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For more than a decade, this classic video course has taught professional recording techniques to thousands of musicians, students, engineers and producers. Now, the five-video Shaping Your Sound series has been remastered and released on two separate DVDs! (HL00330866 and HL00330867) Volume 1 demystifies and explains the secrets of expert audio recording in an easy-to-understand manner so you immediately get the most out of your sessions. You'll learn how to use EQ to open up the sound of your recordings, understand how to use compressors to alter the dynamics of any instrument, and see dozens of demonstrations showing you exactly how to get the most out of reverb and delay effects. Hosted by world-renowned educator, producer, and engineer Tom Lubin, this DVD will give you the skills you need to make good recordings sound great. 150 minutes. Also available Volume 2 HL00330867

This DVD presents a combination of 3-key blues techniques for players who already know basic chords and have some experience with the guitar. Features straight blues in the key of A, ragtime blues in G, and slide guitar in open D tuning. Includes musical examples. 75 minutes.

In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his three level rock lead guitar course by introducing the student to a variety of complete solos to learn and play over the band rhythm tracks. Topics include: '80s style soloing, modal soloing in rock, acoustic blues soloing, triads, arpeggios, legato string bending, vibrato, tapping, and more. Dave demonstrates all the solos, then breaks each down into small sections for learning and discusses important concepts, theory, and scales. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes.

In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his three level rock rhythm guitar course with challenging rhythm work in the styles of funk/rock, fast boogie blues, slow blues/rock, jazz/rock, and heavy metal. Techniques and topics covered are fast electric and acoustic strums, palm muting, string muting, scratch strumming, riff rhythms, seventh and ninth chords, power chords, and bar chords. Dave demonstrates each example, then breaks them down into smaller sections for learning. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes.

This excellent DVD teaches you how to put together, tune and set up your very first drum set. Drumming pro Bart Robley starts with the basics, covering in detail: opening the boxes, assembling the set, tuning, hardware, the drum rug, the bass drum, muffing and muting, ear plugs, set ups, teachers and lessons, and more! 70 min.

Bart Robley teaches basic rudiments essential for every drummer. He begins by breaking down a solo based on paradiddles into its rudiments, and goes on to demonstrate a paradiddle groove, culminating in the Bart Robley Drum Club performing a march called The Red Panthers. Informative, fast-paced and fun, this DVD will set a solid foundation for drummers! 60 min.

Dave Celentano teaches many new and innovative ways to use tapping with pentatonic and diatonic scales, sequences, and arpeggios. Features great tips and pointers, lessons on soloing over chord changes, and an intense two-hand tapping arrangement of the toccata section from J.S. Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor. All examples are in standard notation and tab on a printable PDF file on the DVD. 85 min.