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Creative Coordination & Advanced Foot Technique

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This is the best quality instructional DVD that has ever been produced. There is so much information here that one can watch the video a dozen times and still find new things... Thomas Lang is a top player and his playing is both entertaining and inspiring, and although many exercises are very advanced there is something for everyone. If you want to learn new concepts for your feet, you should get this DVD. Or, even if you just want to improve your listening skills with lots of odd times, you should get it too. You can also get it just because you would like to be petrified by great performances. But don't miss the oportunity to view this excellent material, it's definitely worth it!

Creative Coordination and Advanced Foot Technique, Thomas Lang's newest educational DVD is without a doubt one of the finest of its kind that I have ever seen. Right down to the package design, this product is thoughtful and first rate. A real top shelf offering. This box set is beautiful and colorful and will make a handsome addition to any drummer's video library. The package itself is of a thicker gauge material which I appreciate since I am taking out DVDs everyday...this will hold up! Also the discs themselves are color-coded and clever looking. Mr. Lang demonstrates all of the exercises at a slower tempo and then follows it up with an up-tempo demonstration so the viewer can see and hear the difference. Plus every exercise comes with a printable .pdf file. Since this DVD is often heady and requires sincere focus, Mr. Lang's self-deprecating sense of humor and light-hearted approach is refreshing. Mr. Lang seems to have a sincere desire to share with his audience what he went through to put this system together. Mr. Lang also explains his "Matrix System" and how it will save you time in the practice room. It is also evident that Mr. Lang wants and cares for his audience to advance and learn.
The production is fantastic...camera angles are useful and show all...and to see an incredible player demonstrate such things as heel-down and heel-up techniques so well is a fantastic advantage for all levels of players. There are no secrets here! I for one feel like a lot of the mystery in foot technique was addressed and finalized with this DVD. Mr. Lang should be very proud of this body of work as it has much to offer the drumming world. I HIGHLY recommend this product to drummers of ALL skill levels.
Thank you very much, Mr. Lang. Thumbs WAY up!

This is quite unsual to get so much information on a DVD package... If you're looking for some work and exercises for the years to come, please do have a look at Mr Lang's Matrix for coordination. This guy's crazy and he does things that may take (at least for me) a very long time to achieve. My only question might be: it's technically awesome but does it add something to the music if you're playing in a band ? It looks very smart(thanks HD), it sounds very nice and the packaging is cool. Very nice.

I won't repeat what you can read in other reviews. I will just add that a major letdown for me was to find out that "foot technique" here really means double bass. If you don't play double bass (like me) and you are expecting instead to find creative techniques for your bass and your hi-hat, there's zero of that here.

There is no doubt that this is the best instructional for feet and independence. 3 DVDs, well shot exercises and Thomas Lang's amazing talent .. thats a package everyone should have. Even if one cant do the exercises Lang does, its still interesting to watch how its done.

Well, I thought I had a handle on the drumkit. Thomas Lang has proven me wrong. There is alot of information here
that I will be working on for a long time. Even if I don't attain all of it, I can see major change comming.
Excellent for those of us who have been playing drum kit for a while and want more from it. This truely is 21st century drumming and I highly recommend it if you want to take your drumming to a much higher level! Double bass and two hi-hats are needed for these exercises..The man is amazing and inspiring. get ready to be blown away!

Growing up with Vinnie Colaiuta, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd and other giants of drumming makes one a little jaded. But please believe me when I say that Thomas Lang is pretty damn amazing, too! I picked up a lot out of this video and so will you. Well worth the price!!

There is absolutely no question Thomas is an incredible drummer. This DVD can be of great help for those wanting to take it to the next level, and I can tell you right now - it's not going to be easy. What Thomas lacks big time is on groove, feel, soul. He is a robotic drummer and that's understandable, he grew up listening to drum machine music. Being a robotic drummer is great if you want to produce robotic songs. Nonetheless if you are a drummer I recommend this DVD hands down. It's humbling. As a musician, I don't recommend it because at least for me music is about feeling good, but Thomas playing has no "feel" at all.

Well it came today. I put DVD 1 in the player. I, was like, this looks like it's going to be a keeper. I watched it for about an hour. Jaw on the ground, my lap was full of drool. I didn't get up once to do anything. Once I figured out I was still in the same place and still on Earth, I figured I would check out his Matrix. So I put in DVD 2. I got the poster out and followed along. He explained it perfect. It is an Awesome exercise. It focuses on developing independence(something I have been working on, but is taking a long time). I now have a better idea on achieving this goal. I did read the reviews before I bought this, and the reviewers have once again proven to be right. Thanks to all, and Thanks to Thomas Lang. I have opened a huge door and am going inside!

My son says that he thinks that the sun rises and sets on Thomas Lang and was very grateful that he got the CD as a present.