Tommy Igoe: Great hands for a Lifetime

[DVD]

Tommy Igoe Offers A Foundation For Developing And Maintaining Hand Technique With “Great Hands For A Lifetime, featuring the Lifetime Warmup™” DVD.

Hudson Music is proud to announce the release of Great Hands For A Lifetime, a new DVD from Tommy Igoe, the world-renowned drummer, educator and star of the Groove Essentials™ series of educational DVDs, books and play-along CDs. While Groove Essentials has become the new standard for mastering a variety of musical styles and drumset patterns, Great Hands… focuses on developing and maintaining the physical tools that are essential for every drummer and drumming application: their hands.

“Solid technique is never about winning a speed contest or mastering any particular trick, it’s about having the foundation to play whatever you want and stay healthy doing it,” explains Igoe. “Behind the drumset, we all have different musical goals and I want to give everyone the tools they need to realize their individual dreams. Great Hands… doesn’t use a ‘method’, but rather shows the practical concepts I use myself and have refined over 25 years of private instruction. This approach allows everyone to find what works best for them rather than forcing anyone to follow a particular set of ‘rules’.”

At the heart of this life-changing, career-extending system is the three-tier “Lifetime Warm-up™” originally conceived in the 1950’s by Tommy’s father, Sonny Igoe. Featuring basic, intermediate and advanced levels, the Lifetime Warm-up is a challenging routine that weaves it’s way though standard drum rudiments and original exercises while simultaneously keeping players in command of their basic drumming motions. The “Lifetime Warm-up” is designed to be a friendly companion to a regular practice session or, in it’s advanced version, a tough task-master that will test the control and stamina of any drummer.

“The real challenge after you get great technique is to maintain it. I’ve been playing this incredible routine since I was six years old and my hands feel as fresh today as they did when I was teenager,” says Igoe. “It’s been with me for my ‘lifetime’ and now new generations of drummers will be able to make it part of their daily musical journey.”

The nearly four-hour DVD includes Tommy demonstrating the basics of his system, Matched and Traditional Grip, Fulcrum Concepts, Rebound Strokes, Singles and Doubles, Check Patterns, The Five Families of Rudiments, and group demonstrations with five of his students, including all three versions of the Lifetime Warm-up. Included are a free, color-coordinated, wall sized “Lifetime Warm-up” 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 proven alternative for drummers who wish to discover the full potential of their hands and stay healthy drumming over the decades to come.

RRP $37.95

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Pedal Control

By Dom Famularo and Joe Bergamini, with Stéphane Chamberland [Book & CD]

Renowned educators Dom Famularo and Joe Bergamini have teamed up to bring you a complete method for improving the ability of your feet on the drumset. Unlike many other books, Pedal Control contains extensive information about the actual pedal strokes and techniques used by some of the world’s top drummers, in addition to dozens of exercises that will help you use these techniques.

This book contains dozens of photographs that show the four pedal techniques discussed and the motions for various exercises. Also included is an MP3/data disc that contains over 200 tracks demonstrating nearly every example in the book, and high-quality QuickTime videos showing all the pedal stroke techniques!

RRP $25.95

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Rhythmic Designs by Gavin Harrison & Terry Branam

[Book/DVD Package]

Hudson Limited, Hudson Music’s popular music education sub-label, is proud to announce the release of Rhythmic Designs: A Study Of Practical Creativity by Gavin Harrison and Terry Branam. The advanced book/DVD package has been created to provide contemporary drummers with a method for studying and developing the technical and musical skills required to perform today’s challenging, progressive drumming styles.

Rhythmic Designs expands on the groundbreaking polyrhythmic, polymetric concepts covered in Harrison’s previously published Rhythmic Illusions, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons books and videos by offering detailed analysis and transcriptions of twenty drum tracks from the recent Gavin Harrison & 05Ric albums “Drop” and “Circles” (featuring guitarist Robert Fripp and keyboardists Dave Stewart and Gary Sanctuary). Along with the 204-page book of note-for-note transcriptions and practice exercises, the double-sided companion DVD features more than two-and-a-half hours of video packed with descriptions and discussions of the drum parts, set-ups, tuning and recording process—plus six minus-drums, play-along tracks.

Terry Branam is a professional drummer, educator and author who has also become one of the most acclaimed drum transcribers in the world. His articles and meticulous, detailed, note-perfect transcriptions have been featured in leading print and electronic drum media, including Modern Drummer magazine and drummerworld.com. Gavin Harrison is a world-renowned drum artist who has performed and recorded with Porcupine Tree and King Crimson, appeared at major drum festivals around the world and topped the Progressive Rock category of the Modern Drummer Readers Poll from 2007 through 2009.

RRP $44.95

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Keith Carlock - The Big Picture

[2 x DVD]

Covering a wide spectrum of technical and musical concepts and offering a fresh perspective on the state of contemporary drumming, The Big Picture: Phrasing, Improvisation, Style & Technique (Hudson Music) is an exciting, new educational DVD by acclaimed drum artist Keith Carlock.

The two-disc set features demonstrations, discussions and detailed dissections of the drummer’s spectacular timekeeping with a host of world-class musicians from mainstream pop icons Steely Dan, James Taylor and Sting to progressive fusion masters Oz Noy, Rudder and the Wayne Krantz Trio. During the course of the four-hour program, Keith displays the chops that have allowed him to take on these high-profile yet diverse playing situations—and top the Pop, Fusion, All-Around and Studio categories of the major drum magazines’ Readers Polls—while sharing the knowledge that will allow viewers to become better drummers and more complete musicians themselves.

The Big Picture was filmed in front of a live studio/master class audience that elicited insightful, in-depth answers to questions on topics such as hand, foot and finger technique; grooving, fills and soloing; and phrasing, interpretation and improvisation. Additional Q&A segments cover the rich musical background and variety of influences that were instrumental in the development of Keith’s fluid, versatile, multi-dimensional drumming style. The project’s performance highlights include an open drum solo and playing to pre-recorded Oz Noy and Rudder tracks as well as an unprecedented four-song set and clinic with Wayne Krantz (guitar) and Tim Lefebvre (bass).

The content also includes a viewable/printable, 29-page, eBook with transcriptions of many drum patterns and exercises plus an exclusive, easy to use, on-screen Video-PDF submenu; further enhancing its educational value. Other features include Hudson’s crystal-clear digital video, super-high fidelity PCM stereo audio and multiple camera angles. With its wide range of subject matter and comprehensive coverage, The Big Picture provides a thorough view of Carlock’s advanced approach to modern drumming as well as an overview of the fundamental skills that every drummer needs to play a full range of modern music.

RRP $67.95

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THE COMMANDMENTS OF

EARLY RHYTHM & BLUES DRUMMING

[BOOK & CD]

By Zoro & Daniel Glass

Eight years in the making, this "prequel" to The Commandments of R&B Drumming delves into the rhythm and blues of the 1940s and '50s, an incredible musical era when shuffles ruled the airwaves and modern groove playing was in its infancy. Written by Zoro and Daniel Glass, drummer for the Royal Crown Revue, this book is loaded with history, photos, graphics, exercises, and transcriptions, and includes the most comprehensive guide to shuffle playing ever written.

RRP $54.95

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KICK SNARE HAT

The Superstar Drummers of Hip-Hop and R&B

[DVD]

The heartbeat of Hip Hop and R&B comes from the streets. It’s a dream that never dies and a lifestyle that only a few drummers will get to live. From the inner cities, to the churches and from the woodsheds to the arena stages, the drummers that play the music all have a story to tell and it’s as real as it gets.

Join Gerald Heyward, Nisan Stewart, Cora Coleman-Dunham and Aaron Spears as they take you on the ride of a lifetime. Learn what inspires them, drives them, and takes them to the top of their game.

Shot in HD, Kick Snare Hat includes tons of behind the scenes footage, interviews, playing footage and bonus features with the genre’s elite. And for the first time ever on film, they’re playing together in one room. If you love Hip Hop and R&B drumming, you’ll love Kick Snare Hat.

RRP $79.95

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AARON SPEARS - BEYOND THE CHOPS

[2 x DVD]

Beyond The Chops: Groove, Musicality & Technique, a new instructional DVD from Aaron Spears and Hudson Music, showcases the rising star’s phenomenal drumming that critics, fans and even his peers have described as beyond category. The 2-disc, 3-hour program offers amazing performances, enlightening educational segments and revealing interviews as Spears displays his natural talent, deliciously fat groove and incredibly deep skills in a set of spectacular performances with Gospel, R&B, Motown, rock, shuffle and odd-meter tracks. Furthermore, Beyond The Chops provides an inside, in-depth look at Aaron’s exceptional ability to combine a wide range of musical genres and influences into a seamless, powerful, new style of drumming that has placed him among the first generation of elite and essential drummers to emerge in the 21st Century.

Following his blazing performance segments, Aaron hosts a Q&A session in front of a master-class and then sits down with drumming icon Jojo Mayer for a candid interview covering everything from his Gospel roots to his recent work with Usher, the Backstreet Boys and the American Idol® Tour. Aaron also provides insight into the unique rhythmic vocabulary he has created with many of the grooves and fills transcribed in an accompanying 21-page printable eBook. For additional lesson support, the DVD also includes a special sub-menu that connects each notated exercise in the eBook directly to the video example it supports.

Beyond The Chops is available on DVD or Instant Download with advanced features such as high-quality digital video and uncompressed, super high-fidelity PCM audio, multiple camera angles and an interactive slow-motion option. Recommended for anyone who wants to appreciate the new standard of groove, musicality and technique or develop their own, Beyond The Chops puts a higher level of drumming well within their reach.

RRP $67.95

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THE MASTER DRUMMER - JOHN RILEY

[DVD]

The Master Drummer is based on over 40 years of observing and studying the master players. Throughout this DVD, renowned player, author, and teacher John Riley defines and explores the four key musical components drummers must develop in order to play at the highest level. John's insightful approach will help any drummer grow, regardless of level or style, and will lead to positive results in the achievement of one's musical goals.

RRP $59.95

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