Always wanted to play Drums? Then get on the FastTrack and make it happen now! FastTrack method books give you a fast way to learn how to play that new instrument (or the one that's been sitting in the closet for a few years). Skeptical because other method books haven't worked for you? That's exactly why we wrote these! They're designed for the player who wants to learn on their own terms with the help of some user-friendly instruction professional audio and video examples and cool music to play along the way. Don't worry: we're not going to just show you a few tricks to play one or two songs. You're going to get everything you need to startplaying (this is a Hal Leonard book after all!) but then in a couple of weeks you'll become the player you've always wanted to be ready to move into the songbooks filled with songs by the Beatles Clapton Hendrix and more. And just in case that's not enough to convince you the last section of all FastTrack Starter Packs (Guitar Bass Keyboard and Drums) include the same songs so that you and your buddies can form a band and jam together. So yes it IS time to reignite those rock star dreams!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.

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

Fast Track DVD is an exciting new way to quickly learn how to play that Drumkit you just bought.Each of the Fast Track DVDs are filmed in hi-definition and features on-screen music with tons of full-band examples. It's like having a private lesson that you can pause fast-forward or rewind any time you want. What's better is that across the series (Drums Guitar Bass Keyboard) the last three full-band songs are the same so you can play along with your fellow new instrumentalists as a band!

With Online Audio and Video-Frank Briggs' Complete Modern Drum Set offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher planewhile improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation displaced beats polyrhythms and more. Briggs states 'the more you know about different styles and theinner workings of time and phrasing the better your ability to contribute to the music at hand. The clearer you see the parallels or the common threads that tie these concepts together the more freedom you will have to expressyourself.' The music is challenging and suitable for the advanced drummer. Styles include odd meters metric modulation tuplets funk Latin mid and up-tempo swing and fusion. This set includes access to onlineaudio. which is a play-along for Drums with full stereo versions of the music charts included in the book. Sketch Electric Red Moon Home Funky Track Jazz Swing and 32 Bar are recorded with Drums and without Drums (the trackswithout drums include a click track) so that the student can listen and play-along. Solo sections are included on most of the tracks. The instrumentation is Drums Bass Keyboards and Sax. The companion video online:Re-edited from the original masters this video offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-oneplay-along tracks CueLink(tm) and a metronome make this video the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. This video features complete performances of Red Moon Home Along the Mohawk Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drum Set Book (nearly every page in the book is performed... including page headers and pattern numbers for

A Fun & Simple Guide to Playing Drums-All About Drums is a fun and simple guide to playing Drums. Designed to serve as a handbook for aspiring and well established drummers. Filled with sheet music for over 30 songs. The 95 track CD is comprised of fantastic demonstrations as well as 5 complete play along songs. The book is arranged in a progressive order meaning you can start at the beginning and work your way straight through as your skills improve. The perfect addition to any drummers collection.

Real Time Drums - Great Grooves is a complementary book to Real Time Drums - Basic Method for Drumset (Level 1) and provides the student with complete pieces to play in parallel with the first method book in this series. Great Grooves contains ten varied pieces written by Arjen Oosterhout together with explanations rehearsal suggestions and interesting information about the history and origins of the styles and rhythms. Real Time Drums - Great Grooves provides you with great rehearsal and playing material and a CD which contains two versions of each piece - one to listen to and one to play along with. This volume can be used alongside orindependently of the method book.

Nine of their Greatest Songs-Now you can take over from Nick Mason and play with your favourite band! The latest in the Authentic Playalong series this book will have wannabe Pink Floyd stars jamming like their drum guitar and bass heroes in no time. This book contains nine songs spanning the band's awesome career transcribed from the original recordings for drums and notated in charts with vocal line with a specially recorded soundalike CD including full demos and backing tracks to play and sing along to. What's more the drum book is compatible with the guitar and bass books so once players have mastered the songs playing along to the CD they can get together and form the bestcovers band in town!

Get started straight away with this colourful and easy-to-follow guide to Hand Drum playing. Learn the basic techniques and rhythms that you need to for such unusual and versatile instruments as the Djembe Conga and Dumbek. Percussion expert John Marshall gives you a guided tour of dozens of different Drums provides you with the basics of percussion reading and the breaks down some characteristic complex rhythms so that you can develop your coordination at your own pace.The accompanying CD is packed with examples so that you can be sure you've got those new sounds and beats exactly right!

Play-Along Tracks For Developing Your Blues Drumming Performance. Par COGGINS KEVIN. Blues Drums Play-Along Trax, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting play-along that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. All of the examples are minus the drums. You can place in whichever drum pattern you feel is appropriate or use the recommended notated example in the book. Along with the 15 jam tracks, the book is accompanied by a CD recording of all examples (played by author Kevin Coggins) along with the background music. / Niveau : Débutant / Blues - Play Along / Recueil / Batterie

A Study in Contemporary Music for the Drums-The genre fusion as the name implies is a blend of many styles and influences. This book and CD utilize four tunes as a basis to show how this fusion-blending process can occur and expose you to major trends that exist. You aregiven unique step-by-step approaches to developing ?fused? feels that are not just superficial pasting-together of styles but truly new grooves of your making. In addition there are many agility exercises to help youreach a high level of musicianship. Each of the style-evolutions and exercises is fully notated in the book and performed on the CD. These lessons culminate in a tune that incorporates what you have learned. The CD contains ademonstration performance of the tune followed by a version of the tune without the drums for you to play-along. The book provides a drum chart and lead sheet.

Instructional DVD-?Most fathers gave their four-year-old children train sets toy cars or tricycles. Mine gave me a scaled down Ludwig drum set.? Jason Bonham. Jason Bonham was not quite four when his father the legendary Led Zeppelin powerhouse drummer John Bonham gave him his first drum kit. It was a smaller replica of the exact set used by his father and the first of many as Jason grew to become a talented and dedicated musicians. After playing with a few bands he went on to record and tour with Jimmy Page and play with Led Zeppelin. He later represented his father when the superband was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Jason has performed with Foreigner UFO famous guitarists Ted Nugent and Slash and his own band Bonham. In this very personal session taped in 1990 Jason discusses the many influences that helped him develop his unique style. He explores his approaches to time playing drum fill ideas drummer's attitude and performing live. He discusses his equipment and how studio effects can enhance the sound of the drums. The enclosed booklet has diagrams showing Jason's drum set up and includes fully notated examples and exercises that accompany this DVD. With Bonham band-mates Ian Hatton guitar and John Smithson on keyboards Jason plays songs from his band and from Led Zeppelin. A special feature is a rare video clip of Jason as a young boy with his father John playing drums at home in England.

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.

Learning to play the Drums is a great experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you familiarise yourself with the instrument and then gets you playing - fast! Full-colour pictures, clear diagrams and really practical advice combine to make Start-Up Drums do exactly what it says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily. Contents include: Parts of the Drum kit Setting up your kit Reading rhythms Using a metronome Technique Keeping time Beats in a variety of styles Playing drum fills / Percussions