The Music Band

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

This instructional DVD by noted instructor/author Brian Emmel leaves no stone unturned in explaining all there is to know about 4-string bass basics! Designed for the beginning to advanced player, Brian's step-by-step demonstrations form the foundation for understanding music theory and building bass technique. Topics covered range from common musical terminology, to playing in a garage band, to laying down tracks in a recording studio. Brian's easy explanations and helpful examples cut through any confusion for clear comprehension. A must for any player who's never really understood music theory! Booklet included. 60 minutes.

The founder, singer and guitarist for the western swing band Asleep at the Wheel details the rhythm parts and lead solos that characterize this infectious style. 80-MIN DVD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

With special guests The Delta Rhythm Kings One of today's hottest slide guitarists shows how to get the sounds that drive the best electric rock and blues bands: vibrato, dynamics, intonation, slide-hammer technique, damping strings and much more. Includes sizzling versions of: Look Over Yonders Wall • The Sky Is Crying • Walking Blues • Tip Walk • Black Cat Bone to illustrate turnarounds, endings and complete solos in several styles. 90-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 2/3.

Learn the rhythms and techniques of Latin music with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. Includes instruction for congas, bongos, timbales, bass, piano and other instruments in the following styles: Mambo, Chachachß, MerenguÚ and Afro-Cuban. 53 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.

Apple's popular GarageBand software gives you the power and flexibility to make your own music happen - and Hal Leonard TrackPaks(TM) give you the tracks for the songs, no matter which instrument you play! Each TrackPak includes: • DVD-ROM with 12 hit songs, edited, mixed and ready to drop into GarageBand • Book with transcriptions in standard notation and guitar tablature, as well as lyrics for reference • Complete songs plus individual loops, beats, grooves and riffs for all of the instruments • Recordings that sound amazing! Love the bass and drums from Eminem's inch.The Real Slim Shady inch.? Drop them into your own music creation. Dying to rap like 50 Cent on inch.In Da Club inch.? Grab a mic and press record. Or you can take just the sub-bass from The Way You Move from OutKast and mix it with some Snoop Dogg Gin and Juice. Other songs include: Slow Jamz (Twista) • California Love (Remix) (2Pac) • Can I Get A ... (Jay-Z) • Holla Holla (Ja Rule) • Hot in Herre (Nelly) • Hypnotize (Notorious B.I.G.) • I Know What You Want (Busta Rhymes) • Yeah! (Usher). GarageBand has been named the Product of the Year by Music Trades magazine!

Apple's popular GarageBand software gives you the power and flexibility to make your own music happen - and Hal Leonard TrackPaks(TM) give you the tracks for the songs, no matter which instrument you play! Each TrackPak includes: • DVD-ROM with 12 hit songs, edited, mixed and ready to drop into GarageBand • Book with transcriptions in standard notation and guitar tablature, as well as lyrics for reference • Complete songs plus individual loops, beats, grooves and riffs for all of the instruments • Recordings that sound amazing! Take a drum loop from inch.Smells Like Teen Spirit inch. and loop it for your own project. Like the guitar riffs from Los Lonely Boys' inch.Heaven inch.? They're here, ready to be adapted to your own creative ideas. Other songs include: Aerials (System of a Down) • Alive (P.O.D.) • All the Small Things (Blink-182) • Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet) • Come Out and Play (The Offspring) • Here Without You (Three Doors Down) • Just Like You (Three Days Grace) • Man in the Box (Alice in Chains) • This Love (Maroon5) • and Wish You Were Here (Incubus). GarageBand has been named the Product of the Year by Music Trades magazine!

Apple's popular GarageBand software gives you the power and flexibility to make your own music happen - and Hal Leonard TrackPaks(TM) give you the tracks for the songs, no matter which instrument you play! Each TrackPak includes: • DVD-ROM with 12 hit songs, edited, mixed and ready to drop into GarageBand • Book with transcriptions in standard notation and guitar tablature, as well as lyrics for reference • Complete songs plus individual loops, beats, grooves and riffs for all of the instruments • recordings that sound amazing! You can loop the inch.wah-wah inch. guitar from The Commodores' inch.Brick House, inch. sit in with Booker T and the MGs on inch.Green Onions inch. or add your own funky licks to Wilson Pickett's legendary inch.In the Midnight Hour. inch. Other songs include: Ain't Too Proud to Beg (The Temptations) • Get Ready (Rare Earth) • I Can't Help Myself (The Four Tops) • I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown) • I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) • Respect (Aretha Franklin) • Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire) • Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) • Soul Man (Sam & Dave). GarageBand has been named the Product of the Year by Music Trades magazine!

Lista utworów:
Double-Stop Me If You Can
Long Gone
Shades Of Blue
Squeeze The Weasel

Warren Vache jest aktywnym trębaczem jazzowym zamieszkałym w Nowym Jorku. Na prezentowanej płycie DVD przedstawia on lekcje, które skierowane są do wszystkich trębaczy, bez względu na poziom zaawansowania gry. Materiał dla początkujących dotyczy sposobów oddychania, ułożenia warg i języka, oraz podstawowych technik gry. Ponadto nagrane są tu wywiady ze studentami, materiał historyczny dotyczący rozwoju tego instrumentu, materiał z wizyty w Instytucie Instrumentów Muzycznych w Muzeum Sztuki w Nowym Jorku, i inne zagadnienia. Wybór lekcji w językach: angielskim, hiszpańskim, chińskim, japońskim, francuskim, niemieckim.

In this must-have DVD for every ensemble drummer and band director, world-renowned drummer Ed Shaughnessy and conductor-arranger Clem DeRosa take you through a survey of jazz, swing and Latin styles from the drummer's perspective. Through live performances, demonstrations, and insightful discussions based on decades of professional experience, they reveal: the Four T's (the essential role of time, taste, technique and timbre in successful musical performance) • the do's and don'ts of effective brushwork, fills and dynamics • swing, shuffle, Latin and ballad drumming techniques. Every style and concept is illustrated by a live big band performing Clem and Richard DeRosa's classic arrangements propelled by Shaughnessy's impeccable drumming, followed by concise analysis and drumset close-ups. Also available separately, Show Drumming - The Essential Guide to Playing Drumset for Live Shows and Musicals - 06620080/$16.95.

Learning to solo has never been easier or more affordable. The dynamic Soloing Series offers the essential elements every soloist needs. Each DVD runs approximately 40-50 minutes and comes complete with an accompanying booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. Each DVD is filled with rock-solid information from beginning to end. In this DVD, MI instructor Danny Gill unveils the mystery of the heavy riff. In this intense workout, you will discover a whole new world of chords and single note riffs with Drop D tuning. Danny will also take you through a variety of picking hand techniques, including muting, pitch harmonics, downstrokes, double picking, and alternate picking. There is even a section on tuning the entire guitar down two whole steps to a low C for something extra fat and chunky. Each section gives you plenty of time to jam along, so you will feel like you're a part of the band. There is even a top 10 list of Danny's favorite noises - some of which you will have to see to believe! This is some of the most usable and musical information you will ever learn! Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come.

Kurs nauki gry na flecie poprzecznym na DVD. Kaye Clements - flecistka i nauczycielka - wprowadza zagadnienia z zakresu teorii muzyki, jak: notacja muzyczna i rodzaje wartości rytmicznych, oraz zagadnienia dotyczące postawy grającego, techniki ułożenia wargi i języka, rodzajów oddychania w zależności od artykulacji i wiele innych. Czas trwania filmu: 38'55''.

Kurs gry na klarnecie na DVD prowadzony przez Andree Bryk może być traktowany jako dodatek do publikacji "Play Clarinet Today, z. 1" lub jako samodzielny materiał edukacyjny. Na płycie zawarto podstawowe zagadnienia dotyczące postaw grającego, sposobów oddychania w zależności od rodzajów artykulacji, notacji muzycznej, wartości rytmicznych, i innych. Czas trwania filmu: 28'05''.

Kurs gry na trąbce na DVD prowadzony przez Charliego Menghini może być traktowany jako dodatek do publikacji "Play Trumpet Today, z. 1" lub jako samodzielny materiał edukacyjny. Na płycie zawarto podstawowe zagadnienia dotyczące postaw grającego, sposobów oddychania w zależności od rodzajów artykulacji, notacji muzycznej, wartości rytmicznych, i innych. Czas trwania filmu: 26'15''.

Now with this magnificent package you can learn to play hits by one of the most successful and popular British bands of their generation. Including a Standard Notation and Tablature book, CD and DVD this is the complete tutorial of Coldplay songs!

Inside you will find seven of the greatest hits from Parachutes and Rush Of Blood To The Head.

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.

The late Jeff Porcaro was a Grammy Award-winning star from Toto and one of the most respected and innovative drummers in contemporary music.

On this DVD, he describes his approach to straight time, triplet and shuffle feels, Latin grooves, half-time shuffles, bass drum pedal techniques and a variety of effects on the high hat.

A live band setting featuring his brother Michael on bass and David Garfield on keyboards creates an exciting atmosphere to demonstrate Jeff's famous grooves.

If it were possible to get Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Tony MacAlpine, Virgil Donati and Dave Weiner together onstage at the same time, you would surely expect to see the most awe-inspiring, hard rocking, guitar pyrotechnics imaginable! That's exactly what happened - Live at the London Astoria in December 2001!!

This 2 DVD set is a fantastic opportunity to see Vai at his dynamic and crowd-pleasing best, supported by some of the greatest Rock musicians of our time. Featuring backstage and behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, band biographies, a Vai discography, rehearsal coverage and 21 songs - APPROX 4 HOURS OF FOOTAGE!

Mike Portnoy jest amerykańskim kompozytorem, instrumentalistą i wirtuozem instrumentów perkusyjnych. Niniejszy komplet obejmuje trzy płyty DVD z materiałem dydaktycznym prezentowanym przez Portnoya. Pierwsza płyta "In the Dream" zawiera nagrania demonstracyjne utworów z albumów: "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance" i "Train of Thought and Octavarium" wraz z ich analizą wykonawczą. Płyta druga "On the Side" obejmuje m. in. szczegółowe spojrzenie Portnoy'a na twórczość zasłużonych zespołów, takich jak: Led Zeppelin, The Who i Rush, a także wizytę w domu Mike'a, w którym posiada sceny i swój cały sprzęt perkusyjny. Trzecia płyta "Bonus Material" zawiera cztery nagrania utworów Dream Theater z trasy koncertowej, partie perkusyjne grane przez Mike'a Portnoya w duecie kolejno z Charliem Benante, Jasonem Bittnerem i Richardem Christy oraz materiał z trasy koncertowej "Albino Monster" i wywiady z perkusistą. Łączny czas trwania trzech płyt: 7 godzin 12 minut.

Publikacja ta wprowadza perkusistę w świat muzyki funk za pomocą przystępnej części technicznej, ośmiu utworów, jednego CD z akompaniamentem i wersjami demonstracyjnymi. Do książki zostały także dołączone dwie płyty DVD, zawierające między innymi akompaniament, gdzie za pomocą komputera można spowolnić bez zmiany wysokości dźwięków, film szkoleniowy a także ścieżki, które można dowolnie miksować za pomocą oprogramowania takiego jak Cakewalk(R).

Hot Licks classic video titles have been made available on DVD, making it even easier to learn with the world's top players...right in your own home! These new transfers make them look better than ever while DVD technology makes navigating each lesson even easier!

You'll never miss a note
• You see the music and the tablature on screen as it's being played
• All right and left-hand techniques are shown in close up and with helpful split-screen effects to make learning easy
• Slow motion segments with standard pitch sound
• Artist biographies
• Selected discographies
• Suggested listening
• Booklet with music examples included

In this DVD Dave explains and demonstrates his natural approach to the drums. All of the topics discussed are explained and demonstrated on the drum pad and then on the drum set. Lastly, they are brought to life with exciting live recordings of the Dave Weckl Band and a special acoustic group put together for this DVD. The musicians featured include Buzz Feiten, Brandon Fields, Tom Kennedy, Jay Oliver, Ernie Watts and Steve Weingart.
The DVD will allow you see and hear Dave explain and demonstrate his new concepts of stick grip which leads to the contrast of his older tight into the kit approach as compared to his new flowing, powerful out the kit approach. He covers wrist technique, finger technique, and the rebound approach for both hands and feet. Stick choice and proper set up for flowing stress free playing are also covered. This DVD includes a cameo appearance by Fredie Gruber who explains some of the basics of technique that are cornerstones of Dave's playing.

Na płycie DVD Dave Weckl demonstruje jak prawidłowo ćwiczyć grę na perkusji, aby rozwinąć indywidualny styl gry. Wszelkie zagadnienia dotyczące m. in. sposobów uderzeń różnymi pałkami, rodzajów rozgrzewek i pochodów rytmicznych, demonstrowane są na filmie przez Dave'a, oraz zespół muzyków: Buzza Feitena, Brandona Fieldsa, Toma Kennedy'ego, Jaya Olivera, Erniego Wattsa i Steve'a Weingarta. Jako bonus nagrano materiał z australijskiego koncertu New Live z 2002 roku. Języki filmu do wyboru: angielski lub japoński.

In this fantastic DVD method, accomplished and renowned percussionist Steafan Hannigan details all the intricacies of traditional Bodhran playing. Nothing is taken for granted or forgotten, making this a suitable method for beginners with its gentle and careful progression through the techniques using numerous examples and exercises.