No Excuses

Keeping the beat with the No Excuses Drum Guide
Who makes an audience tap their toes, clap their hands or take to the dance floor? The Drummer! At last, a fun and innovative guide for all aspiring drummers, written by a top drum teacher.
The new and comprehensive No Excuses Drum Guide is a CD-ROM based, PC/Mac compatible tutor for those who want to master the instrument that is the engine room of any band - the drum kit.>br>With over 150 exercises, from basic snare patterns to complicated fills, that can be listened to and printed off, the guide offers a wealth of information. The entire drum kit is broken down piece by piece with detailed explanations of each part plus all the extra ‘hardware' and gear that goes along with it. An extensive tuning section plus a jargon buster, famous player biographies and tips ‘n' tricks from the experts makes the guide one of the most comprehensive and easily accessible of its kind.>br>The special ‘DRUM IT!' audio CD that comes free with the guide has 20 guitar/bass jamming tracks in 10 different styles to drum along to. Each of the tracks are over 3 minutes long allowing the player to really get into the groove and can be played with or without a click track to aid time keeping. Most jamming CDs only give you short examples - this one will give you a real workout!