• KId's,,,,, don't try this at home......................

  
  As reviewed by Rick on 4/3/2008

  I have a year and a half of experience and that doesn't even get me in the door. The first thing I didn't like about it was I thought it was a DVD but there is no video, just a soundtrack. In the end it didn't matter because this is pretty heavy stuff geared towards drummers with about 5 years of experience or more . Oh don't get me wrong, this is good stuff. This guy knows his stuff and has some wicked chops but I doubt that anyone who could play these examples would even need a book like this and those of us who cannot, will not really benefit from it. First off you will need to have all of your rudiments mastered to at least 160 beats per minute in order to have any chance of following along at all because almost all of the grooves he plays are done so in excess of 120 beats per minute. He doesn't start off slow and work you up to it. He just blasts right out of the starting gate with an example and it's over before you even know what hit you. As he bounces his sticks across the ambassador heads tuned for jazz, at a blazing pace your head spins as you try to pick apart the the individual sticking but his drums all ring together so fully it's almost impossible to break it apart. The main thing I got out of this was that I am not a real drummer and never will be. I looked at my kit and realized sadly that I am not worthy. This book should say in large lettering on the cover that it is not for beginners.

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