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| | | Karl Berger-Dr. B's Rhythmic Training; Improve Your Timing and Creative Potential
This book and 3 CD set will help you develop your ability to play in any time signature and enable you to incorporate complex and subtle rhythmic expression into your playing. The CDs present 35 rhythmic forms, and you can improvise and play along with each CD. LIST PRICE: $37.50. OUR PRICE: $32.99. Homespun/Hal Leonard Publishers.
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| | | Raynor Carroll-Symphonic Repertoire Guide for Timpani and Percussion
This is a very detailed work listing by composer and composition what percussion instruments are required to play each composition. There are thousands of entries and they detail: composer dates, lists of compositions, date and duration of each composition, if and how many timpani are required, number of players required, details which instruments can be shared, what ranges are required, pitches of tuned gongs, etc..., and translations are given for unusual instruments. LIST PRICE: 54.95. OUR PRICE: $44.99. Carl Fischer Publishers. 2005. 482 pages. This book is very heavy, so if you want to save a lot of money, request Media Mail in the special instructions section of your order form at check-out.
Price: $44.99 | |
| Rob Cook-The Ludwig Book;A Business History And Dating Book & CD-ROM
This book contains everything you ever wanted to know about the Ludwig Drum Company. There is a 64 page color section, a dating guide, and a CD-ROM. The book includes interviews with top executives, and sections about the gear used by everyone from Ringo Starr to John Bonham. LIST PRICE: $40.00. OUR PRICE: $32.99. Hal Leonard/Rebeats Press. 2004.306 pages. Book/CD-Rom Pack.
Price: $32.99 | | |
| | | Rob Cook-The Slingerland Book
This is a wonderful book, full of the interesting history of the Slingerland Drum Company. There are many photos of famous drummers and others involved in the company. A really fun book to read. Oversize Paperback.245 pages. LIST PRICE: $29.99. OUR PRICE: $23.99. Rebeats/Hal Leonard. 2004.
Price: $23.99 | |
| Michael Curotto-Vintage Snare Drums: The Curotto Collection
Volume 1-Rare American-Made-1900s to 1940s. This book has many beautiful full color, full page photos of snare drums, and also close-ups of the parts of the drums, such as snare strainers,logos, etc...An amazing collection. LIST PRICE: $29.95. OUR PRICE: $23.99. Hal Leonard Publishers. Hardback.188 pages.
Price: $23.99 | | |
| | | Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego-I'm a Believer-My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness
OK, so laugh at me for putting this book in my catalog, but the Monkees were a very happy part of my childhood and they make me smile everytime I see them. Most of my favorite Monkee songs were sung by Micky Dolenz, and I loved reading this book. So buy this book if the story of the Monkees makes you smile, too. Don't be embarrassed, I wont tell anyone you bought it.-Scott Davidson
Price: $15.95 | |
| Alan Dworsky & Betsy Sansby-A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising with Rhythm
This book/CD set is a roadmap to rhythm for any musician. This is a step by step comprehensive course covering topics such as: hundreds of patterns drawn from African and Afro-Cuban rhythms explained and organized according to their structures, bite-sized lessons arranged in order of difficulty, easy to read charts, a CD that creates a realistic rhythmic context for you to practice in, rhythmic concepts and techniques you can use to create your own patterns, and much more. LIST PRICE: $29.95. OUR PRICE: $24.99. Mel Bay Publishers. 208 Pages.
Price: $24.99 | | |
| | | Chet Falzerano-Billy Gladstone
This is a great biography of drum legend Billy Gladstone. As a player and inventor, he was without peer. Includes many color and black and white photos. Centerstreem/Hal Leonard. large paperback. 77 pages.
Price: $19.95 | |
| Tony Fletcher-Moon; The Life and Times of a Rock Legend
This 600 page biography of Keith Moon is an interesting portrait of rock's most flamboyant drummer. The Who's drummer's life is fascinating to anyone interested in rock history. LIST PRICE: $30.00. OUR PRICE: $19.99. Out of Print. 1999. Avon/Spike Book Publishers.
Price: $19.99 | | |
| | | Larry Gara-The Baby Dodds Story
This is the autobiography of the great New Orleans drummer Baby Dodds, who performed with many jazz legends of his time-King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, and many others. Dodds talks about his own style and philosophy of music, revealing himself as a serious and dedicated artist. Dodds was an enormous influence on jazz drummers such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. If you want to know why you do some of the things you do on the drumset, read this book! Paperback. 106 pages. Rebeats/Hal Leaonard Publications. Revised Edition 2002.
Price: $13.00 | |
| Charley Gerard(with Marty Sheller)-Salsa!; The Rhythm of Latin Music
This book provides an informative enjoyable insiders look at the popular Latin musical style salsa. This new edition includes a cultural history tracing the music from it's African roots to the new songo style, an in-depth discussion and explaination of "clave", the key rhythmic principle behind all salsa music, clear musical examples and rare photographs, and a companion CD with great tracks from Orquestra Gitano, John Amira, musical examples from the book, and more. Paperback. White Cliffs Media. List price $24.95. Our price: $22.95.
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| | | Alan Goldsher-Hard Bop Academy; The Sidemen of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
This is a great addition to any jazz history collection. It features firsthand interviews with 24 former Jazz Messengers and is part oral history, and part loving homage to Art Blakely. A great book. Hal Leonard Publishers. 2002.
Price: $23.50 | |
| Bart Hopkin-Musical Instrument Design
This encyclopedic, extensively illustrated book provides the information necessary to explore the world of musical instrument design and construction. No other single source contains the theoretical and practical information contained in this book. It is also a fun book to read, and there is no other book like it, as far as the volume and detail it contains. See Sharp Press. Oversize Paperback. 181 Pages.
Price: $18.95 | | |
| | | Arthur Hull-Drum Circle Spirit; Facilitating Human Potential through Rhythm
Arthur Hull, recognized as the father of the drum circle movement, uses rhythm circles for spirit building among personal growth and religious groups, team building for major corporations throughout the world, to ease tensions between rival street gangs, as a synergizer in large world percussion festivals, and to help build community in grass roots organizations around the world.This book includes a forward by Babatunde Olatunji, a discussion about rhythmaculture, a play-a-long universal grooves CD, drum circle games, facilitation exercises, and stories among other subjects. Paperback. White Cliffs Media. List price is $29.95. Our price is $24.95.
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| Bruce H. Klauber-Gene Krupa; The Pictorial Life of a Jazz Legend
This is a wonderful book and has over 200 photos that span six decades of jazz history.Krupa was the first superstar drummer and one can almost feel the excitment looking at these photos. Also included is a CD of unreleased tracks covering 50 years of Krupa's drumming, and a long list of today's famous drummers commenting about their idol. LIST PRICE: $26.95. OUR PRICE: $21.99. Alfred Publishers. 2005. Large trade Paperback .176 pages. Includes CD.
Price: $21.99 | | |
| | | Mark Levine-The Metronome In Rhythm, Vol. 1
This book will open your mind like no other book on rhythm. This book diagrams counting techniques and playing cycles with the metronome using its speeds of tempo and duration within outside rhythmic concepts. This book shows that a natural downbeat(count 1) can be given an upbeat feel by its placement on the AN count which is how 3+3=5, 4+4=7, 5+5=9, etc... It shows counting by hand motions, how to count cycles over 4 counts per measure that were created over 5 counts per measure, how to invert the cycles, different swing or jazz feel interpretations,, outside theory and every pattern contains variations of itself; therefore, thousands of patterns are within the book. The rhythms in the book are notated without musical notation and are defined by numbers and rhythmic counting for the diagramming of unique cycles and the accurate speed relationships of outside placement. The playable patterns are single, double and inverted strokes that are presented in ways to challenge and inspire you to think differently about feel of motion, shape, and speed. This book is for innovative, thinking drummers at all levels and useable by every type of drummer. 284 pages. Spiral bound. 2004.
Price: $29.95 | |
| Julie Lyonn Lieberman-Planet Musician:The World Music Sourcebook for Musicians
This is a cool book with a lot of information about music and musicians from around the world. LIST PRICE: $22.95. OUR PRICE: $19.99. Hal Leonard. 152 pages.
Price: $19.99 | | |
| | | Rocky Maffit-Rhythm and Beauty; The Art of Percussion
This is the ultimate coffee table book for drummers and percussionists. Amazing photographs of hundreds of percussion instruments, interesting text, a 45 minute CD, and a forward by Evelyn Glennie all conbine to make this a truely beautiful book. Hardback. Watson Guptill. List price: $35.00. Our price: $26.99.
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| John McLaughlin & Selva Ganesh Vinayakram-The Gateway to Rhythm(DVD)
If you ever wanted to understand Indian rhythms, this DVD is a great help. The South Indian system of learning rhythm is called Konokol, and this DVD includes many exercises covering basic techniques to learn how to play in any tal or time signature, how to improvise within the time signature, etc... John McLaughlin also demonstrates on the guitar how he used Konokol to compose many of his pieces (Mahavishnu Orch., Shakti, etc...), and how he uses it to improvise. Western notation is also shown on the bottom of the screen during the teaching of the exercises. 82 minutes. 2007.
Price: $29.99 | | |
| | | Modern Drummer Pub./Ed.Adam Budofsky-The Drummer;100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention
This is a great book with lots of historical photos and information about the history of the drumset. It's sort of a coffee table book for drummers. Really cool. LIST PRICE: $27.95. OUR PRICE: $22.99. Hal Leonard/Modern Drummer Pub.2006. 176 pages. Hardback.
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| Jim Payne-Tito Puente: King of Latin Music
This book is a biography of Tito Puente, a history of Latin music, and includes a DVD of Puente discussing his 50 year career as a band leader. It is not a method book for timbales, but it is a wonderful book, and the DVD itself is worth the price of the book. Plus, Jim Payne is a hell of a nice guy, so I would buy anything he puts out. he just happens to publish great books, though, so his being a nice guy is not the only reason to buy his book. LIST PRICE: $22.95. OUR PRICE: $19.99. 2007. Hal Leonard/Hudson Music.Paperback. 88 pages.
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| | | Neil Peart-Roadshow: Landscape with Drums
To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the band Rush embarked on their R30 World Tour in the summer of 2004, playing 57 shows for more than half a million fans. Drummer Neil Peart traveled between shows on motorcycle, logging 21,000 miles through 19 countries on both sides of the Atlantic. Part behind the scenes memoir, part existential travelogue, this book chronicles Peart's journey. LIST PRICE: $27.95. OUR PRICE: $24.99. Rounder. Hardcover. 398 pages.
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| Steve Savage-The Rhythm Book
This book includes the basics of rhythm, drums, percussion, popular musical styles, history of rhythm, how to make great rooves using a drum machine, sequencers, samplers, drum loops, the latest trends in computer based music, electronic drums and percussion, the making and recording of different kinds of rhythm tracks, and much more. 170 pages. LIST PRICE: $24.95. OUR PRICE: $19.99. Hal Leonard/Mix Books.
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| | | Scott Schroedl-Drum Tuning: The Ultimate Guide
This is the best guide to drum tuning available. Includes a CD. LIST PRICE: $12.95. OUR PRICE: $9.99. Hal Leonard. 64 pages.
Price: $9.99 | |
| Neil Sorrell-A Guide to the Gamelan
This important book introduces the reader to the history, music, and instruments of the Javanese Gamelan, although reference is also made to Balinese Gamelan music. There is a detailed account of the ritualistic process by which a Gamelan is made, and also begins with an assessment of the influence of Gamelan music on western composers.
Price: $15.00 | | |
| | | Christine Stevens-The Art and Heart of Drum Circles
This is an excellent CD/Book set to help someone start drum circles in a school, corporation, music store, or even your home. The CD features over 45 minutes of play-along grooves to jump-start your drum circle as well as a practice tool to develop your personal percussion repertoire.Christine Stevens is an internationally known drum circle facilitator and author. Hal Leonard Publishers. Paperback. 95 pages.
Price: $14.95 | |
| Robert E. Sweet-Music Universe, Music Mind
This book is an essential chapter in the story of improvised music's evolution. It is the only in-depth examination of the Creative Music Studio, a unique study center for music as a universal force, beyond styles, beyond traditions. This is a fascinating account of the opportunities that drew students from around the world to Woodstock, New York, from 1971 to 1984, to study with some of the era's leading jazz and contemporary musicians-Collin Walcott, Trilok Gurtu, Olatunji, Nana Vasconcellos, Karl Berger, Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, and many others. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the progression of late 20th century music and the intersection of forward-looking jazz with the burgeoning world music movement.
Price: $14.95 | | |
| | | Arthur Taylor-Notes and Tones; Musician to Musician Interviews
This book consists of 29 conversations which drummer Arthur Taylor held with the most influential jazz musicians of the '60s and '70s-including: Art Blakey, Don Cherry, Kenny Clarke, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and others. Da Capo Press. Paperback
Price: $13.95 | |
| Sule Greg Wilson-The Drummer's Path
This book is an introduction to African and Diaspora drumming and Wilson presents twelve fundamental principles of executing and invoking African music. Wilson emphasizes the importance of the basics-breath, posture, and orchestration-and shows how the African-American spirit has been sustained by drumming and dancing. Paperback. Destiny Books.
Price: $12.95 | | |
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