to get behind their drum kits.'15 song performances with analysis and breakdowns featuring the music of Styx Taylor Mills and Jerry GoodmanStyx live performances on tourSeveral solo improvisationsExtensive look at ghost notesHand exercises and applicationsOdd phrases with paradiddlesCareer conduct and navigational philosophiesMelodic song form practice ideasConcepts for practice routinesRhythmic BendingOvercoming nervesRecording session mannersGear and monitor tipsQuick ips and Prefessional

As contemporary jazz changes and incorporates new styles into its mainstream today's drummers are often faced with new stylistic challenges. This guide will help any drummer learn how to make smooth transitions between different feels and tempos as well as become comfortable with modern swing styles and time keeping practices.Drummers will also become familiar with big band chart reading in styles other than traditional swing which is vital in small group situations and contemporary jazz ensembles. This book is a must-have compendium of crucial tips and tricks for drummers who want to stay on top of their game.Jazz Drumming Transitions addressesthes musical challenges and provides help with:Changing smoothly between various Afro-Cuban/Brazilian feels to a swing feelSoloing over different types of ostinatos (vamps)Practising metric modulations and tempo changesTransitioning from traditional big band swing charts to contemporary jazz ensemble compositionsSwitching from sticks to brushes (or vice versaChanging from one tempo to anotherThe three included CDs provide dozens of examples and songs for practising the skills learned in the book.

What do you get when you mess with the bull? You get the horns! Jeff Salem provides an incredibly complete educational look at how to approach grooves fills drum part construction setting up horn figures and various other musical twists and turns in 13 extremely funky charts in this book. The included CD is the original Messin' Wid Da Bull play-along CD featuring songs that pay homage to the great horn bands of the '70s like Tower of Power; Blood Sweat & Tears; Chicago; Earth Wind & Fire; Average White Band; and others. The book presents detailed concepts and explanations that will not only get you playing these particular songs in a very funky manner but willimprove your approach to this genre overall.

An in-depth guide to the origins cultural context and instruments of the Samba including authentic patterns and techniques and supported by two CDs of examples and exercises. One of the most comprehensive books of its kind Brazilian Rhythms For The Drumset is packed with features including:Hundreds of Samba groovesA broad range of Samba and Bossa Nova variations hybrids and sub-genresBreakdowns of individual percussion parts in a Samba ensembleHow to Samba at the drumkitCapturing an authentic feelPractice tricks and techniques for successful playingHow to use Samba grooves creatively in other styles of musicOrchestrating andembellishing Samba grooves on the drumkitUsing unusual meters

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. Each book has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the best opportunity to show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This book forDrums: is suitable for all exam boards contains ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for GCSE level is accompanied by a CD of professionally recorded backing tracks It includes songs by: Oasis Bon Jovi Franz Ferdinand Queens of the Stone Age The Beatles Sam and Dave Foo Fighters Metallica The Killers Wolfmother A YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other songs for cultural context allowing the student to explore ideas for their own interpretation.

Now packaged with a CD this bestselling book is designed to help players gain an extremely high level of coordinated independence for rock drumming performance thereby freeing all four limbs from dependence on one another.Once the material in this book has been mastered students will be capable of playing almost any rhythmic figure on snare and bass drum in combination with six varied hi-hat/cymbal patterns while the hi-hat foot plays quarter notes 8th notes or upbeat 8ths. All examples are played on the accompanying CD.

Music Minus One Drummer-A band with a great female lead singer is a winner. This book showcases the styles of legends such as Etta James Aretha Franklin Linda Ronstadt Gloria Gaynor Blondie and others. Tunes are true to the original tempo key and parts. In songs where there are multiple guitar or keyboard parts we demonstrate how to pick out the most important ones. Each book is customized for the individual instrument with instruction on determining those parts. You will find the signature parts of each song notated along with helpful hints on everything from sounds to style. Each song has a complete chord chart with measure numbers so that we can help you find where the licks happen in context.This book/CD pack is perfect to use as an educational tool a play along product or a rehearsal partner. Songs: At Last · Chain of Fools · Dancing in the Streets · Heatwave · I Will Survive · One Way or Another · Respect · We Are Family · When Will I Be Loved' · You're No Good.

This method presents a large number of Drum beats along with as many corresponding breaks. They all come from the repertoire of the greatest drummers from the present and the past. In other words reference grooves! This method is of course primarily intended for the drummers who will find an endless source of exciting rhythms to incorporate into their own playing. Other musicians will find here a worthwhile support in programming their Drum machines or sequencers. The many rhythms presented here are grouped and sorted by style: Rock and Metal Blues and Shuffle Jazz and Latin (Samba Bossa Nova etc...). Lastly the DVD demonstrates all the beatsand breaks featured in this method while the CD will allow you to put them into practice with various play-along tracks.