Modern Drummer Festival 2008

Featuring amazing performances and illuminating interviews from eleven of today's greatest drum artists, including Thomas Pridgen or The Mars Volta and Todd Sucherman of Styx. New, four-disc, twelve-hour DVD of the 2008 Modern Drummer Festival is much more than merely the highlights of the most prestigious, longest-running, largest live drumming event in the world.
The deluxe Modern Drummer Festival 2008 DVD package is also an incredible educational resource that provides in-depth insights and exclusive instruction from one of the most musical and musically diverse groups of drummers in the Festival's 20-year history. For all drummers: MD Fest 2003, MD Fest 2005, MD fest 2006 and some previous. Continue with famous drummers in Modern Drummer Festival 2010
Two full interview DVDs are an integral part of the package – allowing artists to augment their on-stage performances with back-stage explanations and demonstrations of their concepts, backgrounds, influences, techniques, interpretations and compositions. Included are inspiring conversations with each drummer as well as unprecedented drummer-to-drummer interviews, such as Simon Phillips with Gavin Harrison, Ndugu Chancler with Will Calhoun, and Todd Sucherman with Derek Roddy. The package also features extensive, multi-camera coverage of the spectacular drumming that has made the Modern Drummer Festival a must-see event for drummers around the world. While some players offer solo performances, others play with pre-recorded tracks or live bands during their Festival segments.

Saturday:

• Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta) & Friends – powerful, muscular, free-form fusion.
• Billy Ward (Joan Osborne/Robbie Robertson/Bill Champlin) & Trio - musicality, finesse and the ability to create a variety of drum sounds with sticks, mallets, brushes and hands.
• Will Calhoun (Living Colour) - integration of African tribal influences with contemporary styles, electronic sounds and loops and esoteric percussion instruments.
• Ndugu Chancler (Michael Jackson/Santana/Weather Report) - the concepts of groove, sound and feel plus the secrets of making hit records.
• Simon Phillips (Toto/The Who/Jeff Beck) & Protocol – a tight yet adventurous set that combines musicality, power, finesse, groove and monstrous soloing.

Sunday:

• Carmine Appice & SLAMM – rock 'n' roll drumming meets street percussion.
• Derek Roddy (Serpents Rise/Traumedy) – advanced metal drumming based on a combination of speed, endurance and precision.
• Dafnis Prieto (Michel Camilo) & The Dafnis Prieto Sextet – an incredibly authentic, although remarkably fresh, approach to Latin/jazz.
• Todd Sucherman (Styx/Brian Wilson) - the power of arena rock drumming mixed with well-developed chops and musicianship.
• Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree/King Crimson) – progressive rock with a comfortable in groove any time signature.
• Bill Stewart (John Scofield/Pat Metheny) & Special Guests – impeccable taste and a smooth, fluid, swinging jazz style.

Language: English
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Running time: 12 hours
Quality: DVDRip
Video: MPEG2 NTCS 16:9 (720x480)
Audio: Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Booklet: No
Size: 6.1 Gb