Funk Drums

How to Have the Best Parties with Soul Bands and artists

The aim for any event is definitely have a very fabulous time. It’s really a occasion during which the suits and neckties are traded in for glittering tops and smoking hot stilettos. It really is the perfect opportunity to dispense with small talk and joke about the day by day anxiety. It’s actually a moment to strut toward dance floor and then let the soul companies electrify each single motion.

A soul band most likely will complement, or even lead, the energy and merriment for this celebration. This kind of band is perfect for any type of celebration: wedding receptions, birthday bashes, corporate and business celebrations, and private get togethers. This particular band provides a broad range of songs to perform, which will get the job done tremendously fine in a diversified guest list. Their collection can include some sort of well known compositions from soul, funk, disco, Afro-Cuban, a whole bunch more. A soul band may also perform as a Latin band. The pros who have played at high profile get togethers more often than not have music players who are competent to play any and all style of songs. And even if a band is regarded as a soul band, the variety enables the group to execute almost any any type of songs.

An experienced soul band will often accept on virtually any request from your guests. The evening may start through a groovy Earth, Wind & Fire old classic, or perhaps rip right into a Sam & Dave vibrate. As the revelers pick to switch to samba or salsa, the proficient performers may take on Celia Cruz or Tito Puente. The moment a soul band is the evening’s entertainment, it doesn’t really matter specifically how it starts. The primary end goal is to keep just about every person dancing.

Surely, with passionate and upbeat sounds like the ones cited, the attendees may find it difficult to not swing, twist, and boogie down. Soul or Latin bands commonly are not expected to play accompaniment tracks. Immediately after the conga drums join up with the trombones along with the maracas meld along with the upright bass or the saxophone, the dance floor will likely be swinging.

There are groups to accomodate the scale of each event. A quartet to sextet would certainly fit smaller functions. A 25-piece dance band would probably be perfect for ballroom-type happenings. Surely no need to get anxious in regards quantity of band personnel. A crucial consideration would be looking for a site with the appropriate acoustics to take care of the songs that the group of musicians plays. Or having to deal with a band with its very own sound system ought to clear away any anxiousness.

A soul band can promise an evening of revelry your friends definitely will be speaking of about for several weeks to come. Besides having a good time, every person gets in a pretty good workout from all the grooving.

Funk Drums

Guidelines On How To Organize The Best Celebrations By Using Soul Bands

The goal for any party is to really have an amazing time. It’s a time when the business suits and neckties are swapped for glistening tops and smoking hot stilettos. This is a time to dispense with modest talk and laugh about the everyday tension. This is a time for you to sway to the dance floor and allow the soul bands electrify your every move.

A soul band could very well complement, if not guide, the energy and fun of the celebration. This kind of band is great for any kind of celebration: weddings, birthday bashes, corporate galas,and private parties. Such type of band includes a number of songs to do, which will work immensely well with a unique guest list. Their arsenal occasionally includes any prominent compositions from soul, funk, disco, Afro-Cuban, and much more. A soul band can also perform as a Latin band. Pros who have performed at high profile parties normally have artists who are able to perform any kind of music. So even when a group is viewed as a soul band, the range enables the band to do virtually any type of tunes.

An accomplished soul band can take on any request from the visitors. The evening may start with a cool Earth, Wind & Fire classic, or rip in to a Sam & Dave shimmy. When the revelers arrange to switch to samba or perhaps salsa, the skilled musicians could take on Celia Cruz or Tito Puente. When a soul band is the evening’s entertainment, it doesn’t matter how it sets out. The key objective is to have every person dancing.

Indeed, with passionate and upbeat songs just like the ones described, your invited guests may find it hard not to swing, twist, and boogie down. Soul or Latin bands are not intended to play background music. The moment the conga drums join the trombones and the maracas melt with the upright bass and the saxophone, the dance floor will likely be bouncing. 

You can find bands to suit the size of any social gathering. A quartet to a sextet would suit smaller functions. A 25-piece band would be excellent for ballroom-type events. There’s no need to be anxious about the number of band members. An important consideration could be finding a venue with the proper acoustics to handle the songs that the band will play. Or finding a band with its own audio system should clear any uneasiness away.

A soul band can promise a night of revelry your attendees will be talking about for days to come. Apart from having fun, every person gets in an effective exercise from all the grooving.

funk drums

Let me just be the first to say… BRAVO! Prince has created a 3 disc masterpiece complete with 80′s inspirational funky tracks that are sure to unlock your past memories of high school, house parties, and purple rain. It is spiritual, prolific, and funky beyond expectation. The lyrics alone deserve praise as Prince makes his point about political shortcomings and offers up the solution draped in a musical ambience that you will want to play over and over again. This is nothing short of masterful!

LotusFlower is a revealing radical expose of musical genius dipped in spirituality (if you get it) and most do not. But if you do, Prince will take you on a journey with songs like ‘Colonized Mind’ that rips through to your soul with brilliance and fortitude. As Prince sings ” without God, it’s just the blind leadin the blind”. you are reminded he hasn’t lost his prolific talent that first spawned ’1999′ and other classic songs he’s most noted for. Prince shows off his guitar skills with ease and leaves you with chills down your spine as he melodically plays the guitar strings like no other on the music scene today.

If you’re a dreamer you’ll like the song ‘Dreamer’ which has a strong Hendrix like guitar riff and hints at a conspiracy afoot among all of us and asks you to keep one eye open. The funk hasn’t left the building with MPLS sound and pokes fun at today’s no talent musicians that clutter the airwaves masterfully bringing back that old school groove that we so much longed for. Prince is like a musical prophet and politically incorrect preacher on Lotus Flower and if you listen hard enough you’ll recieve his message.

With 3 discs in all there is also a jazzy Prince protege’ added to the mix that compiles SADE like sounds with Old Sheila E bubble gum compositions with one such track titled ‘Another Boy’ Also ‘Kept Woman’ is very good listening as well. The central theme and message of all 3 discs seem to be a spiritual one that calls for transformation to the current music scene as well as you and me. On a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest) I give Lotus Flower a perfect 10. Prince plays it and tells it like it is.

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I’ve a question 4 who can produce G-Funk beats!!!?

I’m starting to produce G-Funk, I use FL 9, I’ve done some beats but I’ve a question: where can I find some free sound packs with many G-Funk and west coast sounds and drum kits.
I was also looking for the Crip whistle sound (da plug-in).
Can somebody help me??
Thank y’all, homiez.
Thanks everyone: D

Pardon my english but I ain’t no live in America.

Simple.=]

For the Whistle: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1198.html

Soundkits: http://hiphopst.blogspot.com/search/label/Samples?max-results=30

Done =D

Derek Munson :: “JB” :: Funk Drums

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Sonivox Chameleon Funk Drums 1 Loop Collection $29.95 Sonivox Chameleon Funk Drums 1 Loop Collection

Carl Fischer Advanced Funk Studies for Drums (DVD) $34.95 Carl Fischer Advanced Funk Studies for Drums (DVD)

Carl Fischer Advanced Funk Studies For Drums (Dvd) $34.95 Carl Fischer Advanced Funk Studies for Drums (DVD)

Rock House Funk & Hip-Hop Drums Featuring Jerome Brailey of P-Funk (DVD/Book) $17.99 Rock House Funk & Hip-Hop Drums Featuring Jerome Brailey of P-Funk (DVD/Book)

Funk & Hip-Hop Drums Featuring Jerome Brailey Of P-Funk (Dvd/Book) $17.99 Rock House Funk & Hip-Hop Drums Featuring Jerome Brailey of P-Funk (DVD/Book)

A Rhythmic Concept for Fusion / Funk Drums $27 “By Peter O’Mara. Arranged by Christian Lettner. For Drumset. Funk/Fusion. Collection, Performance CD, and Play-Along CD. Published by Advance Music”

No Funk $6 No Funk – Seven02

Rock House Funk & Hip-Hop Drums Featuring Jerome Brailey Of P-Funk (Dvd/Book) $17.99 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 for his work with Parliament Funkadelic, Jerome Brailey is a true drumming legend. In the Funk & Hip Hop Drums instructional program, Brailey teaches drummers his best-kept secrets.Learn how to play funk grooves with staccato and legato feels. Learn how to play hip-hop using straighter figures and the side stick. Learn New Orleans, second line-influenced funk, and more. Jerome’s drum tutorials reveal his famous “ghost stroke” technique and teaches you syncopated bass drum patterns, linear grooves, how to isolate the high hat, use dropouts to create space, and use various textures. Each drum groove is broken down and built back up so you can clearly see how they are constructed.Free lifetime membership for online drum lesson supportiPod-ready videoLanguage: EnglishLength: 1 hourZones: DVD is zoned to play anywhere in the worldIncludes 24-page tablature book

Alfred Talking Drums (DVD) $17.96 Talking Drums includes a unique percussion trio of three world-renowned drummers who have come together to combine traditional Afro-Caribbean and funk rhythms: funk drumming innovator David Garibaldi, Cuban-born hand drummer JesÚs Diaz, and San Francisco Bay area percussionist Michael Spiro. In this drumming DVD, Talking Drums, watch this trio of experts perform and break down several exciting compositions that demonstrate the rich rhythmic complexities of this Afro-Caribbean/funk music, offering new ways of approaching both hand drums and the drum set. The instructional DVD offers unique drum lessons that clearly explain the intricate workings of Afro-Caribbean rhythmic styles and helps build a better understanding of their history and origin.

Alfred Talking Drums (Dvd) $17.96 Talking Drums includes a unique percussion trio of three world-renowned drummers who have come together to combine traditional Afro-Caribbean and funk rhythms: funk drumming innovator David Garibaldi, Cuban-born hand drummer Jess Diaz, and San Francisco Bay area percussionist Michael Spiro. In this drumming DVD, Talking Drums, watch this trio of experts perform and break down several exciting compositions that demonstrate the rich rhythmic complexities of this Afro-Caribbean/funk music, offering new ways of approaching both hand drums and the drum set. The instructional DVD offers unique drum lessons that clearly explain the intricate workings of Afro-Caribbean rhythmic styles and helps build a better understanding of their history and origin.

FUNK HIP HOP DRUMS BY BRAILEY,JEROME (DVD) $24.53 Artist: BRAILEY,JEROME Genre: How To Musical Instruction Rating: NR Release Date: 10MAR2009

Thriller – Drums (Digital Sheet Music) $6 By Michael Jackson. By Rod Temperton. Arranged by Mark A. Brymer. For Drums. Combo. Concert; Funk; Pop. Individual instrument part. 2 pages. Duration 3:15. Published by Hal Leonard – Digital Sheet Music

Big Fish Audio Funk City Audio Loops $55.96 Like a blast from the past the legendary Funk Soul Brothers return to bring you Funk City: a collection of funked-up construction kits featuring slammin’ drums, groovin’ percussion, slappin’ bass, greazy funk guitar, slippery synths, vocal bits, and one big horn section! If you’re looking for old school and nu school Funk & Soul, you’ve come to the right place: Funk City.

Touchdown Tony – Drums (Digital Sheet Music) $3.99 By Michael Sweeney. Jazz band. For Drums. Funk; Latin. Individual instrument part. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard – Digital Sheet Music

The Code of Funk $35.24 This cutting-edge book/audio package brings the music of David Garibaldi and the music of Tower of Power to your practice room and provides an in-depth look at the concepts that David uses to create his futuristic, yet old-school grooves. The 80-PAGE BOOK includes: detailed transcriptions by David, of his drum performance in each of eight tunes from T.O.P’s most recent album “Oakland Zone” (Or Music), incisive commentary, photos, a biography,a suggested listening list and more. The CD with all 8 tracks minus David’s drums, allows you to “sit in” with this legendary band. Each track provides “clicktrack” count-in, followed by a complete “music minus drums” stereo mix including the lead vocals and solos. The BONUS DVD-ROM with instrumental versions of these tracks in file formats that can be looped, slowed down using programs such as Acid and GarageBand and remixed using multi-track studio software such as ProTools, Cakewalk, or Nuendo for further exploration and study. Includes a ReadMe

Big Fish Audio Funk Quartet Audio Loops $69.95 In the 1970s, funk was the soundtrack to the African-American experience. From the jazz-inflected funk of Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith, to the pop of Stevie Wonder, and the abstract freakouts of Eddie Harris and the iconic cartoon funk of Parliament/Funkadelic, this was the thread that held everything together. It was the death of bebop and the seeds of disco and hip hop. It challenged rock as king of the heap, and ultimately got a nation to shake its booty.Producer Rich Mendelson has distilled funk down to its essence: guitar, bass, drums and piano. With Funk Quartet you can create entire funk-inflected tracks with the material’s many variations, or just use individual loops to add that little head-noddin’ extra. But however you use it, throw your chair out of the studio…Funk Quartet will keep you on your feet!

Alfred 0033244 Talking Drums Music Book $34.25 Alfred Music Publishing is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational reference pop and performance materials for teachers students professionals and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument style and difficulty level. Talking Drums is a unique percussion trio of three worldrenowned drummers who have come together to combine traditional AfroCaribbean and funk rhythms: funk drumming innovator David Garibaldi Cubanborn hand drummer Jess Diaz and San Francisco Bay area percussionist Michael Spiro. In this DVD Talking Drums performs and breaks down several exciting compositions that demonstrate the rich rhythmic complexities of this AfroCaribbean/funk music offering new ways of approaching both hand drums and drumset. Talking Drums offers a unique teaching approach that clearly explains the intricate workings of AfroCaribbean rhythmic styles and helps build a better understanding of their history and origin.

Hal Leonard FastTrack Drums 1 (DVD) $7.99 The FastTrack Drums Method 1 DVD provides accessible instruction for beginners who want to learn to play the drums. Lessons are fun and easy-to-follow, teaching what you need to know to start playing right away. You’ll learn rock beats, funk grooves, fill patterns, solo ideas, and much more.The FastTrack Drums DVD is filmed in high-definition and features on-screen music with tons of full-band examples. It’s like having a private lesson that you can pause, fast-forward and rewind any time you want.What you can learn:Beats and fillsRock, blues and funk stylesOver 75 songs and examplesMusic notationImprovisation

Hal Leonard Fasttrack Drums 1 (Dvd) $7.99 The FastTrack Drums Method 1 DVD provides accessible instruction for beginners who want to learn to play the drums. Lessons are fun and easy-to-follow, teaching what you need to know to start playing right away. You’ll learn rock beats, funk grooves, fill patterns, solo ideas, and much more.The FastTrack Drums DVD is filmed in high-definition and features on-screen music with tons of full-band examples. It’s like having a private lesson that you can pause, fast-forward and rewind any time you want.What you can learn:Beats and fillsRock, blues and funk stylesOver 75 songs and examplesMusic notationImprovisation

Funk Mob $6 Funk Mob – Uncut Funk

Yes We Can Can – Drums (Digital Sheet Music) $6 By The Pointer Sisters. By Allen Toussaint. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. For Drums. Combo. Concert; Funk; Oldies; Pop. Individual instrument part. 2 pages. Duration 3:20. Published by Hal Leonard – Digital Sheet Music

SYNCHRO FUNK $29.99 SYNCHRO FUNK

Funk Man $6 Funk Man

Werwolf Funk $6 Werwolf Funk

Hal Leonard Advanced Funk Drumming Book/2DVD Set $22.49 Written and produced by funk drumming specialist Jim Payne and recommended by drumming greats Peter Erskine, Stanton Moore, Steve Smith, Zoro, and Bill Stewart, this multimedia package combines a wealth of practical ideas with modern technology to make it easier and more intuitive for drummers to learn new grooves and an essential drumming style. It includes a book with fully notated transcriptions and tips plus two DVDs with more than 200 QuickTime video and MP3 audio clips. In creating this package, Payne composed and video-recorded the grooves before transcribing them. The first half of the book, Sections 1 through 14, is organized in a sequential manner; moving from simple grooves to more advanced permutations. Sections 15 through 21 present additional patterns in a more organic and sometimes random progression. To further facilitate the multi-sensory learning process, many of the beats are shown in both slow and fast versions. The speed of video loops can be further reduced using the standard software in QuickTime, which is very helpful for teachers and students. Although Payne has included beats that support the development of specific techniques that are required to correctly and comfortably perform contemporary funk drumming patterns, another progressive aspect of the project is its relative lack of purely technical exercises. Author Jim Payne has played, recorded and taught drums for many years and is the author of several books on the subject of funk drumming, including Funk Drumming, The Complete Book of Funk Drumming, The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul, and 100 Famous Funk Beats.Softcover with DVD-ROM68 pagesSize: 12″ x 9″Author: Jim PayneISBN: 1423483952

Hal Leonard Advanced Funk Drumming Book/2Dvd Set $22.49 Written and produced by funk drumming specialist Jim Payne and recommended by drumming greats Peter Erskine, Stanton Moore, Steve Smith, Zoro, and Bill Stewart, this multimedia package combines a wealth of practical ideas with modern technology to make it easier and more intuitive for drummers to learn new grooves and an essential drumming style. It includes a book with fully notated transcriptions and tips plus two DVDs with more than 200 QuickTime video and MP3 audio clips. In creating this package, Payne composed and video-recorded the grooves before transcribing them. The first half of the book, Sections 1 through 14, is organized in a sequential manner; moving from simple grooves to more advanced permutations. Sections 15 through 21 present additional patterns in a more organic and sometimes random progression. To further facilitate the multi-sensory learning process, many of the beats are shown in both slow and fast versions. The speed of video loops can be further reduced using the standard software in QuickTime, which is very helpful for teachers and students. Although Payne has included beats that support the development of specific techniques that are required to correctly and comfortably perform contemporary funk drumming patterns, another progressive aspect of the project is its relative lack of purely technical exercises. Author Jim Payne has played, recorded and taught drums for many years and is the author of several books on the subject of funk drumming, including Funk Drumming, The Complete Book of Funk Drumming, The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul, and 100 Famous Funk Beats.Softcover with DVD-ROM68 pagesSize: 12″ x 9″Author: Jim PayneISBN: 1423483952

Peace Love Productions DJ Puzzle’s Electro Funk: Loops and Samples $29.95 The producer of the loop library Afterhours EDM for Sony, Jason Donnelly (DJ Puzzle), has prepared Electro Funk. This set of loops, midis, and samples has something for every producer of Electro Funk music. Every loop is the perfect blend of isolated layers that will get you creating your own tunes with little effort. All of the drums are separated by instrument such as Hi Hats, Percussion, Kicks, and Snares.

Lesson Private [VHS] $21.95 Learn to play drums. In this lesson, Gregg covers a wide variety of styles and techniques from rudimental snare segments to dynamic demonstrations with brushes. He covers rock, latin, funk, swing, double bass, beat displacement, solo and fill ideas, as well as ways to develop good time and groove….

Don Brewer: Live at the Modern Drummer Festival 2000 [VHS] $24.96 Don Brewer was a founding member of Grand Funk Railroad and is one of the most influential drummers in rock history. This video captures his first-ever drum clinic, presented at the Modern Drummer 2000 Festival, in its entirety! He performs five Grand Funk classics – We’re an American Band ? Are You Ready? ? Footstompin’ Music ? I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home ? and Mark Says Alright – and provide…

Fishbone: The Reality Of My Surroundings Past to Present $9.99 A complete collection from the Fishbone Archives, including all their videos plus a candid look at the reality of their surroundings. Song(s) Include: “Modern Industry” “Part at Ground Zero” “When Problems Arise” “It’s a Wonderful Life” “Freddie’s Dead” “Sunless Saturday” “Everyday Sunshine” 48 minutes, color, SP mode, liner notes….

Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials $13.85 This DVD is based on the definitive collection of contemporary rock, jazz, R&B, funk, and world/ethnic drumming styles contained in the poster of the same nam, developed by Tommy and the folks at Vic Firth. Tommy demonstrates 47 of today’s most popular drum patterns, including a performance of each with a rhythm track played by some of New York’s top players. Running time: 220 minutes….

David Garibaldi Lessons: Breaking the Code $14.92 Expanding on the information in his award-winning drum lessons on Code of Funk, world-renowned drummer David Garibaldi demonstrates and dissects the patterns he used for such Tower of Power classics as “Page One,” “Pocketful of Soul,” “Back in the Day,” “East Side,” and “The Oakland Stroke.” Multiple camera angles clearly show his feet, hands, and kit—putting the viewer one-on-one with the m…

The Latin Funk Connection $10.91 Watch, listen, and learn as acclaimed drum instructor Chuck Silverman shows you how to blend classic funk beats and popular Latin rhythms together to create exciting new grooves….

Pink Bow Skull and Crossbones Note Cards $11.99 Pink Rocks! Pirates Rock! Send your messages with the strength and fun of these rock’n cards!…

Spectrasonics Stylus RMX Xpanded Realtime Groove Module Virtual Instrument Software $369.00 The Stylus RMX is a new virtual instrument plug-in for both Macintosh and Windows that combines Spectrasonics’ Groove Control with Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.) technology for dramatic new control over groove production and performance. Spectrasonics’ in-house development team created it from the ground up, with dozens of new features including the ground-breaking Chaos Designer,…

American Idol Jam Trax $10.08 Do you have what it takes to be the next American Idol? Take center stage with American Idol Jam Trax software! It’s the easy and fun way to create and share your own songs. Even if you don’t know anything about music, American Idol Jam Trax software can help you sound like a star. Instruments Drums Electronic, Rock, Pop, Dance, Hip-Hop Percussion Cymbals, Shakers, Hi-hat, Cowbell Gui…

ILIO S.A.G.E. Xpander Bundle $135.00 Enhance the variety of choices for your Stylus RMX virtual groove instrument with this bundle of S.A.G.E. Xpanders. These DVD-ROM’s are based on award-winning collections from ILIO and can be easily added to Stylus RMX’s already massive core library. The titles include: Ethno Techno, Stark Raving Beats, Skippy’s Big Bad Beats, and Skippy’s Noizbox.Ethno TechnoEthno Techno features rare instruments…

‘Firecracker’ 5×12 Snare Drum $129.99 Pearl is known the world over for making some of the finest snare drums in the industry. And when a drummer is ready to experiment with different sounds, usually the first thing to change is the snare, the cornerstone of your kit. Now Pearl has added an explosive line up of snares to supplement your repertoire, the all NEW FireCracker Snare drums. These sonic marvels are available in 2 unique shell configurations, 8 ply Poplar finished in gleaming Ebony Mist or lustrous classic Steel. The 8 plies of Poplar provide a solid, powerful punch with warm balanced sustain. And if it is brilliant attack and unyielding resonance that your crave, the steel shell is your ticket to ride. Both of these unique shell materials are available in 2 sizes, 10"x5" and 12"x5". Highlights: Size: 12"x5" Shell: 8-ply Poplar Hoops: 1.6mm Steel Lugs: CL-50 Rods: 6 Tension Rods: T-061L Strainer: SR-018 Snares: S-032 High-pitched, cutting and loud, a 10 or 12" piccolo snare drum, particularly this PEARL Firecracker has become a widely used and heard snare drum sound in funk music, hip-hop, rock, jazz and Caribbean music. To get that high, penetrating pop, drummers have stopped cranking the daylights out of a standard snare drum and have moved to a snare drum that is designed to create that sound easily. Many drummers have added a piccolo snare drum to their drum set as a second snare and can go to that piccolo snare at any time during their performance.Get your PEARL 5×12 Firecracker Snare Drum from Sam Ash Direct today, with fast, free shipping at the guaranteed lowest price. Sam Ash Direct gives you the security of more than 86 years of experience, 24/7 customer support and the Sam Ash Direct 45 day return and 60 day price protection policy. You cannot go wrong!

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $69.95 New – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $38.95 Used – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $38.95 Used – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $29.39 Used – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $139.19 New – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $48.29 New – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $28.94 Used – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

10 Easy Lessons Drums Bk/CD/DVD $28.74 Used – This full size book, CD & DVD pack introduces the essential techniques used in today’s drumming styles. Includes the basics of Rock, funk, Blues, Jazz, Metal and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band.

13 New Orleans Special Snare Drum Head $15.5 The New Orleans Special Snare is a clear, single ply, medium weight drumhead with a thin layer of Power Dot material on top. It has just the right amount of sustain for second line drumming, blues and southern funk. Its a very durable yet sensitive drumhead.Remember, accessories ship fast and free from Sam Ash Direct

2002 Series 20 Crash Cymbal $290.99 One of the legendary line of cymbals that defined the sound of generations of drummers since the early days of Rock and re-created to give you the definitive classic rock crash sound, the PAISTE 2002 Series 20 Crash Cymbal is a large and dramatic crash cymbal that is also a versatile, all-purpose crash. Its bright and warm, full and loud, shimmering and has very responsive feel. During the 1960s, the developing Beat and Rock music required cymbal sounds to match the new frequencies and volume levels and in 1967 the Giant Beat series was created and then the 2002 series was developed in 1971, fusing the power of the Giant Beat with the differentiation of the Jazz series Formula 602. In the 2000s, Paiste once again makes the 2002 a core series for now and for the future.The PAISTE 2002 Series 20 Crash Cymbal features!Alloy: The revered PAISTE CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Bronze"!Applications: Medium soft to very loud settings Live and recording Classic Rock, Blues, Punk, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal & most Modern Metal styles, Crossover, Country Rock, Ska, Rockabilly, Funk, R&B, Soul, Gospel and modern hybrids rooted in those styles.Sound: Brilliant, clear, warm, strong, musical and very precise with high energy levels and powerful projectionWeight: mediumVolume: medium soft to very loudStick Sound: washy but this cymbal is heavy enough to be useful as a crash ride.Intensity: livelySustain: mediumBell Character: integratedGet your PAISTE 2002 Series 20

5×10 Firecracker Snare Drum in Ruby Fade Tamo Artisan II Finish! $124.99 The PEARL 5×10 Firecracker Snare Drum is now available at a special price that is over 60% off the manufacturers list price and comes in a special finish usually found only on the most high-end drums. The PEARL Artisan II Finish offered here is the gorgeous and unique Ruby Fade Tamo! There even is a special Limited Edition PEARL logo badge. The drum shell is a heavy 8-ply Poplar design and creates a focused and colorful response, with lots of projection. But why a small 5×10 snare, you might ask?High-pitched, cutting and loud, a 10 piccolo snare drum, particularly this PEARL Firecracker has become a widely used and heard snare drum sound in funk music, hip-hop, rock, jazz and Caribbean music. To get that high, penetrating pop, drummers have stopped cranking the daylights out of a standard snare drum and have moved to a snare drum that is designed to create that sound easily. Many drummers have added a piccolo snare drum to their drum set as a second snare and can go to that piccolo snare at any time during their performance.The 10 shell diameter (and drum head size) allows for a higher-pitched tuning while retaining a 5 depth gives you a full,wide and not an overly sharp tone. The PEARL 5×10 Firecracker also features strong 1.6mm steel hoops, low-mass CL-50 lugs with 6-point tuning, and the very dependable and precise SR-018 snare strainer and snares.So light the fuse and stand back!Not all snare drum stands will tighten enough to hold a 10 drum securely so please see our list of Things You Will Need for our recommendations.Get your PEARL 5×10 Firecracker Snare Drum from Sam Ash Direct today, with fast, free shipping at the guaranteed lowest price. Sam Ash Direct gives you the security of more than 86 years of experience, 24/7 customer support and the Sam Ash Direct 45 day return and 60 day price protection policy. You cannot go wrong!

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $8.83 Used – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $12.16 New – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge t

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $6.85 Used – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $12.16 Used – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $7.88 New – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge t

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $25.61 New – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge t

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $33.95 New – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge t

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock, Funk, Blues, Fusion, Jazz $7.88 Used – 66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format. These solos are designed to help improve your technique, independence, improvisational skills, and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing. The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke. “66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer has great information and would be a challenge

Afreaka! [Bonus Tracks] $24.98 DJs like Gilles Petersen have been hip to the seven-piece wonder band Demon Fuzz for years, and as of the 21st century — now that everybody’s put away their James Brown records for sampling — other club jocks are getting into the act of sampling this incredibly rare LP. Afreaka! was the only release by Demon Fuzz. Released in 1970, Afreaka! is a wild mash of Afro-Latin funk, breakbeats, tripped-out soul, jazz fusion, and psychedelic journeying. These seven black musicians took on everything that was happening, and were musicians enough to make it work for them. This CD reissue by Castle/Sanctuary includes the entire original album plus their three-track EP whose A-side was “I Put a Spell on You.” Yeah, there are vocals on this set, but they are far from a distraction. Imagine the early Santana band mashed hard on the mouth by Fela, Sly, and mid-’60s Blue Note soul-jazz — and having heard prog rock. Oh yeah…heavy, demented, and so out there that it’s timeless. Had they heard this when they did their mighty Root Down EP, the Beastie Boys would have released a very different record. Most tracks run in the eight- and nine-minute range and get down with tough drums at the core, with rhythmic shifts happening on a grooved dime. Killer horns, Hammond B-3s, electric guitars, and deep tough slinky funky bass all wind together to create a mix so utterly intoxicating and fluid that it’s difficult to take in one listen — check out the Eastern mode sax solo on “Another Country” or the stomp-and-slide greasiness of “Past Present and Future.” And as for the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover, it’s like the Meters jamming with Osibisa! There’s also a fine extended voodoolicious psych-soul cover of Ray Harris’ R&B classic “Mercy” (subtitled “Variation No. 1″). This is the real deal — solid, freaky-deaky, and groove-centric. Not to be missed. [The CD was also released with bonus tracks.] ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

Akron/Family II (The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT) $14.98 Akron/Family debuted their new format as a trio minus vocalist and guitarist Ryan Vanderhoof on 2009′s Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free. They also moved pointedly away from the trappings of post-psych acid folk into multiple directions simultaneously: from animistic avant-rock, freaky funk, and even prog. S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, issued in February of 2011, solidifies that move in a surprising manner. It is easily the most optimistic, spiritually blissed-out recording in the band’s catalog. It was composed and arranged in a cabin near a live volcano in Akan National Park in Hokkaido, Japan, then recorded at Michigan Central Station, the massive abandoned train station in Detroit, as well as at various homes in Portland, OR. Teaming once more with producer Chris Koltay, the trio of Miles Seaton, Seth Olinsky, and Dana Janssen are joined on select tracks by Vanderhoof on slide guitar, vocalist Ali Beletic, trumpeter Ed Sortman, and Japanese vanguard percussion legend Tatsuya Nakatani. Tribalistic drums, distorted lo-fi efx, a screaming lead guitar — that sounds a lot like the late Stuart Adamson’s from Skids — soaring organ, and a chorus of chanted vocals introduce “Silly Bears” and thus the album. All instruments are on stun, as the vocals chart a journey to metaphoric bliss inside a post-acid nursery rhyme. The sounds of nature — ? la birdsongs — permeate the less strident but ultimately more beautiful textures and ambiences of “Islands,” with lilting keyboards, drifting guitars, and hypnotic tom-toms. “So It Goes” begins as a riff-laden guitar fest, but shifts gears once the melody kicks in and becomes a celebratory paean to generosity. Sonic abstraction has its place here too, on the moodier “A AAA O A WAY” and in the shimmering interior dreamscape that introduces “Fuji II (Single Pane).” The album’s final cut, “Creator,” uses Pharoah Sanders’ lyric from “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” but is far from his beautifully …

BFD Jazz and Funk Collection (for BFD) $249 BFD Jazz & Funk Collection is an expansion pack for FXpansions BFD acoustic drum software. Recorded at Omega Studios, Maryland, USA, by a new engineering and production team, its sounds offer a whole spectrum of fresh flavours for your productions. Sticks, brushes, mallets, rods and handsMost of the instruments in the collection are provided in stick and brushed versions, with selected pieces also played with mallets, rods and even hands! A wide range of controlled, dynamic articulations are featured, including some never heard before in a BFD library. Snare cross-sticks and brush sweeps offer new expressive potential for your drum performances. The kits are recorded in a warm, bright-sounding room, using high-end mics and preamps chosen for their transparency and accuracy. The sound revolves around the sharp and dynamic direct and overhead channels, while the room and PZM mics reinforce it with subtle space. Brushed instruments possess a fluid, soulful intimacy while the crisp, full-bodied stick versions sizzle and slice through your mix with focused intensity. A vast and versatile collection BFD Jazz & Funk Collection is centred around three beautiful kits – a Slingerland, a Yamaha and a 6-tom Gretsch. Several high-resolution hihats with closed, 1/4 -open, 1/2 -open, 3/4 -open and fully open positions are included, along with a vast array of Sabian, Wuhan and Zildjian cymbals. Finally, a variety of additional kicks and snares further expand your musical possibilities: vintage classics such as a Ludwig Super Sensitive snare, a 1970s Slingerland 32 kick and a restored 1940s Leedy 26 kick are just a few highlights of the drums at your disposal. The versatility of the precision instruments in BFD Jazz & Funk Collection mean that its perfect for jazz, funk, pop, soul, hip-hop, R&B, blues, country, fusion, folk, rock and far beyond. Highlights include: 55 GB of pure, detailed drums Complete kits by Gretsch (dual kick and 6 toms), Yamaha and Slinge

BOSS Loop Station RC-3 $199 Boss Authorized Dealer – N030273YThe RC-3 is powerfully equipped yet conveniently housed in a compact pedal. Enjoy up to three hours of Stereo Recording time, Storage for 99 loops, a ?real drums” rhythm guide, and USB 2.0 compatibility all in a small BOSS stompbox.-The RC-3 provides three hours of stereo recording capacity direct to internal memory. Now you can record long phrases without worrying about memory. 99 memory locations let you save as many phrases or ideas as you can create. Guitarists who want to incorporate external stereo effects devices will appreciate the true stereo I/O on the RC-3.-The Auto Recording feature starts recording the moment you begin playing your guitar, or as soon as you start a connected Audio player. Count-In mode gives you one-bar of rhythm before recording starts. You can Undo/Redo as you go. The sky?s the limit with three hours of recording time!-To keep your loops tight and in time, you can play along with one of the basic rhythm patterns in the RC-3?s onboard library as you record. Ten types of rhythm types are provided, including Rock, Pop, Funk, Shuffle, R&B, and Latin. A Dedicated knob lets you adjust the volume of the rhythm, and you can set the tempo incrementally or via tap tempo. You can also specify the time signature. When you save a phrase, the rhythm type and time signature will also be saved.-In addition to recording your guitar or Bass performances and turning them into playable loops, you can also record other external stereo audio sources via the RC-3?s AUX IN. Sound from a digital-audio player connected to the AUX input, for example, can easily be recorded and made into a loop.-Features:-Compact and powerful stereo Stompbox looper -Massive internal memory with up to three hours of stereo recording time -99 onboard memories for storing loops -USB 2.0 port allows you to connect to a PC and import/export WAV audio -Rhythm guide with real drums -Runs on a single 9-volt Battery or Optional AC Power Supply

Beginner Drums $33.11 New – This title includes a book, 1 DVD & 1 CD. It offers everything you need to know to teach yourself how to play the Drums. It features a lesson-by-lesson introduction the drums for the complete beginner. It assumes no prior knowledge of music or playing the drums. It introduces music reading as it relates to drums. It teaches how to play using all the drums and cymbals around the entire drum kit. It covers a variety of styles including Rock, Blues, Funk and Jazz. It contains tips and shortcu

Beginner Drums $45.95 New – This title includes a book, 1 DVD & 1 CD. It offers everything you need to know to teach yourself how to play the Drums. It features a lesson-by-lesson introduction the drums for the complete beginner. It assumes no prior knowledge of music or playing the drums. It introduces music reading as it relates to drums. It teaches how to play using all the drums and cymbals around the entire drum kit. It covers a variety of styles including Rock, Blues, Funk and Jazz. It contains tips and shortcu

Beginning Drumset Course, Level 3: An Inspiring Method to Playing the Drums, Guided by the Legends $12.81 Used – This inspiring three-volume instructional series teaches you to play the drums using carefully selected beats and fills from hit songs that shaped modern music. Level 3 teaches you to play with over 30 authentic country, funk, reggae, Latin, and jazz beats and fills by legendary drummers, including Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley), Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste (The Meters), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Neil Peart (Rush), and many more. You’ll also learn about first and second endings, polyrhythms,

Beginning Drumset Course, Level 3: An Inspiring Method to Playing the Drums, Guided by the Legends $12.02 Used – This inspiring three-volume instructional series teaches you to play the drums using carefully selected beats and fills from hit songs that shaped modern music. Level 3 teaches you to play with over 30 authentic country, funk, reggae, Latin, and jazz beats and fills by legendary drummers, including Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley), Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste (The Meters), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Neil Peart (Rush), and many more. You’ll also learn about first and second endings, polyrhythms,

Bootsy Collins – Glory B da Funk’s on Me!: The Bootsy Collins Anthology $18.99 Personnel includes: Bootsy Collins (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion); Phelps Collins, Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Glenn…

Bootsy Collins – Tha Funk Capital of the World $14.99 Personnel: Bootsy Collins (rap vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, drum programming); Catfish Collins (vocals, guitar); Adrian Hall,…

Boss RC-3 Stereo Loop Station $318.5 The RC-3 is powerfully equipped yet conveniently housed in a compact pedal. Enjoy up to three hours of stereo recording time, storage for 99 loops, a “real drums” rhythm guide, and USB 2.0 compatibility all in a small BOSS stompbox. Marathon Looping The RC-3 provides three hours of stereo recording capacity direct to internal memory. Now you can record long phrases without worrying about memory. 99 memory locations let you save as many phrases or ideas as you can create. Guitarists who want to incorporate external stereo effects devices will appreciate the true stereo I/O on the RC-3. Auto Record The Auto Recording feature starts recording the moment you begin playing your guitar, or as soon as you start a connected audio player. Count-In mode gives you one-bar of rhythm before recording starts. You can Undo/Redo as you go. The sky’s the limit with three hours of recording time! Rhythm Guide To keep your loops tight and in time, you can play along with one of the basic rhythm patterns in the RC-3’s onboard library as you record. Ten types of rhythm types are provided, including Rock, Pop, Funk, Shuffle, R&B, and Latin. A dedicated knob lets you adjust the volume of the rhythm, and you can set the tempo incrementally or via tap tempo. You can also specify the time signature. When you save a phrase, the rhythm type and time signature will also be saved. USB Connectivity You can connect the RC-3 to your computer via a standard USB cable, and back up your RC-3 recordings to your computer for safekeeping. You can also load WAV files from your computer directly into the RC-3. The RC-3 accepts 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV files of up to 1.7GB in size. AUX Input In addition to recording your guitar or bass performances and turning them into playable loops, you can also record other external stereo audio sources via the RC-3’s AUX IN. Sound from a digital-audio player connected to the AUX input, for example, can easily be recorded and made into a loop.

Brooklyn Funk Essentials – In the Buzz Bag $15.99 Brooklyn Funk Essentials include: Yancy Drew Lambert (vocals, drums); Papa Dee, Stephanie McKay, Sha-Key, Everton Sylvester, Ipec Scnot…

Butterfly $18.98 Fourteen years is a long time to spend with one label, especially for jazz and fusion groups. Azymuth celebrated 14 years with the United Kingdom’s Far Out label in 2008. Butterfly is their eight record for the imprint and their first new studio album in four years. The original trio — Jose Roberto Bertami (keyboards/vocals), Alex Malheiros (bass/guitars/vocals), and Ivan Conti (drums/percussion/vocals) — is still together after 35 years. Here jazz, funk, fusion, and elegant samba are woven together seamlessly. The disc was produced by the trio with David Brinkworth (Harmonic 33). “Butterfly,” the album opener, is a sultry, breezy cover of the classic Herbie Hancock track, originally on 1974′s Thrust. The elegant sound of gorgeously arranged strings (by Arthur Verocai no less), warm rolling Rhodes piano, Conti’s breaking drums that walk the line between lithe funk and samba, and a pronounced but languid bassline gradually and deliberately build the space, stopping at interludes to reinsert the sensuous mood in the melodic line. Certainly it’s an auspicious way to begin, but it’s only one of the many highlights on this set. Another follows immediately with the slippery “Os Cara La,” a slamming jazz-funk groove tune; Malheiros’ bassline is pure snap and pop, while Conti moves in counterpoint to his rhythmic statement, and Bertami’s layers of keyboards weave an alluring kaleidoscope of their own. “Meu Doce Amigo,” written by Malheiros, is an elegiac samba dedicated to his late son who passed in 2003. Ze Carlos guests on flute and entwines with the wordless vocals and the weave of acoustic guitars and hand and brushed drums. “Avioenda Rio Branco,” with its meld of Rhodes and B-3 atop the popping breaks by Conti also contains some tenor blowing by Carlos, all propelled by the trance-like dancefloor funk bass of Malheiros and topped off with a killer solo on the cuica and hand percussion. “New Dawn” is nearly a samba but it stays on this side of jazz with b…

Cajon Method and Other Percussions – Latino $17.82 Used – Rhythm patterns covered on this Cajon Method FUSION DVD: Funk, Hip Hop, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Shuffle, Shuffle (Be-Bop), Swing and Swing (Be-Bop). Dany Moreno proposes the cajon as an alternative and complement of the drum kit, not as a substitute but an alternative for performances in small venues where using the drums becomes a problem of room. One can also take advantage of the similar low-high sound that the cajon shares with the drum and the bass drum. The method consists in a DVD +

Cajon Method and Other Percussions – Latino $53.13 New – Rhythm patterns covered on this Cajon Method FUSION DVD: Funk, Hip Hop, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Shuffle, Shuffle (Be-Bop), Swing and Swing (Be-Bop). Dany Moreno proposes the cajon as an alternative and complement of the drum kit, not as a substitute but an alternative for performances in small venues where using the drums becomes a problem of room. One can also take advantage of the similar low-high sound that the cajon shares with the drum and the bass drum. The method consists in a DVD + b

Cajon Method and Other Percussions – Latino $15.36 Used – Rhythm patterns covered on this Cajon Method FUSION DVD: Funk, Hip Hop, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Shuffle, Shuffle (Be-Bop), Swing and Swing (Be-Bop). Dany Moreno proposes the cajon as an alternative and complement of the drum kit, not as a substitute but an alternative for performances in small venues where using the drums becomes a problem of room. One can also take advantage of the similar low-high sound that the cajon shares with the drum and the bass drum. The method consists in a DVD +

Cajon Method and Other Percussions – Latino $77.95 New – Rhythm patterns covered on this Cajon Method FUSION DVD: Funk, Hip Hop, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Shuffle, Shuffle (Be-Bop), Swing and Swing (Be-Bop). Dany Moreno proposes the cajon as an alternative and complement of the drum kit, not as a substitute but an alternative for performances in small venues where using the drums becomes a problem of room. One can also take advantage of the similar low-high sound that the cajon shares with the drum and the bass drum. The method consists in a DVD + b

Candygram for Mowo! $11.98 Adam Dorn, aka Mocean Worker, has looked around at the current socio-economic situation and decided that what the world needs is a little bit of feel-good dance music. So he gathered some friends (including Bill Frisell, Hal Willner, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charlie Hunter, and Lyrics Born) and put together a jazzy, funky, sometimes downright humorous program that blends up-to-the-minute breakbeats, pre-swing jazz, ’70s rare groove, Latin hip-hop, hard bop, and house to create something that sounds simultaneously familiar and fresh. The cover illustration shows a chocolate bar dressed in a Roaring Twenties-style top hat and tuxedo, insouciantly smoking a cigarette, and that gives you a good idea of what kind of sound and mood to expect. Jazz-leaning electronica artists often make the mistake of eviscerating the beat in favor of a faux sophistication, but Dorn manages to convey all the sonic complexity of five decades of jazz without sacrificing slamming grooves: notice in particular the ancient-sounding jazz combo combined with hard funk beats on “Hoot and Hollah,” and the way Kirk, Frisell, and Hunter all integrate themselves beautifully with the orchestral backdrop and the ethereal female vocals on “Sho Nuff Now.” Lyrics Born sounds like he’s having the time of his life over the stripped-down boogie of “My Own Little World,” and “Do Like Ya Like” blends fragmented layers of soul horns with skittering brushed drums to very fine effect. This album won’t change the way you think about macroeconomics, but if you want to forget your pension-fund losses and swing the night away in your living room, this is the perfect vehicle for it. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi

Captain Yaba – Yaba Funk Roots $19.99 Personnel: Phil Dawson (guitar); Osei Tutu (trumpet); David P. Jackson (keyboards); Mike Slim (drums); Francis Fuster…

Come on Down!/The Reason Why I’m Talking S–t $13.99 This repackages two of Eddie Harris’ 1970s albums: Come on Down! was recorded in Miami in 1970 and The Reason Why I’m Talking S–t is a bizarre live album from 1975. Released as a two-disc collection, this is one of the stranger things Collectables has ever done. The first disc is a solid soul-jazz, rock, and funk date with Ira Sullivan, pianist Dave Crawford, Duck Dunn on bass, and Cornell Dupree on guitar with an all too rare appearance by Tubby Zeigler on drums. Harris wrote all but one track. Produced by Tom Dowd, it’s a gritty, greasy burner with the guitars allowed front space with the horns and paired with Harris’ electric sax. It’s FONKIFIED. Check “Live Right Now” or “Why Don’t You Quit” for heavy groove consciousness. The Reason Why I’m Talking S–t, well, is just that. Recorded at three different venues, it features Harris telling off-color sex jokes on most of the album. For real, it seems like an attempt at standup comedy with a band that doesn’t get to play often enough in the background. Side two has more music than side one, but not much and the entire thing is disposable at best. Harris was a great musician, but a horrible comedian. Collectables should have released Come On Down! alone. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

Comping Styles for Guitar: Funk $14.13 Used – This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style. Thirty-six progressions are presented: 12 keys of a Major and Minor Blues, plus 12 keys of rhythm changes. A different groove is presented for each exercise giving the student a wide range of funk rhythms to master. A companion audio CD is included so the student can play along with each example and really get into the groove. Play-along CD contains trio versions of each exercise with guitar, bass and drums.

Comping Styles for Guitar: Funk $14.54 New – This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style. Thirty-six progressions are presented: 12 keys of a Major and Minor Blues, plus 12 keys of rhythm changes. A different groove is presented for each exercise giving the student a wide range of funk rhythms to master. A companion audio CD is included so the student can play along with each example and really get into the groove. Play-along CD contains trio versions of each exercise with guitar, bass and drums.

Comping Styles for Guitar: Funk $7.91 New – This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style. Thirty-six progressions are presented: 12 keys of a Major and Minor Blues, plus 12 keys of rhythm changes. A different groove is presented for each exercise giving the student a wide range of funk rhythms to master. A companion audio CD is included so the student can play along with each example and really get into the groove. Play-along CD contains trio versions of each exercise with guitar, bass and drums.

Comping Styles for Guitar: Funk $8.11 Used – This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style. Thirty-six progressions are presented: 12 keys of a Major and Minor Blues, plus 12 keys of rhythm changes. A different groove is presented for each exercise giving the student a wide range of funk rhythms to master. A companion audio CD is included so the student can play along with each example and really get into the groove. Play-along CD contains trio versions of each exercise with guitar, bass and drums.

Comping Styles for Guitar: Funk Book & CD $18.95 This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style. Thirty-six progressions are presented: 12 keys of a Major and Minor Blues, plus 12 keys of rhythm changes. A different groove is presented for each exercise giving the student a wide range of funk rhythms to master. A companion audio CD is included so the student can play along with each example and really get into the groove. Play-along CD contains trio versions of each exercise with guitar, bass and drums.

David Garibaldi The Code Of Funk (Book and DVD) $28.45 This cutting-edge book/audio package brings the music of David Garibaldi and the music of Tower of Power to your practice room and provides an in-depth look at the concepts that David uses to create his futuristic, yet old-school grooves. The 80-PAGE BOOK includes: detailed transcriptions by David, of his drum performance in each of eight tunes from T.O.P’s most recent album Oakland Zone (Or Music), incisive commentary, photos, a biography,a suggested listening list and more. The CD with all 8 tracks minus David’s drums, allows you to sit in with this legendary band. Each track provides clicktrack count-in, followed by a complete music minus drums stereo mix including the lead vocals and solos. The BONUS DVD-ROM with instrumental versions of these tracks in file formats that can be looped, slowed down using programs such as Acid and GarageBand and remixed using multi-track studio software such as ProTools, Cakewalk, or Nuendo for further exploration and study. Includes a ReadMe file and also a video tutorial with detailed instructions.

Deep Fried Satisfied $15.98 Hay is a one-man band from Australia who plays live with a double-necked guitar/bass that he loops with various pedals to set up a mighty wail of blues/rock guitar noise. On this album he plays drums, bass, sitar, and electronic percussion, using mainly electronics to produce the sound of a real drum kit. Hay’s feel-good music has a notable punk/funk edge and he’s got considerable chops, especially on slide guitar, and an over the top vocal approach that makes him sound like a party animal. As you might expect from the album title, Hay also has an irrepressible sense of absurd humor, although he does get relatively serious once a while. On “Friend,” one of the more sedate tunes on the disc, he gives us a slow, funkified blues with stuttering James Brown-influenced guitar accents and a wall-shaking bassline. It’s a salute to a pal who got him through some hard times, but adds a promise of a drunken binge. Think George Clinton meets J.J. Cale. “Get Me Some” gives the details of a New York City snack attack that leads Hay to the portals of a pizza joint. He salutes thin crust pizza using slashing acoustic slide and crunchy rock chords. “Deep Fried Satisfied” describes Hay’s ambivalence about fast food. He’d like a salad, but the chicken tastes so good, even as he ironically describes its affect on his arteries. While the rest of the songs are not about barbecue or fried chicken, they are greasy in that good, ol’ fashion, down-home way. He rails about dishonest used car salesmen on “Don’t Give Me That,” the tribulations of trying to pay bills over the phone on the stomping “On Hold,” and sings the praises of true love on “Heading Home” and “Miss You So.” The most surprising track is a cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” an explosion of slide guitar delivered over a primitive drumbeat. Hay delivers the lyric as a staccato rap, then closes with a quiet moaning chorus that takes the tune back to the Mississippi Delta. ~ j. poet, Rovi

Dream $16.98 Keller Williams has built his reputation as a one-man band, but also as an equally prolific and eclectic recording artist. So, it’s no surprise that he would want to stand his self-defined image on its ear with this long-in-the making collection of collaborations with other performers. No less than 31 other singers and musicians join him on one or more of the 16 tracks on the 73-minute CD. The biggest name, particularly for an artist known for his jam band associations, is former Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir, who joins Williams on “Cadillac,” the two exchanging acoustic guitar riffs and singing Williams’ typically quirky lyrics. Then there is B? la Fleck, who adds his banjo to the progressive bluegrass of “People Watchin’.” Although perhaps fashioned with the guest stars in mind, those songs are characteristic of Williams’ most frequent style, as is “Sing for My Dinner,” on which he’s joined by the members of the String Cheese Incident, longtime friends of his. Other guests inspire different musical explorations. Jeff Covert contributes drums and lead guitar to the first track, “Play This,” which sounds like a mash-up of hardcore punk rock ? la Black Flag and the funk of Red Hot Chili Peppers. The funk continues with the second track, “Celebrate Your Youth,” featuring the band ModeReko, which could be mistaken for a lost song by Dave Matthews Band. The appearance of Michael Franti on “Ninja of Love” inspires a sort of Japanese reggae number, and Sanjay Mishra and Samir Chatterjee take the music to India for the instrumental “Lil’ Sexy Blues.” Second-generation San Francisco rock guitarist Steve Kimock, with Williams on bass and John Molo on drums, gives “Twinkle” a seven-plus-minute instrumental, the feel of one of the Dead’s “Space” improvisations, but Williams expects jazz guitarist John Scofield to adapt to his own style for “Got No Feather,” and Scofield obliges. No matter who’s accommodating whom, however, this is always Kelle…

Drum-Talk, Volume 2: Fundamental Rhythm Studies for Drums $10.11 Used – A step-by-step tutorial on the study of drumset grooves. The four basic rhythms and beats discussed are: Rock, Bossa Nova, Funk, and Shuffle. Contains information on how to use the systems, notation for the various patterns and more. The companion CD is divided into three parts: basic study, combination grooves at a faster tempo and a backing track with click for practice. The beats are organized into groups of 15 variations per rhythm study for a total of 60 grooves arranged in sequence

Drum-Talk, Volume 2: Fundamental Rhythm Studies for Drums $8.86 Used – A step-by-step tutorial on the study of drumset grooves. The four basic rhythms and beats discussed are: Rock, Bossa Nova, Funk, and Shuffle. Contains information on how to use the systems, notation for the various patterns and more. The companion CD is divided into three parts: basic study, combination grooves at a faster tempo and a backing track with click for practice. The beats are organized into groups of 15 variations per rhythm study for a total of 60 grooves arranged in sequence

Drum-Talk, Volume 2: Fundamental Rhythm Studies for Drums $46.95 New – A step-by-step tutorial on the study of drumset grooves. The four basic rhythms and beats discussed are: Rock, Bossa Nova, Funk, and Shuffle. Contains information on how to use the systems, notation for the various patterns and more. The companion CD is divided into three parts: basic study, combination grooves at a faster tempo and a backing track with click for practice. The beats are organized into groups of 15 variations per rhythm study for a total of 60 grooves arranged in sequence f

Drum-Talk, Volume 2: Fundamental Rhythm Studies for Drums $33.74 New – A step-by-step tutorial on the study of drumset grooves. The four basic rhythms and beats discussed are: Rock, Bossa Nova, Funk, and Shuffle. Contains information on how to use the systems, notation for the various patterns and more. The companion CD is divided into three parts: basic study, combination grooves at a faster tempo and a backing track with click for practice. The beats are organized into groups of 15 variations per rhythm study for a total of 60 grooves arranged in sequence f

Drums for Dummies $115.43 New – Get down with rock, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin rhythms! Groove to the beat in no time with this ultimate rockin’ guide! Whether you’re dreaming of starting a band, striking the snares, or simply playing a hand drum, this interactive book-and-CD package makes it easy to pick up the basics. Complete with new information on contemporary rock styles and beats as well as rhythms from around the world, this guide is all you need to become a talented, versatile drummer. Discover how to

Drums for Dummies $66.07 New – Get down with rock, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin rhythms! Groove to the beat in no time with this ultimate rockin’ guide! Whether you’re dreaming of starting a band, striking the snares, or simply playing a hand drum, this interactive book-and-CD package makes it easy to pick up the basics. Complete with new information on contemporary rock styles and beats as well as rhythms from around the world, this guide is all you need to become a talented, versatile drummer. Discover how to

Epic Funk Standard 5 Piece Shell Set w/ Free 8 Tom (Assorted Colors) $826 Taking the bright, cutting tone of Birch and fusing it with the warmer qualities of Maple, Epic Series drums produce a wet, powerful sound that is at home in high-volume situations. Yet Epics new ultra-thin 6-ply shell vibrates at a more even rate, sculpting a rich, vibrant balance between subtlety and sonic punishment. Accented by the new Classic Keystone Lug and Vintage Bronze hardware, Epic Series has truly found a home in the Ludwig Legacy. w/ Free 8" Tom Epic Standard: Birch Inner and Outer, Maple Core, Thin 6-ply Shell

False Start $13.98 Arthur Lee (rhythm guitar/lead vocals/piano) chose to keep the Love moniker alive after disintegrating the band’s original incarnation. By the close of the 1960s, Lee was joined by a new lineup featuring a rhythm section of Frank Fayad (bass) and George Suranovich (drums), with Jay Donnellan (lead guitar) and then Gary Rowles (lead guitar) holding court as the band’s primary stringman with the latter present on False Start (1970). While the Lee-supplied material isn’t his most memorable, one positive factor is the combo’s consistency and cohesiveness. This can be traced back to Love having just completed a successful European tour and Lee being able to collaborate with his longtime pal Jimi Hendrix, who would not only help Lee write the LP’s jammed-out opener “The Everlasting First,” but also even stick around long enough to lend his unmistakable southpaw to the recording. The track starts abruptly — as if someone inadvertently jostled a power cord loose — joining the action in-progress. Ostensibly, Hendrix’s instrumental interaction is the impetus behind the number, but it is Lee’s sorely underappreciated lyrical abilities that turn it into a bluesy love ballad. The catchy “Flying” typifies the early-’70s boogie that Jo Jo Gunne was able cash in on. Otherwise, it is pretty much fluff. Considerably more interesting is the heavier poppy (think the Raspberries) sound of “Gimi a Little Break” with engaging chord progressions that conjure up Lee’s work on “August” from their previous outing Four Sail (1969). The concert extract “Stand Out” — a prime example of Love’s aforementioned on-stage unity — does just that as the spirited side was derived from the then-recent round of live dates that preceded False Start’s creation. It’s packed with a compact, hard-edged energy that could be mistaken for Grand Funk or even a mellowed-out MC5. Proving his uncanny ability to jump from genre to genre, Lee heads down-home for the countrified “Keep on Shining” with …

Fast Track Bateria 1 w/ CD $7.55 You don’t even need drums for this method – just two hands and an attitude! You’ll learn music notation, beats and fills, syncopation and improvisation, and rock, blues and funk styles. Includes over 75 songs and examples. The CD includes every music example so you can hear how it sounds and play along when you’re ready. The CD is in stereo, with the drum part isolated on the left for further study. (All of the text in this book is written in Spanish.)

Feeding the Wheel $17.98 On Feeding the Wheel, Jordan Rudess has modernized the keyboard sounds pioneers like E. Power Biggs, Rick Wakeman, Gary Wright, Alan Hovhaness, and Keith Emerson broke ground with. The latter-day third ivory player in Dream Theater takes Gary Wright’s Dream Weaver a step or two into the twilight zone. “Headspace” is a nice moody piece, kind of like Edgar Froese outside of Kraftwerk with more activity in the mix. “Quantum Soup” features Steve Morse of the Dregs on guitar solo with Terry Bozzio of Missing Persons playing percussion, the first of eight numbers the ex-Zappa drummer provides the bottom for. Track two has its own evolution, from jazz/progressive rock to a bassy funk eight minutes into the tune, with the 11 minutes of “Quantum Soup” melting nicely into the six minutes of “Shifting Sands.” The spaced notations in the CD booklet are vaguely familiar, that aforementioned Dream Weaver concept a simplified version of this. “We all feed wheels that carry our hopes and dreams to another day” is the sentiment written by Rudess, and those thoughts are unleashed in music which will appeal to fans of Dream Theater and ELP and those who feel Steely Dan is too mainstream. “Revolving Door” could be the theme to Hawaii Five-O turned upside down; strange vocals invade for a few moments on this otherwise instrumental enterprise. The title track can be a bit much except for the staunchest fans of progressive rock, over seven minutes of the piano runs Jordan Rudess learned at Juilliard embellished with high-end production and superb drums. For those who thought Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s “The Nutrocker” wasn’t energetic enough, explore this disc. “Dreaming in Titanium” is like some prelude to music by Prince, while “Center of the Sphere” is part of the artist’s quest, the “search for the ultimate sound” that Rudess speaks of. Bobby Hebb has stated that he has found the lost chord, now he’s trying to figure out what to do with it. Feeding the Wheel is def…

Funk: Drum Play-Along: Volume 5 $9.66 New – Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and MAC computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Cissy Strut * Cold Sweat, Part 1 * Fight the Power, Part

Funk: Drum Play-Along: Volume 5 $9.4 New – Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and MAC computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Cissy Strut * Cold Sweat, Part 1 * Fight the Power, Part

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums $19.24 New – Designed for drummers and bass players, this book/CD lays out a step-by-step approach to combining Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock, funk and jazz.

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums $14.16 New – Designed for drummers and bass players, this book/CD lays out a step-by-step approach to combining Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock, funk and jazz.

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums Dvd $72.18 Used – Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums is a matching DVD to the best-selling Alfred Publishing book dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. Topics covered include clave and tumbao, songo, guaguanco, Afro-Cuban 6/8, cha-cha-cha, and mozambique. Also featured are several performances with Wayne Krantz (guitar) and Bill OConnell (keyboards), and brand new footage of Lincoln and Robby from a 2006 performance/clinic at The

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums Dvd $72.18 New – Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums is a matching DVD to the best-selling Alfred Publishing book dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. Topics covered include clave and tumbao, songo, guaguanco, Afro-Cuban 6/8, cha-cha-cha, and mozambique. Also featured are several performances with Wayne Krantz (guitar) and Bill OConnell (keyboards), and brand new footage of Lincoln and Robby from a 2006 performance/clinic at The

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums Dvd $108.72 New – Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums is a matching DVD to the best-selling Alfred Publishing book dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. Topics covered include clave and tumbao, songo, guaguanco, Afro-Cuban 6/8, cha-cha-cha, and mozambique. Also featured are several performances with Wayne Krantz (guitar) and Bill OConnell (keyboards), and brand new footage of Lincoln and Robby from a 2006 performance/clinic at The

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums Dvd $108.72 Used – Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums is a matching DVD to the best-selling Alfred Publishing book dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. Topics covered include clave and tumbao, songo, guaguanco, Afro-Cuban 6/8, cha-cha-cha, and mozambique. Also featured are several performances with Wayne Krantz (guitar) and Bill OConnell (keyboards), and brand new footage of Lincoln and Robby from a 2006 performance/clinic at The

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums, Book & CD $18.07 Used – Designed for drummers and bass players, this book/CD lays out a step-by-step approach to combining Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock, funk and jazz.

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums, Book & CD $13.92 Used – Designed for drummers and bass players, this book/CD lays out a step-by-step approach to combining Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock, funk and jazz.

Graham Central Station $57.6 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Graham Central Station was a funk band named after founder Larry Graham (formerly of Sly & the Family Stone). The name is a pun on New York City’s Grand Central Station. The band’s origins date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca along with Larry Graham (bass guitar) and Gregg Errico (drums), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sea

Graham Central Station $42.36 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Graham Central Station was a funk band named after founder Larry Graham (formerly of Sly & the Family Stone). The name is a pun on New York City’s Grand Central Station. The band’s origins date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca along with Larry Graham (bass guitar) and Gregg Errico (drums), both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sea

Grand Funk Railroad – Caught in the Act [Remaster] $3.99 Grand Funk Railroad: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, harp, organ); Don Brewer (vocals, drums, percussion); Craig Frost (keyboards,…

Grand Funk Railroad – Good Singin’, Good Playin’ $5.99 Grand Funk Railroad: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, piano); Don Brewer (vocals, drums, percussion); Craig Frost (keyboards, background…

Grand Funk Railroad – Greatest Hits [Remaster] $5.99 Grand Funk Railroad: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar); Mel Schacher (bass guitar); Don Brewer (drums). Liner Note Author: David K….

Grand Funk Railroad – What’s Funk? $11.99 Grand Funk Railroad: Mark Farner (vocals, keyboards); Don Brewer (vocals, drums, percussion); Dennis Bellinger (bass guitar, background…

Grateful Dead concert at Kezar Stadium on 23 Mar 75 $9.98 Although short by normal standards, this is one of the most extraordinary sets of the Grateful Dead’s entire career. This unexpected set was a big surprise, not only for its highly unusual musical content, but simply for the fact that the Grateful Dead performed. It’s all ancient history now, but in October of 1974, the Dead officially retired from live performance, after filming the Winterland run that would comprise The Grateful Dead Movie. Few expected to ever see them perform live as a band again, so when they showed up in full, with keyboardists Merl Saunders and Ned Lagin in tow, as well as former drummer Mickey Hart, it was a major cause for celebration. The Dead, who ended up only playing four shows in 1975, could have easily satisfied the Bay Area crowd, both Deadheads and others, with a collection of their straight-ahead classic rock songs. Instead they pulled a truly punk move before the punks were even around by playing a lyric-less, melody-evasive jam that draws on material from their 1975 Blues for Allah album. The set showcases the Grateful Dead’s instrumental prowess, especially their mid 70s penchant for jazz-inspired jams. Alternating between intriguing free-jazz abstractions and deep jazz-funk grooves, the Blues for Allah suite surprisingly avoids gratuitous noodling; which is quite a feat considering the double guitar and drums attack and the triple keyboard onslaught. Garcia’s sharp, incisive guitar runs lead the instrumental wolf pack with the two electronic pianos providing complementing lines just beneath the surface. Lesh’s bass and Kreutzmann’s drums provide the backbone of the grooves while Saunders’s organ, often low and drone-like in the mix, quietly ties everything together. The “Johnny B. Goode” closer, coming in just under four minutes, wraps up the set with a rock n’ roll burner. The band’s clever one-two punch is a hit with the audience and they roar loudly after each song. Fans of the Grateful Dead will appreciate this show as

HAL LEONARD FastTrack Drums – Spanish Edition – Level 1 – HL 00695595 $7.95 You don’t even need drums for FastTrack Drums – Spanish Edition – Level 1 – just two hands and an attitude! You’ll learn Music notation, beats and fills, syncopation and improvisation, and rock, blues and funk styles. Includes over 75 songs and examples. The CD includes every music example so you can hear how it sounds and play along when you’re ready. The CD is in stereo, with the drum part isolated on the left for further study.-Instrumentation: Drums

HAL LEONARD HL 00320836 Vic Firth Presents Groove Essentials 2.0 with Tommy Igoe $29.12 The second edition of the best-selling original Groove Essentials features a DVD and companion book/CD package with 53 brand new grooves and over 100 variations for intermediate to advanced players. Students will learn the difference between ghost and grace notes (while being encouraged to experiment with both in all six groove ?families”) as well as important ?go-to” grooves, like the Train and Bo-Diddley beats. For more advanced players and professionals, GE 2.0 introduces the concepts of groove construction, interpretation and manipulation- training drummers to think like musicians in order to maximize their full potential. The DVD features more than 70 new songs covering 4/4, 2/2, 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures, with three levels of difficulty for 5/4, 7/8 and 9/8 meters. On the 3-hour, 45-minute DVD, Igoe discusses and demonstrates each groove in multiple tempos, alone and with a band, with many patterns shown on both acoustic and on Roland HD-1 and TD-9 electronic drum kits. The grooves span rock, funk, R&B/hip-hop, Jazz (sticks and brushes), world/specialty, extreme tempos, all-purpose, hybrid, rideless, classic and odd-meters. The companion play-Along book and CD contain over 90 tracks, including every song from the DVD in their full-length versions, minus the drums; allowing you to expand your skills by playing any of the grooves with a band and Recording yourself on Audio or Video (optional) to help facilitate the learning process. These tracks also supply a variety of fill-in and soloing opportunities to challenge you. In addition, the book features Igoe’s extended ?global tours” that will test even the most seasoned professional’s chops, creativity and stamina and, as a ?first of its kind” bonus, there is a full-length orchestral play-along track designed to provide a taste of playing in a full orchestra, complete with multiple moving tempos, dynamics and feels.

HAL LEONARD Tommy Igoe – Groove Essentials HL 00320446 $24.95 Three-and-a-half hours of great material! Groove Essentials is based on the definitive collection of contemporary rock, jazz, R&B, funk, and world/ethnic drumming styles contained in the poster of the same name, developed by world-class drummer, teacher and author Tommy Igoe and Vic Firth drum sticks. On this DVD, Tommy demonstrates 47 of today’s most popular drum patterns, including a performance of each with a rhythm track played by some of New York’s top players. This unique feature lets you hear what each groove sounds and feels like with real Music played by live musicians. Included among the drum patterns are 8th-note, 16th-note and half-time rock; jazz waltz, shuffle and swing, R&B, hip-hop and funk as well as world music styles, including New Orleans second-line, reggae, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bolero and Tango. As a special bonus, the package includes a free Groove Essentials poster (courtesy of Vic Firth drum sticks), which contains fully notated examples of every one of the 47 grooves on the DVD! Running Time: up to 3 hours, 40 minutes.-Instrumentation: Drums

Harvey Mason, Sr. (Drums) – Funk in a Mason Jar $17.99 Liner Note Author: A. Scott Galloway.

Hello Tomorrow $18.98 Other than a Christmas album and a greatest-hits collection, we haven’t heard anything new from contemporary jazz saxophonist Dave Koz since his successful 2007 date At the Movies (though recording somewhat infrequently has been a Koz trademark). Hello Tomorrow, his first date for Concord, is not only full of new tunes in a diverse array, but hosts an impressive cast of band and guest players, as well. Produced by John Burk and Marcus Miller, the set kicks off with the euphoric jazz-funk groover “Put the Top Down,” featuring Lee Ritenour on lead guitar, Ray Parker, Jr. on rhythm, Brian Culbertson handling the synths and programming, Omar Hakim on drums, Sheila E. on percussion, and a three-piece horn section adding to Koz’s alto. It’s followed by the lithe, nocturnal, sensual funk that is “When Will I Know for Sure,” with Boney James playing tenor in concert with Koz. “Getaway,” with its breezy pop Caribbean sheen, features Jonathan Butler and Sheila E. duetting; Butler handles the guitar chores as well. Koz provides a serviceable vocal on a cover of “This Guy’s in Love with You,” with the tune’s original hitmaker Herb Alpert guesting on trumpet; the latter’s version wins, hands down. Jeff Lorber helps out on two solid cuts here in “Anything’s Possible” and what is sure to be a format smash in “Remember Where You Come From” that also includes the four-piece horn section. There’s an uncharacteristic contemporary jazz-blues in “There’s a Better Way,” with Keb’ Mo’ on vocals and acoustic guitar; he also appears on the uplifting, 21st century take on jazzy Big Easy R&B in “Think Big,” with Christian Scott laying the N.O. tradition on thick with his trumpet. Why two small group ballads were chosen to close the set is questionable, but the brief “What You Leave Behind” is a nice outro. Given how seamlessly the rest of this fits together, Hello Tomorrow is no doubt one of the most ambitious recordings in Koz’s catalog. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

Herbie Mann Group concert at Carnegie Hall on 30 Jun 73 $6.98 Following his success at the 1972 Newport Jazz Festival, when he brought his sextet to Yankee Stadium for a sizzling set, flutist-bandleader Herbie Mann returned to George Wein’s annual bash (relocated to New York City the previous year) with an expanded lineup that featured two guitarists (former Dreams axe man Bob Mann and New York session guitarist Jerry Friedman) along with renowned Motown session bassist Bob Babbitt (a member of the Motown studio rhythm section, the Funk Brothers, from 1966 to 1972) and Cuban conguero Carlos “Patato” Valdes, a longstanding member of Mann’s band since the late ’50s. The secret weapon in the band remained saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman, whose bold tenor sax work added to the earthy charm of the Ray Charles band from 1954 to 1966. Rounded out by guitarist Mann, stalwart Pat Rebillot on keyboards, and Andrew Smith on drums, this special edition of the Herbie Mann Group thrilled the Carnegie Hall audience with funk oriented material from the flutist’s best-selling 1971 album Push Push, along with a few surprises thrown in. The flutist opens his June 30th set with the title track of Push Push. With the interlocking guitars of Friedman’s chording and Bob Mann’s wah-wah inflected single note lines setting a requisitely funky tone and drummer Smith locking in with bassist Babbitt and Patato’s Afro-Cuban pulse, Mann soars freely over the top on an extended flute solo. Newman then enters with his potent tenor playing, lending some grit to this soulful jam. A highlight of this infectious Afro-Cuban flavored funk-rock crossover number is the spirited breakdown between Mann’s flute and Valdes’ congas near the end of the piece. The ensemble then slides into a soothing instrumental rendition of the Jackson 5 hit single from 1971, “Never Can Say Goodbye.” Taken as a ballad, this mellow number (which also appeared on Mann’s Push Push) might be considered a precursor of the smooth jazz movement which would emerge more than a decade later. Ne

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum $11.47 Used – “All you need is one drum. It can be a Djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CD’s, this book will show you how, step by step. This book is filled with great dance grooves. Many of them are adapted from drumset patterns used in rock, pop, and funk music. Others are based on traditional African or Afro-Cuban rhythms. You can play all these grooves in a wide variety of m

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum $11.74 New – “All you need is one drum. It can be a Djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CD’s, this book will show you how, step by step. This book is filled with great dance grooves. Many of them are adapted from drumset patterns used in rock, pop, and funk music. Others are based on traditional African or Afro-Cuban rhythms. You can play all these grooves in a wide variety of mu

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum $16.08 New – “All you need is one drum. It can be a Djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CD’s, this book will show you how, step by step. This book is filled with great dance grooves. Many of them are adapted from drumset patterns used in rock, pop, and funk music. Others are based on traditional African or Afro-Cuban rhythms. You can play all these grooves in a wide variety of mu

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum $8.94 Used – “All you need is one drum. It can be a Djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CD’s, this book will show you how, step by step. This book is filled with great dance grooves. Many of them are adapted from drumset patterns used in rock, pop, and funk music. Others are based on traditional African or Afro-Cuban rhythms. You can play all these grooves in a wide variety of m

I Am the Blues $11.62 Used – I Am The Blues is a story that depicts the evolution of the Blues from rhythmic drums in Africa merging into wails across the Middle Passage and morphing into calls and responses on the plantation fields. When freedom came, the drum rhythms and tones expanded to include new forms, instruments, and subsequently evolved into new genres. This music has been absorbed and transformed by people of many races and cultures into various musical forms: soul, rhythm and blues, pop, and techno, funk,

I Am the Blues $11.94 New – I Am The Blues is a story that depicts the evolution of the Blues from rhythmic drums in Africa merging into wails across the Middle Passage and morphing into calls and responses on the plantation fields. When freedom came, the drum rhythms and tones expanded to include new forms, instruments, and subsequently evolved into new genres. This music has been absorbed and transformed by people of many races and cultures into various musical forms: soul, rhythm and blues, pop, and techno, funk,

I Am the Blues $14.08 New – I Am The Blues is a story that depicts the evolution of the Blues from rhythmic drums in Africa merging into wails across the Middle Passage and morphing into calls and responses on the plantation fields. When freedom came, the drum rhythms and tones expanded to include new forms, instruments, and subsequently evolved into new genres. This music has been absorbed and transformed by people of many races and cultures into various musical forms: soul, rhythm and blues, pop, and techno, funk,

I Am the Blues $11.94 Used – I Am The Blues is a story that depicts the evolution of the Blues from rhythmic drums in Africa merging into wails across the Middle Passage and morphing into calls and responses on the plantation fields. When freedom came, the drum rhythms and tones expanded to include new forms, instruments, and subsequently evolved into new genres. This music has been absorbed and transformed by people of many races and cultures into various musical forms: soul, rhythm and blues, pop, and techno, funk,

I Am the Blues $18.45 Used – I Am The Blues is a story that depicts the evolution of the Blues from rhythmic drums in Africa merging into wails across the Middle Passage and morphing into calls and responses on the plantation fields. When freedom came, the drum rhythms and tones expanded to include new forms, instruments, and subsequently evolved into new genres. This music has been absorbed and transformed by people of many races and cultures into various musical forms: soul, rhythm and blues, pop, and techno, funk,

I Am the Blues $14.08 Used – I Am The Blues is a story that depicts the evolution of the Blues from rhythmic drums in Africa merging into wails across the Middle Passage and morphing into calls and responses on the plantation fields. When freedom came, the drum rhythms and tones expanded to include new forms, instruments, and subsequently evolved into new genres. This music has been absorbed and transformed by people of many races and cultures into various musical forms: soul, rhythm and blues, pop, and techno, funk,

ION IED11 Pro Session Electronic Drum Set $146.88 ION IED11 Sound Session Electronic Drum Set; Velocity Sensitive Pads, 40 Presets and Built-in Sequencing at Your Command!–For the player who lives in an apartment or with roommates, an electronic kit can mean the difference between practice or no practice. Ion’s Sound Session drums are the answer to this serious issue. Taking up less space than traditional acoustic kits and the ability to practice with Headphones on, the advantage is obvious, you can play on your own schedule. Providing the pads and foot pedals you need for playing drum, cymbal, and percussion sounds, the IED11 features a sound module with 108 realistic sounds, 40 preset patterns (including rock, R&B, funk, blues, rap, techno, reggae, jazz, new age, country, latin, and ballad styles) and comes with a pair of drumsticks. The soft, rubber drum and cymbal pads deliver a natural feel and with velocity sensitive design you can add dynamics by simply by changing up the intensity of your swing.- What’s in the Box: Three drum pads, Two cymbal pads, Two foot pedals, Adjustable stand with mounting hardware, Sound module, Connection cables-Features-Complete electronic drum set-Five drum pads respond accurately to quieter and louder playing-Two foot pedals for playing Bass drum and HiHat -Natural-feeling drum and cymbal pads on a completely adjustable stand-Takes up less space than acoustic drums-Makes almost no sound when played with headphones-108 drum, cymbal, and percussion sounds in 15 customizable drum sets-40 play-along Music patterns with mutable drum parts for practicing and jamming out-Light-up play-along display for learning drum patterns-Record your drum performance and listen back-Metronome for learning to play with a steady beat-1/8-inch Stereo headphone and speaker-system outputs, mix-in Input for CD or MP3 player

Indian Rhythms Book/CD-Rom with Pete Lockett $23.7 Dispelling the mystery and simplifying the complexity of Southern India's classic Carnatic rhythmic system, Indian Rhythms for Drumset is the first book of its kind to apply authentic Indian rhythms to the modern drumset. Written by world-class percussionist and world drumming expert Pete Lockett, the book provides a clear explanation of Indian rhythms and counting systems and gives players a step-by-step resource for adapting and successfully incorporating these concepts into their playing. The book includes a CD that contains easy-to-access MP3 files with Lockett's demonstrations of nearly 200 exercises from the book and also features three play-along tracks mixed both with and without drums.Indian Rhythms for Drumset first explains the history and use of traditional Indian vocal syllables known as solkattu or konnakol to count irregular rhythmic groupings. The book then covers the South-Indian rhythmic approach in particular detail, featuring topics such as phrase development, groove concepts, syncopation, rhythmic modulations, solo concepts and intricate stickings that can be applied to jazz, rock, funk and many other contemporary musical styles. Although the book's exercises are aimed specifically at drumset players, the concepts, analysis, rhythmic systems and explanations of the Indian rhythmic material are also relevant to all types of drummers as well as percussionists, composers, and other instrumentalists.

Inner City Blues $11.99 The story behind Grover Washington, Jr.’s first session date as a leader revolves around a sheer coincidence of being in the right place at the right time. The truth is, the date for Creed Taylor’s Kudu imprint was supposed to feature Hank Crawford in the soloist’s chair. Crawford couldn’t make the date and longtime sideman Washington got the nod. His being closely affiliated with organists Charles Earland and Johnny Hammond didn’t hurt, and his alto and tenor saxophones’ tone was instantly noticeable for both its song-like quality and Washington’s unique ability to dig deep into R&B territory for his expression of feeling. Released in 1971, produced by Taylor, and arranged and orchestrated by Bob James, the list of players in this band is equally impressive: James played Fender Rhodes, there’s Richard Tee on organ, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Idris Muhammad, then-new guitarist Eric Gale, percussionist Airto Moreira, Thad Jones and Eugene Young on trumpets, trombonist Wayne Andre, and baritone saxophonist Don Ashworth. James also added a violin section and a small vocal chorus on certain tracks.Inner City Blues kicks off with its title track, a burning version of the Marvin Gaye tune with Washington lending a heft and depth to it that reveals the sophistication of Gaye’s original. From Airto’s hand drums and the hi hat whispers of Muhammad to the chunky wah-wah guitar vamp and a funky bassline by Carter, it becomes clear that Washington’s methods of deep soul articulation on his horn extend into the heart of this mix. James decorated his charts with subtle organ flourishes and his piano, but this is early jazz-funk at best. While Miles Davis was abstracting jazz on the margins, Washington and his cohorts were keeping the music in the street, in the barroom, on the radio, and in the nightclubs and bowling alleys.The tune was a hit at a time when fusion was becoming widespread; free jazz from both sides of the Atlantic was considering itself the new standard bearer…

Instant Drum Set (Book and CD) $14.2 Learn to play the drums instantly with this revolutionary method for students of all ages! Written by Ron Savage, Chair of the Ensemble Department at Berklee College of Music, this book/CD pack teaches first-time drummers rock, funk and jazz beats within minutes. Features tips on playing and locking in with a bass player, strategies to help you understand the drum set and develop your own beats, and an accompanying CD so you can jam with the band in a variety of musical styles.

Introducing ‘Beats Fills & Solos’ for Drums Bk/CD $29.75 Used – This book is a must for any drummer who would like to play in a band or become a professional player. It shows how to play GREAT Beats, Fills and Solos for ROCK, FUNK & JAZZ. Combinations of these styles are also ideal for playing HEAVY ROCK & METAL. A great book for the beginner right through to the professional player. Comes with book and play along CD.

Introducing ‘Beats Fills & Solos’ for Drums Bk/CD $19.96 Used – This book is a must for any drummer who would like to play in a band or become a professional player. It shows how to play GREAT Beats, Fills and Solos for ROCK, FUNK & JAZZ. Combinations of these styles are also ideal for playing HEAVY ROCK & METAL. A great book for the beginner right through to the professional player. Comes with book and play along CD.

Introducing ‘Beats Fills & Solos’ for Drums Bk/CD $33.18 New – This book is a must for any drummer who would like to play in a band or become a professional player. It shows how to play GREAT Beats, Fills and Solos for ROCK, FUNK & JAZZ. Combinations of these styles are also ideal for playing HEAVY ROCK & METAL. A great book for the beginner right through to the professional player. Comes with book and play along CD.

Introducing ‘Beats Fills & Solos’ for Drums Bk/CD $23.03 Used – This book is a must for any drummer who would like to play in a band or become a professional player. It shows how to play GREAT Beats, Fills and Solos for ROCK, FUNK & JAZZ. Combinations of these styles are also ideal for playing HEAVY ROCK & METAL. A great book for the beginner right through to the professional player. Comes with book and play along CD.

Introducing ‘Beats Fills & Solos’ for Drums Bk/CD $24.75 Used – This book is a must for any drummer who would like to play in a band or become a professional player. It shows how to play GREAT Beats, Fills and Solos for ROCK, FUNK & JAZZ. Combinations of these styles are also ideal for playing HEAVY ROCK & METAL. A great book for the beginner right through to the professional player. Comes with book and play along CD.

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