Just as the title suggests this DVD focuses on the advanced topics of independence and polyrhythms with challenging yet highly educational clips from Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) Steve Smith (Journey Vital Information) Antonio Sanchez (Pat Metheney) David Garibaldi (Tower of Power) Derek Roddy (extreme metal master) Todd Sucherman (Styx) Randy Black (Annihilator Primal Fear) Chris Coleman (Chaka Khan New Kids on the Block) Thomas Lang (Stork Gianna Nannini) John Riley (jazz legend) and Phil Maturano (Afro-Cuban expert). The program is hosted by Chris Pennie (The Dillinger Escape Plan Coheed & Cambria) who brings his own expertise on these topics to bear ashe introduces each artist. Bonus footage of Chris is also included.Priced affordably and containing a wealth of previously released material from the Hudson Music catalogue the titles in the Ultimate Drum Lessons series have proven to be very popular with drummers. In response to customer comments the clips on these new releases have been chosen specifically for their educational/instructional content (less concert performances and more actual lessons).

Category: Percussion - Drum Set Method or Collection Format: Book & 2 CDs Instrument: Drum Set Included in Modern Drummer magazine's list of the 25 greatest drum books, Advanced Funk Studies will help you take your groove to the next level. With author and renowned drummer Rick Latham as your guide, you'll learn hi-hat, funk, and fill patterns. Many of the ideas in this book are derived from some of the most famous and proficient funk drummers. The accompanying audio CDs provide examples of the exercises.

Designed as part three in the Danny’s Rock Drumming series master drummer Danny Gottlieb discusses and demonstrates challenging rock patterns and exercises designed to help drummers achieve their advancing musical goals. Complete with a 66-minute DVD and exercise chart.

If you're just starting to play drums this method is absolutely made for you. First Drum Grooves will help you to play your first Drum beats and fills without delay and let you feel the immediate enjoyment of playing music! When playing those first beats the idea is not to blow people away but rather to play simple and rhythmically accurate things. In short to be a real musician... even if you are a beginner drummer for now.  As you progress through this book the featured beats and fills will become richer and more advanced page after page going from quarter notes to eighth notes triplets and sixteenth notes. By following the logicalprogression of this method you will be able to learn and make progress while actually playing. Each of the featured 40 tunes comes in 5 different tracks on the accompanying MP3 CD organised as follows: Drums only at normal and slow tempo then the same Drum beat played with its accompanying track and finally the play-along track only also at normal and slow tempo... so that you can learn and play at your own pace according to your level and your skills. This book includes more than 6 hours of music in total! If you're just starting to play Drums this method is absolutely made for you. First Drum Grooves will help you to play your first Drum beats and fills without delay and feel the immediate enjoyment of playing music! When playing those first beats the idea is not to blow people away but rather to play simple and rhythmically accurate things. In short to be a real musician... even if you are a beginner drummer for now.  As you progress through this book the featured beats and fills will become richer and more advanced page after page going from quarter notes to eighth notes triplets and sixteenth notes. Byfollowing the logical progression of this method you will be able to learn and make progress while actually playing. Each of the featured 40 tunes comes in 5 different tracks on the accompanying MP3 CD organised as follows: Drums only at normal and slow tempo then the same Drum beat played with its accompanying track and finally the play-along track only also at normal and slow tempo... so that you can learn and play at your own pace according to your level and your skills. This book includes more than 6 hours of music in total!

Presented by Vic Firth-The second edition of the best-selling original Groove Essentials features a DVD and companion book/CD package with 53 brand new grooves and over 100 variations for intermediate to advanced players. Students will learn the difference between ghost and grace notes (while being encouraged to experiment with both in all six groove “families”) as well as important “go-to” grooves like the Train and Bo-Diddley beats. For more advanced players and professionals GE 2.0 introduces the concepts of groove construction interpretation and manipulation- training drummers to think like musicians in order to maximize their full potential. The DVDfeatures more than 70 new songs covering 4/4 2/2 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures with three levels of difficulty for 5/4 7/8 and 9/8 meters. On the 3-hour 45-minute DVD Igoe discusses and demonstrates each groove in multiple tempos alone and with a band with many patterns shown on both acoustic and on Roland HD-1 and TD-9 electronic drumkits. The grooves span rock funk R&B/hip-hop jazz (sticks and brushes) world/specialty extreme tempos all-purpose hybrid rideless classic and odd-meters. The companion play-Along book and CD contain (available separately) over 90 tracks including every song from the DVD in their full-length versions minus the drums; allowing drummers to expand their skills by playing any of the grooves with a band and recording themselves on audio or video (optional) to help facilitate the learning process. These tracks also supply a variety of fill-in and soloing opportunities to challenge advanced players. In addition the book features Igoe's extended “global tours” that will test even the most seasoned professionals chops creativity and stamina and as a “first of its kind” bonus there is a full-length orchestral play-along track designed to provide a taste of playing in a full orchestra complete with multiple moving tempos dynamics and feels.

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.

Bill 'Stuhlly' Brennenstuhl's new book 'The Gears for Grooving on Drumset' encompasses all the tools a beginner-advanced drummer would need to really groove on the drums. The book ties together the rudimental motions of Down andUp strokes to help drummers feel the metronome instead of chasing it down. Each chapter starts with a technique study then the strokes are broken down into a rudiment. Finally the student applies the motions to the drum set allthe while learning to feel the timing. For the beginner this gives a solid foundation with the metronome to perfect feel and timing. For intermediate to advanced it's a good refresher study of rudiments and techniques. 1.

Transitions is the ultimate independence learning system. From two-limb (drum pad or snare drum) to advanced four-limb (drumset) independence, this book is designed for beginners to advanced professionals. The CD recording of live band play-alongs for each independence exercise helps you gain facility on the instrument while making you play music and become a better musician! This is the prequel to the critically acclaimed Drum Set Crash Course, voted #1 Educational Drum book by the Modern Drummer Readers Poll. Perfect for band directors, private teachers, and self-taught students.

Exercises and Tips to make you better- faster! This DVD will take your Drumming to the next level. Professor Larry Finn shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to lay down a strong groove in any style of music. It offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels. These include: Hand Development Basic Grooves Advanced Grooves for funk rock hip-hop and Latin styles Advanced Fills. Clear and detailed instruction is given both on-screen and in the accompanying 64-page booklet to maximise learning.

This instructional DVD breaks down advanced concepts into simple ideas that can first be understood then applied to the drum kit. Topics covered include:hand exercises that will make expressing easier by developing the technique to play your ideashow to develop good time and more important a good feeling groovegetting started with ghost notessoloing ideasunderstanding the parallels of 4/4 and 6/8metric modulation2 drum solos that feature all of these ideas in a musical context.DVD Bonus features include a live performance featuring Steve with his trio Altered plus multiple camera angles allow you to watch the band or just the drums.

This method is designed for all Drummers from beginners to advanced willing to practise their instrument cleverly whether alone or supervised in order to refine both their independence coordination and above all musical skills. Through a simple and progressive logic any Drummer will indeed find what he or she is looking for among the 400 evolving Drum beats

Block Rockin? Beats? has tons of cool grooves and fills for the intermediate to advanced drummer. This book reflects recent musical trends by focusing on funky rock hip hop jungle and drum ?n? bass influenced patterns for thedrum kit. As time marches on popular music continues to evolve and change. ?Block Rockin? Beats? is designed to give the drummer more ideas and tools to help function in a musical environment that was not only influenced byjazz blues gospel country soul latin and funk styles but also shaped by D.J.s samplers and electronic music. Drummers are often called upon now to replace or ad to programmed drums in the recording studio. For liveshows live drumming might be melded together with electronic elements or D.J.s or both Rock and popular music are incorporating so many different elements and styles at this point it?s hard to keep track! Update your rhythmicvocabulary with some ?Block Rockin? Beats.

With this series of DVDs anyone can learn to play Hand Drums without learning to read music. First you simply watch the rhythm being played with the Players Eye View Camera (no transposing left hand for right) then singalong with the rhythm as it appears on the screen just like the words of a song. Finally you play along as each part is demonstrated slowly and clearly on the drum.Session 3 contains a study guide; fundamental keys todeveloping rhythm and essential drumming skills; 18 rhythm patterns with signals two rhythm arrangements of Soli and Liberte; and solo drills. For beginning through advanced players.

Enrich your drumming with world rhythms and sounds. World music presents many learning opportunities and challenges especially for drums and percussion. Learning grooves from Africa Latin America South America and otherregions will make you a more complete musician and give you more ideas for creating your own sound and solos.Many jazz greats have been inspired by world traditions: Miles Davis John Coltrane Herbie Hancock JohnMcLaughlin and so many others. Follow in their footsteps and discover how to use these elements to inspire your own music.You will learn to:Incorporate world instruments into a standard drum kit.Coordinatestick foot hand techniques to enrich your palette of articulationsPlay dozens of world groovesTake inspiration from world grooves for your own improvisationsPerform advanced concepts such as odd time signatures andmetric modulationBe prepared for many creative musical situations through knowledge of more styles and greater mastery of drumming fundamentalsThe accompanying CD includes groove examples and play-along tracks of MarkWalker's original music featuring guest artists including Paquito D'Rivera!Mark Walker is a multiple-Grammy Award winning artist who is currently a member of Oregon and the Paquito d'Rivera Quintet. He is an associateprofessor of percussion at Berklee College of Music.