Drums

What do you get when you mess with the bull? You get the horns! Jeff Salem provides an incredibly complete educational look at how to approach grooves, fills, drum part construction, setting up horn figures, and various other musical twists and turns in 13 extremely funky charts in this book. The included CD is the original Messin' Wid Da Bull play-along CD, featuring songs that pay homage to the great horn bands of the '70s, like Tower of Power; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Chicago; Earth, Wind & Fire; Average White Band; and others. The book presents detailed concepts and explanations that will not only get you playing these particular songs in a very funky manner, but will improve your approach to this genre overall.

Rhythmic Designs expands on the groundbreaking polyrhythmic, polymetric concepts covered in Harrisons previously published Rhythmic Illusions, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons books and videos by offering detailed analysis and transcriptions of twenty drum tracks from the recent Gavin Harrison & 05Ric albums Drop and Circles (featuring guitarist Robert Fripp and keyboardists Dave Stewart and Gary Sanctuary). Along with the 204-page book of note-for-note transcriptions and practice exercises, the double-sided companion DVD features more than two-and-a-half hours of video packed with descriptions and discussions of the drum parts, set-ups, tuning and recording processplus six minus-drums, play-along tracks.Terry Branam is a professional drummer, educator and author who has also become one of the most acclaimed drum transcribers in the world. His articles and meticulous, detailed, note-perfect transcriptions have been featured in leading print and electronic drum media, including Modern Drummer magazine and drummerworld.com. Gavin Harrison is a world-renowned drum artist who has performed and recorded with Porcupine Tree and King Crimson, appeared at major drum festivals around the world and topped the Progressive Rock category of the Modern Drummer Readers Poll from 2007 through 2009.

The New Method for Afro-Cuban Drumming features Jimmy's unique approach to playing contempoary Latin rhythms on the drumset. The material represents a fusion of his experiences growing up in Cuba and shows how he applied this knowledge when he got to the United States and began performing. Everything in this book has practical applications to many styles of music. Jimmy covers: getting the right sound, bongo bell patterns and the drumset, bass drum variations, and hi-hat variations, and much more. The 65-minute CD includes 97 demonstration tracks.

This unique method book showcases the art of playing rhythms and patterns with a single hand. Many drummers have used similar techniques throughout the years, however Johnny Rabb's method is by far the most comprehensive, practical and easy to use. Developed by Rabb through years of extensive research, teaching and performing, the innovative technique gives players the freedom to expand their snare drum and drum set proficiency and creativity along with their independence and coordination. The book is organized into three sections: Section One: The theory, mechanics, and techniques of Freehand are mastered through numerous rhythmic combinations, permutations and exercises. Section Two: Freehand snare drum solos and hybrid rudiments, drum set grooves in a variety of musical styles, fill-ins and polyrhythms. Section Three: Play-along grooves and loops for developing Freehand along with additional exercises that enable players to incorporate Freehand into their daily playing. Johnny Rabb resides in Nashville, TN and continues to explore the drum world as a clinician, solo artist and touring/studio drummer. He is a product specialist for the Roland Corporation and has written for DRUM! and Modern Drummer magazines.

This much sought-after work has been re-issued after years of being unavailable! In The Big Beat, Max Weinberg speaks to 14 pioneers of rock drumming. Included are fantastic interviews with Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, DJ Fontana, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Charlie Watts, Ringo Starr, Roger Hawkins, Bernard Purdie, Dino Danelli, Kenney Jones, Russ Kunkle, Dave Clark and Johnny Bee. This book has been out of print and unavailable for many years. Hudson Music has located the last remaining supply. Highly recommended - used copies are for sale on the web for more than $100! Order now, supply is limited.

Biography of the legendary Tito Puente and a brief history of Afro-Cuban/salsa music that he popularized throughout the world. A 2-hour DVD includes Tito discussing his incredible 50-year career as a band leader and the influence of other musicians from Cachao to Celia Cruz to Santana had on him. It also features Tito soloing on his legendary gold timbales. The book includes a discography and 50 archival photos.

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 by Dave 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 CD features 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.

The new CD from award-winning drummer Steve Smith and his all-star supergroup Vital Information. Also available on the Hudson Music DVD Steve Smith Drumset Technique/History of the US Beat (HL00320343, $49.95).