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 this new book in the Versatile series designed specifically to improve the versatility and ease of all drummers: The Versatile Drummer .
Seeing Jazz showcases over one hundred beautiful paintings, photographs, sculptures, multimedia works, textile art, poems and personal anecdotes, all inspired by the moods and rhythms of jazz. Bart El...
The Total Jazz Drummer is a fun and comprehensive overview of Jazz drumming. Written by Sunny Jain and published by Alfred Publishing, this 128 page instructional book for drum set comes with an accom...
The Drummer’s Guide to Musical Styles And the Legends Who Defined Them On The Beaten Path is a must-have guide for drummers, providing insight into the history and development of a wide selection of g...
Ten tasty morsels of easy keyboard mallet duets by Larry Lawless . The collection includes a performance CD with the parts on split channels (left/right) allowing isolation for practice or performance...
Making his mark late in the Be Bop era, drummer Artt Frank offers his own guide with Essentials For The Be Bop Drummer ; moving beyond the simple timekeeper to accompanist in the musical conversation....
REVIEW Djembe | Dunun | Drumset (Book / CD), by Maarten Schepers , is for the beginner to advanced drummer / percussionist. The beginner will discover some basic Malinke rhythms from both the Djembe a...
REVIEW This new book/CD by Gaetano Nicolosi is a collection of 6 Rock oriented songs from Gaetano’s band, Iron Horse . The book contains original drum transcriptions, as well as 3 more versions of cha...
If you are looking for some fresh, new marimba solos, this compilation of two mallet marimba etudes by Larry Lawless needs to be in your music library! Now appears on the Prescribed Music List for the...
Drummer Cafe VIP member Gaetano Nicolosi sent me a copy of his two books, READING RHYTHMS - Books 1 & 2 , to review... and I gave "two thumbs up" for both of these books. Now you can watch a 10-minut...
REVIEW I purchased a number of method books awhile back for my teaching library... one of which is Zoro's The Commandments of R&B Drumming - A Comprehensive Guide to Soul, Funk and Hip-Hop (book/CD)....
Bart Elliott reviews the Modern Drummer Festival 2011 DVD package from Hudson Music. The festival featured legendary drummers and percussionists: Gil Sharone , Trevor Lawrence Jr. , Jeff “Tain” Watts...
Bart Elliott reviews the 2009 drum instructional DVD release, The Master Drummer: How to Practice, Play and Think Like a Pro by John Riley . The 2-hour DVD comes with an E-Book containing all of the e...
Bart Elliott reviews the 2010 Modern Drummer Festival DVD which features Stanton Moore, Benny Greb, Adam Deitch, Shawn Pelton, Shannon Forrest, Chris Pennie, Chris Coleman, and Daniel Glass.
Bart Elliott reviews the Professional Drum Shop's 50 Years DVD which takes you on a historically significant journey through Hollywood's recording and drumming industry from the 1950's to the present.
See And Hear The Master At Work! The technique, musicality, intensity, and dedication that Buddy brings to the music he plays leaves many saying: "He is the greatest drummer in the world — a genius —...
Alfred Music Publishing, the leader in educational music publishing since 1922 and home to the world’s largest percussion print music catalog, is excited to release its new drum DVD, Omar Hakim: Compl...
Hudson Music and Stanton Moore release Groove Alchemy DVD , a complete method for developing a massive vocabulary of grooves in various funk-based styles, along with a historical overview of some of t...
Realistic Rock for Kids is the coolest new drum method written by drum legend Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck). Just like in his classic award-winning drum method Ultimate Realis...
Hudson Ltd. (a division of Hudson Music ) and Mark Schulman are proud to announce the release of Mark's new DVD, A Day in the Recording Studio . In this unique DVD (also available as an Instant Downlo...
Paul Wertico is internationally known as one of the most versatile and musical drummers in music today. Paul gained world recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group, but has also played with jaz...
In this step-by-step guide you will learn how to play in the Rumba and Soukous percussion styles. These styles are taught by Congoloses drum legend Koko Kanyinda in an easy to follow method. Koko teac...
Time is a musical essential. Whether you are playing a simple beat, a fill, or a solo, time should inform every choice you make at the drums. Hence, Everything Is Timekeeping . This DVD features Peter...
REVIEW Currently residing in Los Angeles, California, Chuck Silverman has been known for decades as an authoritative instructor in the areas of funk and Latin drumming. In his new DVD, The Latin Funk...
Following his debut DVD " STICK TRICKS ", Chip Ritter is back with a brand new bass drum Funstrunctional Video, and this time it's all about the BOOM! Includes seven progressive chapters starting firs...
Getting a great drum sound is one of the toughest jobs for even the best engineers. Session and touring drummer, Carl Albrecht from Nashville, along with Doug Gould of Shure and Mike Overlin of Yamaha...
Expanding on the information from his award-winning Code Of Funk book/audio package, and drawing from his experience with the legendary Tower Of Power, world-renowned drummer David Garibaldi 's new Le...
"Rainn Wilson (TV's 'The Office') drums up huge laughs in this hilarious comedy about living in a rock 'n' roll dream... and waking up in a midlife crisis. Twenty years after being kicked out of his n...
Set in war-raved Northern Uganda, the award-winning WAR DANCE will touch your heart with a real-life story about a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their...
Voices in My Head by Billy Ward is the much-anticipated follow-up to his award-winning DVD, Big Time . Billy is one of todays most talked about drummers and clinicians. This DVD and CD give you an ins...
