Description
The Best Step-by-Step Guide to Start Playing
Authors: Kenny Aronoff, Rick Mattingly
Format: Softcover with Audio and Video Online
Instrumentation: Drum Set
Do-It-Yourself Drums is a fun way to get started playing on your own. Using well-known pop, rock, funk, jazz, and reggae tunes, you will be given step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to get started and sounding like a pro in no time. Includes audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video instruction by professional drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, John Fogerty) and instructor Rick Mattingly (Modern Drummer magazine, Percussive Arts Society). Topics covered include: setting up your kit; types of sticks and equipment; reading charts; limb independence; playing styles and grooves; demonstration and play-along audio tracks; video instruction and demonstration; plus online supplemental PDFs of groove patterns. Includes over 100 audio tracks and 50+ minutes of video!
Song List:
- Can’t Get Enough
- Gimme Some Lovin’
- The House Of The Rising Sun
- Hurts So Good
- I Shot The Sheriff
- Le Freak
- Lullaby Of Birdland
- Maiden Voyage
- Midnight Rider
- Mony, Mony
- Pride And Joy
- Proud Mary
