On the Beaten Path: Progressive Rock - The Drummer's Guide
SKU: 00-31503
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This must-have guide for drummers provides insight into the history and development of the Progressive Rock genre, and explores a dozen legendary drummers that impacted it most. The book will lead you through the beats, licks, solos, and grooves that made each artist famous, with insight into their approaches, the gear they used, the bands they played in, and the drummers who influenced them. The easy-to-follow lessons delve into authentic transcriptions of 36 infamous beats and solos from songs by Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, Tool, Dream Theater, Rush, Frank Zappa, Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, and others. Amazing photos are featured as well as a listing of essential recordings. All the beats and solos that are presented in the book are performed on the accompanying CD. *****Drummers include: * Barriemore Barlow * Terry Bozzio * Bill Bruford * Danny Carey * Vinnie Colaiuta * Phil Collins * Michael Giles * Gavin Harrison * Carl Palmer * Neil Peart * Mike Portnoy * Jon Theodore …and more! On the Beaten Path: Progressive Rock is a much-anticipated extension to the highly acclaimed, award-winning book On the Beaten Path: The Drummer’s Guide to Musical Styles and the Legends Who Defined Them, voted No. 1 Educational Book in the 2008 Modern Drummer Reader's Poll!, and voted No. 1 Book in the 2008 DRUM! Reader's Poll!
- SKU
- 00-31503
- Composer
- Lackowski, Rich
- Voicing
- Book/CD
- Manufacturer
- ALFRED
- Barcode
- 038081341675
- ISBN 10
- 0739056719
- ISBN 13
- 9780739056714
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Acknowledgements
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The Path
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Music Notation
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The Kings of Progressive Rock Drumming
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Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)
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"Halo" from Deadwing (2005)
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"The Start of Something Beautiful" from Deadwing (2005)
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"Halo" from Deadwing (2005)
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Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta)
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"Vermicide" from Amputechture (2006)
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"Cicatriz E.S.P." from De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
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"Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" from Frances the Mute (2005)
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Danny Carey (Tool)
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"Vicarious" from 10,000 Days (2006)
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"Ticks & Leeches" from Lateralus (2001)
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"Eulogy" from Ænima (1996)
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Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
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"Pull Me Under" from Images and Words (1992)
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"Home" from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
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"Caught in a Web" from Awake (1994)
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Neil Peart (Rush)
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"The Spirit of Radio" from Permanent Waves (1980)
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"La Villa Strangiato" from Hemispheres (1978)
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"Tom Sawyer" from Moving Pictures (1981)
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Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull)
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"Thick As a Brick (Side One)" from Thick As a Brick (1972)
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"Conundrum" from Bursting Out (1978)
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"No Lullaby" from Heavy Horses (1978)
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Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa)
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"Watermelon in Easter Hay" from Joe's Garage (1979)
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"Five-Five-FIVE" from Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (1981)
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"Keep It Greasy" from Joe's Garage (1979)
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Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, U.K.)
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"Danger Money" from U.K.'s Danger Money (1979)
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"The Purple Lagoon" from Frank Zappa's Zappa in New York (1978)
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"Caesar's Palace Blues" from U.K.'s Danger Money (1979)
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Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
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"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 1" from Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
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"Tank" from Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
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"Tarkus" from Tarkus (1971)
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Phil Collins (Genesis)
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"Back in N.Y.C." from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
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"The Colony of Slippermen (The Raven)" from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
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"Dance on a Volcano" from A Trick of the Trail (1976)
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Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, U.K.)
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"Roundabout" from Yes's Fragile (1972)
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"Alaska" from U.K.'s U.K. (1978)
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"One More Red Nightmare" from King Crimson's Red (1974)
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Michael Giles (King Crimson)
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"The Court of the Crimson King" from In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
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"21st Century Schizoid Man" from In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) Intermediate
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"21st Century Schizoid Man" from In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) Advanced
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Progography: Other Progressive Rock Drummers and Recordings You Should Know