You might not know the name Billy Ashbaugh unless you have been to an *NSYNC concert. Now is your opportunity to see this fantastic drummer who is the rhythmic force behind the mega pop group *NSYNC. Takin' Care Of Business is a testament to the important creative role drummers have in music we listen to and enjoy so much. This programme presents four original instrumental songs and six NSYNC tunes remixed from the original masters for YOU to practice and play along with. This music showcases the depth and diversity of Billy Ashbaugh's drumming talents.

Co-ordination is an essential part of the drummer's skill. A sound understanding of music theory plus the ability to concentrate are also important if the musician is to improve technique and avoid stagnation. Paul Francishas been a professional player for many years. His own experience and awareness of the pitfalls make him uniquely qualified to write a book which will help the player achieve excellent results. Drumming has progressed so muchin the last twenty years that with the right approach most players can aspire to a high level of competence. In addition to technical expertise concentration is the other important factor. If the mind is not focused all thepractice may be in vain. Players need to combine confidence and a disciplined mind to reach their full potential. Concentrating on Co-ordination contains many many hours of excellent tuition which will help the playermaster both the technical and mental skills. The book includes exercises devised for all four limbs and of approached in a methodical manner they will really work. Backed up by a 57 minute compact disc this is a goldenopportunity to radically improve your drumming - and all for the price of one lesson!

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!

Whether you are a beginning drummer or a working professional you'll find that the use of electronics has become standard practice. This book is a comprehensive study of all things electronic. Author Bob Terry clearly demonstrates and discusses the advantages of using (and the many professional uses for) the full electronic drum kit percussion pad MIDI controller and hybrid drum kit. Includes detailed descriptions of each of these components and how to hook them up audio samples onstage setups and more.?Electronic drums sampled sounds and digital recording have become a way of life for drummers in the music business. You can't avoid electronic instrumentsand technology any more ... In this book he will show you as he has shown me all of the important things you need to know about incorporating electronics into your drumming.? Kenny Aronoff

French Language version of Tommy Igoe's groove encyclopedia for the 21st Century! With over six hours of music and 88 play-along tracks for drummers of all abilities.Groove Essentials represents a quantumleap in play-along packages for the developing drummer. Tommy Igoe provides a comprehensive guide to over forty beats rhythms and styles ranging from Rock and Funk through Jazz Hip-Hop and R&B to world and specialitygrooves including Calypso Baiao Samba Batucada and lots more! Every rhythm is explained in detail with all required techniques a full musical context and two professionally recorded backing tracks featuring some of thehottest musicians of New York City.Beginner drummers will enjoy playing the simple rock beats with a real band giving you a chance to play the drums with good solid time utilizing four-waycoordination.Intermediate drummers will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing some good swinging Jazz.Advanced and professionaldrummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on Jazz shuffles waltzes and more.Each example is supported by professional-standardcharts and the backing tracks are presented in MP3 format allowing them to be used on Mac PC iPod and portable MP3 systems.

Acclaimed solo artist and session drummer Gavin Harrison's incredible DVD gives you spectacular lessons on overriding resolving and polyrhythmic theory. With five full length performances including a special arrangement of Porcupine Tree's Futile and over 8 minutes of drum solo. With multi-track cymbal and drum films along with selectable alternative audio mixes (with and without click) and play-along mp3s and midi files these lessons will kick your drumming up a notch in no time! Also includes printable PDF's of all lessons and convenient markers at the start of each lesson in every chapter on the DVD. Subtitles in German and Italian

Delong Way clearly explains a musical approach to expressing yourself on the drumset by the use of polyrhythms and odd phrasing.With step-by-step examples as well as numerous transcriptions of ideas as played by some of the top drummers in the world it outlines a clear and concise path towards a more complete understanding of polyrhythms as applied to the drumset.Chapters are broken down into rhythmic categories starting with six against four and ending with four against three. Each has precise explanations as well as audio accompaniments to aid students as they work on the material.Also included in each section are well-thought-out practice tipsthat help avoid the frustrations that one may face when working out complex rhythms.Patiently working through this book will greatly enhance your musical vocabulary as well as demistify the world of polyrhythms.

Can you learn how to swing? Yes and this book will show you how giving you a huge vocabulary of creative triplet grooves and fills to play in every style. The book does this by taking common comfortable 16th-note patterns and adapting them into a triplet feel. The results are amazingly musical and refreshingly creative and will give any drummer tons of new ideas to play within any swing-based groove.Jeff Salem covers many concepts including solidifying your basic triplet grooves in various styles moving around the drumset with triplets incorporating the bass drum into your fills creating interesting triplet grooves using 16th note-based rhythms applyingparadiddle concepts to triplet grooves and fills incorporating rests into your swung phrases and more.In the later chapters the triplet rhythms presented are applied to fills that can be used in blues R&B rock and hip-hop settings and are also applied specifically to jazz concepts to broaden your independence and vocabulary in a traditional swing setting.An introductory section with basic triplet feels and a listening guide is designed to start beginning-level drummers on the right path to understanding swing-based styles.The book comes complete with an MP3 CD presenting play-along tracks in many styles which are designed for you to apply the concepts learned in the book. The disc also includes demonstrations of nearly every example in the book.

Drummer producer singer and songwriter James Gadson has worked with the world's top performing artists including Quincy Jones Ray Charles Bill Withers The Temptations Ramsey Lewis Marvin Gaye Herbie Hancock Patrice Rushen the Pointer Sisters Herb Alpert the 5th Dimension Smokey Robinson B.B. King Aretha Franklin Natalie Cole and Paul McCartney.On this DVD James demonstrates and explains the many funk and rhythm and blues beats in his entertaining and enthusiastic manner. This session includes several live performances with talented sidemen June Yamagishi on Guitar Toru Tsuzuki on keyboards and Ko Shimizu on bass guitar. Songs featuredinclude: Double Deal ? Cold Sweat ? What's Going On ? Loveland. 1 hour 14 minutes.

Since if first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom and the home. Now for the first time C Paul Herfurth???s originalbooks have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention to detail but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of an audio CD with actual performances and backing tracks will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student toachieve the perfect technique and tone. The book contains: Advice on equipmentInstructions for an effective technique and a comfortable postureExplanatory section on reading drum notationEasy-to-follow lessons onclear uncluttered pagesAudio CD with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examplesCompatible with A New Tune A Day for Electric Guitar and A New Tune A Day for Bass GuitarTests to check progress andcomprehensionUseful pull-out library of drum grooves. An all-round drummer Chris Baker played jazz in his early years in the English Midlands before relocating to Los Angeles to study under some of the legends of moderndrumming: Steve Houghton (Woody Herman) Ralph Humphries (Frank Zappa) and Joe Porcaro (Frank Sinatra). Chris has toured internationally and records with a wide range of important ensembles. He continues to developheadhandsfeet a successful teaching practice. Chris currently divides his time between London and the Midlands.

A comprehensive method that first teaches music reading then explores many of the most common syncopated rhythms of modern popular music. Includes practice tips rhythm exercises beginning music theory and a CD demonstrating all the examples in the book.