Product Description

Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and MAC computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Hurts So Good * Message in a Bottle * No Reply at All * Owner of a Lonely Heart * Peg * Rosanna * Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) * Swingtown.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #290041 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 56 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781423404262
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Very well done - please make more!!!
I purchased the Pop Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, and Funk volumes of this series. Funk has not yet been released, but this review applies equally to the three volumes I've received.

I love play-along sets like this, but have never been happy with 'sound-alikes'. (Liberty DeVitto's book is excellent, because you get to play with Billy's band.) In this case, the musicianship is of such a high caliber that you can really settle into the grooves and feel like you're playing along with the original artists.

You can't please everybody, but Hal Leonard has done a great job at choosing songs that feature good grooves and interesting drum parts. No Reply At All, Peg, and Rosanna just feel so good to play along with. I cannot wait for the Funk volume with James Brown and Tower of Power, among others.

There are no vocals and no click except for a count-in, when warranted. Those are not negatives. The lack of a click threw me in 'Come Together', for example. With no vocals to fill those breaks, it took some concentration to nail the downbeat of the next section. That's excellent in my opinion, and can only help to improve my own internal click.

I can see where this would be a useful addition to any drum instructor's repertoire. Some students find it easier to stay motivated when playing along with 'songs they know'. It's also a useful tool for practicing your engineering skills. Record yourself playing along and experiment with different drum tunings, micing, eq, effects, etc., to try and get the best recorded sound possible.

I hope this series gets a strong reception in the drum community. That's very selfish of me, because I would like to see these sets just keep coming. Throw some more Police, Steely Dan, Rush (none yet), Zeppelin (none yet), etc., into the mix. Keep the same quality and strong selection of songs, and I will be a customer for as long as you keep releasin' em.

Very Well Done
I have to agree with all that was said already. A good selection for the beginner (Hurts So Good) to intermediate (Rosanna). And well produced too.

almost excellent
Yes, the play along tracks are without singing, yes the drum parts on the charts can be a little different from the original, but hey !? what's the use of these books, just try to understand the way to play such style I think, so the goal is reached, and quite well. There is a really big effort done on the mix and the sound, it doesn't sound cheap.

Furthermore, not having the singing on the part is a good way to force you to stay concentrate and listen to the music another way. This book/CD is definitely a good deal.
As a Steely Dan die hard fan, I just regret that sound on Peg a little cheap, as well on the Yes'owner of a lonely heart track, otherwise it would have been nearly perfect as a play along.
ah ! The 80's with their keyboards....