Download or read book J Dilla s Donuts written by Jordan Ferguson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James “J Dilla” Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as “hip hop music” is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the next. The samples and melodies tell the story of a man coming to terms with his declining health, a final love letter to the family and friends he was leaving behind. As a prolific producer with a voracious appetite for the history and mechanics of the music he loved, J Dilla knew the records that went into constructing Donuts inside and out. He could have taken them all and made a much different, more accessible album. If the widely accepted view is that his final work is a record about dying, the question becomes why did he make this record about dying? Drawing from philosophy, critical theory and musicology, as well as Dilla's own musical catalogue, Jordan Ferguson shows that the contradictory, irascible and confrontational music found on Donuts is as much a result of an artist's declining health as it is an example of what scholars call “late style,” placing the album in a musical tradition that stretches back centuries.

Download or read book The Best Beginner Drum Book written by Jared Falk and published by Drumeo. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

Download or read book Guitar Springboard Beats for Beginners written by Michael Morenga and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitar Springboard is an innovative series of tuition guides, allowing you to boost your playing skills and knowledge by concentrating upon key musical areas. In this edition, discover the basics of rhythm guitar, and how to construct great guitar parts for Rock, Blues and Metal styles. By learning how to capture a good rhythm, you will not only improve your knowledge of the guitar, but also your ability to play with other musicians and in a band. Each lesson is supported by musical examples, so you can master your instrument within a real musical context.

Download or read book Making Beats written by Joseph G. Schloss and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on ten years of research among hip-hop producers, Making Beats was the first work of scholarship to explore the goals, methods, and values of a surprisingly insular community. Focusing on a variety of subjects—from hip-hop artists’ pedagogical methods to the Afrodiasporic roots of the sampling process to the social significance of “digging” for rare records—Joseph G. Schloss examines the way hip-hop artists have managed to create a form of expression that reflects their creative aspirations, moral beliefs, political values, and cultural realities. This second edition of the book includes a new foreword by Jeff Chang and a new afterword by the author.

Download or read book How to Make Beats written by Slime Green Beats and published by Slime Green Beats. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash your creative potential and start producing hip hop music today. This beginner’s guide breaks down the basics of music production and gives you the tools to start creating. Beat making isn’t a linear process, and there’s no exact science or method. Slime Green Beats provides a complete overview of the equipment, strategy, and mentality that you need to produce mind-blowing music, all without stifling your creativity. Whether you’re looking to produce your own music or start a career in music production, this handbook is a must-have. Learn beat making rules for different genres and musical styles, including hip hop, trap, R&B, and rap. You’ll learn: Setup - How to set up your home beat making studio - Tips for sound selection and melody creation - What drum layers make up a hip-hop beat - The stylistic difference between 808s and basslines Finishing - An introduction to mixing instrumentals - How to create vibrant, clean beats without over-compressing - Music theory rules for arranging - How to find and implement reliable feedback Sharing - Online marketing strategies for self-promotion - Email marketing tips to build industry connections - How to license, lease, and sell your beats - What to expect when selling exclusive beats, including track outs …And more! How to Make Beats explains music theory and technical software in easy-to-understand terms. The language of music production often feels elite, but Slime Green Beats breaks down barriers for new creators. Learn the lingo with an extensive terminology section in the back of the handbook and links to suggested resources. About the authors Slime Green Beats is led by 3E Wave and Stunna, two highly acclaimed music producers with an extensive fanbase on YouTube. With nearly a decade of beat making experience between them, their technical tips and recommendations are proven to work in the real world.

Download or read book The Drummer s Toolbox written by Brandon Toews and published by Drumeo. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to drumming styles by the co-author of the best-selling instructional book The Best Beginner Drum Book. Brandon Toews and Drumeo present... THE DRUMMER'S TOOLBOX! The Drummer's Toolbox presents drummers of all skill levels with the most comprehensive introduction to 100 different drumming styles from the past century. This ultimate guide includes more than 900 groove examples, as well as listening suggestions for 1000 recommended recordings. Throughout the book, drummers will also learn about the history of each drumming style, effective techniques for playing them, and how to break down different grooves limb-by-limb. The Drummer's Toolbox is for any drummer who's serious about expanding their musical vocabulary and becoming more versatile behind the drum-set. You will learn how to play: - Rock: Surf Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock... - Jazz: 4/4 Swing, Up-Tempo Swing, Contemporary Jazz... - Blues: Texas Blues, Chicago Blues, Flat Tire Shuffle... - Country: Train Beat, Two-Step, Rockabilly... - Soul & Funk: Motown, Neo-Soul, New Orleans Funk... - Metal: Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore... - Electronic: Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Trap... - Afro-Cuban: Mambo, Nanigo, Songo... - Afro-Brazilian: Samba, Marcha, Bossa Nova... - Afro-Caribbean: Merengue, Reggae, Zouk... - And many more!

Download or read book Shape Beats written by Tim Carman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-08-23 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A method for beginners of all ages! Shape Beats is a unique and simple approach to learning how to play the drumset. An alternative to standard drum notation, the book utilizes basic shapes, rather than complex music notation, allowing students to quickly learn and play-along with up to 150 well-known songs. The book can serve as a sequel to Shape Beats for Kids, or as a beginning method for students young and old.

Download or read book Drum Beats For Beginners written by Rosia Fontane and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments. This collection of drum beats and variations will get you playing fast! After a quick explanation of note durations and reading drum notation, you'll start playing right away. The beats will go from simple to more and more complex as you progress.

Download or read book Korg Volca Drum The Expert Guide written by Tony Horgan and published by Tony Horgan. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's here at last! Tony Horgan's Volca Drum guide will turn anyone into an expert. Every feature is explained and illustrated clearly, with inspirational tips and tricks to get you making big beats in an instant. Quick-start guides, over 50 patches, Wave Guide effects, hidden features and hacks, and detailed sequences reveal everything there is to know about this mighty little drum machine. This is the most visual Volca Expert Guide yet, with a treasure trove of concept images to back up the crystal clear text.

Download or read book Rhythm Made Easy Vol 1 written by Ross Trottier and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhythm Made Easy takes rhythm and turns it into simple, digestible clapping exercises that can be executed by anyone looking to learn how to count rhythm. Each exercise builds on the last, and Ross the Music Teacher has a video example for each and every exercise, totaling 100! Isolate rhythm and master it, so that you can count flawlessly on your instrument.

Download or read book Drum Lessons for Beginners written by LearnToPlayMusic.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach yourself how to play drums with our easy drum lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free drum videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and drum animation for easy music learning.*** "Awesome Drum Learning Book! This one by far is the best one I've found. The layout makes it easy to understand and to absorb the material you're learning. Keeps everything interesting but not so simple that it's boring." - Michael Cadonic, Louisville KY [Amazon]" Progressive Beginner Drums contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great drummer - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson drum tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of drum kits. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the drums is required to teach yourself to learn to play drums from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play using all the drums and cymbals in the entire drum kit • How to play drum beats used in popular drum grooves • All the fundamental drum rudiments and drum techniques including playing accents, ghost notes, paradiddles, side stick and open hi-hat • Drum theory for learning how to read drum music for beginners • Drum tips and drum tricks that every player should know when learning drums • Shortcuts for how to learn drums fast by getting the most from drum practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the drums today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners drum lessons written by a professional drum teacher • Full color photos and diagrams • Easy-to-read drum music for beginners • 133 drum exercises, drum rhythms and drum fills for playing drum beats used in rock drumming, blues drumming, funk drumming, country drumming and jazz drumming Beginner drum lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the drum, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's drum lessons for beginners are used by students and drum teachers worldwide to learn how to play drums. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted drum lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.

Download or read book Hip Hop and R B Drum Lessons for Beginners written by LearnToPlayMusic.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach yourself how to play drums with our easy hip-hop and R&B drum lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free drum videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.*** Progressive Hip-Hop and R&B Drums contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great hip-hop and R&B drummer - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson hip-hop and R&B drum tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of drums. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the drums is required to teach yourself to learn to play drums from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play hip-hop and R&B drum beats for beginners and hip-hop and R&B drum fills used in hip-hop and R&B songs • All the fundamental techniques of hip-hop and R&B drum playing including ghost notes, cymbal effects, cross stick, double kick pedal and using electronics to enhance the sound • Drum theory for learning how to read drum music for beginners • Hip-hop R&B drum tips and drum tricks with real examples that every player should know when learning to drum • Shortcuts for how to learn drums fast by getting the most from drum practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the drums today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners drum lessons written by a professional hip-hop and R&B drum teacher • Full color photos and diagrams • Easy-to-read hip-hop and R&B drum music for beginners • 99 hip-hop and R&B drum exercises, hip-hop and R&B drum beats, hip-hop and R&B drum grooves, hip-hop and R&B drum solos and popular easy hip-hop and R&B drum music for beginners Beginner drum lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the drums, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's hip-hop and R&B drum lessons for beginners are used by students and drum teachers worldwide to learn how to play drums. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted drum lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.

Download or read book Stick Control written by George Lawrence Stone and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it one of the top 25 drumming books of all-time. In the words of the author, this is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced rhythms and moves through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.

Download or read book Hip Grooves for Hand Drums written by Alan Dworsky and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-08-05 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don't need a drumset to lay down a groove. All you need is one drum. It can be a djembe, a conga, or anything else where you can fit both your hands on the drumhead. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, play in a church group, or just drum along with your favorite CDs, this book will show you how, step by step. Please note: audio files of the CD that comes with the print version of this book are not included in this ebook version (but are available separately).

Download or read book Drum Lessons written by LearnToPlayMusic.com and published by LearnToPlayMusic.com. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach yourself how to play drums with our easy drum lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.*** "BEST, MOST COMPLETE DRUM BOOK OUT THERE!!!! I love this drum book! It teaches you everything from playing notes to playing rock and roll beats on a drumset! I would recommend this to any drummer, on any level!" - A Customer [Amazon] Progressive Drum Method contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great drummer - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson drum tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of drums. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the drums is required to teach yourself to learn to play drums from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play using all the drums and cymbals over the entire drum kit • How to play drum beats used in popular drum grooves • How to play basic drum rhythms for beginners • All the fundamental drum rudiments and drum techniques including playing accents, ghost notes, paradiddles, fills and rolls • Drum theory for learning how to read drum music for beginners • Drum tips and drum tricks that every player should know when learning drums • Shortcuts for how to learn drums fast by getting the most from drum practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the drums today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners drum lessons written by a professional drum teacher • Full color photos and diagrams • Easy-to-read drum music for beginners • 287 drum exercises, drum rhythms, drum beats and drum fills for playing drum solos used in rock drumming, heavy metal drumming, funk drumming, reggae drumming, jazz drumming, hip-hop drumming and blues drumming Beginner drum lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the drums, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's drum lessons for beginners are used by students and drum teachers worldwide to learn how to play the drums. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted drum lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.

Download or read book World Beat Funk Grooves written by Alan Dworsky and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-08-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've got a drumset and you know how to make the basic strokes, you're ready to get started. This book uses an ingenious method that makes complex rhythms magically emerge out of simple sequences of body movements. Within days you'll be playing world-beat and funk grooves that usually take months to master. The method is based on a style of playing called "linear drumming." "Linear" simply means you only play one note at a time. That's why it's great for beginners. Instead of learning separate parts for your hands and feet and then layering one on top of the other, you only have to learn a single pattern that moves note by note from limb to limb. It's as easy as connecting the dots. Please note: audio files of the CDs that came with the print version of this book are not included in this ebook version (but are available separately).

Download or read book Slammin Simon s Beginner s Bundle 2 Books in 1 guide to Mastering Your First Rock Roll Drum Beats and 20 Essential Drum Rudiments written by Mark Powers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-17 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slammin' Simon teaches aspiring rockstars all the rudiments, grooves and fills they need to get drumming in no time, and this 2-in-1 book combo is the perfect place for any young drummer to start. It's flippin' fun! The first section of the bundle is Simon's 20 Essential Drum Rudiments guide. Within these pages, Simon and his pet turtle sidekick, Rudi, introduce their favorite Roll, Diddle, Flam and Drag rudiments. These hand patterns (or "stickings") provide drummers with a solid foundation for their future percussion study and development. The second section is Slammin' Simon's bestselling Guide to Mastering Your First Rock & Roll Drum Beats. Here, Simon and Rudi introduce the basic quarter-note and eighth-note drumset beats needed to start performing in the Rock music style. Everything for a young player to get started - all in one handy book!