Kenneth ‘Bam’ Alexander has played for just about everyone in the industry. He’s toured with a countless number of artists in all genres and leads workshops locally in his community. He’s been playing drums for over 20 years… since the tender age of 2 and has certainly been through the “school of hard knocks.” Bam knows both worlds – how to read sheet music and most importantly, how to play by ear. How to play ultra-advanced fills, stroke-for-stroke! Bam repeats himself plenty of times and takes these advanced fills slow enough for anyone to catch on! Master the art...

MJS – Easy Guitar Tricks – Lead And Rhythm Guitar Techniques Used By The Pros! Learn to use the highly-guarded techniques of the guitar pros! Make each and every note count! Playing a note – or even a handful of notes – is one thing, but learning to give each note life, while making them sound tight, professional and desirable, is an important task to master. Using simple techniques that have taught thousands of eager students over the past 18 years, expert guitar instructor Mark John Sternal teaches you fun, useful guitar tricks quickly and easily. You’ll be amazed...

Kenneth ‘Bam’ Alexander has played for just about everyone in the industry. He’s toured with a countless number of artists in all genres and leads workshops locally in his community. He’s been playing drums for over 20 years… since the tender age of 2 and has certainly been through the “school of hard knocks.” Bam knows both worlds – how to read sheet music and most importantly, how to play by ear. Learn, from start to finish, everything you need to know to play drums like a professional. Learn tons of practice techniques that’ll make you an expert drummer...

Stanley Jordan emerged in the mid-1980’s as one of the most gifted and innovative guitarists in contemporary jazz; Jordan sidestepped conventional picking methods in favor of a two-handed tapping technique on the instrument’s fretboard, allowing for a fluid speed and polytonal effect not easily replicated by most players. Star Licks Master Sessions: Stanley Jordan is an instructional video in which Jordan demonstrates his unusual performance style, as well as offering advice on effective practice methods, how to improve dexterity, melodic improvisation, and more. Language: English Country: USA Running time: 90 min Quality: VHSRip Video: DivX 320×240, 30 fps Audio:...

Giovanni Hidalgo is the leading conguero of our time. His diverse recording and touring credits include Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Palmieri, Dave Valentin and Mickey Hart. On this masterful program, he introduces basic sounds, tuning and technique, patterns of son montuno, bolero, charanga, danzon and multi-percussion applications of those forms. Special DVD features include legendary performances from Karl Perazzo and Giovanni Hidalgo/Changuito, interactive drums from around the world, a glossary of Latin percussion terms, and a section on tuning/maintenance. In The Tradition presents Giovanni Hidalgo explaining the basic conga sounds, tuning and typical conga, timbales, bongo and guiro parts for...

Bobby Sanabria’s “Getting Started on Congas 1 & 2” is one of the better conga instructional videos available. He uses a bilingual approach, but both English and Spanish speakers should find the instructions easy to follow. He translates from English to Spanish while demonstrating each lesson which can be a bit cumbersome but worth the effort. This tape is the second in a series of three by Sanabria: “Conga Basics”, “Getting Started… 1 & 2”, and “Getting Started… 2 & 3”. His method of teaching is patient enough for beginners and informative enough for the more serious player. Each...

We collected a set of video lessons, master classes and just a good videos of famous drummers. They play in differenet styles and genres. This set includes 57 videos by 10 musicians: Benny Greb, Dirk Erchinger, Felix Lehrmann, Johnny Rabb, Phil Maturano, Mike Terrana, Rodney Holmes, Shauney Baby, Thomas Lang and Van Stratum Serra. Only the best tutorials at FastStrings. Language: English Running time: 04:47:48 Quality: CamRip Video: WMV 320×240 30.00fps 386Kbps Audio: WMA 44100Hz stereo 64Kbps Booklet: No Size: 950 Mb Download Drum Videos Set (57 videos) free and other lessons from our site   Register or Login...

Zildjian Day in New York features performances by Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Campbell, Billy Cobham and Alex Acuna. An intimate and revealing video document of five leading contemporary drummers in the context of a one of a kind live concert/clinic “event”: Zildjian Day in New York. Each drummer demonstrates their unique playing styles with informative question and answer sessions after each musical segment. From Alex Acuna opening the day’s festivities with a fiery montage of latin music, to Tommy Campbell’s and Billy Cobham’s inventive soloing and Vinnie Colaiuta’s and Steve Gadd’s brilliant and intuitive accompaniment, it’s all here...

Zildjian Day in London features performances by Dennis Chambers, Gregg Bissonette, Trilok Gurtu, and Simon Phillips. Zildjian Day in London is easily one of the most stunning and revealing Zildjian Days ever witnessed. Documented here is 90 enthralling minutes in the company of four of the world’s most influential and dynamic drummers, whose unique styles – spanning rock, funk, fusion and World music – are revealed here by both intimate and spectacular camera angles, some used for the first time in drum video footage. Don’t miss a chance to watch Zildjian Day New York 1984. Language: English Year: 1995...

The Past, Present and Future of Conga Playing with the Grammy winning Cuban Percussionist of The Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Irakere, Danilo Perez, Roy Hargrove, Steve Coleman, Orlando Cachito Lopez, Ruben Gonzales, Ibrahim Ferrer, Orishas, Omara Portuondo, Omar Sosa … Through a methodology based in tradition, Anga demonstrates many of his systems and forms he uses to develop dexterous patterns, riffs and solos. Each example is demonstrated in a solo context then in a duet performance. In the MARCHA, GUAGUANCO and SOLOING sections Anga reveals his incomparable patterns and variations on five congas. Duet performances with virtuoso Cuban pianist GABRIEL HERNANDEZ...