Jamaican music is loved throughout the world for its laid-back feel as well as its intense, lively rhythms. Its influence is apparent across many musical styles, from the reggae rhythms in the music of popular bands like The Police, to ska beats in the music of groups such as The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Toasters. Even rap music evolved from the Jamaican vocal style called 'toasting,' and t…

Find Your Unique Voice on the Drumset. Par MC LEAN CARTER. Acclaimed drummer and instructor Carter McLean brings you his invaluable Four Hands Drumming video series with accompanying book, featuring over 3 hours of high-quality drumset lessons. Carter covers myriad concepts, practice ideas, sticking patterns, grooves, and creative workouts, including the Kaleidoscope - a giant notated exercise gua…

In addition to being a collection of transcriptions of the Buddy Rich solos featured on the Buddy Rich Jazz Legend videos (VH0196, VH0197), this publication concentrates on the specifics of The World's Greatest Drummer's playing. The techniques covered include left-handed/bass drum coordination, drumset crossovers, cymbal patterns, left-hand/right-hand singles, left-hand time patterns, hi-hat work…

Learn from these seasoned pros how to make it as a show drummer! This highly anticipated book/CD pack provides extremely valuable info on playing drumset for live shows musicals variety acts and more. Who better to teach youthan ?America's Premier Showdrummer? himself Mr. Ed Shaughnessy! Features: a step-by-step walk-through of a simulated show; CD with music comments and tips from Ed; notated…

An Anthology of Neil's Modern Drummer Cover Stories. Par RUSH / PEART NEIL. Neil Peart's ten appearances on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine span the years 1980, when he was five albums and several tours into his historic run with the Canadian progressive rock band Rush, and 2020, the year of his passing. No other drummer has come close to appearing so many times on the front of a drum publica…

If you're just starting to play drums this method is absolutely made for you. First Drum Grooves will help you to play your first Drum beats and fills without delay and let you feel the immediate enjoyment of playing music! When playing those first beats the idea is not to blow people away but rather to play simple and rhythmically accurate things. In short to be a real musicia…

This giant collection of drum duos starts with easy pieces and progresses to music with complex rhythms and styles. Volume 2 presents 101 duos from intermediate to advanced with eight double bass duos where the individual partsin each duo have comparable levels of difficulty so that drumsets 1 and 2 can easily be interchanged. All duos are excellent recital pieces each lasting approximately 2 m…

George Lawrence Stone's rearrangement of Frank E. Dodge's Dodge Drum Chart is a short but essential resource book. The chart breaks down over 400 standard drummingmeasures to show their patterns similarities and differences. A great and economical practice aid and reference for any drummer.

Par SMITH STEVE. In the new STEVE SMITH LEGENDS, you get a brand new 40-page interview which covers Steve\'s entire career and virtually every band and recording in which he\'s played as a sideman or a leader including: Jean-Luc Ponty, Ronnie Montrose, Steps Ahead, Vital Information, Mike Stern, Hiromi, the many editions of the band Electric Miles, the tribute gigs playing The Music of Coltrane an…

The John LaPorta Quintet and Octet play eight originals scored for drummers. Jam and trade fours and eights with the best. Charles Perry charts. Includes a high-quality printed music book with drum charts by Charles Perry; and acompact disc containing stereo accompaniments to each piece minus you the soloist.Performed by Charles Perry drumsAccompaniment: John LaPorta Quintet/Octet: Louis Mucci;…