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Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished
professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in
Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from
Scarecrow Press), the Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician
series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors,
composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking quick
pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of
music. Easy to use and intended for the advanced musician,
contributions to Music Secrets fill a niche for those who have
moved beyond what beginners and intermediate practitioners need.
Drum Kit Secrets: 52 Performance Strategies for the Advanced
Drummer is an indispensable guide for any drum kit player. Drummer
and historian Matt Dean covers a broad range of drum kit-related
subjects to assist drummers already well versed in the instrument
to advance and polish their skills for both live and studio
performance. Drum Kit Secrets includes topics and tips on how and
what to practice; how to develop one's timing and master the
metronome; how to prepare for auditions and overcome stage fright;
how to stay healthy as a drummer through proper eating,
tried-and-true warm-up routines, and correct drum kit set up; how
to select and maintain drum equipment; and how to create drum solos
and improvise with ease. He also includes tips and tricks for
mastering the studio setting, getting the most from one's drum kit,
writing quick and easy drum charts, preparing for gigs, marketing
oneself as a drummer, and much more. Drum Kit Secrets is the
perfect resource for intermediate-level amateurs to working
professionals. Dean draws on his many years as teacher and drum
professional in this unique compilation of tips and performance
strategies for advanced and expert players.
In The Drum: A History, drummer, instructor, and blogger Matt Dean
details the earliest evidence of the drum from all regions of the
planet, looking at cave paintings, statues, temple reliefs, and
burial remains before finding existing relics of actual drums,
which have survived thousands of years. Highlighting the different
uses and customs associated with drumming, Dean examines how the
drum developed across many cultures and over thousands of years
before they became the instruments we know today. A celebration of
this remarkable instrument, The Drum: A History explores how war,
politics, trade routes, and religion have influenced the drum.
Bringing its history to the present, Dean considers the modern
cultural and commercial face of the drum, detailing its role in
military settings and the development of the "modern drum kit."
This study charts the evolution of the recording studio
environment, as well as specific analysis of the development of
drum heads, sticks, and the often overlooked role of women on the
drum kit. In addition, there is a look at the continuing evolution
of the drum and its role through surveys of main manufacturers and
the increased dependence on electronic drums, sampling machines,
and drum recorders. As the first book to detail the entire
development of the drum, The Drum: A History will appeal to every
drummer, regardless of genre or style, as well as any reader with a
general interest in the evolution of this universal instrument.
2010 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. Jonah Murray has known much
happiness--a supportive mother, a decent job, and fulfilling
hobbies. But after the end of his first great love affair, the
rawness of his emotions leads him into a dangerous
entanglement.Spike Peterson--heartbreakingly good-looking,
imperturbably self-assured, relentlessly carnal--rekindles Jonah's
longing for companionship. But Spike isn't the kind to offer
companionship. Excitement, yes, but not companionship. Eliot Moon,
a counselor who facilitates a support group for gay men, offers
Jonah a more transcendent path to happiness. But Jonah soon
discovers that to take Eliot's way, he will have to make difficult
sacrifices.
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