Percussion

This book will help drummers of all levels develop: independence, coordination and control over bass drum and hi-hat ostinatos; double-bass drum patterns; multi-phase ostinatos; and styles including rock, swing, R&B, Afro-Cuban, samba, baio, tumba and shuffle. Michael Packer is a faculty member of the Los Angeles Music Academy. He has worked with J.J. Johnson, Nils Lofgren, Free Flight and Diana Reeves. Really great book. I recommend it for any serious drummer who is interested in improving their playing. - Gregg Bissonette

New Essential Elements Collection - Film Favorites As a follow up to the popular Movie Favorites, this eagerly awaited new collection features the hottest movie themes arranged for full band or individual soloists (with optional accompaniment CD). In the student books, each song includes a page for the full band arrangement as well as a separate page for solo use. Includes: Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission: Impossible Theme, My Heart Will Go On, Zorro's Theme, Music from Shrek, May It Be, You'll Be in My Heart, The Rainbow Connection, Also Sprach Zarathustra and Accidentally in Love. (available December 2004)

Carefully graded solos from very easy up to early intermediate levels with a professionally recorded demonstration/accompaniment CD. Features original compositions by many of today's finest composers as well as arrangements for great classic melodies for a total of 12 outstanding solos.

From the highly-acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, here is the Oscar-winning Song of the Year skillfully arranged for percussion ensemble. Exciting and intensely rhythmic, this is sure to be a favorite with players and audience alike.

Instrumentation: Snare Drums, Tri-Toms, Two Bass Drums (playable by one player), Cymbals, with optional bells and/or xylophone. FIVE CADENCES: 1. Two Left Feet, 2. Charge, 3. Get a Grip, 4. Impact, 5. In the Groove.

Founded and directed by award-winning educator Diane Downs, The Louisville Leopard Percussionists have been wowing audiences at national and regional conventions for years. In addition, they were featured recently in the HBO Family documentary The Music in Me in a segment entitled, The Leopards Take Manhattan: The Little Band That Roared. Here are the authentic arrangements by Diane carefully edited by well-known educator/author Rick Mattingly. Each arrangement comes with a full performance CD and is written with a flexible instrumentation based around mallet instruments, drum set, and a variety of Latin instruments.