Drum Play-Along Volume 33-Play your favourite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along series! 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 and Mac users can adjust the recordings to any tempo without changing the pitch!This volume for Drums contains 8 James Brown hits.

Outta Sight Funk and R&B Patterns for Drums by Andrew D. Gordon author of more than 30 instructional books is designed to help drummers and drum programmers improve their funk drumming technique with a wide range of different Funk and R&B patterns and grooves. Each of the 55 examples in the book contains 4 two measure patterns increasing in complexity. There are a total of over 200 different funk rhythm patterns in the book. Each of the 55 examples in the book has been recorded twice on the accompanying audio CD. The first time through you will hear the drum pattern along with a full rhythm section of keyboards bass and guitar. The second timethrough you will hear the drum pattern slowed down to 60 beats per minute with a click track in the left speaker and the drum track in the right speaker allowing you to play with or without a click track or drum pattern. Also available are play-along rhythm tracks of all the 55 examples as .mp3 files. These files are around 2 minutes long and contain the rhythm section of keyboards guitar and bass as well as a click track so you can practice in a band-like situation. Visit www.adgproductions.com to find out how to obtain these files at no additional cost.

Musician Institute-This books explores essential grooves fills and styles. This includes: Feeling The Downbeats Syncopated Backbeats In Between Straight And Swing Feeling The Upbeats Three Ways To Explore And Play Time Straight Time Moving The Sixteenths The accompanying CD contains tracks for demonstration and play-along.