Imagine yourself onstage with your band. As the band plays, the crowd moves to the rhythm-your rhythm. The rhythm that you feel in your bones and set loose on the crowd. Drummers aren't front and center. They're not often the face of the band. Instead, they are its heart. It's the drummer who sets the pace and keeps the song on track. Picture Yourself Drumming is an easy-to-follow, visual guide that will help you tackle the basic skills you need to someday control that crowd with your own driving beat. If you have some natural rhythm, a set of sticks, and a desire to become a drummer, then this book was written for you. The accompanying DVD includes tips for a variety of drumming techniques as well as coaching sessions and step-by-step instructions for setting up each piece of your new drum kit.
Chapter 1 Where You'll Look into the Future, Go Back to Preshool, Get Stuck, and Learn How to Outsmart Your Parents
Chapter 2 Where You'll Learn How to Get Set Up, Tuned Up, and Rugged Up, and How to Accessorize Properly
Chapter 3 In Which You'll Learn a New Language and Meet the "Big Three"
Chapter 4 In Which You'll Count to 16, Get Filled In on Fills, Crash without Getting Hurt, ................
Chapter 5 Where You'll Learn What to Leave Out and How to Slice and Dice, and You'll Meet Four Guys Named Steve
Chapter 6 The Triumphant Return of Your Left Foot
Chapter 7 In Which You'll Learn Why Over and Over, Become Sharp, Get Lectured,.......................
Chapter 8 Where You'll Meet Your Two New Best Friends (the Quadruplet and the Flam),........................
Chapter 9 Where You'll Meet the Flam Tap, Make Combinations and Reverse Them,..........................
Chapter 10 Where You'll Break the Magic Circle, Learn a Bunch of Combinations, Eat a Bunch of Deluxe.........................
Chapter 11 Where You'll Take a Vow, Use Accents, Play in 3D, See a Ghost, and Express Yourself
Chapter 12 Where You'll Get a Quarter, Learn How Songs Work, Hitch a Ride, and Be a Volume Knob
Chapter 13 The Lucky Chapter: Where I'll Leave You with Some Last-Minute Advice