Product Description

Tommy Igoe brings his 25 years of teaching and playing experience to this first-ever DVD for beginning drummers! He guides you on a journey that begins with assembling a brand new drum set, and gets you started making music right away. Setting Up! (Part 1) covers in detail all of your drums, hardware and cymbals and how to unpack and assemble them, Tommy's unique 'Power Square' concept, tuning up and more, starting you off in the right direction. In Start Playing! (Part 2), Tommy takes you through the basics of coordination, how to hold your sticks and how to control your pedals. He even brings out some young students to help demonstrate three great grooves and four cool drum fills that you can play right away. Special DVD Features allow you to select Tommy playing each of the grooves super slowly so you can really take your time to work everything out. Three great songs are performed by students, with play-along versions of each one, so that you can start jamming and making music right away! 140 minutes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8330 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-10-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 140 minutes

Customer Reviews

Get started right and enjoy playing more!
This video is an indispensable aid to any beginning drummer. It covers everything from setup, to how to hold the sticks, how to hit the drums, and some basic patterns to start you playing. There is a wealth of good drum instructional material out there, but for an absolute beginner, this is the very best there is. Follow it up with the even-better "Groove Essentials" and you can't go wrong. Every parent buying a drum set for their kid should but this too, and make watching it mandatory. It just might prevent a few weeks of random pounding followed by abandonment of the drums.

Good program, but needs a little more
Tommy does a great job relating to kids. My son (11) really enjoyed this training video. We purchased "Essentials" and it has alot of complicated grooves in it to learn. I believe "Basics" needs a little more in it to help with the transition between the two. Still a great product.

GREAT DVD!
I am a bass player. I have been fascinated by drums forever. I recently got a good deal on a like new Pearl Export. I got this and Groove esentials. Very impressed! Tommy explains everything in detail, yet it is not at all boring. He is very good at teaching. He doesn't have an attitude. I would recommend this DVD to all aspiring drummers.