Groove Mastery

Enrich your drumming with world rhythms and sounds. World music presents many learning opportunities and challenges especially for drums and percussion. Learning grooves from Africa Latin America South America and otherregions will make you a more complete musician and give you more ideas for creating your own sound and solos.Many jazz greats have been inspired by world traditions: Miles Davis John Coltrane Herbie Hancock JohnMcLaughlin and so many others. Follow in their footsteps and discover how to use these elements to inspire your own music.You will learn to:Incorporate world instruments into a standard drum kit.Coordinatestick foot hand techniques to enrich your palette of articulationsPlay dozens of world groovesTake inspiration from world grooves for your own improvisationsPerform advanced concepts such as odd time signatures andmetric modulationBe prepared for many creative musical situations through knowledge of more styles and greater mastery of drumming fundamentalsThe accompanying CD includes groove examples and play-along tracks of MarkWalker's original music featuring guest artists including Paquito D'Rivera!Mark Walker is a multiple-Grammy Award winning artist who is currently a member of Oregon and the Paquito d'Rivera Quintet. He is an associateprofessor of percussion at Berklee College of Music.

John Blackwell brings his R&B/Funk/Pop drumming mastery to this enlightening educational DVD. Filmed in front of a live audience John demonstrates the musical skills that habe made him the drummer of choice for artists such as Prince Patti LaBelle and Justin Timberlake. John performs his original compositions with a burning band: Gary Grainger on Bass Mike Scott on Guitar and Corey Bernhard on Keyboards. Interspersed among the performances John touches on topics including grooving/playing in the pocket foot technique and showmanship along with extensive commentary and demonstrations of the grooves and concepts that have influenced him. Also featured is specialguest Marcus Williams John's teacher who leads an extensive master class segment on his amazing foot technique and soloing concepts. Also includes a PDF eBook containing transcriptions of John's grooves as well as other educational material. Also includes Spanish and German translations.

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