Oscillator: An Intelligent Person's Guide to Beginning Drum Set

Oscillator: An Intelligent Person's Guide to Beginning Drum Set is an all-inclusive humorous approach to drumming that caters to the instant gratification mindset of today's nintendo kids and covers all the bases for a solid drumming background. It also features free audio downloads of play-along tracks and musical metronomes that are intended to inspire creative drumming. Although the majority of Oscillator was written from the back of a tour bus, many of the original exercises were born out of the frustrating experiences from teaching hundreds of students with warhorses like Syncopation, A Funky Primer, and Stick Control, that are very out of touch with the practical skills needed by today's contemporary drum set player. This is more than just a book for students. This is a book for the teachers - for instance, the "rights" and "lefts" are already written in, the spine is coil bound so it sits happily on a music stand, and while there's enough text to get a beginner going, it leaves a fairly blank canvas for the teacher's interpretation. How to play the drums. Beginning drums. Drums for beginners Idiot's guide to drumming. Author Jake Wood is San Francisco's premier first-call drum teacher, and has taught over 500 students in SF's gritty tenderloin district. He has toured extensively with international acts Diego's Umbrella, March Fourth Marching Band, and Super Adventure Club. When not behind a kit, Wood writes columns for DRUM! Magazine, including recording tips, product reviews, and most recently the tell-all Touror Stories. Read more