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A feast for the fingers served up by the master of guitar histrionics! The inimitable Greg Koch discusses and demonstrates his twisted but tasty take on the guitar in gory detail. The menu includes full-band demos of select Koch tunes, and lessons on the techniques therein: Zoinks - The B-Bender • Spank It - Chicken Pickin' Fricassee • Torn Asunder - Behind-the-Nut String Rustling • Death of a Bassman - Hybrid Picking Wrongdoing • Tonus Diabolicus - Fun with Delays and The Devil's Interval • Chief's Blues - Blues Playing and Giving. Total running time: 1 hour 12 minutes. Greg Koch's virtuosity, sense of humor, and articulate nature have led to a successful career as a bandleader, studio musician, author, clinician, and recording artist with Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. A multiple award-winning string manipulator, he divides his time between international clinic tours, writing, recording and performing in Greg Koch and the Tone Controls (featured on this DVD). Imagine Chet Hendrix meeting the Kings (Albert, Freddie, BB) at the first annual 'Zeppelin/Holdsworth Coffee Guzzler's Hoedown.' - Guitar Player magazine

John Blackwell, world-class groove master and drummer with Prince, offers his approach to developing the astounding technique he has become know for, including key exercises that he used as a student and still uses today. John covers building a solo, single hand rolls, single pedal technique and much more. He also shows, in detail, his amazing stick twirling technique, and explains how he was influenced and inspired by heroes like Lionel Hampton, Sonny Payne and Gene Krupa. Also included on Technique, Grooving and Showmanship is incredible footage of John's performance at the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 with his band Matrix, featuring Tom Coster, Baron Browne and Bruce Bartlett. A great segment on grooving features John in the studio with Baron Browne on bass, playing and discussing styles that include funk, jazz, blues and funk ballads. Special DVD Features: a camera-switching option • an optional commentary by John • historic clips of some of John's biggest stick-twirling influences, with a narration by John • interviews with John and with his father, John Blackwell, Sr., backstage at the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 • a photo gallery • and more! Running Time: 4 hours.

Three-and-a-half hours of great material! 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 DVD, Tommy demonstrates 47 of today's most popular drum patterns, including a performance of each with a rhythm track played by some of New York's top players. This unique feature lets the student hear what each groove sounds and feels like with real music played by live musicians. Included among the drum patterns are 8th-note, 16th-note and half-time rock; jazz waltz, shuffle and swing, R&B, hip-hop and funk as well as world music styles, including New Orleans second-line, reggae, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bolero and Tango. As a special bonus, the package includes a free Groove Essentials poster (courtesy of Vic Firth drum sticks), which contains fully-notated examples of every one of the 47 grooves on the DVD! Running Time: 3 hours, 40 minutes.

Learn the note-for-note riffs and solos of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir - the legendary guitarists of San Francisco's ultimate jam band - via in-depth analysis of: Casey Jones • China Cat Sunflower • Friend of the Devil • Shakedown Street • Sugar Magnolia • Touch of Grey • Truckin' • Uncle John's Band. Running time: 2 hours!

This 10th anniversary DVD features concert performances, workshops and interviews with over 20 top drummers, plus footage of the event's 10-year history. Highlights include: over 30 minutes of the Dave Weckl Band and the Dave Weckl Workshop • over 30 minutes of Virgil Donati and the Virgil Donati Workshop • highlights from all 3 days, from drummers including Graham Morgan, John Tempesta, David Jones, Darryn Farrugia, Luis Conte, and others • and more! Running time: 235 minutes.

Lista utworów:
Always With Me, Always With You (Joe Satriani)
Midnight (Joe Satriani, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Satch Boogie (Joe Satriani)
Surfing With The Alien (Joe Satriani)
The Crush Of Love (Joe Satriani)
The Extremist (Joe Satriani)

Riffs and solos from 8 classic Clapton songs, including: After Midnight • Cocaine • Forever Man • Lay Down Sally • Motherless Children • Pretending • Running on Faith • Wonderful Tonight. DVD bonus features include a guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 73 minutes.

This DVD documents Mike Portnoy's innovative drumming in the highly acclaimed fusion/progressive metal music of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Disc One features music from both CDs by Liquid Tension Experiment. Mike performs 8 songs/segments and breaks down parts from each, explaining how to develop a toolbox of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive footage of the making of the first LTE album, as well as rare live footage of the band. Disc Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater. Mike performs 11 songs/segments from the Falling into Infinity and Scenes from a Memory CDs and isolates the drum parts from each song. He discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing double bass technique, soloing and much more. Includes exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 World Tour. Special DVD Features: 2 bonus, live performances - one by Dream Theater and one by Liquid Tension Experiment! Over twenty minutes of new footage! Also a full-length commentary by Mike • a camera switching option • a photo gallery • and more! DVD Running Time: 190 minutes.

The 11th anniversary DVD features nearly four hours of amazing concert footage, workshops and festival highlights. Includes: over two-and-a-half hours of concert footage • workshops by Thomas Lang, John Blackwell, and Jimmy DeGrasso • Glenn Cannon Band • Rumberos • Drum Expo • Artist Biographies • and much more. Running time: 220 minutes.

On June 21, 2004, Chad Smith and Ian Paice joined forces to celebrate the launch of the London Drum Company. The event brought together one of today's most influential rock drummers and one of his biggest heroes. Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith was on fire during the LDC launch event, and his performance here shows him in a light that few have seen before. Appearing solo as well as alongside Chad, Ian's playing here confirms his position as one of the most potent rock drummers of the last 30 years (for the likes of Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Gary Moore, and others). This unique DVD also includes interviews with both Chad and Ian, a chnace to see them soundcheck before their performance and details of the kit set-ups that each used that night. Running time: 66 minutes.

Materiał zawarty na płycie DVD ukazuje zasadnicze składniki muzyki jazzowej wykonywanej na zestawie perkusyjnym. Peter Magadini w zwięzły sposób objaśnia i demonstruje ćwiczenia techniczne z zakresu współczesnej muzyki jazzowej, improwizacji, prowadzenia partii solowych, wielorakich sposobów uderzeń różnymi rodzajami pałek, i innych. Na płycie zawarto także zapis nutowy poszczególnych ćwiczeń. Czas trwania filmu: 72 minuty.

Kolekcja dwóch płyt DVD Steva Smitha dla perkusistów. Na pierwszej płycie znajduje się materiał dotyczący technik gry podstawowych i złożonych rytmów na zestawie perkusyjnym oraz sposobów gry w różnych stylach muzycznych. Druga płyta obejmuje materiał dotyczący historii amerykańskiego beatu: rozwoju instrumentów oraz rozwoju muzyki perkusyjnej gatunków takich, jak: jazz, bebop, blues, country, gospel, rock 'n' roll, funky, i innych. Czas trwania dwóch filmów: 4 godziny, 38 minut.