66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer: Rock * Funk * Blues * Fusion * Jazz

I purchased this book to help me learn some creative techniques. I've been playing for about a year and I can play pretty complicated patterns and 1 bar fills but when my instructer asked me to play an 8 bar groove and a 4 bar solo, I was lost on the solo. This book has really helped me to expand my drumming "vocabulary". The solos run from basic to advanced in each of the styles listed on the cover. I also like the CD that's included because it allows me to confirm that I'm playing the piece correctly. My only complaint is that there are not more samples of the different styles. Overall, this should be a great book for rookie drummers looking to expand their drumming skills and pick up ideas.

I have been drumming for a few years now and consider myself a desent drummer. My major problem was that I had no discipline, I would play just improvised and not really keep count of measures or anything. I would play and whenever I felt I would throw in a drum fill. Some drum fills would go a little over. With this book It made me really sit down and play with structure. The concept of the book is simple,but it is NOT drum solos. Drum solos is like most believe is just showing off speed and technique. While this book is just measures of drum beats followed by drum fills. It is more or less like for songs. It would have an intro then the beat then the fill then beat and so on. What I really love about the book is that it gradually gets harder. So you just start with one and work your way up to 66. Trust me you cant go wrong with this book.

I'm a private drum teacher and bought this as part of my teaching repertoire. I was looking for solos for my students to work on while building their coordination and reading skills. They are good for beginner up to advanced. I'd say the average high school student would be about the tip of difficulty. College drummers are already past a lot of this.My only gripe is that the solos are actually just etudes, nothing you would play for recitals because they are incredibly short. But I do like that they are a way to break away from the monotony of playing one exercise over and over.

The solos in the book are OK. Every now and then I come across something I would use in my day to day playing.

Its not a solo, just short fills

kid loves it

Awesome technique book

The content is great. The solos start very simple and become more complex, building from the last. It is very rewarding and I do credit this book for helping me grow as a drummer. I do find it to be a bit of an oxymoron. The book's title in regards to MODERN DRUMMER isn't realistic. I considered myself a modern person. I know the book was coming with a CD, but like everything else, I sync it to my phone. I practice with electronic drums. I can put any and everything else onto my phone. That way I can listen to myself playing and whatever the song, metronome, beat, etc through my headphone (which is not secret to e-drummers). Except it will not allow the CD to sync to anything. I don't own a CD player other than my laptop. Now, I have to go buy a MODERN CD PLAYER so I can play along. Very frustrating.

A great concept for a drum tuition book with some very nice content across skill levels, BUT It's a shame that the notation legend is quite different from just about every other drum book I've ever read, and its not that helpful either (for example why put the Hi-Hat on the SAME line as the ride Cymbal?) Learners are finding this confusing.If there is ever a revised version fixing these type of issues would definitely help learners make better use of the book. Another thing to consider adding would be target BPM speeds too.

Very useful book...A great support, audio track ...

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Questo testo è utile per insegnare prendendo spunto direttamente dalla pratica. Lo consiglio soprattutto per preparare un saggio di fine anno

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