Jason J Crawford
02-18-2009, 03:42 PM
Ultimate Drumming Solution 2007 DVD set. This set is awesome. Works regardless of if you read music or not. Consists of 11 DVDs with workbooks for each DVD (pdf), a play along CD, and several web based lessons. DVDs are displayed in split screens so you can see what each limb is doing, and the notation is displayed at the top of the screen so you can follow along. Awesome DVD set. Paid $90+ shipping from Austrailia :eek: Sell for $75 shipped
Click here for sample video (http://www.icanplaydrums.com/rockbeg.wmv)
Set consists of the following DVDs;
1: TOTAL BASICS DVD
* Detailed Stick Grip & Fulcrum Pivot
* The Rebound & Wrist Stroke
* Germanic, French & American Positions
* Motions & Stick Heights
* Volumes & Speeds
* Fingers vs Wrist vs Arms
* Singles Strokes
* Double Strokes
* Flams
* Buzz Rolls
* "Drumkit Technique"
* The Importance Of Technique
* How Important Is Speed?
* Foot Technique - heel up vs heel down, hihat "chicks", splashing and kicking the hihats
* Posture Workshop - avoiding Thoracic Kyphosis in your back, rotating your hips, inherent problems with drumming
* How To Read Rhythms and Music - Percussion Stave and Clef, Time Signatures, Note Values, Rhythms & Rests
* Tuning Snare Drums, Toms, Bass Drums - specific effects, free floating drums, combinations of single and double ply skins
* Setting Up & Adjusting Your Kit - potential problems, setting up for your body type, angle vs height factor and HEAPS more!
2: ROCK BEGINNER DVD
* How to practice the most effective way when learning a new exercise
* Basics Quarter Note Beats
* 8th Note Beats
* 8th Note Rest Beats
* 8th Note Hihat Gliss Beats
* 1 Bar Simple Rock Fills
* 1 Bar Busier Rock Fills
* 1 Bar Complex Rock Fills
* Blues Rock Shuffle Beats
* 12/8 Blues Beats
* Understanding Basic Note Values
* Understanding Time Signatures
* Understanding Percussion Clef and The Stave
* Understanding Rhythms and their related Rests
3: ROCK INTERMEDIATE DVD
* Busier Rock Beats A - Adding 16ths on the "a" beat
* Busier Rock Beats B - Adding 16ths on the "e" beat
* Busier Rock Beats C - Adding doubles on the Bass Drum
* 1 Bar Busy Rock Fills
* Conception for Busier Drum Fills
* Complex Rock A - Adding 16th note rests
* Complex Rock B - Snare/Bass 16th note alternating patterns
* Complex Rock C - Displacing the Snare Drum
* Complex Rock Fills
* Intermediate Rock Beat Matrix
4: ROCK ADVANCED DVD
* Advanced Rock Beat Matrix (20 minutes worth!)
* Substituting the Bass Drum for the Hihat in rock beats
* Odd times - "Falling Off The Cliff" method
* Odd Times - Half Time Approach
* 5/4, 7/4, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8 Odd Times
* 16th Note Beats
* 16th Note Beats with 32nd Note Double Stroke Rolls
* Tom Tom Rock Beats Basic, Intermediate & Advanced
* Fast Sextuplet Bass Drum Beats
* Half Time Funk Shuffle Beats
5: TOTAL LATIN DVD
* Latin American Foot Technique
* The 8 Clave Rhythms - son, rumba, bossa nova and salsa
* Basic Samba Ostinato Pattern
* The Baiao Pattern
* The Tumbao Pattern
* Brush / Stick combination Bossa Nova Beats
* Authentic Bossa Novas with snares off
* Cascara Pattern and full Cascara Beats
* Joining the Cascara and Baiao Patterns into Beats
* Simple 4 Limb Samba Patterns
* Advanced Samba Patterns
* Advanced Samba Independence for Soloing
* Playing 16ths and Triplets at the same time!
* Snare Drum Sambas
* Tom Tom Sambas
* Batucada Beats
* Salsa Drumming - Songo, Merengue, Mambo
6: JAZZ DVD
* The Basic Jazz Ride Pattern
* The "Four On The Floor" Feel
* Jazz Two Feel
* 3/4 Jazz Waltz
* The Jazz Shuffle
* New Orleans Beats - beginner to advanced
* Brushes - fast, medium and slow strokes
* Jazz Snare Independence - quarters, 8ths, 8th rests, triplets, middle triplets only, last 2 triplets only
* Jazz Bass Independence - quarters, 8ths, 8th rests, triplets, middle triplets only, last 2 triplets only
* Trading 2's, 4's, 8's in Jazz
* Jazz Comping behind Soloists
* Jazz drum fills
* Fast Swing and Bebop Conception
* The Fast Jazz Ride Pattern
* Using The Moeller Technique to play fast triples on the ride
7: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES DVD
* Advanced Hand Development Workshop
* Gaining Rapid Finger Speed
* Getting the most out of wrist control
* The Moeller Technique
* The Push Pull Technique
* Finger Snaps
* Single Hand Speed Exercises
* Single and Double Hand exercises to test metric modulations
* 9 Stroke Roll Exercises for Singles and Doubles development
* 13 Stroke Roll Exercises for Singles and Doubles Development
* Combining Flam Strokes into Singles Accents into Double Stroke military rolls
* Advanced 16 note Drumkit Patterns
* Advanced sextuplet and quintuplet drumkit fill patterns!
8: FAST TRACK YOUR PRACTICE DVD
* Setting Realistic and Achievable Goals
* Setting up effective cross section practice routines
* How to practice effectively to a click track
* How to bury the metronome and develop rock solid time
* How to play in the middle, behind or in front of the beat
* How to even up the soft volume of a metronome with the loud volume of a drumkit
* Avoiding Compensated Time
* Detailed Improvement Charts
* Everything you need to know to practice like a Pro!
9: THE LIVE GIG SHOW DVD
* Tuning Your Drumkit for recording purposes
* Tuning your room to record in
* Sound Wave reflection, absorption and diffusion
* Using Acoustic Foam in conjunction with Bass Traps
* Getting rid of Flutter and Slapback echoes
* Achieving a non bias frequency response from the room
* Attaining a recorder friendly volume response from the room
* Which room to choose to turn into a studio if you have the choice
* Open vs Closed Miking
* Which mics on which drums - snare, bass, toms, hihats, overheads
* Cardio and Hypercardiod Mics
* How Mic Diaphragm size affects frequency response
* Using single or dual XLR Mic Leads
* Setting Up the Audio Interface
* Connecting Audio Interface to a separate Pre Amp via Fiber Optic cables
* Setting Gain Levels
* Getting the strongest signal possible through each channel
* Required computer and audio card specs for studio recording
* Changing the sound in Virtual Studio Software - EQ, Reverb etc
* The difference in sound from raw to finished!
10: YOUR GREATEST GIG DVD
* Choosing Drums - metal vs wood
* How Maple, Birch, African Mahogany all sound unique and different
* Plies in the shells - how it affects the sound
* Characteristics of thin, medium and thick ply shells
* How diameter, depth, and lacquer on the shell affects the sound
* Single and double ply drum skins
* Coated vs clear skins
* Skins with inbuilt muffling and reinforcement
* Cast vs Sheet Bronze Cymbals
* B20 vs B8 Cymbal Bronze formulas
* Hammering, Lathing and Buffing cymbals
* Differences in drumstics
* How to setup band hits
* Reading drum charts
* The Sign, D.S. al Coda & Coda system
* Insider knowledge on doing gigs!
11: LIVE PLAYALONG DVD
* All songs performed with Pro mastered sound from bonus tracks - Eband JAM Tracks
* Slow Rock
* Heavy Rock
* Blues Shuffle
* Soul
* Funk Shuffle
* Country
* Samba
* Bossa Nova
* Tango / Cha Cha
* Medium Swing
* Fast Bebop
* Jazz Ballad (bushes)
* Afro Cuban
* Salsa / Songo
12: CD with play along music
Click here for sample video (http://www.icanplaydrums.com/rockbeg.wmv)
Set consists of the following DVDs;
1: TOTAL BASICS DVD
* Detailed Stick Grip & Fulcrum Pivot
* The Rebound & Wrist Stroke
* Germanic, French & American Positions
* Motions & Stick Heights
* Volumes & Speeds
* Fingers vs Wrist vs Arms
* Singles Strokes
* Double Strokes
* Flams
* Buzz Rolls
* "Drumkit Technique"
* The Importance Of Technique
* How Important Is Speed?
* Foot Technique - heel up vs heel down, hihat "chicks", splashing and kicking the hihats
* Posture Workshop - avoiding Thoracic Kyphosis in your back, rotating your hips, inherent problems with drumming
* How To Read Rhythms and Music - Percussion Stave and Clef, Time Signatures, Note Values, Rhythms & Rests
* Tuning Snare Drums, Toms, Bass Drums - specific effects, free floating drums, combinations of single and double ply skins
* Setting Up & Adjusting Your Kit - potential problems, setting up for your body type, angle vs height factor and HEAPS more!
2: ROCK BEGINNER DVD
* How to practice the most effective way when learning a new exercise
* Basics Quarter Note Beats
* 8th Note Beats
* 8th Note Rest Beats
* 8th Note Hihat Gliss Beats
* 1 Bar Simple Rock Fills
* 1 Bar Busier Rock Fills
* 1 Bar Complex Rock Fills
* Blues Rock Shuffle Beats
* 12/8 Blues Beats
* Understanding Basic Note Values
* Understanding Time Signatures
* Understanding Percussion Clef and The Stave
* Understanding Rhythms and their related Rests
3: ROCK INTERMEDIATE DVD
* Busier Rock Beats A - Adding 16ths on the "a" beat
* Busier Rock Beats B - Adding 16ths on the "e" beat
* Busier Rock Beats C - Adding doubles on the Bass Drum
* 1 Bar Busy Rock Fills
* Conception for Busier Drum Fills
* Complex Rock A - Adding 16th note rests
* Complex Rock B - Snare/Bass 16th note alternating patterns
* Complex Rock C - Displacing the Snare Drum
* Complex Rock Fills
* Intermediate Rock Beat Matrix
4: ROCK ADVANCED DVD
* Advanced Rock Beat Matrix (20 minutes worth!)
* Substituting the Bass Drum for the Hihat in rock beats
* Odd times - "Falling Off The Cliff" method
* Odd Times - Half Time Approach
* 5/4, 7/4, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8 Odd Times
* 16th Note Beats
* 16th Note Beats with 32nd Note Double Stroke Rolls
* Tom Tom Rock Beats Basic, Intermediate & Advanced
* Fast Sextuplet Bass Drum Beats
* Half Time Funk Shuffle Beats
5: TOTAL LATIN DVD
* Latin American Foot Technique
* The 8 Clave Rhythms - son, rumba, bossa nova and salsa
* Basic Samba Ostinato Pattern
* The Baiao Pattern
* The Tumbao Pattern
* Brush / Stick combination Bossa Nova Beats
* Authentic Bossa Novas with snares off
* Cascara Pattern and full Cascara Beats
* Joining the Cascara and Baiao Patterns into Beats
* Simple 4 Limb Samba Patterns
* Advanced Samba Patterns
* Advanced Samba Independence for Soloing
* Playing 16ths and Triplets at the same time!
* Snare Drum Sambas
* Tom Tom Sambas
* Batucada Beats
* Salsa Drumming - Songo, Merengue, Mambo
6: JAZZ DVD
* The Basic Jazz Ride Pattern
* The "Four On The Floor" Feel
* Jazz Two Feel
* 3/4 Jazz Waltz
* The Jazz Shuffle
* New Orleans Beats - beginner to advanced
* Brushes - fast, medium and slow strokes
* Jazz Snare Independence - quarters, 8ths, 8th rests, triplets, middle triplets only, last 2 triplets only
* Jazz Bass Independence - quarters, 8ths, 8th rests, triplets, middle triplets only, last 2 triplets only
* Trading 2's, 4's, 8's in Jazz
* Jazz Comping behind Soloists
* Jazz drum fills
* Fast Swing and Bebop Conception
* The Fast Jazz Ride Pattern
* Using The Moeller Technique to play fast triples on the ride
7: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES DVD
* Advanced Hand Development Workshop
* Gaining Rapid Finger Speed
* Getting the most out of wrist control
* The Moeller Technique
* The Push Pull Technique
* Finger Snaps
* Single Hand Speed Exercises
* Single and Double Hand exercises to test metric modulations
* 9 Stroke Roll Exercises for Singles and Doubles development
* 13 Stroke Roll Exercises for Singles and Doubles Development
* Combining Flam Strokes into Singles Accents into Double Stroke military rolls
* Advanced 16 note Drumkit Patterns
* Advanced sextuplet and quintuplet drumkit fill patterns!
8: FAST TRACK YOUR PRACTICE DVD
* Setting Realistic and Achievable Goals
* Setting up effective cross section practice routines
* How to practice effectively to a click track
* How to bury the metronome and develop rock solid time
* How to play in the middle, behind or in front of the beat
* How to even up the soft volume of a metronome with the loud volume of a drumkit
* Avoiding Compensated Time
* Detailed Improvement Charts
* Everything you need to know to practice like a Pro!
9: THE LIVE GIG SHOW DVD
* Tuning Your Drumkit for recording purposes
* Tuning your room to record in
* Sound Wave reflection, absorption and diffusion
* Using Acoustic Foam in conjunction with Bass Traps
* Getting rid of Flutter and Slapback echoes
* Achieving a non bias frequency response from the room
* Attaining a recorder friendly volume response from the room
* Which room to choose to turn into a studio if you have the choice
* Open vs Closed Miking
* Which mics on which drums - snare, bass, toms, hihats, overheads
* Cardio and Hypercardiod Mics
* How Mic Diaphragm size affects frequency response
* Using single or dual XLR Mic Leads
* Setting Up the Audio Interface
* Connecting Audio Interface to a separate Pre Amp via Fiber Optic cables
* Setting Gain Levels
* Getting the strongest signal possible through each channel
* Required computer and audio card specs for studio recording
* Changing the sound in Virtual Studio Software - EQ, Reverb etc
* The difference in sound from raw to finished!
10: YOUR GREATEST GIG DVD
* Choosing Drums - metal vs wood
* How Maple, Birch, African Mahogany all sound unique and different
* Plies in the shells - how it affects the sound
* Characteristics of thin, medium and thick ply shells
* How diameter, depth, and lacquer on the shell affects the sound
* Single and double ply drum skins
* Coated vs clear skins
* Skins with inbuilt muffling and reinforcement
* Cast vs Sheet Bronze Cymbals
* B20 vs B8 Cymbal Bronze formulas
* Hammering, Lathing and Buffing cymbals
* Differences in drumstics
* How to setup band hits
* Reading drum charts
* The Sign, D.S. al Coda & Coda system
* Insider knowledge on doing gigs!
11: LIVE PLAYALONG DVD
* All songs performed with Pro mastered sound from bonus tracks - Eband JAM Tracks
* Slow Rock
* Heavy Rock
* Blues Shuffle
* Soul
* Funk Shuffle
* Country
* Samba
* Bossa Nova
* Tango / Cha Cha
* Medium Swing
* Fast Bebop
* Jazz Ballad (bushes)
* Afro Cuban
* Salsa / Songo
12: CD with play along music