Power Drumming is a two part-video. In part one, play along with Virgil as he guides you through a 40 minute workout designed to help you develop power, speed, endurance and agility around the drums. Comes with a special practice chart to accompany the video contents. Virgil Donati is a very technical drummer, in theory and in practice. This video breaks down his practice and warm up exercizes into left-hand/right-hand left-foot/right-foot with increasing tempos and then applies the exercizes at the end of the video. You will be BLOWN AWAY with how effective these exercizes are, and also how...

Pat Torpey Out of the Box and Onto The Stage 2 DVD download. Instructional video, which is distributed with drum kits Tama. The drummer of Mr.Big band – Pat Torpey talks about how to properly locate and tune up the drum set, and also shows the basic techniques of playing drums. This video is for beginner drummers. Pat Torpey is an American rock and roll drummer, known as the drummer of the hard rock band Mr. Big. He has also played for Robert Plant, Impellitteri, The Knack, David Lee Roth Band and the Exile Social Club. He is noted...

In this info-packed DVD, Clark explains and demonstrates the blues, funk, and jazz roots behind his unique and highly influential approach. Step by step, Clark takes viewers through the evolution of funk, shuffle, and swing, showing with concise illustrations how he shaped his signature “Oakland ghost-note” style into the pioneering grooves he played with Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters. Bonus live performances with his trio show the range, power, and passion that have made Clark into one of the most in-demand, genre-crossing drummers in contemporary music. On this program, Mike Clark, the man behind the “Oakland Ghost-note” style, shares his innovative...

Mark Guiliana – Exploring Your Creativity on the Drumset DVD download. There are many interesting ideas in this book. This is not a book of typical drum grooves or patterns. This is not about hand development, rudiments, grooves. It contains ideas that are different. The concepts are great for unique fills that you might add to your vocabulary. He breaks down individual sounds of a typical drum set and applies the sounds to various patterns. You will take a pattern and play it on different parts of the kit. It is definitely unique as far a drum books go....

The second DVD in this series features fifteen thunderous drum solos from legends like Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, ‘Papa” Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Rufus ‘Speedy” Jones, and others, spanning the years 1947 to 1989, many never before released on home video or DVD. Bonus clips include Bobby Troup’s ‘history of the jazz drum set,” from 1958 and a great segment featuring the Gene Krupa Jazz Trio impersonating Russian musicians from 1946!   Language: English Year: 2002 Country: USA Running time: 73 min Quality: DVD5 Video: MPEG2 720×480 ~6.97 Mbps 30 fps...

Modern Drummer Festival 2011 took place at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. In a program packed with amazing performances and insightful educational segments, Gil Sharone (Stolen Babies/Dillinger Escape Plan) expands on concepts found in his Wicked Beats DVD Trevor Lawrence Jr. (Herbie Hancock/Dr. Dre) performs in hip-hop and fusion styles (with guest percussionist Taku Hirano), jazz innovator Jeff “Tain” Watts presents an incredible set with his stellar quartet, prog/metal star Aquiles Priester performs a blistering set of songs from Hangar and Freakeys, and, finally, drum superstar Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez performs with The New World Order, an...

Guem, an Algerian-born professional percussionist and actively perform recording albums consisting completely of musical rhythm tracks. In these compositions, one can hear various ethnic percussion instruments, a fusion of traditions of different nations and difficult rhythmic patterns. The highest level of performance due to the vast experience Guem – since 1960 (the year of immigration to France), he accompanied various jazz masters of the time, but improving from 1973 to his solo work. On the DVD presented performances in Sannois (November 2003) and Saint Malo (February 2004), video tutorials, which Guem shows his technique for playing the djembe, darbuka,...

Over two hours of skin bashing, bass pedal stomping, and unrivaled stick-twirling energy is captured here. “Classic Rock Drum Solos” includes rare performance footage and high quality sound of these legendary performances. Representing the 1960’s are the ground-breaking performances of Ginger Baker; Michael Shrieve in his famed outing at Woodstock with Santana, and the only existing footage of rock drumming’s first superstar, Sandy Nelson. Singular 1970s performances include those by Danny Seraphine, Don Brewer, Ron Bushey, Carl Palmer, Ian Paice, Clive Bunker, host Carmine Appice, and Keith Moon’s only filmed drum solo. Closing out the program in the 1980s...

This is the first instructional program by drummer’s drummer and Grammy Award winner Steve Jordan, who offers a fascinating look into how and why he plays. Long awaited by drummers around the world, this DVD includes live performances by Bob Cranshaw, Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, and Bernie “Dr. Woo” Worrell. It also features commentary from Jackson Browne, Leroy Clouden, Levon Helm, Keith Richards and the late Timothy White, Billboard editor-in-chief. “One of the funkiest drummers of all time? Steve Jordan shows he’s all that and more on this excellent DVD, a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the legendary...

A unique chance to study with an all-time drum legend! The great rock drummer takes you through a wide range of techniques, from paradiddles, beat displacement, and tom-tom technique through African rhythms, double-bass drum technique and much more. He even takes some examples and puts them into a band situation, also demonstrating his famous soloing style. A must-have disc for all drummers! To understand Ginger Baker’s playing style (as opposed to merely copying it), one has to understand (at least) 3 things: 1) Drum rudiments, both as a tool of developing technique and as musical elements (applied to the...