Groove Essentials 2.0 with Tommy Igoe: Drums: Instrumental Tutor

Groove Essentials is based on the definitive collection of contemporary Rock Jazz R And B/Funk and World/Ethnic drumming styles contained in the Groove Essentials poster developed by world class drummer teacher and author Tommy Igoe. On this DVD Tommy demonstrates forty seven 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 students hear what each groove sounds and feels like with real music played by live musicians.The DVD Package includes a Groove Essentials poster which contains fully notated examples of every one of the forty sevengrooves on the DVD.

A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer-Tommy Igoe presents THE groove encyclopedia for the 21st Century overflowing with over six hours of music and 88 play-along tracks for drummers of all abilities.Groove Essentials represents a quantum leap in play-along packages for the developing drummer. Tommy Igoe provides a comprehensive guide to over forty beats rhythms and styles ranging from Rock and Funk through Jazz Hip-Hop and R&B to world and speciality grooves including Calypso Baiao Samba Batucada and lots more! Every rhythm is explained in detail with all required techniques a full musical context and two professionally recorded backing tracks featuring some of the hottest musicians of NewYork City.Beginning drummers will enjoy playing the simple rock beats with a real band giving you a chance to play the drums with good solid time utilizing four-way coordination.Intermediate drummers will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing some good swinging Jazz.Advanced and professional drummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on Jazz shuffles waltzes and more.Each example is supported by professional-standard charts and the backing tracks are presented in MP3 format allowing them to be used on Mac PC iPod and portable MP3 systems.

This new DVD from Tommy Igoe focuses on developing and maintaining the physical tools that are essential for every drummer and drumming application: their hands.At the heart of this life-changing career-extending system is the three-tier 'Lifetime Warmup' originally conceived in the 1950s by Tommy's father Sonny Igoe. Featuring basic intermediate and advanced levels the Lifetime Warmup is a challenging routine that weaves its way through standard drum rudiments and motions. This nearly four-hour DVD includes Tommy demonstrating the basics of his system:Matched and Traditional gripFulcrum ConceptsRebound StrokesSingles andDoublesCheck PatternsThe Five Families Of RudimentsYou also get a group demonstration with five of Tommy's students including all three versions of the Lifetime Warmup. Included are a free colour-coordinated wall sized Lifetime Warmup poster and a compact fold-out guide courtesy of Evans Drumheads as well as a printable 60-page eBook with instruction and exercises. Created by one of today's most successful and progressive drum educators Great Hands For A Lifetime brings the no-nonsense inspiring approach of the Groove Essentials series to hand technique and provides a proven alternative for drummers who wish to discover the full potential of their hands and stay healthy drumming over the decades to come.

Authentic Country Blues Guitar Techniques and Repertoire 2-DVD Set-Playing and singing country blues guitar is no easy task. It's just you and the box summoning up the requisite Guitar parts singing the melody and maintaining a solid groove. No drummer. No bass player - just you and your Guitar.Independence repertoire technique timing and endurance comprise the essential skill set for authentic fingerstyle country blues Guitar.Playing and singing the material in this 2-DVD set hones these skills like nobody's business. Paul Rishell diligently guides you through 16 handpicked tunes to cover a wide variety of the feels rhythms and techniques that are characteristic to country blues Guitar.You'll learn allof the parts rhythms and requisite techniques for songs such as Down the Dirt Road Blues by Charley Patton Shake 'Em on Down by Tommy McClennan Low Down Rounder by Peg Leg Howell Sweet Jivin' Mama by Blind Blake One Dime Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson and many more. Get a solid grip on this Delta Piedmont and Texas blues Guitar repertoire and you'll be able to handle anything (including your own compositions) with authenticity stellar technique and maximum groove. Head out to the porch now with Dirt Road Blues.