On this 3-hour DVD Stanton presents a historical overview of some of the most important drum grooves in history showing the basic elements and conceptual development of each groove. He then shows you how to learn from the past and develop your own complete vocabulary for creating new funk grooves and patterns on the drumset.Topics include:using variation and style combination to create new groovesusing rhythmic structures and clave ideas for advanced drum set vocabularyhi-hat conceptsgetting creative with backbeat groovesa look at how to develop swing and shuffle groovesand more.Intercut withthe educational segments Stanton's trio also performs new tracks from their latest CD showing how many of the grooves discussed are applied directly to the music. Bonus features include slow-motion segments of key grooves.

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.

Stage Session is a progressive method for Drums written for beginners and upper-beginners. These studies complete the methods and should help young drummers to develop their skills. Featuring 5 different levels of progression Stage Session comes with a CD which will prepare beginners for getting used to complementary sound and music. This should help them to focus and concentrate on their way of playing while learning and having fun.  The co-writers Jacky Bourbasquet André Ceccarelli Régis Ceccarelli and Claude Gastaldin are all experimentaldrummers and/or professors who believe in progressive methods to be able to master the basics. The music is written by Lionel Melot.

Blues Drums Method within the School of the Blues Lesson Series contains over 250 examples of blues Drum patterns and technique-building exercises! Subjects covered in this book are: The History of BluesDrumming; Choosing Your Instrument and Getting Your Sound; Exercises for Development of Technique (Sticking and foot patterns specific to playing blues); Blues Shuffles and Swing Beats Slow Blues Ballads and the Triplet Groove(12/8 Time); Blues Rhumba Calypso Beats and Samba Feel; Two-Beat/Cut Time; Early Rock 'n' Roll and Surf Beats; New Orleans Soul and Funk Influences; and Build-ups and Fills.This book is accompanied by an online audiorecording of all examples played on the Drums with the backing of the School of the Blues All-Star Band. It is recommended that you also purchase Blues Drums Play-Along Trax to have full-length play-along trax for you to applywhat you learn in this book. Includes access to online audio.

Gorden Campbell Presents-Among the many useful topics addressed in this package are the basic role of the drummer the concept of pocket learning basic song form versatility (being able to play various styles) soloing in a musical situation playing with a click working with electronics and conducting business professionally. These discussions are aimed at players of all levels who want to get more and better gigs. There are also informative and useful sections dealing with playing ballads getting good tone from your drums working with a group and dealing with different types of gigs from clubs to bus tours to sessions.Interspersed among the educational segments are killer performancesfrom Gorden and his group The EandG Band playing various song styles and grooves. There are also interview/advice segments from other famous working drummers including Aaron Spears Russ Miller Will Kennedy and a segment with jazz/fusion great George Duke who also performs with Gorden.Produced by Campbell and Eric Dorris (filmmaker behind Todd Sucherman's great DVDs) and released on the Hudson Ltd. label the main program of the DVD runs approximately one hour and 45 minutes and is followed by extensive bonus footage including a detailed tour of Gorden's gear (with explanations of the instruments) and a lengthy interview highlighting Gorden's childhood development career and more.Campbell's resume which includes Earth. Wind and Fire; George Duke; Jessica Simpson; Ne-Yo; Whitney Houston; The American Idol Tour; Mary J. Blige; and Jonathan Butler clearly illustrates his qualifications for creating such a DVD. The program contains advice and discussion on career-related topics often overlooked on other DVDs as well as lots of great playing.

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.

Baby Steps to Giant Steps-A must own collection for every serious drummer that wants to learn how to play well with others. This series covers a wide range of musical styles from Rock to Jazz and Latin/Afro-Cuban to Funk and Heavy Metal.These tools are invaluable for the student who can't seem to find available band mates at the drop of a hat. With Turn It Up And Lay It Down you are the drummer on the song... so you have the flexibility and freedom to create innumerable beats with the Bass Guitar and Horn lines without feeling confined by a previously recorded drum performance.Baby Steps to Giant Steps features NYC based jazz musicians on piano guitar upright bassand sax swingin' away at tempos starting at 100 bpm and slowly getting faster and faster until your blazing through the changes at 310 bpm. If you dig those smokey bars Old K's and Round badges... This one's for you!

Directional Strategies for Exploring New Sounds from Familiar Stickings-Jeff Salisbury's Melodic Motion Studies For Drumset is filled with exercises that have been designed to help the improving drummer to develop a high degree of fluency getting around the Drum kit when playing fills or solos.The musical exercises featured in this book explore some of the infinite possibilities relating sound to a variety of motions to develop freedom of movement on the Drums.Melodic Motion Studies For Drumset covers clockwise and counterclockwise motions; paradiddle inversions; vertical horizontal and diagonal inversions of paradiddle-diddles; windmill patterns; rock jazz and latin applications. This bookalso includes access to audio tracks (for download or streaming) with most examples played at slow and fast tempos.Jeff Salisbury teaches Drumset at the University of Vermont and is a faculty member of KoSA Percussion Workshops. He has performed toured and recorded with artists including Albert King Cold Blood Linda Tillery Chuck Berry Bo Diddley and others.This book includes access to online audio which can be found at halleonard.com/mylibrary.

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

Par LYMAN STEVE. Avec une nouvelle approche pour Odd Times, Pour Drum Set: Set livre et un CD Steve Lyman donne un regard en profondeur sur la construction et l'application de signatures de temps modernes. Ce livre fantastique et CD audio est parfaite pour n'importe quel batteur qui cherchent à développer, construire et appliquer des signatures de temps plus difficiles pour leurs performances ou l'enregistrement. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / Batterie

La leçon vidéo complet batteur de renommée mondiale, artiste solo, auteur et enseignant, Tommy Igoe vous montre comment installer le kit de batterie et Jouez dès la bonne manière. / Batterie Et Percussions / Dvd