A degreed professional musician with a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance, and Master of Music post-graduate work, Bart Elliott has worked for 40+ years in the music and entertainment industry with over 100 album recordings to his credit. His decades of experience exhaustive understanding of contemporary and classical music makes him a complete and skilled master musician.
Bart continues to work as an active drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, music arranger, director, comedian, MC, educator, writer and visual artist. He is the owner and creator of DrummerCafe.com, which he founded in December of 1996.
Bart Elliott reviews a fantastic new book by drummer/author, Dave DiCenso , entitled Universal Rhythms for Drumset: The Keys to Unlock a World of Creativity . In this workbook-style guide (book/CD), D...
Bart Elliott reviews a new educational resource by Danny Gottlieb entitled, The Evolution of Jazz Drumming . This book/DVD/CD package is a comprehensive guide to the history of jazz drumming, covering...
Drum Fills: The Basics and Beyond was created to help drummers improve their abilities to play great drum fills. The material presented was originally developed over the course of several years, as a...
Bart Elliott reviews Andy Ziker's latest book/CD package, Drum Aerobics - a 52-week, one-exercise-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining drum technique.
Bart Elliott reviews a new guide by Terry O'Mahoney entitled, Jazz Drumming Transitions . The book, along with its three play-along CDs, is designed to help drummers learn how to make smooth transitio...
Bart Elliott reviews Drum Therapy — a teacher's guide and resource with tips and pointers for those individuals working with students who suffer from mental and physical disabilities.
Alfred Music Publishing, the leader in educational music publishing since 1922 and the official print publisher for Led Zeppelin and thousands of other artists, is proud to add to its catalog of authe...
Everything You Need To Know To Start Mixing Now! Bart Elliott reviews Alfred's Teaching Yourself Mixing , a step-by-step approach for successfully mixing music; creating digital and analog mixes. Cove...
Bart Elliott reviews a new book release by Alfred Music Publishing entitled The Total Blues Drummer . Before you pick up your copy you'll want to find out what is actually in the book, to what extent,...
Led Zeppelin: Presence Platinum Drums draws from more than 30 years of documentation, interviews, and recorded footage. These drum transcription books deliver unprecedented accuracy, with vintage Zepp...
Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door Platinum Drums draws from more than 30 years of documentation, interviews, and recorded footage. This drum transcription book delivers unprecedented accuracy, wit...
A revolutionary new approach designed to help your feet rival your hands with regard to speed, control and dexterity through the use of the "F2F Foot Control System"-allowing you access to the NEXT BI...
Hudson Music and Stanton Moore release the Groove Alchemy Book/Audio CD package, a complete method for developing a massive vocabulary of grooves in various funk-based styles, along with a historical...
Extreme Drumset Solos for Recitals, Contests and Fun , by Rob Leytham , is a must-have for all drummers wanting to take their drumming to that extreme level of performance. Here are five drumset solos...
Rock Solid: Drums is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to improving not only your drumming, but your overall musicianship too! Topics include drum rudiments, effective listening, reading music, im...
An ideal book for private lessons, small group instruction or percussion ensemble rehearsals, A Percussionist's Guide to Check Patterns focuses on mastering the essential basics of reading and control...
The Led Zeppelin Platinum Drums is a collection of John Bonham drumset transcriptions, transcribed from the Led Zeppelin albums, Led Zeppelin I , II and III . Drawing from more than 30 years of docume...
The Steve Gadd - Transcriptions book honors the talents of one of the greatest drummers in the entire world: the amazing Steve Gadd . The book includes thirty stylistically varying drumming transcript...
Marimba: Technique Through Music by Mark Ford is a collection of 16 etudes that are designed to help the intermediate four-mallet marimbist focus on specific stroke techniques. Students have the best...
Mel Bay's QwikGuide, Latin Elements for the Drumset by Frank Briggs , has over 150 exercises focusing on keeping steady 16th notes between the HiHat and Snare while laying an ostinato on the Bass Drum...
In this book, Words of the Music Masters , eight world-class musicians share principles that will help both beginners and advanced players to rethink the way they play and make music. The musicians fe...
Since the advent of file-sharing technology in the late 1990s, the music industry has been challenged to reinvent itself. What has it done? How have the record labels repositioned themselves to cope w...
DeLong Way To Polyrhythms Creativity on the Drumset , written by top Canadian touring and session drummer and clinician, Paul DeLong , is a step-by-step guide that provides a clear path to developing...
DRUMSET EDITION Several years ago, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones hand selected an unprecedented, career spanning collection to best represent the entire body of the band's work... foun...
2112 , Rush's fourth album, is their earliest commercially successful hit and considered to be their first true "classic" album. With a unique blend of heavy rock and progressive rock, Rush crafted a...
Mastering the Tables of Time uniquely combines the foundations of rhythm and the foundations of trapset drumming using a common system to assimilate the disciplines of timekeeping, coordination, rudim...
The Book of Percussion Audition Music for the 21st Century is designed for multiple purposes. The book is ideal for evaluating local, regional, and all-state percussion auditions. High-caliber musical...
The Essential Guide To Playing Drumset Drumscapes is a drum instructional book that is detail-driven and borders on a "how to" or "do it yourself" manual for playing drums, but works best as a method...
Drummers everywhere can take their fills to the next level with the help of a brand-new book by Pete Sweeney, Drummer’s Guide to Fills . Check out Bart's review of this new Book/CD release and pre-ord...
