I'm Just the Drummer

I'm Just the Drummer
Author: Bob Bert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996331975

Photos & interviews by Bob Bert

I Am Drums

I Am Drums
Author: Mike Grosso
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0544707362

“This book is the song of my middle-school heart.”—Michelle Schusterman, author of the I Heart Band! series Sam knows she wants to be a drummer. But she doesn’t know how to afford a drum kit, or why budget cuts end her school’s music program, or why her parents argue so much, or even how to explain her dream to other people. But drums sound all the time in Sam’s head, and she’d do just about anything to play them out loud—even lie to her family if she has to. Will the cost of chasing her dream be too high? An exciting new voice in contemporary middle grade, Mike Grosso creates a determined heroine readers will identify with and cheer for.

The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson

The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson
Author: John Ramsay
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1998-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780769265247

Alan Dawson was a legendary drummer and educator, known for his work with the top artists in jazz as well as for his 18-year association with Berklee College of Music. This new text and online audio combination was put together by John Ramsay, a prominent drummer in his own right and a former student of Dawson's. The book contains all the important techniques and concepts that Alan Dawson embraced in his own playing and subsequently taught to his students. The recordings include some remastered audio examples from actual lessons taught by Dawson himself over the years. This is a highly comprehensive textbook from a jazz master.

The Best Beginner Drum Book

The Best Beginner Drum Book
Author: Jared Falk
Publisher: Drumeo
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2018-09-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1999151917

If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

The Stoic Drummer

The Stoic Drummer
Author: Jose Medeles
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781796539295

"The Stoic Drummer" is a collection of axioms relating the philosophy of Stoicism to the practice of drumming, composed of crisp, universal quotes, mantras and meditations.

I Drum, Therefore I Am

I Drum, Therefore I Am
Author: Dr Gareth Dylan Smith
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-04-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1409473082

Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and adult kit drummers in and around London. As a London-based drummer and teacher of drummers, Smith uses his own identity as participant-researcher to inform and interpret other drummers' accounts of their experiences. Drummers drum; therefore they are, they do, and they learn - in a rich tapestry of means and contexts.

The Drum Set Crash Course

The Drum Set Crash Course
Author: Russ Miller
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1996-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781576235225

This book covers the essential foundations and grooves that will prepare the drummer for a variety of musical situations encountered on the average professional gig. Designed to be an encyclopedia of many drumming styles, The Drum Set Crash Course covers Afro-Cuban and Brazilian, blues, country, hip hop, jazz, reggae, rock, and much more.

Future Sounds

Future Sounds
Author: David Garibaldi
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457445811

At long last, the secrets of Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi's groundbreaking funk/jazz fusion drumming techniques are presented in this innovative book. Whether you play rock, heavy metal, jazz or funk, you'll learn how to incorporate Garibaldi's contemporary "linear" styles and musical concepts into your playing as you develop your own unique drumset vocabulary. Funk/Jazz techniques are highlighted in chapters on development of the "Two Sound Level" concept, Four-Bar Patterns, Groove Playing and Funk Drumming, followed by a series of challenging exercises which include 15 Groove Studies and 17 Permutation Studies. These techniques are combined with modern musical ideas that will help you build a solid foundation and add finesse to your bag of tricks.

Rhythmic Illusions

Rhythmic Illusions
Author: Gavin Harrison
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1996
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781576236871

Created for drumset players who find themselves in a creative rut, this book and audio package easily breaks down the mystery behind subdivisions, rhythmic modulation, rhythmic scales and beat displacement. The author makes the transition from mathematics to musicality with an easy and systematic approach.