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This outstanding DVD is a tribute to Gene Krupa a certifiable legend of swing who made the drums a solo instrument. This program presents Gene in 14 complete rarely seen performances spanning 60 years and featuring Benny Goodman Lionel Hampton Charlie Ventura Anita O'Day and others. Includes rare interview footage of Krupa himself. 60 minutes. A DVD tribute to the man who made the drums a solo instrument and was a certifiable legend of swing. This program presents Gene in fourteen complete rarely seen performances dating back 60 years along with Benny Goodman Lionel Hampton Charlie Ventura and Anita O'Day. Following that there is an interview with the legend himself - Gene Krupa. Produced written and narrated by Bruce Klauber.

Voted Best Drum DVD 2003 by Modern Drummer Magazine! With over four and a half hours of footage this 2-DVD set is a virtual encyclopedia of drumset techniques styles and concepts! Drumset Technique(Disc One) - Steve explains hand and foot technique in unprecedented detail and gets to the core of what drummers need to know in order to improve their feel and technical skills. Segments include: hand technique foot technique the art of practice exercises licks and phrases independence/interdependence implied metric modulations plus four extended solo drum pieces. History of the U.S. Beat (DiscTwo) - With the help of an all-star band Steve explains the evolution of the drumset in U.S. Music - how the drumset was first used in all the major styles and how closely related all the styles are. Segmentsinclude: early New Orleans jazz big band bebop rhythm and blues country blues gospel rock funk and jazz/rock. In addition Steve's group Vital Information plays sevencomplete tunes that feature applications of the techniques and complex rhythms explained in Disc One. Special Features: Extensive bonus footage including alternate-take drum solos a brilliant hi-hat solo andhi-hat tutorial alternate band performances a camera-switching option optional running commentary by Steve a listening list a reading list and more! Total Running Time (for both discs): 4 hours 38 minutes. With over four and a half hours of footage this 2-DVD set is a virtual encyclopedia of drumset techniques styles and concepts! Drumset Technique (Disc One) - Steve explains hand and foot technique in unprecedented detail and gets to the core of what drummers need to know in order to improve their feel and technical skills. History of the U.S. Beat (Disc Two) - With the help of an all-star band Steve explains the evolution of the drumset in U.S. Music - how the drumset was first used in all the major styles and how closely related all the styles are. In addition Steve's group Vital Information plays seven complete tunes that feature applications of the techniques andcomplex rhythms explained in Disc One. Special Features: Extensive bonus footage including alternate-take drum solos a brilliant hi hat solo and hi hat tutorial alternate band performances a camera-switching option optional running commentary by Steve a listening list a reading list and more!

Tommy Igoe brings his 25 years of teaching and playing experience to bear creating the first DVD for beginner drummers! He takes you on a journey that starts with taking a brand new drum set out of the box and gets you startedmaking music right away. Setting Up Your Drums! (Part 1) is dedicated to understanding your new drums. All of your drums and hardware along with Tommy's unique Power Square concept are covered indetail. Start Playing! (Part 2) will get you playing and having fun right away. Tommy takes you through the basics of how to hold your sticks and how to use your pedals. He even brings out some young students to helpdemonstrate some great grooves and fills that you can play right away. Special DVD Features allow you to select Tommy playing each of the grooves super slowly so you can really take your time to work everything out.Play-along versions of each one are included so that you can start jamming and making music right away! 140 minutes.The complete video lesson in which world-renowned drummer solo artist author and educator Tommy Igoe shows you how to set up the drum kit and start playing in the correct way.

Three-and-a-half hours of great material! Groove Essentials is based on the definitive collection of contemporary rock jazz R&B funk and world/ethnic drumming styles contained in the poster of the same name developed by world-class drummer teacher and author Tommy Igoe and Vic Firth drum sticks. On this DVD Tommy demonstrates 47 of today's most popular drum patterns including a performance of each with a rhythm track played bysome of New York's top players. This unique feature lets the student hear what each groove sounds and feels like with real music played by live musicians. Included among the drum patterns are 8th-note 16th-note andhalf-time rock; jazz waltz shuffle and swing R&B hip-hop and funk as well as world music styles including New Orleans second-line reggae Bossa Nova Samba Mambo Cha-Cha Bolero and Tango. As a special bonus the packageincludes a free Groove Essentials poster (courtesy of Vic Firth drum sticks) which contains fully-notated examples of every one of the 47 grooves on the DVD! Running Time: 3 hours 40 minutes. Groove Essentials is based on the definitive collection of contemporary Rock Jazz R And B/Funk and World/Ethnic drumming styles contained in the Groove Essentials poster developed by world class drummer teacher and author Tommy Igoe. On this DVD Tommy demonstrates forty seven of today's most popular drum patterns including a performance of each with a rhythm track played by some of New York's top players. This unique feature lets students hear what each groove sounds and feels like with real music played by live musicians. The DVD Package includes a Groove Essentials poster which contains fully notated examples of every one of the forty sevengrooves on the DVD.

KoSA Eleven/Live 2006 features three hours of instruction and live performances from the eleventh annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop and Festival which took place at Johnston State College Johnston VT August 7 to 13 2006. This entertaining informative and highly educational DVD gives you a participant’s perspective on the KoSA experience. Master Instructors include: Memo Acevedo ‘Colombian Cumbia rhythm’ John Amira ‘Haitian Drumming’ Clayton Cameron ‘Playing Uptempo with Brushes’ Kenwood Dennard ‘The Woodstroke Technique’ Jamey Haddad ‘Frame Drum Ideas and Other Sounds’ Bernard Purdie ‘Groove Routines’ Antonio Sanchez ‘Motivic Development’ Ed Soph ‘Ride CymbalTechnique’ Glen Velez ‘Basic Tar and Bodran Techniques’ And featuring the KoSA Rhythm Section: Rafael Alcala (piano) Jennifer Vincent (bass) Steve Blair (guitar). Special DVD Features: A fiery duet featuring legendary conga master Giovanni Hidalgo and brush specialist Clayton Cameron An interview with veteran club drummer and Modern Drummer magazine editor Rick Van Horn Legendary artist and educator Jim Chapin addressing the audience at the grand finale concert via cell phone from his bedside while practicing A tour of the KoSA experience describing the intimate hands-on class instruction and performance KoSA Eleven/Live 2006 features three hours of instruction and live performances from the eleventh annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop and Festival which took place at Johnston State College Johnston VT August 7 to 13 2006. This entertaining informative and highly educational DVD gives you a participant’s perspective on the KoSA experience. Master Instructors include: Memo Acevedo ‘Colombian Cumbia rhythm’ John Amira ‘Haitian Drumming’ Clayton Cameron ‘Playing Uptempo with Brushes’ Kenwood Dennard ‘The Woodstroke Technique’ Jamey Haddad ‘Frame Drum Ideas and Other Sounds’ Bernard Purdie ‘Groove Routines’ Antonio Sanchez‘Motivic Development’ Ed Soph ‘Ride Cymbal Technique’ Glen Velez ‘Basic Tar and Bodran Techniques’ And featuring the KoSA Rhythm Section: Rafael Alcala (piano) Jennifer Vincent (bass) Steve Blair (guitar). Special DVD Features: A fiery duet featuring legendary conga master Giovanni Hidalgo and brush specialist Clayton Cameron An interview with veteran club drummer and Modern Drummer magazine editor Rick Van Horn Legendary artist and educator Jim Chapin addressing the audience at the grand finale concert via cell phone from his bedside while practicing A tour of the KoSA experience describing the intimate hands-on class instruction and performance

A very special chance to not only witness the talents of this superb bass guitarist but also to recieve a thirty-minute intimate lesson with the man himself. Joined with co-members of the band Tower Of Power Prestia performs an outjstanding set at the Bass Day event before breaking his style down before your very eyes. Learn his techniques and nuances including ghosting and muting along with a clutch of great basslines. Prestia then discusses the difficult subject of grooves and how to play effectively against a drummer.

Wicked Beats is a complete guide to Jamaican drumming styles. Gil Sharone takes you on a musical journey through these styles as well as the earlier styles that helped shape them. Gil also introduces and demonstratesclassic riddims that are essential for achieving this classic sound. The DVD includes performances classic beats and variations of each style play-along tracks and much more. Running time: 2 hours 33 minutes. Wicked Beats is a complete guide to Jamaican drumming styles. Gil Sharone takes you on a musical journey through these styles as well as the earlier styles that helped shape them. Gil also introduces and demonstrates classic 'riddims' that are essential for achieving this classic sound. The DVD includes performances classic beats and variations of each style play-along tracks and much more. Running time: 2 hours 33 minutes.

Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and more-For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funk patternsincluding odd linear groupings and more. These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach. Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and all the artists from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008: Will Calhoun Ndugu Chancler Gavin Harrison Simon Phillips Thomas Pridgen Dafnis Prieto Derek Roddy Todd Sucherman Bill Stewart and Billy Ward. For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funkpatterns including odd linear groupings and more. These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach. Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats

Featuring world-renowned drummer solo artist author and educator Tommy Igoe the Getting Started on Drums series is an entertaining and educational way for beginning drummers to learn the right way to play - right from the start. Geared toward the complete novice the Setting Up! video covers: unpacking your new drums the bass drum the bass drum pedal rack tom-toms floor tom-toms the snare drum the hi-hat the power square cymbals and stands the final tune-up and more. 65 minutes. A drummer since the age of two Tommy Igoe has toured and recorded with artists such as Lauryn Hill Stanley Jordan Art Gunfunkel and many others. A first-call musician in the New Yorkstudio-recording scene Tommy continues to perform the drumset parts he created for the hit Broadway musical The Lion King. Featuring world-renowned drummer solo artist author and educator Tommy Igoe the Getting Started on Drums series is an entertaining and educational way for beginning drummers to learn the right way to play - right from the start. Geared toward the complete novice the Setting Up! video covers: unpacking your new drums the bass drum the bass drum pedal rack tom-toms floor tom-toms the snare drum the hi-hat the power square cymbals and stands the final tune-up and more. 65 minutes. A drummer since the age of two Tommy Igoe has toured and recorded with artists such as Lauryn Hill Stanley Jordan Art Gunfunkel and many others. A first-call musician in the NewYorkstudio-recording scene Tommy continues to perform the drumset parts he created for the hit Broadway musical The Lion King.

Rock drum legend Carmine Appice shows you how to play exciting and powerful drum fills like the pros using a systematic method of replacing certain notes in the 16th or triplet flow with bass drum strokes. By using this book drummers can learn how to incorporate the bass drums into their fills thereby creating a complete professional vocabulary of cool effective ideas to use in rock and other styles. The patterns contained in the book start with 8thnotes and progress to 16th notes and triplets with the rhythms split between the hands and feet. The fills are then expanded to include mixed stickings and accents and are orchestrated around the kit. The included MP3 disccontains audio examples of many of the patterns in the book performed by Hudson's own Senior Drum Editor Joe Bergamini as well as video footage of Carmine in live performance showing how he applies these concepts.Rock drum legend Carmine Appice shows you how to play exciting and powerful drum fills like the pros using a systematic method of replacing certain notes in the 16th or triplet flow with bass drum strokes. By using this book drummers can learn how to incorporate the bass drums into their fills thereby creating a complete professional vocabulary of cool effective ideas to use in rock and other styles. The patterns contained in the book start with 8th notes and progress to 16th notes and triplets with the rhythms split between the hands and feet. The fills are then expanded to include mixed stickings and accents and are orchestrated around the kit. The included MP3disc contains audio examples of many of the patterns in the book performed by Hudson's own Senior Drum Editor Joe Bergamini as well as video footage of Carmine in live performance showing how he applies these concepts.

Having performed and/or recorded with artists such as Lady Gaga Diddy Kanye West Jill Scott Justin Timberlake and Timbaland George Spanky McCurdy's playing has long been admired by awestruck drumming fans andnow he divulges his secrets on this DVD! The package comes with an extensive 45-page eBook containing note-for-note transcriptions and play-along MP3 versions of all tracks played by Spanky on the DVD. Off Time/OnTime explains and demonstrates a wealth of concepts licks and secrets to taking your playing to an entirely new level. One of the main topics covered on the DVD is the ability to play creative grooves and fills that areextremely creative and can sound off time. Spanky performs many examples from basic to very advanced where he shows you his concepts and secrets to off time playing. Examples are performed atdifferent metronome settings and other approaches are explained including taking an idea on one surface and moving it around kit. All of these examples are applicable to R&B pop rock and gospel playing situations. Alsocovered are creative concepts to spice up your drumming tool kit including cool ideas of Spanky's own creation such as partial diddles the echo the CD skip and being able to playover-the-bar-line fills. There is also an extensive section on hand and foot techniques and tricks including foot doubles before-and-after effects with the hi-hat sneak attack bass drum technique playing off timewith the ride cymbal hi-hat/snare combinations and much more. All of the concepts presented on the DVD are then demonstrated by Spanky as he plays along to several funky melodic tracks of his own composition. Runningtime: 1 hour 40 minutes.Having performed and/or recorded with artists such as Lady Gaga Diddy Kanye West Jill Scott Justin Timberlake and Timbaland George “Spanky” McCurdy 's playing has long been admired by awestruck drumming fans and now he divulges his secrets on this DVD! The package comes with an extensive 45-page eBook containing note-for-note transcriptions and play-along MP3 versions of all tracks played by Spanky on the DVD. Off Time/On Time explains and demonstrates a wealth of concepts licks and secrets to taking your playing to an entirely new level. One of the main topics covered on the DVD is the ability to play grooves and fills that areextremely creative and can sound “off time.” Spanky performs many examples from basic to very advanced where he shows you his concepts and secrets to “off time” playing. Examples are performed at different metronome settings and other approaches are explained including taking an idea on one surface and moving it around kit. All of these examples are applicable to R&B pop rock and gospel playing situations. Also covered are creative concepts to spice u

One of today's top R&B drummers John Blackwell showcases the playing that has earned him the drum chair with such high-profile artists as Justin Timberlake and Prince as well as international acclaim in his own right. In thefirst section of the DVD Blackwell performs with an all-star band and then explains and demonstrates the drum parts. Not only does he discuss the way the song and groove evolved along with the specific techniques that areinvolved in the performance he demonstrates the patterns at normal and slow speeds to provide students with a deeper fuller understanding of the parts and their musical context. The second part of the program covers topics suchas playing musically grooving and embellishing the groove without over-playing fills and solos showmanship and independence as well as Blackwell's jazz R&B and hip-hop roots. A bonus chapter on bass drum pedal techniquefeaturing a rare appearance by Blackwell's friend and mentor Marcus Williams is also included. Running Time: 2 hours 26 minutes.John Blackwell brings his R&B/Funk/Pop drumming mastery to this enlightening educational DVD. Filmed in front of a live audience John demonstrates the musical skills that habe made him the drummer of choice for artists such as Prince Patti LaBelle and Justin Timberlake. John performs his original compositions with a burning band: Gary Grainger on Bass Mike Scott on Guitar and Corey Bernhard on Keyboards. Interspersed among the performances John touches on topics including grooving/playing in the pocket foot technique and showmanship along with extensive commentary and demonstrations of the grooves and concepts that have influenced him. Also featured is specialguest Marcus Williams John's teacher who leads an extensive master class segment on his amazing foot technique and soloing concepts. Also includes a PDF eBook containing transcriptions of John's grooves as well as other educational material. Also includes Spanish and German translations.

This is the first ever teach yourself DVD for drums ever produced. This DVD offers not only the filming of the most successful learning concept DRUMS EASY but although a lot of information and knowledge all around drums. The user has the possibility at all times to select the appropriate page of the book and can try to play this simultaneously with the author or just hear the exercise for motivation or control. In addition you have the possibility to switch on the metronome or repeat each line of the exercise until the exercise is perfect.

This multimedia education package contains a book audio CD and play-along CD designed to help you master Brazilian rhythms for drumset! The audio CD is based on authentic Brazilian influences and features guest appearances byDave Weckl and Dennis Chambers. The book contains examples of traditional and contemporary Brazilian forms plus detailed breakdowns and transcriptions of all the drum parts from the songs on the audio CD. The play-along CDfeatures minus-drums tracks providing teachers and students with a hands-on way to learn challenging Brazilian styles and adapt popular Brazilian rhythms and sounds to the modern drumset.In Vera Cruz Island world-renowned Brazilian drummer Vera Figueiredo and the up and coming Daniel Oliveira team up with Hudson Music to present a complete play-along package that surveys the varied music of Brazil providing both original musical interpretations and educational explanations of various Brazilian traditional and contemporary drum styles. This product the first of its kind not only explains Brazilian rhythms from drumset but puts them immediately in context with Vera's incredible songs so you can see how the rhythms work musically. Brazilian styles some of which are being explained in print for the first time in this package including:Maracatu Samba Samba Jazz Samba in 2/4 and 3/4 Samba-Reggae Samba Escola de Samba Bossa Nova Baiao Choro and Chamame. In addition to these styles Vera's songs also touch on Afro-Cuban and Forro mixed with rock rhythms and drumset duets. Vera Cruz Island (the title is an ancestral name for Brazil) contains two CDs: the complete album release of the same name as well as the entire album remixed without drums for you to play along with. Guest drummers on two of the tracks include Dave Weckl and Dennis Chambers; on the play-along versions of these tracks you get to play their parts! Detailed explanations of the drum parts and complete drum charts round out the package.

Hudson Music-This guide provides plenty of space for teacher and student to create complete multimedia lesson plans track progress and create transcriptions. There are 21 two-page spreads of lesson assignment sheets with facing blankmanuscript pages plus extra blank staff pages at the end of the book. This planner is the perfect way to organize lessons and can be used with all your favorite books DVDs and web sites as well as your ownexercises. This book is part of the Hudson Music TIP™ program (Teacher Integration Program). The goal of the program is to further and enhance drum education by helping teachers incorporate new media and technologyinto their current practices. Once enrolled you will have access to several tools including downloadable Teachers Guides for many of the Hudson titles interaction in the TIP forums exclusive content from our world-renownedAdvisory Board and much more. Membership is free and signing up is easy. Simply log on to www.hudsonmusic.com scroll down Features until For Teachers opens and follow the Join the TIPlink.This guide provides plenty of space for teacher and student to create complete multimedia lesson plans track progress and create transcriptions. There are 21 2-page spreads of lesson assignment sheets with facing blank manuscript pages plus extra blank staff pages at the end of the book. This planner is the perfect way to organise lessons and can be used with all your favourite books DVDs and websites as well as your own exercises.