Favorite Drum Book

[Daniel LeClaire]

I find that working out of books is both enjoyable and very productive. You can study with some great players and take as much time as you need working through it.

I figured it would be a good resource if everyone would share what some of their favorite drum books are. I haven't worked through that many books but some of the better ones have been:

Russ Miller "Drumset Crash Course"

Ralph Humphrey "Even In The Odds"

I just started the Ralph Humphrey book not long ago, but it's very good.

[davfrancis]

I have a serious addiction to buying drum books!

As a result I have a several shelves full of books that I may not have really worked out of too much. The books I have studied a lot and would really recomend are:

Stick Control/Accents and Rebounds - G L Stone
Master Studies - Joe Morello
All the Patterns books - Gary Chaffee
The Art of Bop Drumming/Beyond Bop - John Riley
The Drummers Complete Vocabulary as taught by Alan Dawson - John Ramsay
Future Sounds - David Garibaldi

More recently I got myself Cirone's Portraits in Rhythm which I really like and a book by the English Drummer Pete Riley called Double Trouble which deals with technique and application of double pedal - this one looks pretty fine too.

[donu]

Originally posted by David Francis:
[QB]I have a serious addiction to buying drum books!QB]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Me too , there is one book all drummer Must have : Dom Famularo / it's Your Move [img]wink.gif[/img]

[r_navega]

1. Patterns (4 volumes) - Gary Chaffee - The bible of contemporary drummer (essencial for Vinnie addicts!)
2. Rick's Licks - you must check out his 2 videos, too!
3. Metalmorphosis - Bobby Rock - great stuff, Chaffee-influenced
4. Rhythmic Illusions - very interesting and funny book. Be cautious about using that stuff in your gig! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
5. Syncopation - hyper-versatile book. You can create lots of exercises using it!
6. Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset - Duduka da Fonseca and Bob Weiner
7. The Art of Bob Drumming/ Beyond Bop Drumming - John Riley
8. Dave Weckl - Video Transcription Series - very good to steal Weckl's licks! [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]
9. Future Sounds - David Garibaldi - challenging funk-fusion grooves.

Now, I'm looking forward to check out "The Unreel Book", Vinnie is my favorite drummer.

[Sweep]

I would say all all of the ones David mentioned (but we did have the same teacher!) + New Breed - Gary chester, and Jim Chapins book.

[Terry B]

Well, the Chaffee stuff is brilliant, as well as the New Breed. As far as newer stuff, I love the Johnny Rabb Drum 'n Bass Book, Marco Minnemann's book is great, the new Rick's Licks is awesome and I really dig Ed Uribe's Cuban and Brazillian books. Of course if you want to learn about playing jazz, Riley's two books are fantastic. I really like Kim Plainfield's Advanced Concepts and Horacio's Conversations in Clave. Gavin Harrisons stuff is really cool as well. For a (mentally confusing) blast from the past, I will also pull out 4 Way Coordination by Dahlgren and Fine. I think books are very important in developing awareness in different styles as well as bringing new ideas to the table creatively. My transcription skills also improved immensely!

[Derek DeFields]

Rick's Licks by Rick Gratton.