Advanced Funk Drumming

Advanced Funk Drumming. (A Progressive Approach to Modern Drumset Grooves). Percussion. Softcover with DVD-ROM. 68 pages. Published by Modern Drummer Publications.

Written and produced by funk drumming specialist Jim Payne and recommended by drumming greats Peter Erskine * Stanton Moore * Steve Smith * Zoro * and Bill Stewart, this multimedia package combines a wealth of practical ideas with modern technology to make it easier and more intuitive for drummers to learn new grooves and an essential drumming style. It includes a book with fully notated transcriptions and tips plus two DVDs with more than 200 QuickTime video and MP3 audio clips. In creating this package, Payne composed and video-recorded the grooves before transcribing them. The first half of the book, Sections 1 through 14, is organized in a sequential manner; moving from simple grooves to more advanced permutations. Sections 15 through 21 present additional patterns in a more organic and sometimes random progression. To further facilitate the