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Metallica Drum Licks  by Gregory Beyer
( Cherry Lane Music, 72 pages, Book and CD package. )
  This great new book/CD pack provides an inside look at the drum styles of Metallica. The transcriptions present excerpts from 19 songs from Kill 'Em All through Reload, exactly as played by the great Lars Ulrich. Includes detailed performance notes on these metal masterpieces: Battery * Damage, Inc. * Enter Sandman * Fade to Black * Fuel * Nothing Else Matters * One * Seek & Destroy * Until It Sleeps * Welcome Home (Sanitarium) * and more. Also features an historical retrospective of the band, info on Lars' drum setups, and a split-channel CD with normal-speed and slowed-down versions of the songs. Approved by Metallica!
Price:$19.95


Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater  by Mike Portnoy
( Hudson Music, 86 + 89 minutes., VHS video (2 Video set), Featuring the Music of Liquid Tension Experiment and Dream Theater )
  This new two-video boxed set documents Mike Portnoy's innovative drum stylings in the highly acclaimed fusion/progressive metal music of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Volume One features music from both CDs by Liquid Tension Experiment and includes footage shot at Millbrook Studios, where both were recorded. Mike performs eight songs/segments and breaks down parts from each, explaining how to develop a 'toolbox' of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive footage of the making of the first LTE album, as well as rare live footage of the band. 89 minutes. Volume Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater and features footage shot at Beartracks Studios. Mike performs eleven songs/segments from the Falling into Infinity and Scenes from a Memory CDs and isolates the drum parts from each song. He discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing double bass technique, soloing, and much more. Includes exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 World tour. 1999 Video of the Year awarded by Modern Drummer magazine!
Price:$59.96 Price:$59.96


Mike Portnoy - Progressive Drum Concepts  by Mike Portnoy
( Rittor Music, 60 minutes., VHS video )
   Includes a 32-page booklet Mike Portnoy, the drummer for the progressive heavy metal band Dream Theater, presents his first instructional video. Topics include: drumset assembly, double-bass techniques, odd time signatures, grooves and phrasing, varous examples from Dream Theater songs, and more. Features drum solos and drum performance of Dream Theater's 'Erotomana' as well as numberous music examples with John Myung (bass) and Derek Sherinian (keyboard).
Price:$24.96


Mister, I Am the Band! : Buddy Rich, His Life and Travels   by Doug Meriwether, Clarence Hintze
( Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, September 1998, 460 Pages, Hardcover )
  From his debut on the vaudeville stage at 18 months old as 'Traps, the Drum Wonder,' through his tenure with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey, to fronting his own big band for 20 years, Buddy Rich lived up to the billing of 'the world's greatest drummer.' This comprehensive book covers his whole life story and features never-before-seen or published pictures, interviews, and the most complete discography ever compiled. Essential reading for drummers and jazz fans. Hardcover.
Price:$49.95


Paradiddle Power  by Ron Spagnardi
( Modern Drummer Publications., 104 pages., Size 9x12 inches. )
  Increasing Your Technique on the Drum set with Paradiddles. By Ron Spagnardi. Percussion. Another great book from the father of the Modern Dummer stables
Price:$14.95


Play Rock Drums Step One   by Joel Rothman
( Amsco Music, March 1999, 44 pages, Paperback - 44 pages Book&Cd edition )
  Step One is an exciting series, each title containing a music instruction book and CD. *Each book is an entry-level tutor. *Detailed diagrams and information guide the beginning musician. *Each matching CD contains all the music examples and tunes played by professional musicians. *Step One outclasses all the competition in every way.
Price:$6.36 Price:$7.95


Sit-in with Jim Chapin  by Jim Chapin
( Music Minus One, For Drums. Jazz/R&B. Includes a high-quality music book containing preface, complete drum charts--both complex and simplified. Includes CD )
  Soloist: Chapin, Jim (drums). Accompaniment by Terry, Clark (trumpet); Nottingham, Jim (trumpet); Travis, Nick (trumpet); Rehak, Frank (trombone); Russo, Sonny (trombone); Wilber, Bob (reeds); Truitt, Sonny (piano); Duvivier, George (bass). An all-star band provide superb Swing-era, Dixie, Latin and Ballad backgrounds for you, including some sensational brass shouts.
Song List:
Sing, Sing, Sing ((arr. Truitt, Sonny))
Bo Peep (Chapin, Jim (arr. Truitt, Sonny))
Warm Summer Moonlight (Chapin, Jim (arr. Truitt, Sonny))
Love and Laughter (Chapin, Jim (arr. Truitt, Sonny))
Looks Like We're Swingin' Still (Chapin, Jim (arr. Truitt, Sonny))
Price:$29.86


Stick Control for the Snare Drummer   by George L. Stone
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George B Stone & Son, july 1998, ? Pages, Paperback)
   Snare Drum Methods, Studies, Collections. Published by Ludwig Music Publishing Co. (GS-1), review from amazon "Stick Control is one of the must have fundimental texts for the aquisition of superior drumming technique. All of the exercizes are simple in concept, but very challenging in terms of speed and control. No drummer with asperations to superior control and excellance of musical expression should be with out Stone's Stick Control."
Price:$9.85 Price:$9.00


Syncopation for the Modern Drummer   by Ted Reed
( Alfred Pub Co, August 1997, ? Pages, Paperback )
  Voted second on Modern Drummer's list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993, Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums. Created exclusively to address syncopation, it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills. This book includes many accented eighths, dotted eighths and sixteenths, eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos. In addition, teachers can develop many of their own examples from it.
Price:$5.60 Price:$7.00


The New Breed : Drum   by Gary Chester
( Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, November 1986, 48 Pages, Paperback )
  Gary Chester was one of the busiest studio drummers of the 60's and 70's and played on hundreds of hit records. His systems have been used and endorsed by drummers such as Kenny Aronoff, Danny Gottlieb, and Dave Weckl. This is not just another drum book, but rather a system that will help you develop the skills needed to master today's studio requirements. By working with this book, you'll improve your reading, concentraton, coordination, right and left-hand lead, and awareness of the click.
Price:$10.36 Price:$12.95


 

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