Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and more-For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funkpatterns including odd linear groupings and more.These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach.Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and all the artists from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008: Will Calhoun Ndugu Chancler Gavin Harrison Simon Phillips Thomas Pridgen Dafnis Prieto Derek Roddy Todd Sucherman Bill Stewart and Billy Ward.

An Experienced Drummer's Approach to Playing and Reading Drum Charts-This book teaches drummers not how to read music notation but how to interpret and play a drum chart. There are two charts for every song: one is a standard professional chart and the other is a shorthand chart by the author. Includes these songs: Cry Me a River - Get Me to the Church on Time - It's Only a Paper Moon - Once in a Lifetime - Spiderman Theme - and more.

Life on the Road Songs & Solos Stories Lessons-Todd Sucherman's Methods And Mechanics 2 is a four-hour 2-DVD set which includes 15 song performances with analysis and breakdowns including the music of Styx and others. Todd also covers topics such as odd phrasing hand exercises and applications concepts for practice routines and an extensive look at ghost notes. He also touches on several topics rarely covered on other drum DVDs including career development ideas and concepts to navigate through life as a touring/working musician. Many other concepts and tips are also presented along with several new drum solos.'Todd is a world-class drummer and one of the leading lights in rock drummingright now ' says Hudson Music Senior Drum Editor Joe Bergamini. 'So we were delighted when we had the opportunity to team up with Todd on this DVD and his forthcoming book project. With these products Todd shows that he is not only a great player but also a great educator.''I'm excited to team up with Hudson Music for my second DVD release ' says Todd. 'I feel it's important to pass on useful information to other musicians and the next generation of players. There's unique information on Methods and Mechanics II - musically and conceptually - to help prepare musicians for working and touring in the 21st century. It is my hope that viewers are entertained inspired and excited to get behind their drum kits.'15 song performances with analysis and breakdowns featuring the music of Styx Taylor Mills and Jerry GoodmanStyx live performances on tourSeveral solo improvisationsExtensive look at ghost notesHand exercises and applicationsOdd phrases with paradiddlesCareer conduct and navigational philosophiesMelodic song form practice ideasConcepts for practice routinesRhythmic BendingOvercoming nervesRecording session mannersGear and monitor tipsQuick ips and Prefessional

The Art Of Transcribing is a book that makes transcribing for the Drum set as easy as 1-2-3. Here is how it works:1) Learn one rhythm at a time (every variation of 16th notes and 8th note triplets arecovered).2) Transcribe the beats and fills from the CD on to the blank music paper that is provided.3) Check your accuracy by viewing the answers in the back of the book.This book can be used for self study(as explained above) or tailored by a teacher to be compatible for drummers of all levels. For example the teacher can play the beats live or program a Drum machine. This will allow the teacher to slow down the tempo forbeginning students and also allow the teacher to speed up the tempo for intermediate and advanced students. The Art Of Transcribing is two books in one. Not only will this book teach you skills necessary totranscribe it will also give you over 200 beats and fills to play! Includes access to online audio.