Funk Drumming - Learn all about Funk Drumming. Awesome resources for playing funk drums on your drumset. Tons of drum lessons on how to play funk drums including tips and secrets on syncopated funk beats; funk groove, hip hop grooves and more.

David Girabaldi: Lessons Breaking the Code DVD Expanding on the information in his award-winning 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 drum kit, putting the viewer one-on-one with the master drummer and teacher. This drum lessons DVD will be a great guide for any rising drummer.

David Girabaldi: Breaking the Code DVD/Book/CD This awesome educational multi-media pack includes both a DVD and award winning book/CD on funk drumming! It includes the Lessons – Breaking the Code DVD. Expanding on the information in his award-winning Code of Funk, world-renowned drummer David Garibaldi demonstrates and dissects the patterns he has used for some of his biggest songs.

Advanced Funk Studies Book/CDs Included in Modern Drummer magazine's list of the 25 greatest drum books, Advanced Funk Studies will help you take your groove to the next level. With author and renowned drummer Rick Latham as your guide, you'll learn great drum lessons in hi-hat, funk, and drum fill patterns.

Funk Drumming Book/CD Jazz and fusion drumset pioneer Mike Clark reveals the secrets behind his funkiest grooves in this instructional book. Interviews with Mike about his prolific career playing funk, fusion and jazz are interspersed with many of his funk drumming examples, styles and grooves. This is a great drum lessons guide for any funk drummer.

Funk Drums Play-Along Book/CD Play your drum favorites 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. Songs Include: Cissy Strut • Cold Sweat, Part 1 • Fight the Power, Part 1 • Flashlight • Pick Up the Pieces • Shining Star • Soul Vaccination • Superstition.

The Funky Beat Book / CD In The Funky Beat, David focuses on combining funk and jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms to extend his own innovative style. By dissecting his grooves and musical choices for each song on the CD, David demonstrates how to develop musical skills and how to create a signature sound. This drum lessons book will help any funk drummer develop their style.

Funk and Hip-Hop Drumming Book / CD Essential Grooves, Fills and Styles - A “one-on-one” drum lesson with MI instructor Ed Roscetti, this book/CD pack teaches the feel, grooves, fills and styles you need to know for funk and hip-hop drumming. Includes drum lessons on: feeling the downbeats; syncopated backbeats; in between straight and swing; feeling the upbeats; moving the sixteenths; and more.

The Code of Funk Book/CD This cutting-edge book/audio package brings the music of David Garibaldi and the music of Tower of Power to your drum practice room and provides an in-depth look at the concepts that David uses to create his futuristic, yet old-school grooves. This drum lessons book is a funky addition to any drummer's collection.

100 Famous Funk Beats Book / CD Transcriptions of over 100 famous drum set rhythms from the classic funk, R&B and soul tunes of the ‘60s & 70’s. The accompanying 90 track CD features the author playing many of the rhythms transcribed in the book and is meant as an educational tool. This drum lessons book is a great tool for any funk drummer.

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Drums DVD Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Drums DVD - Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Drums is a matching drum DVD to the best-selling drum lessons book dealing with traditional Afro-Cuban Funk rhythms and their application to funk, rock, and jazz. Topics covered include Funk, clave and tumbao, songo, guaguanco, Afro-Cuban 6/8, cha-cha-cha, and mozambique.

The Commandments of R&B Drumming Book / CD The Commandments of R&B Drumming is a historical and in-depth study of R&B drumming, from soul to funk to hip-hop, written by world-renowned session & live drummer Zoro (Lenny Kravitz, Bobby Brown, Sean Lennon). Topics include practice tips, developing the funky bass drum and hi-hat, creating and playing with loops, and what are considered the Ten Commandments of Soul, Funk. This drum lessons book is a great piece to any R&B drummer's collection.

New Orleans Drumming DVD New Orleans Drumming rolls three best-selling drum videos (Street Beats: Modern Applications; Ragtime and Beyond: Evolution of a Style; and From R&B to Funk) into one DVD! And, New Orleans Drumming features a roster of incredible artists: Johnny Vidacovich, Herlin Riley, Earl Palmer, and Herman Ernest. This unique drum lessons DVD is an essential addition to any drummer's collection.

Rock Drumming Workbook/CD Seasoned drummer, composer and educator Ed Roscetti gives you the nuts and bolts in a variety of rock drumming styles in this book/CD pack. Drum Lessons covered include: bass and drum connection, hard rock and grunge, double bass drum technique, funk rock and alternative, grooves, fill ideas and ensemble figure phrases, reggae and ska rock, straight and shuffle rock and more.

Blues Drumming Book/CD Percussion Institute of Technology instructor Ed Roscetti gets inside the styles and grooves of blues drumming with applications for rock, funk and jazz approaches to the blues. This package includes: a CD with demo and play-along tracks in a variety of blues styles; drum lessons in 4/4, 12/8, half-time, and 6/8 time feels; rhythm and sticking exercises.

Musical Drumming In Different Styles DVD Drawing on his experience with artists from Maynard Ferguson to Santana to Toto and Ringo Starr, Gregg Bissonette presents his highly successful approach to creating musically supportive drum parts in virtually any studio or live drumming situation. This DVD has good drum lessons for drummers of any level of experience.

You Can Teach Yourself Drums DVD / Book Learn how to play Drums with this easy to use Drumming DVD and Book combo! The You Can Teach Yourself Drums DVD / Book package is a fun and educational way to start drumming without any previous drum lessons. Basic drum set percussion concepts are taught progressively, so build a solid foundation upon which you can further build your musical skills.

Cindy Blackman Multiplicity DVD From jazz to rock to funk, and bebop to Kravitz, super-drummer Cindy Blackman gives it up in this instructional DVD. A woman with many facets, she performs six songs with her band, covering a multitude of styles in both acoustic and electric formats. Instructional segments include Cindy demonstrating the similarities and differences between jazz and rock drumming.

Indian Rhythms Book / CD Indian Rhythms for Drumset Book and CD by First-Call World-Percussionist Pete Lockett. Dispelling the mystery and simplifying the complexity of Southern India’s classic Carnatic rhythmic system, Indian Rhythms for Drumset is the first drum lessons book of its kind to apply authentic Indian rhythms to the modern drumset. Indian Rhythms for Drumset is written by world-class percussionist and world drumming expert Pete Lockett.

Accelerate Your Drumming DVD This drum DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Professor Larry Finn shares his proven method for improving the fundamental drum skills required to lay down a strong groove in any style of music. It offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels. These lessons include: hand development, basic grooves, advanced grooves for funk, rock, hip-hop and Latin styles, advanced fills.

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums Book/CD How to Play Funk, Rock & World Beat Patterns on Any Drum. All you need is one drum. It can be a djembe, a conga, bongo drums, 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 to play hip grooves on drums, step by step

Future Sounds Book w/ CD At long last, the secrets of David Garibaldi's groundbreaking funk/jazz fusion drumming techniques are presented in this innovative drum lessons book and CD. Whether you play rock, heavy metal, jazz or funk, you'll learn to incorporate Garibaldi's contemporary linear drum styles and musical concepts into your playing and develop your own unique drumset vocabulary.

Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials DVD 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 drum lessons DVD, Tommy demonstrates 47 of today's most popular drum patterns, including a performance of each with a rhythm track.

Groove Essentials DVD Package This value pack includes Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials – The Play-Along book/CD pack AND the Groove Essentials DVD! The book serves as a play-along companion for the DVD with 88 tracks and charts and 164 groove variations for over 6 hours of play-along music! A great addition drum lessons package for any drummer. The Groove Essentials DVD is based on the definitive collection of contemporary rock, jazz, R&B, funk....

Common Ground DVD w/ Tony Royster Jr Inspiring Drummers Series: Common Ground with Tony Royster Jr., Dennis Chambers, and Billy Cobham! Inspirational, motivational, informational, and generational, this drum DVD features stunning performances by 14-year-old drumming sensation Tony Royster Jr. and world renowned funk drummer Dennis Chambers playing to original music and drum solos.

Commandments of Early Rhythm & Blues Eight years in the making, this "prequel" to The Commandments of R&B Drumming delves into the rhythm and blues of the 1940s and '50s, an incredible musical era when shuffles ruled the airwaves and modern groove playing was in its infancy. Written by Zoro and Daniel Glass, drummer for the Royal Crown Revue, this book is loaded with history, photos, graphics, drum exercises, and transcriptions, and includes the most comprehensive guide to shuffle playing ever written.

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