Looking for Books/DVDs

[gravedigga]

Thank you for your help and patience, this is my first post. I'm a metal hardcore experimental drummer looking to refresh basics, and learn new skills to boost my playing. I'm looking for good drum rudiment Book/DVD. And a good DVD on blast beats, gravity roll, double bass drum metal style playing. Much appreciated, this site is great!!

[abe]

For hands you should absolutely get Jojo Mayer's new DVD. It will cover everything from simple wrist strokes to push pull and rim rolls. It won't teach you rudiments but with these motions under belt your only limit will be skies.

For drumset I'd suggest 4-way coordination. If you can play all these patterns in good speed you'll be much more ready for MANY playing situation and ideas as if you'd have bit faster licks but not good coordination skills.

For bass drum I've heard very good reviews about Matt Ritter's video ''Unburying The Beater''. He is also on this forum.

Good Luck.

[abe]

BTW. Who are your drum heros or drummers you like?

[Tomtom123]

I think you can get alot from all the rudiments that Pat Petrillo does in "Hands, Grooves, & Fills". He's also got killer grooves and you get a DVD and book. No matter what style, it will help you

[gravedigga]

My influences include Lamb of Gods drummer, Vision of Disorder, Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Earthcrisis, Slayer, Some local death metal drummers in the Seattle Area that are just amazing. I'm not looking to be a non stop blast beat/double bass kind of drummer. I want a well rounded ability to grove and at any random moment come in with some crazy Blast beats. I'm really interested in the Gravity roll, and single hand technique. I practice drum rudiments daily on a practice pad.

[Mapex589]

My influences include Lamb of Gods drummer, Vision of Disorder, Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Earthcrisis, Slayer, Some local death metal drummers in the Seattle Area that are just amazing. I'm not looking to be a non stop blast beat/double bass kind of drummer. I want a well rounded ability to grove and at any random moment come in with some crazy Blast beats. I'm really interested in the Gravity roll, and single hand technique. I practice drum rudiments daily on a practice pad.

For blast beats this is a great video http://www.flomounier.com/en_dvd.html . If you are a Chris Adler fan you should also check out the Adler/Bittner DVD from the 2005 Modern Drummer Festival. That is a great video! If you would like to get proficient in many styles you might want to check out Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials DVD.

[PinkZepplin]

Gravity rolls are a pretty easy "technique". although i wouldn't really call them that because to me they are more of a gimmick. look on you tube for videos of gravity rolls thier all over the place

[abe]

My influences include Lamb of Gods drummer, Vision of Disorder, Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Earthcrisis, Slayer, Some local death metal drummers in the Seattle Area that are just amazing. I'm not looking to be a non stop blast beat/double bass kind of drummer. I want a well rounded ability to grove and at any random moment come in with some crazy Blast beats. I'm really interested in the Gravity roll, and single hand technique. I practice drum rudiments daily on a practice pad.

I'm not very into metal but since you want to ''refresh basics, and learn new skills to boost your playing'' it's not so importante.

For groove development get metronome and use it. Or you could even get one of those rhythm analyzers- they show you how accurate are your beats in real time.

For technique skills Jojo's video is VERY good. There you will find rim roll/gravity roll/free hand technique and push pull technique. Also Dom's book ''It's Your Move'' is very good since it explains ''power stroke'' that could be useful for heavy playing and is not mentioned in Jojo's video.
For feet I haven't found ''my'' DVD yet but I've heard that Matt Ritter's video ''Unburying The Beater'' would be great since he explains all basics and advenced concepts.

''4-Way Coordination'' is book for coordination development. In my opinion it's still one of the best coordination methode around.

I guess I start to repeat myself but those books/dvd are HUGE help for any drummer. If you work hard on those methodes, I'm sure you will be able to pick up any musical idea easily as well as create them yourself.

[CtrStDrumSchool]

Derek Roddys book "evolution of the blast beat" should be a good one for ya. and his you tube vids are good. I alos recommend checking out his website, there is amessage board full of guys looking to build the ultimate chops for blasts and death metal.

http://www.derekroddy.com