Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and more-For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funkpatterns including odd linear groupings and more.These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach.Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and all the artists from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008: Will Calhoun Ndugu Chancler Gavin Harrison Simon Phillips Thomas Pridgen Dafnis Prieto Derek Roddy Todd Sucherman Bill Stewart and Billy Ward.

Drum Play-Along Volume 9-The Drum Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the audio to hear how the Drum should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks.The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded.The audio files include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.This volume features Cruise Ex's & Oh's GetLucky Nobody to Blame Shut up and Dance Thinking Out Loud Uptown Funk and The Walker.

Description The Complete Blues/Rock Drummer is an advanced instruction book specializing in blues and blues/rock beats. This book includes fills and instrumentals, both with and without drums for play-along. About half of the book features advanced beats with fills and the other half consists of instrumentals. Drummers interested in studying blues will learn much from this book. There is challenging material for you to practice. The Complete Blues/Rock Drummer is a unique source for those interested in this genre. Like most musical styles, the breadth of blues music is vast, taking on many forms throughout different parts of the United States. Our aim is to focus on a few styles and demonstrate the drumming that is associated with each style. After that, it’s your turn to play-along and come up with your own parts or play the transcription of each song. Remember there isn’t a single all-inclusive book that will cover everything there is to know about blues or any style for that matter. This book provides practical ideas for blues and blues/rock.

Absolute Beginners: Electronic Drums is a comprehensive introduction to playing the Electronic Drums from the history of the instrument to playing your very first grooves and beats. Covering a variety of genreswith clear pictures practical advice and easy-to-use audio downloads this is the essential introductory book for anyone wanting to learn this fantastic instrument. The content of AbsoluteBeginners: Electronic Drums is uniquely focused on Electronic instead of Acoustic Drums allowing you to take advantage of the increasing popularity and versatility of this innovative instrument. The book takes youthrough the history of the drums through its many advantages to setting up your kit. Then you'll learn basic things like posture and how to hold the sticks before getting into basic rhythms extending the beat using thedifferent parts of the kit and real grooves in a number of styles (Rock Hip Hop Funk and Disco).  The accompanying Audio Download is accessible through the card that's included in the book and itincludes over 60 audio tracks that feature demonstrations and backing tracks of each of the exercises that are in the book. This makes learning much easier more fun and will get you playing along with music as quickly aspossible. Watch our exclusive video of Amy Winehouse's drummer Nathan Allen demonstrate how versatile the Electronic Drums can be: From the very first time you play your Electronic Drums AbsoluteBeginners will guide you through step-by-step with large images clear explanations and very helpful hints that will get you playing and sounding great in no time at all.  The

Drummer Tom Brechtlein presents a two-step introduction to the Blues Drums that will get you grooving straight away. In the first part of this tutorial you will learnThe Blues shuffleAlternate cymbal paterns for the shuffleHi-Hat coordination exercisesThe slow Blues grooveThe second part of the DVD coversBass Drum varationsA Blues RhumbaOpen Hi-Hat soundThe Steve Gadd shuffleLoads of new fill ideasThe disc includes on-screen graphics and tab plus demonstrations by an excellent pro band.

Phil Maturano's Afro Cuban Drumming an overview for Drumset is designed to give the drumset player a birds eye view of the Afro Cuban drumming experience. If you've always wanted to get into Latin styles this is your chance. Phil's attention to detail is fantastic using two of the most popular styles of Afro-Cuban music players of every level can learn from the very beginning! Start by seeing and hearing the patterns played on the original; instruments then learn how to adapt everything you see on the drumset all with close-ups and detailed explanations. Then you will cover a topic rarely explored in this kind of instructional material - how to apply thesepatterns in a rhythm section! By adding one percussionist at a time we see and hear the function of the drumset in Afro Cuban music. As everyone knows there is more to this music than just patterns to really understand the language of this music Maturano uses his unique system for decoding the phrasing of all African descent music - RTS.

A Fresh Approach to the Drumset will give you a solid foundation to take your drumming to the next level! Whether you're a beginner intermediate or advanced drummer you'll benefit from the simple step-by-step approach forlearning technique independence music reading and grooves.Topics covered:Rock Beats and FillsHand & Foot TechniqueCoordination and IndependenceReadingMusicUnderstanding Song ConstructionR&B Jazz Latin Styles and more!Including MP3 CD packed with 41 Play-Along Tunes (with and without drums) and over 400 Demonstration Tracks!

Drums-This easy-to-follow Drum DVD tutor will take you step by step from first day exercises to playing along with a professional backing track! Clear pictures and demonstrations along with jargon free commentary to guide you through... Setting up and looking after your kit Tuning your drums Correct use of sticks and stroke technique Reading drum music and understanding rhythm Co-ordinating your bass drum snare hi-hat crash and ride cymbals Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know to start playing fast!

A Guide to Reading Music-Whether you are just learning to read music or you're an established player who wants to supplement your reading repertoire Understanding Rhythm will help you understand and execute the most common rhythms found in popular music. Drumset players will find this book useful for developing reading and coordiantion skills. Beginning with simple whole-note half-note and quarter-note combinations Understanding Rhythm's seventeen lessons also covers eighths sixteenths and thirty-second-notes syncopated eighth-note figures ties dots and triplets.

Master Class Series Includes Audio and Video Access!-This comprehensive resource covers virtually every aspect of double bass drumming. By revealing the value of proper balance and foot technique then applying those concepts to various warm-ups mirrored grooves fills and progressive phrasing applications you will be thoroughly prepared for any musical situation demanding double bass proficiency. With nearly 200 pages of printed instruction online access to 130 audio tracks and over an hour of video content this package is a must for double bass drummers of all levels. Topics covered include: practice suggestions ? balance/foot technique insights and overview ? dynamic warm-ups ? mirrored double bassgrooves based on 8th-note 16th-note 32nd-note and triplet feels ? fill development using drum and cymbal orchestrations ? phrasing concepts applied to grooves and fills.

In this DVD Dave explains and demonstrates how to practice to develop the most out of your playing. All the topics discussed are explained and demonstrated on the drum pad and then on the drum set. Lastly they are brought to life with exciting live recordings of the Dave Weckl Band and a special acoustic group put together for this video. The musicians featured include Buzz Feiten Brandon Fields Tom Kennedy Jay Oliver Ernie Watts and Steve Weingart. The Video will allow you to see and hear Dave explain and demonstrate warm-ups hands and feet development independence practice and Swiss triplet playing. The section on time and motion studies will open your eyes andears to a new way of building time into all of your playing. After covering ear protection Dave describes and demonstrates the difference between survival practice which helps you become a great supportive drummer and Advancement of the Art practice which helps you stretch the limits of the instrument.

You must master there three words to be a great groove player and Groove Essentials 2.0 is designed to help make it happen. GE 2.0 picks up from where top-selling original left off containing 53 all-new grooves that will challenge your drumming and inspire your mind bringing your total groove control to the next level and beyond. Styles covered include Rock Funk R&B/Hip-Hop Jazz World Extreme Tempos Hybrid Grooves Rideless Grooves and for the first time Odd Meters.

Understanding Groove is a thorough and innovative analysis of groove created by master drummer and highly acclaimed teacher Nucleo Vega. This book will show you how to achieve a deeper feel and more consistent groove by bridgingthe gap between your physical and auditory awareness. Topics covered: whipping Moeller technique syllables verbal loops shapes of groove nuances speed perception technical aspects beat placement poly-tempos consistency two-level concept balance and many more… DVD duration 61min.