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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.

Tony Verderosa (a.k.a. the DJ Drummer/VFX) has been a pioneer in the electronic music scene for over 10 years. In this DVD, Tony will show you how to play live on stage with samples and breakbeats without being a slave to sequencers or backing tapes. Learn how to remix and trigger sounds in live settings - in real time! Add an interactive human connection to electronic music as well as a new, deeper dimension to your shows. Bonus features includes backstage interviews and live concert footage of 8 full-length songs, with step-by-step analysis of each song.

Szkoła w formie filmu na płycie DVD, gry na perkusji oraz instrumentach perkusyjnych, takich jak: Congas, Bangos, Timbales, djembe. Prezentacja DVD omawia także takie zagadnienia jak strojenie zestawu perkusyjnego, ćwiczenia techniki gry, swing.

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!

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.

Imagine being able to see as well as hear the amazing piano styles of the great Dr. John - up close! This one-hour DVD is jammed full of powerful playing, slowed-down instruction, and the wonderful personality of one of the premier artists of our time. Mac (Dr. John) Rebennack discusses and demonstrates the playing styles of the great New Orleans piano stylists. 60-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC • EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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.

Corey Harris teaches songs that bridge the gap between Mississippi country blues and African guitar styles, exploring the similarities and differences in each approach to the guitar. He teaches classic and original fingerpicking and slide guitar pieces as well as two songs he learned in Mali: High Fever Blues • C. C. Pill Blues • Jack O' Diamonds • Special Rider Blues • King Cotton • Bajourou • Sundiata. 2 HRS •ŽINCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Jim Croce's guitar accompaniments to his timeless songs, as well as the superb lead lines of his long-time accompanist, Maury Muehleisen, are expertly broken down for aspiring players at all levels: I Have to Say I Love You in a Song • New York's Not My Home • Photographs and Memories • I Got a Name • These Dreams • Operator • and Time in a Bottle. For early intermediate level players. 1 hour, 55 minutes.

Guitar master Eric Clapton is one of the world's favourite guitarists, his music has touched and inspired many lives. This fabulous DVD from the Guitar Signature Licks Series features some of his best known acoustic songs and compositions.

Introduced by Doug Boduchof this DVD features a step-by-step breakdown of Clapton's guitar style and technique, Jam-along songs and practice tips as well as eight classic songs. A must for Clapton fans and anyone wanting to learn solos and songs by one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Lista utworów:
Change The World
Circus
Layla
Malted Milk
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Signe
Tears In Heaven
Walkin' Blues

The most comprehensive DVD ever offered for beginner guitarists - well over 3 hours long with over 50 interactive lessons! DVD technology allows you to learn at your own pace, choosing and replaying material and looping practise tracks to get the most out of every lesson.

Bruce Buckingham is a professional musician and teacher. He plays guitar in many styles, but his specialities are jazz, Latin, Blues and Funk. He is one of the seasoned teachers at Musicians Institute, joining the staff in 1980, teaching literally thousands of students from around the world to paly guitar at M.I. He has played and/or recorded with musicians as diverse as Helen Reddy to John Patitucci and ahs been involved in Michael Jackson's production of Sisterella. Currently he is working on his own recording project as well as more instructional books and videos for guitar.

50 Licks Jazz Style DVD Package Bruce demonstrates the essential licks for the chords and progressions common to jazz II-V-I licks, turnaround licks, choromatic bebop lines, licks for altered chords and major and minor vamps and much more. Bruce also illustrates the licks in several styles: swing, bossa nova, samba, swing 16ths, funky fusion and bluesy suffles. Each lick is played in context, then demonstrated slowly with a full explanation on their proper applications.
This DVD presents an insightful look at jazz guitar. It is truly a unique opportunitiy to learn from one of today's finest guitar instructors.

The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn!

Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along, or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab, wide view with tab, pick & fret hands close-up.

This DVD is full of great Blues songs that all guitarists will want to know!

Lista utworów:
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Rush, Otis]
Easy Baby [Magic Sam]
I Ain't Got You [Reed, Jimmy]
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man [Waters, Muddy]
Killing Floor [Wolf, Howlin']
Mary Had A Little Lamb [Guy, Buddy]
Messin' With The Kid [Wells, Junior]
Sweet Home Chicago

Recorded October 14th 2005, this DVD documents a remarkable one-night-only performance by five of the biggest names in the drum world, as they play live onstage, both solo and then together in a show-stopping finale in a benefit for Right Turn.

You'll experience upclose: the amazing handwork of Prince's drummer John Blackwell; heavy-yet-tasty 'band approach' playing by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; classic rock icon Simon Kirke; and the firey, polyryhthmic, jaw-dropping ensemble playing of drummer's drummers Horatio 'El Negro' Hernandez and Eguie Castrillo.

Drummer's Night in Boston 2005 gives you unlimited access to the artists, with exclusive backstage interviews, and spirited performances captured live with multiple cameras in sparkling digital video and audio.

Komplet trzech płyt DVD na których nagrano materiał dotyczący technik gry na perkusji w XXI wieku prezentowanych przez Thomasa Langa. Pierwsza płyta zawiera tematy dotyczące udoskonalonych technik gry za pomocą stopy (foot - technique). Na drugiej płycie Lang prezentuje swoją "sekretną formułę" dotyczącą metod doskonalenia współczesnej koordynacji i niezależności uderzeń. Materiał podzielony jest w taki sposób, aby można było dokładnie zaobserwować wszelkie ruchy. Trzecia płyta obejmuje tematyką koncepcje gry w różnych stylach współczesnej muzyki oraz gry koncertowej. Bonusowy materiał zawiera m. in. film z wizyty w domowym studio Thomasa Langa, galerię zdjęć artysty i komentarze do utworów. Łączny czas trwania trzech płyt: 7 godzin.

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.

Prezentowana szkoła techniki gry Jojo Mayera jest doskonałą pozycją dla każdego perkusisty. Mayer prezentuje tu szeroki zakres różnorodnych sposobów uderzeń, od łatwiejszych do skomplikowanych, oraz nieopublikowane wcześniej sekretne techniki gry wielkich mistrzów perkusji jak i jego własne. Czas trwania filmu: 3 godziny. Język do wyboru: angielski lub niemiecki.

This remarkable three-disc set - two DVDs and a play-along CD - takes a unique look at the art of playing with brushes. Brush masters Billy Hart, Eddie Locke, Joe Morello, Chari Persip, and Ben Riley, join drumming greats, Adam Nussbaum and Steve Smith, as they demonstrate and discuss their distinctive brush styles.

All seven artists were filmed playing the same tempos and feels, including 4/4 and 3/4 swing at several different tempos as well as ballads and Latin feels, and each was then interviewed about each performance. By watching these performances back to back, viewers will gain insight into the approaches and techniques of each drummer and will be able to apply these concepts to their own brush playing.

The third disc, a 17-track play-along CD, includes ten tracks that each artist played with, plus seven additional tracks, allowing you to practice with the same music.

Conceived and co-produced by Nussbaum and Smith, this timeless document is an educational and inspirational resource that will never go out of date and is certainly one that belongs in every drummer's library!

On September 16 and 17, 2006, The Modern Drummer Festival Weekend returned to the incredible New Jersey Performing Arts Center for its most ambitious festival ever. Sixteen drummers and percussionists performed with more than twenty musicians making for one of the most exciting festival weekends in its eighteen-year history. Backstage, while these incredible performances were taking place, each artist was interviewed at a practice kit. Each in-depth interview features playing and demonstration, as well as discussion on technique, warming up, their MD Fest performance and much more.

And for the first time ever on any MD Festival, drummers interviewed drummers: Steve Smith interviewed Thomas Lang, Aaron Spears interviewed Gerald Heyward, Gerald interviewed Marvin McQuitty, etc, making for some truly historic moments.

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Disc One: The Performances. The spectacular performances on this DVD include:

• Ronald Bruner Jr.
• Jason McGerr
• Teddy Campbell
• Gerald Heyward
• Aaron Spears
• Marvin McQuitty
• Glenn Kotche
• Thomas Lang
• Luis Conte
• Stewart Copeland with Gizmo

Get started playing the rock guitar with this comprehensive German-language DVD that features everything you need to know.

From holding your guitar and finding your first notes, to playing chords, progressions and melodies, this tutorial has it all. Working at a comfortable pace, and with the support of crystal-clear on-screen diagrams, learn how to master...

• Single note riffs
• Standard blues progressions
• Power chords
• Full chords and harmonies

Joe Pass is one of jazz guitar's all-time masters. He demonstrates legendary techniques that will be of value to rock guitarists as well as jazz purists. Joe covers chord melody, chord substitutions, leading tones, chromatic chords, voice movements, and many more special excercises, all with the unique Joe Pass twist. A chance to study with a jazz guitar legend!

The late master demonstrates the techniques that made him the most influential electric bassist of all time. Jaco explains his right and left-hand technique, harmonics, finger exercises and more. Includes several solos as well as performances. One of the most popular instructional videos. Booklet included.

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

Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats is one of the most exciting Rock and Rockabilly guitar players around. In this hour-long lesson he covers subjects as diverse as whammy bar techniques, Rockabilly chords, slap-echo effects and wild string-bending, as well as several of his best solo moments. Learning these will broaden your technique and open up a huge range of possibilites with the instrument. Most of all, it is Setzer's goodtime spirit and fun approach tha will leave you enjoying the guitar more than ever.

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

Klar und präzise macht Thomas Lang den Betrachter mit moderner Schlagzeug-Elementartechnik vertraut. Thomas Land is einer der gefragtesten Schlagzeuger weltweit und hat bereits mehr als 250 Alben eingespielt.

Mit dieser DVD demonstriert er eine Vielzahl an esentiellen und leicht nachvollziehbaren Übungen, die zum Erlernen der Grundlagen des Schlagzeug-Spielens wichtig sing.

Viele Fortgeschrittene können hier Neues entdecken und vorhandene Kentnisse auffrischen.

Jojo Mayer has put together the most comprehensive and detailed volume on hand technique ever published! As both an inspiring instructional method and highly entertaining reference guide, this DVD is invaluable to drummers of every skill level. It covers a wide range of information from the most fundamental to the most sophisticated techniques. Many of the topics addressed here reveal and explain closely guarded and never-before-published secrets of the great masters as well as Jojo's own approaches. All are documented here for the first time!

German Version.

Learn five tracks note for note with Phil Williams. This excellent DVD will teach you tracks and techniques from one of the most hugely influential bass players of our time. Track lessons include:

• Birdland
• Teen Town
• Portrait Of Tracy
• Come On Come Over
• A Remark You Made

Here's your chance to learn five of Queen's biggest and most spectacular rock anthems, songs that made them one of the greatest stadium rock bands of all time.

The delicate and majestic solos of Brian May have always been a benchmark in outstanding rock guitar writing, with a distinctive tone, unusual harmonies and a finely-tuned ear for melody. From his famous homemade guitar and old-sixpence plectrum to his unmistakable hair and clogs, May has remained one of the quintessentially British guitar eccentrics. In this exclusive double-DVD set, Michael Casswell provides a note-by-note examination of five of Brian's best, including the thundering rock of Hammer To Fall and the echo-soaked Now I'm Here, with every riff explained and demonstrated in close-up detail.

Lista utworów:
Bohemian Rhapsody
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hammer To Fall
Now I'm Here
Tie Your Mother Down

Learn the legendary blues-rock riffs of Keith Richards, with songs that inspired a world of guitarist taught note-for-note by Michael Casswell.

Taking his influences directly from the blues of Chicago and the deep south, Keith Richards forged a sound and style that was at once classic and fresh. By combining the phrasing and sensibilities of BB King, Buddy Guy and Freddie King with the new British beat style of rock 'n' roll, The Rolling Stones defined a genre that took the world by storm.

In this special DVD tutorial, Casswell guides you through five of the band's very best, including Jumpin' Jack Flash, Satisfaction and Brown Sugar.

Lista utworów:
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Angie
Brown Sugar
Honky Tonk Woman
Jumpin' Jack Flash

Learn to play five Red Hot Chili Peppers tracks with Stuart Bull and Mike Casswell. From the syncopated funk rock of Can't Stop to the mesmerising melodies of Under The Bridge and including Dani California with its massive gritty solo, there are plenty of stunning guitar moments to learn.

This superb DVD will teach you five killer John Frusciante licks from these legendary American rockers - learn every riff and solo note for note!

Lista utworów:
By The Way
Californication
Can't Stop
Dani California
Under The Bridge

Kolorowo wydany śpiewnik Bożonarodzeniowy zawiera popularne kolędy i utwory świąteczne w opracowaniu na fortepian (z zapisem tekstów i akordów). Ponadto znajdują się tu wiersze i opowieści świąteczne, a także przepisy na smakowite potrawy wigilijne, które można przygotować w rodzinnym gronie. Do publikacji dołączona jest płyta DVD z nagranymi jasełkami oraz utworami świątecznymi. Całość w angielskiej wersji językowej.

Kolorowo wydany śpiewnik Bożonarodzeniowy zawiera popularne kolędy i utwory świąteczne w opracowaniu na fortepian (z zapisem tekstów i akordów). Ponadto znajdują się tu wiersze i opowieści świąteczne, a także przepisy na smakowite potrawy wigilijne, które można przygotować w rodzinnym gronie. Do publikacji dołączona jest płyta DVD z nagranymi jasełkami oraz utworami świątecznymi. Całość w angielskiej wersji językowej.