Ricardo Monzon Basic Afro-Cuban Rhythms. A Berklee professor and Afro Cuban master, Ricardo Monzon breaks down several Afro Cuban rhythms into easily digestible lessons. Monzon covers rhythms on the congas, timbales, bongos, guiro, cowbells, and other hand percussion instruments. The first few lessons teaches you how to play a clave pattern with your hands. Monzon starts off slowly so it is easy to follow along even if you have no experience playing Afro Cuban rhythms. Perhaps the best part of the DVD are the conga lessons during which he teaches you how to produce a neat palette of sounds...

Kennan Wylie Drumset Method 1. Designed for anyone just learning to play the drumset, this comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner’s guide is based on years of teaching drum students of all ages. It includes hours of audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video lessons by drum master Gregg Bissonette! Lessons include: drum setup & fundamentals; tuning & maintenance; basic music reading; grips & strokes; coordination & basic techniques; basic beats for many styles of music; 8th notes, 16th notes, dotted notes & triplets; drum fills and more. It is very easy to follow for either complete beginners or musicians...

Sticking Time, Linear Time, Rhythm and Meter is built around Gary Chaffee’s innovative teaching concepts, and is the perfect way to reinforce the techniques taught in the Patterns books. Jonathan Mover, a former student of Gary’s, makes a special appearance to demonstrate the techniques explained on the DVD in a fabulous solo performance. The innovative drumming techniques of Gary Chaffee are explained in this video, which is sure to be valuable to any jazz drummer. To help illustrate the points covered in the program, Jonathan Mover, a former student of Gary’s, gives a fabulous solo performance. More can be...

Advanced Funk Studies has been a staple for drummers for over 20 years. The new DVD with both Advanced Funk Studies and Contemporary Drumset Techniques is a must for drummers who wish to understand todays linear style of playing, rock, r & b, hip hop, funk and soul. Latham breaks down the exercises so its easy to find a groove that works with the music. Mr Latham also spends time talking about the importance of proper technique and shows the importance of a strong rudimental foundation. This course is very helpful, easy to follow, with excellent examples of some...

An extraordinary DVD by Ed Thigpen, who is universally acknowledged as the master of jazz brushes. Ed explains and demonstrates the essential strokes and sound of the brushes and their applications to different rhythmic patterns and musical forms. As a bonus Ed plays several pieces with an all-star jazz trio, featuring the legendary bassist Ron Carter and Tony Purrone on Guitar. If you want to learn brush technique from the master this video is an amazing learning resource as well as a way to peer into the mind of the one drummer who was cited by both Buddy Rich...

Kenny Aronoff Laying It Down Basics Of Rock Drumming download. Explore the fundamentals of rock drumming with Kenny in Laying It Down: Basics of Rock Drumming. Learn Kenny’s tips on how to choose a beat, keep steady time, make your beat groove, and how to make a beat your own. Kenny pushes drummers of all skill levels with his step-by-step lessons on improving hand control and independence. Kenny Aronoff is one of rock’s most in-demand drummers. While this DVD is ideal for beginning/intermediate drummers, it also offers valuable tips for the advanced player. Topics include creating a drum part,...

The third DVD in the A Natural Evolution Series, Weckl focuses on all aspects of developing your own sound. Beginning with how to get a great acoustic sound, Weckl walks the viewer through all the details of tuning your kit and the various functions while guiding the viewer through proper selection and placement. Next Weckl works with the mixing console and covers frequencies, equalization, phase cancellation and noise gates. All of the topics are clearly demonstrated with visual graphs and audio reinforcement. This is the most complete sound reinforcement instruction ever developed for drummers. Great tutorial about how to...

Hannes Grossmann Progressive Concepts for the Modern Metal Drummer. Presented by Hannes Grossmann, who has performed with Technical Death Metal bands such as Necrophagis & OBSCURA. Features chapters on hand technique, foot technique, speed & endurance. There are certain practice methods Hannes shows that will drastically increase your speed and endurance. Hannes used and developed those methods himself during the preparations for Necrophagist’s ‘Epitaph’ album, for which he was able to increase his hand speed for single strokes from 200 bpm to 240 bpm within 5 months. Also features phrasings and groove concepts that can be used for all...

Stanton Moore Groove Alchemy DVD, PDF booklet, Mp3 tracks. On the 3-hour Groove Alchemy DVD, Stanton presents a historical overview of some of the most important drum grooves in history, showing the basic elements and conceptual development of each groove. He then shows you how to learn from the past and develop your own complete vocabulary for creating new funk grooves and patterns on the drumset. Starting with an in-depth study of the James Brown drummers (especially Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks) and Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste of the Meters, Groove Alchemy goes far beyond a mere history lesson by...

Brushmaster Clayton Cameron has been the beat behind the legends: Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and was instrumental in the resurgence of Tony Bennett. He earned a BA in Music but has become a Master at The Living Art of Brushes. This video represents a state-of-the-art instructional tool which will work for the amateur as well as the professional drummer. Brushmaster Clayton Cameron has been the beat behind the legends: Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and was instrumental in the resurgence of Tony Bennett. He earned a BA in Music but has become a Master...