Rick Latham : Advanced Funk Studies (Book & CD)
The purpose of this book / 2 CD's is to give the advanced drummer some insight into the techniques involved in playing today's Funk and Fusion Music. The patterns in this text are to provide the player with a working knowledge of style and feel to develop his own ideas. The information within is a means to an end.
Many of the patterns are styled after some of today's leading funk drummers such as Steve Gadd, Harvey Mason, and Daivid Garibaldi. Others are direct transcriptions from recordings as indicated. Rick Latham’s first drum book, Advanced Funk Studies, is one of the definitive books for the contemporary drummer. Now again available, in a new edition that includes a two-CD set, this standard in the field is a compilation of all the drumming techniques used in Funk and Fusion Music.
The book includes transcriptions by the author of excerpts from many celebrated recordings by drummers such as Steve Gladd, David Garibaldi, Harvey Mason, Peter Erskine and many others, as well as specially constructed solos by the author. The two CD set contains recordings of all the patterns; transcriptions and solos as performed by author, Rick Latham.
This is a book that belongs in the library of every contemporary drummer.
Rick Latham : Advanced Funk Studies (Book & CD)
The purpose of this book / 2 CD's is to give the advanced drummer some insight into the techniques involved in playing today's Funk and Fusion Music. The patterns in this text are to provide the player with a working knowledge of style and feel to develop his own ideas. The information within is a means to an end.
Many of the patterns are styled after some of today's leading funk drummers such as Steve Gadd, Harvey Mason, and Daivid Garibaldi. Others are direct transcriptions from recordings as indicated. Rick Latham’s first drum book, Advanced Funk Studies, is one of the definitive books for the contemporary drummer. Now again available, in a new edition that includes a two-CD set, this standard in the field is a compilation of all the drumming techniques used in Funk and Fusion Music.
The book includes transcriptions by the author of excerpts from many celebrated recordings by drummers such as Steve Gladd, David Garibaldi, Harvey Mason, Peter Erskine and many others, as well as specially constructed solos by the author. The two CD set contains recordings of all the patterns; transcriptions and solos as performed by author, Rick Latham.
This is a book that belongs in the library of every contemporary drummer.
Rick Latham : Advanced Funk Studies (Book & CD)