Voted as one of Modern Drummer's Top 25 Drum Books of All Time, Realistic Rock is a timeless classic that is the standard for learning useful, real-world rock drumming. As the first rock drummer to write about this style, Carmine crafted concepts which have taught drummers to rock for five decades and counting. Now, streaming/downloadable audio files and additional bonus material, including new fills from Carmine's Replacements book, have been added to the package to make it more effective and fun than ever.
CARMINE APPICE has performed with rock legends including Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, Jeff Beck, Cactus, Blue Murder, King Kobra, and countless others. He has been inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame, received Modern Drummer's Editor's Achievement Award, earned the L.A. Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been award the World's Best Rock Drummer by Sabian Cymbals.
Includes: Basic Rock Rhythms • Linear Groupings • Linear Rudiments • Rock Polyrhythms • Rock Fills • Syncopation Exercises • Hi-Hat Studies • Double Bass Exercises • Shuffle Rhythms • Odd Time Signatures • Hand/Foot Combinations • 3 Play-Along Tracks • Audio Examples for Download or Streaming.
“Carmine's Realistic Rock drum book was way ahead of its time. It was relevant when it came out in 1972 and is still relevant today, 50 years later. His book legitimized rock drumming and has influenced so many drummers all over the world, including John Bonham. I think it is the greatest rock drumming book ever written.” –Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, sessions)
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Drumming in Flow will improve your drumming through a focus on breathing, getting you into a zone of relaxation, focus, and peak performance on a consistent basis. Author Ray LeVier provides specific breathing exercises based on long-established meditation techniques coupled with drumming patterns to teach the focus on the breath. LeVier then delves into modern drum set vocabulary with a fun, exciting, and musical series of concepts that can be applied to all styles. These include permutations, linear concepts, voicings, and advanced sycopations, the likes of which can be heard in the playing of Keith Carlock, Vinnie Colaiuta, and others. Throughout the book are quotes and messages that will keep you inspired on the path to drumming greatness. The book also includes extensive video demonstrations of the examples.
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Denny Seiwell: The Best and Worst of Times is the autobiography of the original drummer for Paul McCartney & Wings. Co-written with bestselling author Robyn Flans (Jeff Porcaro: It's About Time), the book chronicles Denny's successful career as a studio drummer, his time in Wings, and much more.
In 1971, busy New York session drummer Denny Seiwell received a life-changing phone call to audition for the most coveted gig in the world at the time: the drum chair with Paul McCartney. As the first non-Beatle to be chosen to play with McCartney, Seiwell embarked on a three-year rollercoaster ride through making three albums and touring with the former Beatle and securing his own place in classic rock history.
In The Best and Worst of Times, Seiwell tells the story of how his life and career unfolded through his time in the Navy, performing and recording in New York City and Los Angeles, becoming a first-call studio drummer, and joining Wings. The making of the albums RAM, Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway, and the classic single “Live and Let Die” are recounted in detail, along with all of Denny's tours and travels with Wings, including the University, Wings Over Europe, and U.K. Tours of 1972-73. Seiwell reveals the inner workings of the band–from both a musical and personal perspective–and his ultimate decision to walk away from working with one of the biggest names in music history.
Following his departure from Wings, Seiwell immediately resumed his freelance career, working with various artists including Rick Danko (The Band), Joe Cocker, and Leon Russell, doing film score work with James Newton Howard, and taking on other projects. Through it all, Denny recounts his work, music, relationships, and his struggle with alcohol, and his partnership with Monique, his wife of over 58 years. He weaves a compelling story of riding a rocket to the stars, then coming to grips with the realities of the music business and his own frailties and addiction–and his ultimate recovery and happiness.
The Best and Worst of Times will put you behind the drum chair with Paul McCartney and give you an inside look at the many ups and downs of Seiwell's six decades of surviving and thriving in music.
The book is 180 pages, printed in full color, with rare photographs throughout, including images from the Paul McCartney collection.
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