Drum-Related Blathering and Minutiae
Check This Stuff Out: Books
Not a complete list, but here are some of my go-to study books:
- Mel Bay’s Complete Modern Drumset – Frank Briggs (Mel Bay)
- Rhythm & Meter Patterns – Gary Chaffee (Alfred Publishing)
- The New Breed – Gary Chester (Modern Drummer Publications)
- Rudiment Grooves – Rick Considine (Berklee Press)
- Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset – Duduka Da Fonseca and Bob Weiner (Warner Bros.)
- Rhythmic Illusions – Gavin Harrison (Warner Bros.)
- Rhythmic Perspectives – Gavin Harrison (Warner Bros.)
- Mastering the Art of Brushes – Jon Hazilla (Berklee Press)
- Rhythm Knowledge Volumes I & II – Mike Mangini (Rhythm Knowledge)
- The Drum Set Crash Course – Russ Miller (Warner Bros.)
- Extreme Interdependence – Marco Minnemann (Warner Bros.)
- Drum Set Warm-Ups – Rod Morgenstein (Berklee Press)
- Advanced Concepts – Kim Plainfield (Alfred Publishing)
- Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer – Ted Reed (Alfred Publishing)
- Stick Control – George Lawrence Stone (George B. Stone & Son, Inc.)
- The Frank Zappa Guitar Book – Steve Vai, et al (Munchkin Music/Hal Leonard)
- Contemporary Drummer + One – Dave Weckl (Alfred Publishing)
- The Commandments of R&B Drumming – Zoro (Alfred Publishing)
