A Master Class With Snake Davis (DVD)

In this video, after opening with a sensational track from his new CD followed by more tracks throughout the video, Snake proceeds through one invaluable section after another explaining with clear demonstrations how he gets his unique sound and that seductive tone breathing techniques, tongue and other oral techniques, special effects, practice routines and more. Snake also waxes lyrical throughout the video with absolutely priceless advice on being a top session player, professionalism and overcoming nerves, absolute gems of wisdom that anyone wishing to make a career in the music business (or any business) would benefit from because Snake Davis is a consummate professional.

A Salute to Buddy Rich (DVD)

There will never be another one like him (Dennis Chambers). To musicians and jazz funs of the last 50 years, Buddy Rich remains at the top of the list. Says Phil Collins, "He was a one-off. As a drummer there was no-one like him". On October 3, 1998 at the Manhattan Center in NYC, Phil Collins, Dennis Chambers and Steve Smith performed in the Buddy Rich Band in a spectacular tribute to Buddy Rich. Luckily, there was someone there with a video camera. This excellent 143 minute DVD features highlights of that concert, five rare clips of Buddy Rich, as well as insightful interviews with each of the featured drummers. Includes special DVD features of three bonus performances, one by Dennis and two by Steve. Almost half an hour of new material!

Tommy Igoe: Great Hands For A Lifetime

This new DVD from Tommy Igoe focuses on developing and maintaining the physical tools that are essential for every drummer and drumming application: their hands.At the heart of this life-changing, career-extending system is the three-tier 'Lifetime Warmup' originally conceived in the 1950s by Tommy's father, Sonny Igoe. Featuring basic, intermediate and advanced levels, the Lifetime Warmup is a challenging routine that weaves its way through standard drum rudiments and motions. This nearly four-hour DVD includes Tommy demonstrating the basics of his system:Matched and Traditional gripFulcrum ConceptsRebound StrokesSingles and DoublesCheck PatternsThe Five Families Of RudimentsYou also get a group demonstration with five of Tommy's students, including all three versions of the Lifetime Warmup. Included are a free, colour-coordinated, wall sized Lifetime Warmup poster and a compact fold-out guide courtesy of Evans Drumheads as well as a printable, 60-page eBook with instruction and exercises. Created by one of today's most successful and progressive drum educators, Great Hands For A Lifetime brings the no-nonsense, inspiring approach of the Groove Essentials series to hand technique and provides a proven alternative for drummers who wish to discover the full potential of their hands and stay healthy drumming over the decades to come.

Neil Peart: Anatomy Of A Drum Solo

Anatomy Of A Drum Solo presents newly-recorded in-studio footage of Rush's celebrated drum star Neil Peart discussing his approach to soloing. Using a solo recorded in Frankfurt 2004 as a framework, Neil talks about each segment of this nine-minute tour-de-force which has become a famed feature of the Rush live experience. Techniques are explained in detail, as Peart guides you through the thought processes and inspirations that combine to form the solo.Also included are two 'explorations' - completely improvised workouts at the drums, each over 30 minutes long, a never-before released solo recorded in Hamburg 2004, a previously unreleased solo from the 1994 Counterparts tour, Neil's Grammy-nominated solo, and two full Rush performances from 2004, all shot from the drum-camera perspective.This remarkable collection of performance footage and interviews is complimented by a host of special DVD features including:Camera Option - during Neil's performance of Der Trommler, the viewer can choose several different camera perspectivesAlternate edits - choose between the program edit and an alternate version showing examples in full screen without commentaryAudio-only tracks Momo's Dance Party and Pieces Of EightA PDF transcription of Neil's entire performance of Der TrommlerPhoto GalleryInterviews with Lorne Wheaton - Neil's drum tech.

Mark Wessels: A Fresh Approach To The Drumset

A Fresh Approach to the Drumset will give you a solid foundation to take your drumming to the next level! Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced drummer, you'll benefit from the simple step-by-step approach for learning technique, independence, music reading and grooves.Topics covered:Rock Beats and FillsHand & Foot TechniqueCoordination and IndependenceReading MusicUnderstanding Song ConstructionR&B, Jazz, Latin Styles and more!Including MP3 CD packed with 41 Play-Along Tunes (with and without drums) and over 400 Demonstration Tracks!

Steve White's Art of Drumming : A Life Behind the Drums

Steve White has put together a collection of his favorite exercises and rudiment combinations that he has worked on and is still practicing to continually improve and develop his drumming. In collaboration with UK drummer Russ Tarley, they have collated all the elements Steve has practiced over the years into this book to form a practical approach to using these concepts to help any drummer develop their skill set around the kit. This includes Steve's favorite rudiment applications, systems for developing coordination, independence and time, studies in rhythm, linear phrasing, transcriptions of a solo performance and famous studio recordings.

Mike Mangini: The Grid - A System For Creative Drumming & Improvisation

This system is presented through performed examples and graphics, and is usable by drummers of all styles.Dividing your drumming into time signature, subdivision, dynamics, instrument sounds, limbs, style, and phrases, Mike demonstrates dozens of grooves, fills, and patterns from easy to extremely advanced. He systematically shows you how to use the Grid to expand your understanding of music and drumming, and improve your physical abilities. Filmed in two different studios on two different Drum kits, including Mike's signature Dream Theater setup during the recording of the band's latest album, this 2-DVD set presents a brand-new and unique philosophy by one of the leading drummers of our time. Using Mike's system, you can grow exponentially as a drummer by increasing your speed, developing better independence, learning to use ostinatos and expanding your knowledge of styles. You will also learn to use polyrhythms, play in odd time signatures, develop a deeper understanding of the basics of rhythm and become a more creative player.

Jeff Salem: A Rhythmic Twist - Triplet Concepts For Drumset

Can you learn how to swing? Yes, and this book will show you how, giving you a huge vocabulary of creative triplet grooves and fills to play in every style. The book does this by taking common, comfortable 16th-note patterns and adapting them into a triplet feel. The results are amazingly musical and refreshingly creative, and will give any drummer tons of new ideas to play within any swing-based groove.Jeff Salem covers many concepts, including solidifying your basic triplet grooves in various styles, moving around the drumset with triplets, incorporating the bass drum into your fills, creating interesting triplet grooves using 16th note-based rhythms, applying paradiddle concepts to triplet grooves and fills, incorporating rests into your swung phrases, and more.In the later chapters, the triplet rhythms presented are applied to fills that can be used in blues, R&B, rock and hip-hop settings, and are also applied specifically to jazz concepts to broaden your independence and vocabulary in a traditional swing setting.An introductory section with basic triplet feels and a listening guide is designed to start beginning-level drummers on the right path to understanding swing-based styles.The book comes complete with an MP3 CD presenting play-along tracks in many styles, which are designed for you to apply the concepts learned in the book. The disc also includes demonstrations of nearly every example in the book.

Mark Schulman: A Day In The Recording Studio

A Do-It Yourself Guide to Recording Great Drum Tracks. On A Day in the Recording Studio, Mark Schulman shows you how to play and record state-of-the-art drum tracks. The DVD simply and humorously shows you the complete spectrum of recording drums in the studio: preparation of the equipment, tuning, microphone technique, digital recording, performance, editing, effects, studio construction, creating drum parts, Schulman's own quick system of charting songs, and great video footage.Nearly every studio drummer in Los Angeles records his/her own drum tracks in bedrooms, garages, and home studios. This DVD shows you how to do it and reduces your fear of getting started by giving you simple, entertaining, and inspiring instruction. You can start recording right away!

Live In New York City: The Abercrombie/ Erskine/ Mintzer/ Patitucci Band: A Concert/ Clinic

This band is comprised of four of the most acclaimed musicians in contemporary music, each of whom has led his own band, and received great critical acclaim both as composer and a player.On this DVD, the band performs a set of eight brilliant compositions - two by each member of the group - which range in style from the spiritual ballad feel of 'The Well' by John Patitucci, to the second line funk of 'Cats And Kittens' by Peter Erskine.

Gavin Harrison/Terry Branam: Rhythmic Designs - A Study Of Practical Creativity

This package is a study of Gavin Harrison's performances on the records Drop and Circles, his collaboration with O5ric.With Twenty highly detailed transcriptions by terry Branam and over 2 1/2 hours of DVD video featuring Gavin in the studio taking you through the concepts, techniques and rhythmic designs of each piece.Also includes extra in-depth discussions about various elements of his setup, recordings, tuning and special rudimental techniques.

Steve Gadd A Life in Time Unsigned : Limited Edition Pack: Limited edition hardcover Book, Songbook, and Hours of Instructional Video

This limited edition pack features Gadd's hardcover book, an 82-page spiral bound transcription book, and 8+ hours of online video. With a career spanning four decades as the most in-demand recording drummer in the world, Steve Gadd is an icon of the music world whose name has become synonymous with groove and drumming greatness. As a sideman, his resume reads like a list of the most important artists of the last half-century: James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Chick Corea, Paul Simon, Al Jarreau, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, Stuff, Chuck Mangione, and hundreds of others. With an instantly identifiable feel, sound, and vocabulary, he is considered by drummers to be one of the all-time greats, and is easily one of the most copied, studied, and imitated players in drum set history. Written by Bergamini under Gadd's supervision and culled from dozens of hours of new interviews with him, A Life in Time offers a compelling look at all the aspects of Steve's career. From his rise out of Rochester into the New York studios and through his staggering body of work up to the present day, go behind the scenes at monumental recording sessions during a golden age of music in New York City and Los Angeles, and backstage with Clapton, Taylor, The Gadd Gang, and more. Features: a foreward by James Taylor; exclusive new commentary from Tony Levin, Eddie Gomez, Donald Fagen, and Gary Katz; and archival interviews with Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, Phil Ramone, and Russ Titelman add compelling detail to the story. A combination of biography, scholarly analysis, transcription book, and photo memoir, the book brings all these elements together in a beautiful package. Musicians and fans can experience the sessions that led to the creation of iconic songs and drum parts from the perspective of the people who were there. Drummers who want to study and learn Gadd's parts will find note-for-note transcriptions from his most famous tracks and performances, including9· Aja · Nite Sprite · Late in the Evening · Chuck E.'s in Love · Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover · Lenore · Spain · Love for Sale · and many, many more. Intense solo performances from The Gadd Gang, Steps, and others are also included. The notation is coupled with expert analysis from the author, providing insight into the music and Gadd's creative process. With unprecedented access to Steve's personal collection, the book is beautifully tied together with close to 200 photographs, many in full color and never published before.

Jojo Mayer: Secret Weapons For The Modern Drummer - A Guide To Hand Technique

Jojo Mayer has put together the most comprehensive and detailed volume on hand technique ever published! As both an inspiring instructional method and highly entertaining reference guide, this DVD is invaluable to drummers of every skill level. It covers a wide range of information from the most fundamental to the most sophisticated techniques. Many of the topics addressed here reveal and explain closely guarded and never-before-published secrets of the great masters as well as Jojo's own approaches. All are documented here for the first time! English Version.

Jojo Mayer: Secret Weapons For The Modern Drummer - A Guide To Hand Technique (German Edition)

Jojo Mayer has put together the most comprehensive and detailed volume on hand technique ever published! As both an inspiring instructional method and highly entertaining reference guide, this DVD is invaluable to drummers of every skill level. It covers a wide range of information from the most fundamental to the most sophisticated techniques. Many of the topics addressed here reveal and explain closely guarded and never-before-published secrets of the great masters as well as Jojo's own approaches. All are documented here for the first time! German Version.

The Polyrhythm Odyssey : A Journey Through Time

Drumming in a Band - Stuff You Can Use

Moments in Time: Jeff Porcaro Stories

One of the most recorded drummers in history, Jeff Porcaro became a music superstar held in equal esteem by fans and professionals alike. A founding member of GRAMMY®-award winning group Toto, Jeff also recorded and toured with a list of artists that reads like a who's who of popular music in the late twentieth century.

John Blackwell: Technique, Grooving and Showmanship DVD

John Blackwell, world-class groove master and drummer with prince, offers his approach to developing the amazing technique he has become know for, including key exercises that he used as a student. Segments include: Heroes and Influence, Practising, Teachers, Building a solo, Single-Hands Rolls, Single-pedal technique, Building a groove, Shuffles and a detail demonstration of his incredible stick Twirling Technique.

Benny Greb: The Language of Drumming (2 DVDs) - Optional German Voiceover Track

The Language of Drumming provides a fascinating look into Benny Greb?s unique approach to making music on the drums?a complete and practical approach that is based on a concept familiar to everyone: learning a language.This system begins with basic rhythmic ?letters? and ?words,? and progresses to include a wide variety of topics, including grooving, interdependence, improvisation, rudimental vocabulary, time awareness, and a Western form of the Indian phrasing system, all explained in a comprehensive, easily understandable system that is suitable for beginning to advanced level drummers.The Language of Drumming is among the most creative music education DVDs ever made, displaying Benny?s unique sense of humour throughout, as he presents amazingly inventive ways to think about and develop your drumming. Also included are amazing performances with Pete Lockett, the Benny Greb Brass Band, and a great drum solo.

Benny Greb: The Language of Drumming (2 DVDs)

The Language of Drumming provides a fascinating look into Benny Greb?s unique approach to making music on the drums?a complete and practical approach that is based on a concept familiar to everyone: learning a language.This system begins with basic rhythmic ?letters? and ?words,? and progresses to include a wide variety of topics, including grooving, interdependence, improvisation, rudimental vocabulary, time awareness, and a Western form of the Indian phrasing system, all explained in a comprehensive, easily understandable system that is suitable for beginning to advanced level drummers.The Language of Drumming is among the most creative music education DVDs ever made, displaying Benny?s unique sense of humour throughout, as he presents amazingly inventive ways to think about and develop your drumming. Also included are amazing performances with Pete Lockett, the Benny Greb Brass Band, and a great drum solo.

Benny Greb: The Language Of Drumming (Book/Online Audio)

This tutorial book and online audio set includes and expands on the concepts presented in Benny Greb 's bestselling DVD of the same name. Suitable for beginning-advanced level drummers, this method features a wealth of practice material that is appropriate for all styles, presented in a beautifully illustrated book with a timeless, classic look. The Language Of Drumming teaches a complete system for achieving freedom of expression on the Drumset. Greb has created a practical approach that is based on a concept that will be familiar to everyone: learning a language. Providing exercises for grooves, fills, independence and more, this system progresses from rhythmic “letters” and “words” to “syntax” and “language,” ultimately providing an easily understandable system. Included along the way are new hi-hat groove variations, dozens of ghost-note exercises and a complete system for mastering odd groupings (3, 5, and 7) in your playing. This great package is completed by online audio and video for streaming or download.

Jose Eladio Amat: Playing Congas

Authentic Cuban conga rhythms presented by a Cuban master of the congas.Teaches Jose's special technique which reduces the movement of the hands to a minimum to achieve a very relaxed but also fluent method of playing.Includes: Great exercises and fillings for 1 and 2 congas; Cuban rhythms for 2 and 3 congasBonus tracks: Small percussion and a great solo for one conga.Easy notation based on symbols, for both right and left handed players!

Neil Peart: Taking Center Stage

Filmed in various locations over the course of a year, Neil Peart takes you on a behind-the-scenes look at Rush's 2010-11 Time Machine tour. This includes rare and exclusive footage of Neil's personal pre-tour rehearsals and backstage events at a Rush concert (including a visit to the soundcheck, and an unprecedented backstage interview as Neil warms up for the show).Neil also presents a detailed look at every single song in the tour's set list. Each song features analysis and demonstrations by Neil, which are coupled with a detailed PDF eBook containing transcription of his parts. At the end of each song discussion, the viewer is transported onstage to a Rush concert to see the actual live performance of the song from the perspective of the drum cameras only. 6 hours, 40 minutes.

Concepts : A Guide to Essential Drumset Processes for the Modern Drummer

Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar With Rick Ruskin

If you're expecting some nice safe Guitar muzak, then you're in for a real shock! Rick Ruskin's remarkable style captures all the nuances of a band/rhythm-section and transforms the parts into amazing, in-the-pocket fingerstyle grooves like you've never imagined on a single Guitar! This DVD also includes printable sheet music and tablature.