Drum Exercises for the Pop, Funk, and R&B Player

InstructionalLet your technique soar to new heights with eight solos and dozens of exercises tailor-made for intermediate and advanced players in pop, funk, and R&B! Improve your independence; find your groove in mixed meters; ace your rolls, paradiddles, and triplets; increase your sight-reading chops; and interpret big band and samba charts like a pro all while learning how to use these skills in real-life performance situations. The CD includes recorded demonstrations of dozens of musical examples.

Ralph Johnson, Ph.D., has been a drummer, vocalist, and percussinist with Earth, Wind & Fire since 1972, with whom his more notable recordings include "That's the Way of the World" and the Beatles' "Got to Get You into My Life." His highly spritied playing style is totally captured on their first live recording for CBS, Gratitude. There's no doubt his drumming is deeply rooted in R&B---Ralph has written for and/or produced such artists as the Whispers, the Temptations, Les McCann, Howard Hewett, Keyshia Cole, Philip Bailey, EW&F, and hip-hop giant Jay-Z. With the other two founding members of the band, Philip Bailey and Verdine White, Ralph continues to tour the world and bring much joy to those who have embraced the music of Earth, Wind & Fire.