Learn to Be a Studio Musician!-You've just received your first studio call and already you can feel the tension mounting. Will you be able to read and interpret the music? Can you immediately get into the 'groove' without a lot of rehearsal time? How about coping with headphones and the ever-present click track? Here's an album that will give you 'studio' experience without the butterflies. No producer hovering over your shoulder no engineer hassling you for 'better sound.' This series is invaluable to every developing musician and will repay you with the experience you need and have a great time playing great music with this top-flight ensemble of working studio players!Includes a compact discfeaturing a complete version and a 'minus' version of each piece with removable click-track on one channel; and music book.

The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction terrific songs and a professional-quality CD with 99 full-demo tracks and a DVD that demonstrates the concepts in the book. This drum series can be used bystudents who want to teach themselves or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the CD. This package is a complete guide to the basics covering: beats songs and fills; all musical styles; playing tips and techniques; music notation; and more. Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of drum music! Also available: Play Drums Today Songbook(HL00842039).

A Visual Guide to Personalizing Your Setup-Aimed at drummers of all styles and levels this DVD featuring extreme metal drummer Derek Roddy provides an enlightening and fun discussion of common issues facing every drummer. It discusses the ins and outs of setting up and getting comfortable on your drumset. Joined by a panel of 3 other professional drummers Derek delves into detail on important (yet often overlooked) topics such as seat height position/angle of the drums using your available space on stage setting up your pedals creating an ergonomic setup proper positioning of your hardware placement of the hi-hat how to position your toms and even the importance and proper use of adrum carpet. Everything you've always wanted to know about creating your ideal setup is included on this DVD! This casual and entertaining program will provide all drummers with useful tidbits that can be put to direct use on your next gig or practice session. As a bonus the program includes footage of Derek playing along to 5 tracks and an improvised drum solo. Running time: 1 hr. 20 min.

This book contains complete, authentic drum notation and play-along tracks to eight Led Zeppelin classics. There are two versions of every song on the included CDs: an instrumental sound-alike recording, and an instrumental accompaniment track (without drums) so you can play along. When you use the CDs in your Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you easily loop sections for practice, slow tracks down or speed them up without changing the pitch, change the key, and switch back and forth between full instrumental and accompaniment tracks. Titles: Black Dog * Communication Breakdown * Dazed and Confused * Heartbreaker * Immigrant Song * Rock andRoll * Since I've Been Loving You * Whole Lotta Love. / Drums / Alfred Publishing

500 Fills a All Styles a All Levels-This collection of practical patterns can be used as fills in a wide variety of musical genres and can also be combined into solos. While many of the 500 patterns in this book can be applied to just about any musical style the author has grouped the fills into the specific genres in which they would likely appear. Includes rock jazz funk country blues reggae gospel fusion and odd times. The book has easy fills for the beginner and works its way through intermediate and advanced fils. In addition each fill is demonstrated twice on the audio; once at a typical performance tempo and once at a slower tempo.

Worship Band Playalong Volume 2-The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate correlated book/CD packs: Guitar Keyboard Bass Drumset and Vocal.Bands can use the printed music and chord charts to play live together and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship Leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similar theme for easy set selection and the straightforward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level.

Basic Method for Drumset-This is the continuation of the successful method Real Time Drums: Basic Method For Drumset - Level 1 by the experienced musician and composer Arjen Oosterhout who was a percussion teacher for many years. In the same successful and practically oriented style as the first volume this second book presents nine complete chapters in which new percussion patterns rhythms and styles are introduced including rock and funk paradiddles and 'fitness exercises' for drummers. Apart from the exercises and explanations the student will also find background information rehearsal suggestions guidelines for variations and fills and the encouragement to improvise.The CDs included with the method present all exercises twice once to listen to and once to play along with so you can put everything you have learned into practice immediately!

A series of 18 instruction books with CD for guitar bass keyboard and drums. They're easy to use with step-by-step instructions and clear diagrams so the complete beginner can quickly master basic playing techniques and learnto play great songs. What's more Fast Track is different from any other instruction book. Each tutor has an accompanying songbook with CD featuring music from famous artists... The Beatles Eric Clapton Billy Joel Jimi Hendrixand many more. In fact Fast Track has everything for the complete beginner who wants to play like a top professional.

Drum Play-Along Volume 41-With the Drum Play-Along series you can learn to play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Simply follow the Drum notation listen to the audio to hear how the Drums should sound then play along using the separate backing tracks. The books in this series all include lyrics for quick reference. The audio files are accessed online for download or streaming and include the Playback+ feature that allows you to adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch. This volume contains 8 popular rock songs that children will love to learn including ABC (The Jackson 5) Happy (Pharrell Williams) I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Joan Jett& The Blackhearts) I'm a Believer (The Monkees) Let's Get It Started (Black Eyed Peas) Low Rider (War) Surfin' U.S.A. (The Beach Boys) and Yellow Submarine (The Beatles).

Drum Play-Along Volume 53. Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the audio 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 files are accessed online for download or streaming and include PLAYBACK features that allow you to adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Bad Day (Daniel Powter) · Can't Stop the Feeling (Justin Timberlake) · Castle on the Hill (Ed Sheeran) · Counting Stars (OneRepublic) · Love Story (Taylor Swift) · Party in the U.S.A. (Miley Cyrus) · Sugar (Maroon 5) · What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction).

Drum Play-Along Volume 31-Play your favourite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along series! Just follow the drum notation listen to the online audio to hear how the drums should sound then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. Rock out like Chad Smith to these favourites from the Chili Peppers: The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie ? By the Way ? Californication ? Can't Stop ? Dani California ? Scar Tissue ? Suck My Kiss ? Tell Me Baby ? Under the Bridge.

Beginner Level-Designed for someone with little or no experience this beginner drum program with world-renowned instructor Mark Manzcuk begins by teaching you parts of the drums correct posture proper stick grip and coordination exercises.Have fun learning to keep time count beats and understanding rhythm. You will build grooves place fills and play along with the guitar and bass backing tracks so you can feel what it's like to drive the band!Each RockHouse product includes free lifetime membership to Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learning experience links with instructors download backing tracks access message boards and much more. You'll connectwith a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.

Drum Play-Along Volume 11-Play your favorite 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. Lyrics are included for 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 features 12 of Jimi Hendrix's greatest songs all ready for you to play!

Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These Specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals. Rockschool Classics Drums Grade 2 contains eight of the biggest rock tracks from the past five decades arranged for you to play in your Grade 2 exam. You can choose two pieces from Rockschool Classics to play in your Grade Exam or three to play in your Performance Certificate. Featuring: AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long Razorlight - V.I.C.E. Muse - Plug In Baby Metallica - Enter Sandman Black Sabbath - Iron Man The Clash - Should I Stay OrShould I Go? The Kinks - You Really Got Me Queens Of The Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret Plus: Band and artist fact files with recommended listening In-depth walkthroughs of every track Easy-access downloadable audio Example tests and exercises