Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials
by Matthew Wachsman
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Actor: Tommy IgoeDirector: Matthew Wachsman
Brand: Hudson Music
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 220 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 320446
Studio: Hudson Music
Product features:
- Features Tommy's lessons in a number of styles, including 8th- and 16th-note patterns, jazz waltz, shuffle and swing, R&B, hip-hop and funk, and world-music styles like New Orleans second-line, reggae, bossa nova, samba, mambo, cha-cha, bolero, and tangoFree Groove Essentials poster with fully notated examples of all 47 grooves on the DVD
DVD Reviews of Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials
DVD Review: Enjoying it
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently bought a drum set and embarked on learning how to use it. I bought this dvd on the strength of the raving reviews from others. I've been using this dvd for about ten days now and for the most part I think it's a fine product and could recommend it. But i do have a few critical remarks as well. I agree with one of the other reviewers that the editing in this video is very annoying. TOmmy is talking into the camera and suddenly they switch to a camera on his side so he's in profile and in black and white, and slam in the middle of what he's explaining to you, he's suddenly explaining it 'to someone else'! That's just plain annoying! It seems the editor was too worried it would be boring visually. I don't care about visual artiness, I just want to see what the guy is doing with his limbs! Then it would have been good if they could have shown his right leg in a frame, or at least shine a light on it. Right now what he does with the bass drum is hardly visible. And if they do show the bass drum, you miss what he does with the snare.
Learning the first rock grooves was fun and easy enough, but as soon as it gets a little harder, Tommy is not really explaining what to do anymore apart from hitting 8th notes on the hi-hat for 2 measures in a row, well that's hardly necessary. What he does with the snare drum and the bass and the timing and which hand, that is what i'd like to know! That is the hard part! He doesn't explain. So I try to figure it out with the notation, but then it turns out Rock groove 8 has a mistake in it. I figured that one out by watching Tommy in slow motion! Anyway , he's obviously a great drummer and he's passionate and articulate(even a little strict, but that's fine), I don't know a great deal about drumming yet, but I'm certainly having fun learning and all in all this dvd will help me, but it is not perfect in my opinion, hence the 4 stars.
Description of Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials
Tommy Igoes Groove Essentials DVD is based on the definitive collection of contemporary Rock, Jazz, R&B/Funk and World/Ethnic drumming styles contained in the Groove Essentials poster that Igoe and Vic Firth developed last year, the enhanced DVD features drum artist, teacher and author Tommy Igoe who demonstrates, explains and performs nearly four-dozen of todays most popular drum patterns. According to Igoe, mastering these essential grooves will greatly expand any drummers knowledge and versatility while giving them the confidence and ability to perform in virtually any musical situation. As a special bonus, the DVD package includes a free Groove Essentials poster.Jazz Music CDs
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