On this second amazing DVD session Danny Gottlieb surveys the techniques of the great musicians - Buddy Rich Mel Lewis Gary Chester Airto Moreira John McLaughlin Pat Metheny and Mark Egan - who have helped him become a 'complete all-around drummer.' The lesson is filled with invaluable tips important advice and inspiring musical ideas for all learning players. Numerous hands-on exercises will help you develop the essential percussion techniques you'll need to play your best. Danny teaches big band beats and advanced drum set techniques that will set you up for all styles of music. He takes apart a variety of Brazilian grooves (samba bossa nova partito alto etc.) and imparts a fascinating lesson in counting and playing complex rhythms using the Indian syllable method. Finally bassist Mark Egan joins Danny for a discussion of how a bassist and drummer successfully work together. They close the DVD with some sizzling duets to illustrate their long-time working method for creating blues and jazz grooves. The songs they perform include DePraw Blues Willie's Blues and Waterfall Cafe.

With few study books for Drums is existence the first volume of Studio Session contributes to a series of prolific studies for the instrument filling a vital gap. Accompanied by a CD this progressive book effectively focuses on all musical studies accessible to any musician. Compiled by Jacky Bourbasquet Claude Gastaldin Jo Hammer and Loïc Pontieux four prominent drummers of our day and with music specially composed by pianist Philippe Khoury the book contains 30 pages of music in various styles which will enable the pupil to progress in their instrumental study. The first volume of StudioSession seeks to put emphasis on collective group performance preparing the student for their future inevitable participation with other musicians. Studio Session is an indispensable complement to the teaching of the instrument.

Volume 2-With few study books for Drums in existence the second volume of Studio Session contributes to a series of prolific studies for the instrument filling a vital gap. Accompanied by a CD this progressive book effectively focuses on all musical studies accessible to any musician. Compiled by prominent drummers of our day and with music specially composed by pianist Philippe Khoury the book contains 39 pages of music in various styles which will enable the pupil to progress in their instrumental study. The second volume of Studio Session seeks to put emphasis on collective group performance in a variety of styles preparing the student for their future inevitable participation with other musicians. Studio Session is an indispensable complement to teaching of the instrument.

The ultimate guide to drum fills-Designed to assist you in developing a real-world vocabulary of drum fills as played by top professional drummers in every style Filling in the Grooves by Jim Toscano covers all the fills drummers ask about: odd groupings filling over the barline hand-foot combinations double-bass fills groupings stylistic fills and much more. In addition the book dissects legendary fills played by the giants of the drums including Billy Cobham Phil Collins Stewart Copeland Steve Gadd Gavin Harrison Neil Peart Simon Phillips Jeff Porcaro Tony Williams and more. Included are downloadable digital files containing nine play-along tracks and audio and video demonstrationsof nearly every example in the book.

In this landmark video Glen Velez the world's leading frame drum player shares with you his extraordinary techniques and musical perspectives. By concentrating on three prominent frame drums - the Irish Bodhran North African Tar and Middle-Eastern Riq (tambourine) - Velez presents an array of techniques tonal resources rhythmic patterns and expressive possibilities that can be creatively applied to any frame drum.Following each instructional segment there are exciting solo performances by Velez which employ lesson elements and showcase the virtuosic capabilities and amazing versatility of frame drums. Layne Redmons joins Velez todemonstrate compositional considerations relating to playing frame drums in ensembles. As finale Velez and Redmond give an inspiring and dazzling performance of Velez's Internal Combustion. In addition to hisworld-acclaimed work wiht The Paul Winter Consort Velez has performed or recorded with an impressive varietey of musicians and composers including Mickey Hart Richard Stoltzman Steve Reich John Cage NEXUS and as the leaderof his own ensembles. We are confident taht you will find The Fantastic World of Frame Drums by Glen Velez to be a continuing technical and creative resource.

Recreate the distinctive sound of the all-American alternative rock giants with this new authentic playalong book containing 8 songs transcribed from the original recordings. Each book includes a specially recorded soundalike CD with full demos and backing tracks so you can be drummer Bill Berry and jam-along with the band yourself!

With few study books for Drums in existence Drums Movie Session contributes to a series of prolific studies for the instrument filling a vital gap. Accompanied by a CD this progressive book effectively focuses on all styles of cinematic music from Western to suspense. Compiled by Jacky Bourbasquet and Claude Gastaldin two prominent drummers of our day and with music specially composed by renowned pianist Lionel Melot the book contains 33 pages of film music in various styles which will enable the pupil to progress in their instrumental study. Drums Movie Session is an indispensable complement totraditional teaching of the Drum Kit.

Music Minus One Drums Deluxe 2-CD Set-Native son Tim Laughlin decided he wanted to create in the style but not necessarily using the tried and true classics of the Crescent City. So he assembled an extraordinary band of players all veterans of the music wrote a collection of new songs and produced this album. It won First Prize as the Best Jazz Album created in Louisiana in 2003 by Offbeat Magazine an accurate testament to its merits. Tim graciously made this album available to Music Minus One remixing the music to omit the key players clarinet trumpet trombone piano bass and drums in order to produce some of the most delectable play-alongs we offer in our catalogue. This is music rich in tradition butfresh in its details and execution. The music itself isn't easy to play but the charts are clearly accessible and easy to read. This is music for the ages guaranteed to pleasure players from ten to ninety. The personnel of this band is extraordinary as you can see and the music they make together has to be experienced.

For Useful Musical Drumming-Designed as a companion to Todd Sucherman's award-winning first DVD release Methods and Mechanics this book sheds new light on the playing and concepts of one of the most exciting drummers of our time. Built around note-for-note transcriptions by drummer/educator Brad Schlueter the book also includes detailed commentary from both Todd and Brad about the concepts contained in Todd's playing. Included in this package are 8 songs 5 breathtaking solos and several of Todd's custom drum lessons (highlighting his approach to double bass drumming and hybrid rudiments on the kit).All of the songs and solos are included on the CD as well as drumlessplay-along mixes of all four of the Taylor Mills songs. Usable with or without the original DVD release this book serves as a complete package to analyze practice and understand some of the concepts employed by Todd with artists such as Styx Brian Wilson Jerry Goodman Peter Cetera Brian Culbertson Spinal Tap Michael Bolton The Falling Wallendas Eric Marienthal and many others.

Drum Set Pitched Percussion Hand Percussion Marching...and more!-Award-winning author columnist performer bandleader and clinician Daniel Glass offers students a comprehensive introduction to drums and percussion from hand drums to digital kits and everything in between. In thiswell-illustrated guide Glass covers the history of the drum tracing the development of the modern drum kit while also discussing hand concert marching and electronic percussion. In addition to breaking down the equipment andaccessories needed available to today's young drummer Glass offers notated lessons that explore basic rudiments as techniques used in classical world jazz rock and other genres. A noted historian as well as performer Glassalso profiles great drummers from the jazz age through today. The included DVD-ROM offers high-quality footage from Glass' clinics and performances.

Score and Parts-Parade is a work for a Marching Band Percussion ensemble: 2 Snare Drums 2 Bass Drums Cymbals and marching machine. It was written in 1956 by the American composer conductor and pianist Morton Gould(1913-1996). Gould was a child prodigy whose compositional and improvisational skills were recognised early. He studied at the Julliard School in New York with Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones and later became along-time member of ASCAP for whom he was president for eight years.

Key Features at Debut Backbeat 1/4 note hi-hat Unison bass and snare work Single and double strokes paradiddles One page Playback skills Rockschool builds upon its 21 years of unrivalled experience in rock and pop examination by bringing you the 2012-2018 Syllabus. For this latest Syllabus Rockschool have employed some of the most sought after professional musicians to ensure that their tunes are the most authentic on offer.Drums Syllabus Features Plot your stylistic specialism - follow your preferred style up through the grades6 Performance pieces 6 varying styles Fact files - band and artist background information with recommended further listening Walkthroughs -  Hints and Tips on the tricky sections of the songs Standard Notation Online audio with full mixes

Key Features at Grade 8 Double bass drum Advanced stylistic grooves complex time signature changes and syncopation Single strokes developed alternative paradiddle-diddles Swiss Army triplet Pataflafla single and double triple ratamacue rolls Stylistic Studies Playback skills Rockschool builds upon its 21 years of unrivalled experience in rock and pop examination by bringing you the 2012-2018 Syllabus. For this latest Syllabus Rockschool have employed some of the most sought after professional musicians to ensure that their tunes are the most authentic on offer.Drums SyllabusFeatures Plot your stylistic specialism - follow your preferred style up through the grades 6 Performance pieces 6 varying styles Fact files - band and artist background information with recommended further listening Walkthroughs -  Hints and Tips on the tricky sections of the songs Standard Notation Online audio with full mixes

Key Features at Grade 2 8th note triplets 4 way coordination syncopation Single and double strokes paradiddles flams triplets Playback skills Rockschool builds upon its 21 years of unrivalled experience in rock and pop examination by bringing you the 2012-2018 Syllabus. For this latest Syllabus Rockschool have employed some of the most sought after professional musicians to ensure that their tunes are the most authentic on offer.Drums Syllabus Features Plot your stylistic specialism - follow your preferred style up through the grades 6Performance pieces 6 varying styles Fact files - band and artist background information with recommended further listening Walkthroughs -  Hints and Tips on the tricky sections of the songs Standard Notation Online audio with full mixes

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.