Provides more than four hundred drum grooves in standard drum notation for more than a dozen styles of music, including blues, rock, jazz, country, reggae, heavy metal, polka, and punk, along with information on the history and development of music styles.

The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco

Arts & Photography

Berry, Mick

Gianni, Jason

Music

See Sharp Press

The incredible diversity of the bass guitar is revealed in this all-inclusive style guide. Each chapter covers particular styles or families of styles, gradually introducing players to techniques that will allow them to get the most out of their instrument and easily increase their bass repertoire. More than 400 bass grooves are presented, spanning an excess of 100 styles that musicians can follow along with on each of the two accompanying CDs. In addition to techniques for mastering the various styles, historical information about how they developed is included, giving players a one-of-a-kind opportunity to be true masters of the bass guitar.  

The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Bass Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco (Musician's Bible)

Boomer, Tim

Never before has the problem of stage fright been so eloquently examined; 40 interviews with some of the most highly-accomplished public figures shed light on this affliction, offering tips from their own experiences for overcoming it. Jason Alexander, Mose Allison, Maya Angelou, David Brenner, Peter Coyote, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Lewis, and many more sound off about their trials with stage fright, candidly discussing their fears and insecurities with life in the public eye and ultimately revealing the various paths they followed to overcoming them. Stage fright sufferers from all walks of life—whether a high school freshman nervous about an oral presentation or a professional baseball player with the eyes of the world on his bat—will find consolation by understanding the commonality of their problem, as well as helpful information to finally shed their inhibitions.

Stage Fright: 40 Stars Tell You How They Beat America's #1 Fear

Reference

Edelstein PhD, Michael

Words, Language & Grammar

Updated to include 50 additional grooves, this encyclopedic book and two-CD set contains more than 450 musical examples in standard notation, showing grooves and practical variations. Overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles are covered alongside innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, and funk; virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play is in there. This revised second edition also includes an updated bibliography and discography, as well as more historical information about the individual styles.

The incredible diversity of the bass guitar is revealed in this newly revised, all-inclusive style guide. Each chapter covers particular styles or families of styles, gradually introducing players to techniques that will allow them to get the most out of their instrument and easily increase their bass repertoire. More than 400 bass grooves are presented, spanning an excess of 100 styles that musicians can follow along with on each of the two accompanying CDs. In addition to techniques for mastering the various styles, historical information about how they developed is included, giving players a one-of-a-kind opportunity to be true masters of the bass guitar. All musical samples in this updated edition are in both standard notation and tablature and the style histories, bibliography, and discography are up-to-date. Also included are 50 new grooves and a DVD with videos of the proper way to play more than 100 examples.

The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Bass Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco

Bufe, Chaz

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The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco

The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Bass Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco (Musician's Bible)

Stage Fright: 40 Stars Tell You How They Beat America's #1 Fear

The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco

The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Bass Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco