This
hardbound book focuses on Steve's groundbreaking
artwork built from rhythm. Inside the book,
readers get extensive notes from Smith on the
creation and meaning of the individual works of
art. Also featured is an up-to-date overview of
Smith's rhythmic career with never before seen
photos from Steve's personal archive.
To bring sound to the visuals inside the
book, a 180 gram full length record is included.
This new Steve Smith release is intended to
accompany readers on the journey of reviewing
the artwork in the book. Each art piece has its
own piece of music. And Steve has included
detailed insights into the construction and
performance of each solo inside the book.
Each book in this
edition of 250 is signed and numbered by Steve
Smith and all book/vinyl sets ship with
Certificate of Authenticity from SceneFour.
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Pathways of Motion 2016 Release
Based
around Steve’s current use and analysis of
matched-grip
drumset technique, this book presents a wealth
of information based around hand technique that
also covers rudiments, musical phrasing, and
much more. Video, text, and notation come
together in this package to clearly explain and
demonstrate four distinct grips that Steve has
identified and developed in his own playing.
Each grip is thoroughly explored in its basic
motions on the snare drum, and then translated
to drumset applications and phrases.
Going beyond hand technique, the book includes
dozens of challenging and fun rudimental phrases
that are used to apply the grips, but that also
build phrasing ideas, vocabulary, and chops.
Ergonomic drum setup, Moeller motions, and other
topics are also covered, accompanied by plenty
of exciting solo playing from Steve. The book is
packed with insights and practical ideas of how
a drummer can develop the building blocks of a
usable and hip- sounding vocabulary that has
nearly limitless applications. The
accompanying DVD contains matching videos for
all the lessons included in the text. Each
lesson is clearly numbered and titled, making it
easy to work with text, notation and video
together as you study these concepts. A code is
also included to download the video files from
www.halleonard.com to your computer.
“In 2012 I decided to start developing my
left-hand-matched grip in order to give my
left-hand- traditional grip a rest now and
then,” said Smith. “I noticed that I have
refined my right hand technique; much of that
comes from playing a repetitive ride cymbal
rhythm which has helped my right hand develop
very smooth ‘pathways of motion.’ I want my left
hand matched grip to have the same
sophistication of movement, motion, technique
and pathways of motion as my right hand. In the
process of getting serious about refining my
matched grip technique, I made some discoveries
that I’ll be sharing with you in this tutorial.”
Play
Along Jazz
Steve has partnered with
PlayAlongJazz to offer several
of his music projects minus drums so that you
can play along! This includes Vital Information
albums Heart of the City,
Viewpoint, and Vitalization, plus Groove: Blue and many more!
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here to learn more and
purchase in the iTunes store!
Drum Guru iPhone/iPad App 2012 Release
Drum Guru is an educational app for
drummers of all ability levels - beginner to pro
- which delivers the highest quality educational
content from some of the world’s best known
drummers. You will broaden your skills by
learning new grooves, fills, and other concepts,
taught in easily digestible, short lessons.
Drum Guru delivers drum lessons with
high-quality video and audio, coupled with music
notation and unique practice features so
drummers can use the app in the practice room.
These tutorials are grouped into “packs” that
you can download from our catalog. Currently, we
offer lessons from drumming legends such as
Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Mike Portnoy, and Chad
Smith, with many other artists coming soon.
FEATURES
•
Drum lessons in all styles delivered by the
expert Drum Guru team and the world’s best-known
drum celebrities. • High-quality videos
demonstrating each lesson with a "half-speed"
option to really see what is going on •
Lessons from Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Chad
Smith, Mike Portnoy, and others! • Music
notation/transcription of each lesson that can
be viewed while watching the video. •
Interactive practice mode, which plays back the
notation, and can be started/stopped, practiced
with or without a click, looped, and played back
at different tempos for practice. • Lessons
divided into packs of 8-10 lessons each,
categorized by ability level and style. •
All original content designed specifically for
this app.
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here to learn more and
purchase in the iTunes store!
Your Price: $29.95 (plus
S&H)
Complete your
Jazz Legacy collection by adding the CD Live on
Tour (Vol. 2)!
Download the DVD to your computer!
Drum Legacy: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
(Hudson Music) 2008 Release
Over five hours long - includes the
CD of Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy -
Live on Tour (Vol.1)!
Critical Acclaim for Drum Legacy
Hi Steve,
I wanted to write and
tell you that I watched "Standing On the
Shoulders of Giants" last week, and was just
blown away. No exaggeration -- the playing, and
the musicality of your approach, both humbled
and inspired me. (And that's the correct
prescription!)
The entire production is
surely one of the very best drumming videos ever
made, and I especially loved the group pieces --
which isn't always the case. The detailed
explications are certainly profound and
enlightening, but the musical pieces are equally
entrancing.
I was also utterly
flabbergasted by the figures you played with
alternating hand and foot "stickings" -- so
impressive, and so musical.
Congratulations on a well-earned masterpiece.
- Neil Peart
Thanks to the Drum Legacy DVD and the booklet of
transcriptions I can learn every interesting
figure of Tony's and Max's and Philly Joe's and
Elvin's that Steve plays and the fact that the
DVD has one of the most insightful and great
analysts of modern drumming in John Riley taking
things apart on camera with Steve is almost like
getting two (genius minds) for the price of one!
You guys have done it again.
John Ramsay Chairman
Percussion Department Berklee College of
Music Author of Art Blakey's Jazz Messages
Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson
Studying the drum giants who came
before is one of the keys to developing an
understanding of music and finding your own
voice on the drums. This highly educational DVD
set presents a musical analysis and discussion
of some of the most important jazz drumming
greats in history. You will find the complete
one-hour performance by Steve Smith's group Jazz
Legacy from the 2006 Modern Drummer Festival,
including two previously unreleased songs.
PREVIEW: Steve Smith Drum Legacy -
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
The group's music is inspired by jazz drumming giants Art
Blakey ("A Night in Tunisia"¯), Elvin Jones
("Three Card Molly"¯), Philly Joe Jones ("Two
Bass Hit"¯), Buddy Rich ("Moments Notice"), Joe
Dukes ("Soulful Drums"¯), and Tony Williams
("Sister Cheryl"¯). Each tune is dedicated to one
of these drum legends. Also included are two
brilliant drum solos by Steve in tribute to Max
Roach ("Drums Unlimited"¯ and "For Big Sid"¯),
plus two new original solos.
John
Riley, master jazz drummer, educator, and
author, joins Steve for an insightful
discussion of the work of these jazz greats that
is unprecedented in its scope and detail. Steve
and John present a wealth of information for
drummers from a historical/artistic analysis of
each jazz giant's conceptual approach, right
down to the nuts and bolts of the licks they
played.
Bonus features include: live
performance footage of Steve in NYC and at a
master class in Australia; a 40-page printed
booklet; a complete eBook containing exercises
and text from Steve, as well as complete bios
from respected author Mark Griffith to round out
your understanding of these drum legends. The
eBook is in PDF format so it can be printed and
used in the practice room with or without the
DVD.
Includes the "Live on Tour" CD
recorded at Catalina's Jazz Club in Los Angeles!
Also included in this package is the new
Jazz Legacy CD Live on Tour (Volume 1),
featuring Steve Smith (drums), Walt Weiskopf
(tenor sax), Andy Fusco (alto sax), Mark Soskin
(piano) and Baron Browne (bass). This is not an
audio version of the DVD footage - it is a
completely separate show recorded at Catalina's
in Los Angeles!
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here to open a PDF
with more information about this CD!
Your Price: $29.95 (plus
S&H)
Download the DVD to your computer!
The
Art of Playing with Brushes (Hudson Music) 2007 Release
Over seven hours long Includes a
bonus CD with 17 play-along tracks featuring Vic
Juris on guitar and Jay Anderson on bass.
This DVD uses a
very unique concept that was conceived by Adam
Nussbaum: have a number of drummers all play
brushes to the same tempos and feels - comparing
each drummerļæ½s individual approach to the art of
playing with brushes. Steve's job as a
co-producer was to help bring this idea to life
and participate in the demonstrations.
The end result is a truly remarkable DVD that
features brush masters Charli Persip, Eddie
Locke, Joe Morello, Billy Hart, Ben Riley and
Adam Nussbaum.
Adam and Steve interviewed
the drummers after their performances so they
could explain in detail their concepts and
techniques. The bonus features in the package
are also fantastic: respected author Mark
Griffith contributes volumes of writing
including the history of brushes, brushes
listening guide, and bios on all of the players
in the DVD.
Also includes incredible
archival footage of some of the greatest brush
players of all time, plus recently filmed bonus
lessons from Louie Bellson, Ed Thigpen and Adam
Nussbaum. The 17 track play-along CD is an
excellent practice tool. Says Steve, "I use it
in my own practice and at clinics. This is a
must have, essential DVD for all drummers."
Classic Rock Drum Solos (Hudson Music) 2007 Release 2 hours
Carmine Appice
is a superb host to this collection of drums
solo clips that span five decades. Some
outstanding performances include fantastic
archival footage of Gene Krupa and Sal Mineo
working on the movie The Gene Krupa Story,
Lionel Hampton's big band "rocking out,"¯ Jimmy
Vincent with Louis Prima, Shadow Wilson with
Louis Jordan, Ginger Baker giving a drum lesson,
Mike Shrieve with Santana at Woodstock, ELP's
Carl Palmer, Don Brewer, Carmine Appice, Danny
Seraphine with Chicago, Keith Moon, Cozy Powell
who plays a drum solo to "Mars, The Bringer of
War"¯ from "The Planets"¯ by Gustav Holst, and
Neil Peart, who plays the most compositional of
all of the drum solos.
Steve's friend and
music film collector, Bruce Klauber, organized
these clips and found a previously unknown video
of Steve playing a drum solo in the early 1980s
from the Journey "Captured"¯ era.
Classic
Rock Drum Solos is an exceptional DVD!
Your Price: $29.95 (plus
S&H)
Download the "Drumset Technique" DVD
to your computer!
Download the "History" DVD to your computer!
Steve
Smith Drumset Technique/History of the U.S. Beat
(Hudson Music)
With over four and a
half hours of footage, this two-DVD set is a
virtual encyclopedia of drumset techniques,
styles and concepts! This is the definitive
Steve Smith educational DVD. If you only buy one
Steve Smith DVD, this is the one.
Drumset
Technique (Disc One) - Steve explains hand and
foot technique in unprecedented detail and gets
to the core of what drummers need to know in
order to improve their feel and technical
skills. Segments include: hand technique, foot
technique, the art of practice, exercises, licks
and phrases, independence/interdependence,
implied metric modulations, plus four extended
solo drum pieces.
History of the U.S.
Beat (Disc Two) - With the help of an all-star
band, Steve explains the evolution of the
drumset in U.S. Music - how the drumset was
first used in all the major styles and how
closely related all the styles are. Segments
include: early New Orleans jazz, big band,
bebop, rhythm and blues, country, blues, gospel,
rock, funk, and jazz/rock.
In addition,
Steve's group Vital Information plays seven
complete tunes that feature applications of the
techniques and complex rhythms explained in Disc
One. Special Features: Extensive bonus footage
including alternate-take drum solos, a brilliant
hi-hat solo and hi-hat tutorial, alternate band
performances, a camera-switching option,
optional running commentary by Steve, a
listening list, a reading list, and more!
Total Running Time (for both discs): 4
hours, 38 minutes.
Your Price: $29.95 (plus
S&H)
Download the DVD to your computer!
Modern
Drummer 2006 with Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy
The Modern Drummer
Festival 2006 weekend returned to the incredible
New Jersey Performing Arts Center on September
16 and 17, 2006 for its most ambitious festival
ever. Sixteen drummers and percussionists
performed with more than twenty musicians making
for one of the most exciting festival weekends
in its eighteen-year history.
For fans of
Steve Smith: Steve performs with his group Steve
Smithā€™s Jazz Legacy featuring Walt Weiskopf
(tenor sax), Andy Fusco (alto sax), Baron Browne
(bass), and Mark Soskin (piano). They perform
music honoring great drummers of jazz:
"Insubordination"¯ (Walt Weiskopf up-tempo
original), "Sister Cheryl"¯ (Tony Williams), "Three Card Molly"¯ (Elvin Jones),
"Soulful
Drums"¯ (honoring Joe Dukes), and "Two Bass Hit"¯
(honoring Philly Joe Jones).
And, while
these incredible performances were taking place,
Hudson Music was taping interviews with each
performer. Each artist was interviewed in front
of a practice kit and each interview features
playing and demonstration, as well as in-depth
discussion on technique, warming up, and much
more.
For the first time ever, drummers
interviewed drummers! Steve Smith interviewed
Thomas Lang, Thomas interviewed Steve, Aaron
Spears interviewed Gerald Heyward, Gerald
interviewed Marvin McQuitty, etc., making for
some truly historic moments. The Thomas Lang
interview of Steve Smith is very detailed and
insightful, as is Steve's interview of Thomas.
You've seen the
clips on YouTube, now own the whole thing!
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, Drummers
Collective, the world's premier drum school,
celebrated its 25th anniversary with an
incredible evening of music.
Steve plays
a "brushes" snare drum solo and then an extended drumset solo on this Sonor Jungle Kit. This solo
includes sections in 3/4 and 5/4 with some
polyrhythmic demonstrations.
Steve then
plays a definitive version of the hi-hat solo
"Mr. Hi Hat."¯ His portion of the show ends with
an extensive duet with bass master Victor Wooten
(Victor also plays some incredible solo bass at
the concert).
This extraordinary two-DVD
set features fantastic footage of this historic
night of music, with performances by some of the
most creative and influential drummers and bass
players in the world: Steve Gadd & the Gadd
Gang, Dave Weckl & the Dave Weckl Band, Horacio
"El Negro" Hernandez, John Patitucci, Victor
Wooten, Felix Pastorius, Steve Smith, and the
Collective Faculty Ensembles.
Special
features include: alternate edits with the
FootCam feature; rehearsal and sound check
footage; artist interviews; 5.1 Surround Sound
mixes - one performance per artist; a photo
gallery; web links; and much more!
Total
running time: 5 hours and 23 minutes!
Your Price: $19.95 (plus
S&H)
Modern
Drummer 2003 with Steve Smith and Vital
Information (Hudson Music)
Modern
Drummer Festival 2003 featured an almost
unprecedented cross section of great drummers
and percussionists - and it's all captured on
this 2-DVD Set from Hudson Music.
Sunday: Includes performances by Nick D'Virgilio,
Antonio Sanchez, Airto Moreira and Shawn Pelton
& House of Diablo. Special DVD Features (on Disc
Two) include: Mike Portnoy rehearsal footage,
stick tricks with Steve Smith and the
Drumbassadors, and a photo gallery.
For
fans of Steve Smith: Steve starts his program
with a snare drum technique demonstration,
exploring the many sounds available on the snare
drum. He also plays an extended drumset solo on
his Sonor Designer kit.
Steve is then
joined by Vital Information with Frank Gambale,
Tom Coster, Baron Browne, and special guest Bill
Evans, the outstanding saxophone player. The
band is in top form as they play the Bill Evans
burner "Rattletrap,"¯ Frank Gambale's up-tempo
blues "A Little Something,"¯ and a scorching
rendition of "Over and Out!"
Total
Running Time: Over 5 Hours!
Your Price: $19.95 (plus
S&H)
TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT!
Steve
Smith Part One (Alfred Music)
This award winning
tutorial (American Video Conference - Best
Instructional Music Video of 1987) features
Steve describing and demonstrating his basic
approach to rock and jazz, methods for
developing time and meter, practice ideas,
several outstanding solos, and full band
performances with Vital Information featuring
Dave Wilczewski (sax), Tim Landers (bass), Dean
Brown (guitar), Tom Coster (keys), and Steve
Smith (drums). Vital Information songs performed
include "Johnny Cat," "What Lies Beyond," "Questionable Arrivals,"
"Blues to Bappe"¯ and "Island Holiday."
Contains more than one
hour of bonus footage taken from the 1980s:
Journey Drum Solo (1980), an excerpt from
Zildjian Day Chicago (1983), rare Vital
Information live on tour footage from their 1st
tour in 1983 featuring Tim Landers (bass), Dean
Brown (guitar), Eef Albers (guitar) and Dave
Wilczewski (sax), and Steve Smith (drums). It
also includes footage from a 1989 Vital
Information tour featuring Kai Eckhardt (bass),
Mike Miller (guitar), Tom Coster (keys), Dave
Wilczewski (sax), and Steve Smith (drums).
Plus: "Moments Notice"¯ from the Burning for
Buddy session, a photo gallery, and PDFs of the
of the booklet from the original video.
TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT!
Steve
Smith Part 2 (Alfred Music)
Part Two continues with double bass drumming
concepts and practice ideas, developing
creativity and creating a drum part (using
"Don't Stop Believing" as an example). There are
more outstanding drum solos, plus additional
performances by Vital Information featuring Dave
Wilczewski (sax), Tim Landers (bass), Dean Brown
(guitar), Tom Coster (keys), and Steve Smith
(drums).
Vital Information songs
performed include "The Perfect Date,"¯ "Blade,"¯
and "Looks Bad, Feels Good."¯ Also included is
rare in-concert footage of Steps Ahead playing "Oops,"featuring Mike Mainieri (vibes), Michael
Brecker (sax), Darryl Jones (bass), and Mike
Stern (guitar).
Contains more than one
hour of bonus footage taken from the mid-late
'80s, including Zildjian Day Boston 1983. Also
includes more rare Vital Information live on
tour footage from their 1st tour in 1983 (with
different tunes than Steve Smith Part One)
featuring Tim Landers (bass), Dean Brown
(guitar), Eef Albers (guitar), and Dave
Wilczewski (sax).
Very rare Vital
Information trio performance with Tom Coster
(keys), Jeff Andrews (bass), and Steve Smith
(drums). Also includes various drum solos
including "For Big Sid"¯ from Hot Drummer Video
Magazine and an MP3 and PDF of the Steve
Smith/Gary Chaffee duet "Seventh Heaven,"¯ plus
PDFs of the of the booklet from the original
video.
