Publisher's Synopsis
Essential Grooves For Writing, Performing and Producing Contemporary Music packs everything you need to know about contemporary styles into a must-have reference of audio, scores, and text. Written by three great artists, who also happen to be teachers, the book presents 41 different grooves covering all the important styles that have influenced contemporary music, each performed by live players. The book/DVD set contains scores, text, and stereo mixes of the musical examples, as well as multi-track audio files of each example. The unique, license-free audio examples can be used to create custom play-alongs and original music. Includes sections on Soul & Motown, Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock, Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazillian Music, and Afro-Caribbean. 95 page text, plus audio CD and multi-track DVD.
