Pedal Control
By Dom Famularo and Joe Bergamini with Stephane Chamberland
Wizdom Media, distributed by Alfred Publishing
With Pedal Control, renowned educators Dom Famularo, Joe Bergamini and Stephane Chamberland have teamed up to bring you a complete method for improving the ability of your feet on the drumset. Unlike many other books, Pedal Control contains extensive information about the actual pedal strokes and techniques used by some of the world’s top drummers, in addition to dozens of exercises to build up the ability to use these techniques. The book contains dozens of photographs clearly demonstrating each of the four different pedal techniques discussed, as well as the motions for various other exercises. Also included is an MP3/data disc containing over 200 tracks demonstrating nearly every example in the book, and high quality QuickTime videos showing all the pedal stroke techniques!
Stick Control for The Snare Drummer
By George Lawrence Stone
Distributed by Stone Percussion Books LLC
The new edition of the number one drum book in the world, Stick Control, is now available. Steph was part of the team that wrote this new edition. You can find Steph’s name in the book!George Lawrence Stone’s Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book one of the top 25 books of all-time. In the words of the author, it is the ideal book for improving ““control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution and muscular coordination,”“ with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced-level rhythms, moving through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.
The Weaker Side
By Dom Famularo and Stephane Chamberland
Wizdom Media, distributed by Alfred Publishing
One of the most common problems encountered by drummers is the fact that the weaker hand/foot lags behind the stronger, limiting the player’s expression. Finally, a book has arrived to address this problem. The Weaker Side, designed as a follow-up to the legendary Stick Control, is a 52-week intensive system for improving your weaker side. Containing extensive variations including 16th notes, triplets and flams, this book will allow you to balance your technique in whichever style you play! The book is now distributed in French and Spanish also.
