Future Sounds: A Book of Contemporary Drumset Concepts (#273) [Paperback]

David Gariboldi (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Alfred Pub Co; Bk& Cassett edition (January 1990)
• ISBN-10: 9990545537
• ISBN-13: 978-9990545531
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,674,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best book for funk drummers and beyond, August 16, 1999

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Patrick Baumann ([e-mail]) (Wilen, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Future Sounds: A Book of Contemporary Drumset Concepts (#273) (Paperback)

If you really wanna funk and improve your coordination of all your limbs on the drumset this is THE BOOK to get to it. It's a killer. Every page is a challange and you really feel how you are growing with every page. And the best thing is, it's fun to play all this stuff that David wrote and it's useable in your everyday drumming. Everything is special and has a magic touch. There is nothing to compare to it on the book market to my knowledge. If you want to make some giant steps forward it's a must!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to new technique/style, January 25, 2008

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Mr. J. P. F. Wade (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Future Sounds (Book & CD) (Paperback)

This book is really great if you're curious about linear and new orleans style funk, and want to find out what it's all about. The exercises and techniques at the start of the book wont overload you so that you lose your interest, but they get progressively harder to ease you in.

Great for building up independance and thinking a bit differently about how you look at the kit, and even better for leading up to David's other book, Code of Funk, which puts the exercises into song context. There's loads of groove exercises and random ideas for you to build on and David explains all his concepts really well.

I'd say its best if you're already an intermediate drummer before getting this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Funk Drummer's Bible, November 26, 2004

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William L. Makiling (Ventura, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Future Sounds: A Book of Contemporary Drumset Concepts (Book & Cassette) (Paperback)

This book is the reason why my funk drumming is where it's at today. It's a very difficult book to master, but the beauty of this book is, it's a complete step-by-step process. What you do is practice all the exercises with a metronome between 60-80 beats per minutes. Once you feel comfortable with the current excercise, you pick up the tempo just a little bit, then you move on to the next exercise. Before you know it, you're playing the techniques with more intent and conviction and it becomes a natural part of your playing. This approach to drumming is completely unorthodox to what you're probably used to. But once you've done this for a while, it becomes second nature and it becomes part of your drumming vocabulary. Get this book, work through it, and become the funk drummer that your drumming potential will allow you to become. You will not regret it!