PLAY DRUMS NOW!
By Rick Petrie

In this video, noted drum instructor and performer Rick Petrie teaches the absolute beginner to master the following techniques: drum set up * matched grip stick holding * single and double stroke rolls & other rudiments * fills * playing the 'backbeat' * and more. Insures a successful beginning in learning proper drum playing. 60 minutes.
#55

SYNCOPATED RHYTHMS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY DRUMMER
By Chuck Kerrigan

Syncopated Rhythms introduces the student to syncopation through hundreds of exercises that can be applied to the snare drum only or incorporated for the whole drum set. For beginning through intermediate students. A must for any drummer!
#131

HISTORY OF THE LUDWIG DRUM COMPANY
By Paul William Schmidt

Discover one of America's greatest contributions to the music world - the drumset - by exploring title in italics. This unique publication uses extensive interviews with the Ludwigs and photos from their personal collections to recall the origins, development, and tools of the craft. You'll also discover why the best drummers - Ringo Starr, Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb, and more - use Ludwigs. Over 150 photos and illustrations make this an invaluable reference for all drummers.
#132

RAP BEATS ON THE DRUM SET
By Chuck Kerrigan

Rap has become a valid and exciting genre in today's music. After the singer, the most important and integral part of the song is the drum pattern. This book provides hundreds of different drum patterns so you can understand, master, and jam to the new rap beats. The tape demonstrates the book's examples.
#135

DRUM PROGRAMMING
By Ray F. Badness
Foreword by Mark Simon

This is your complete guide to programming and thinking like a drummer - not a drum machine user. Instead of merely providing instructions for you to program into your machine, this book is a direct, mathematical approach to learning how to drum and how to best emulate a drum kit on a pre-recorded track. By following this book, you will gain an understanding of the drum kit that takes many drummers years to learn - and that will lead to more realistic programming and better results!
#138

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF LEEDY DRUM COMPANY
By Rob Cook

This is the fascinating story of professional drummer, inventor, and industrialist Ulysses Leedy and his apartment-based drum company that became the world's largest manufacturer of percussion equipment. Features many photos documenting the company's interesting history. A must for all collectors and drum enthusiasts!
#160

GUIDE TO VINTAGE DRUMS
By John Aldridge

Written by the publisher of Not So Modern Drummer magazine, this is an essential guide for collectors-to-be that want to shop around, or for current collectors to discover drums outside their area of interest. Includes many photos.
#167

NEW DIRECTIONS AROUND THE DRUMS
By Mark Hamon

Endorsed by noteables like Hal Blain, Peter Erskine, Jim Chapin, and more, this book features a comprehensive, non-rudimental approach to the drumset for beginners to professionals! It combines straight drum-to-drum patterns with cross-sticking configurations, and includes open-ended free-style drum patterns for use as solos and fills.
#170

THE LEGACY OF THAT GREAT GRETSCH SOUND
By Chet Falzerano

This tribute to Gretsch kits features full color photos and interviews with sensational players.
(Soft Cover) #176
(Hard Cover) #177

AFRO CUBAN DRUMMING
By Glen Caruba

Glen Caruba is a talented percussionist who has worked with Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby, Arturo Sandoval, and others. His comprehensive guide to traditional and contemporary styles of Afro-Cuban drumming will start the beginner out right and help professionals come up with new rhythms and ideas in this increasingly popular genre.
#182

THE DRUM YELLOW PAGES
By Bob McAfee

During drummer Boo Boo McAfee's long months on the road touring, he frequently would run out of drum practice materials. Then he realized that what drummers play can easily be translated into numbers, and he started to improvise and play whatever numbers entered his mind. At his next hotel, he turned to the Yellow Pages as his source of inspiration. This book is a compilation of the systems, combinations and permutations Boo Boo has devised that will prove to be invaluable to serious upper intermediate and advanced drummers.
#217

MODERN PERCUSSION GROOVES
By Glen Caruba

Glen Caruba's first book, Afro-Cuban Drumming, touched on basic Latin percussion styles. This follow-up teaches how to incorporate these traditional rhythms and techniques into modern pop and rock playing. Covers instrument playing tips (congas, bongo, timbale, cowbell, shakers and more), funk grooves, pop ballads, Afro-Cuban 6/8, jazz-fusion grooves, cha-cha pop, and lots more. The CD features 40 tracks of examples.
#228

BASS HITS
FUNDAMENTALS OF PLAYING DRUMS
By Dave Bedrock Bedrosian

This book/CD pack will help drum students learn: the fundamentals of playing two bass drums; important rhythms that all drummers should know; how to play confidently with both the feet and the hands; grooves in contemporary pop, rock & funk styles; and more.
#247