NEW PRODUCTS PRINT AUTHOR: ANDY ZIKER
DAILY DRUM WARM-UPS Series: Pure Solo Target: Drummers Comment: A new warm-up exercise for each day of the year – or 365 warm-ups to dive into immediately. Whichever the player decides upon, this book covers drumming rudiments, hybrid rudiments, accents, weak hand building, odd times and famous drummers’ sticking techniques (and a lot more) all with the intention of developing style, controlling dynamics, increasing speed and dexterity and heightening co-ordination. A real must for any drummer. HAL LEONARD: 01284 702600
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ARTIST: TOM JONES & HARVEY SCHMIDT THE FANTASTICKS: 50TH
ANNIVERSARY EDITION Target: Vocal Comment: Combining, in the words of lyricist Tom Jones, show-style tunes and unabashed ballads, The Fantasticks has been delighting audiences in New York for 50 years now. This book contains vocal selections from the show, including three songs not previously published. With the current wave of musical theatre domination, this could well be ready for hitting the big time in the UK. ALFRED (FABER): 01279 828989
ARTIST: VARIOUS
TOP HITS Series: Cheat Sheets Target: Guitarists, vocalists Comment: Another staple for the pub- playing guitarist and singer, featuring 44 hit songs of the recent past from Lady Gaga to James Blunt and Foo Fighters to Franz Ferdinand. Chord symbols and beat/rhythm guides top the lyrics and away you go. As is always the case with these chord songbooks, a knowledge of the material is needed before the player can play, but it’s a healthy repertoire filler all the same. HAL LEONARD (MUSIC SALES): 01284 702600
ARTIST: VARIOUS WORLD OF WARCRAFT:
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS Series: World of Warcraft Target: Cello (violin, viola) Comment:We knew it would happen, but here now is the fact that computer games are a genuine source of musical creativity – and Alfred is only too happy to spread the word and, hopefully, get some gamers over from the dark side and into the MI shops. This latest series for orchestral strings (with full, detachable piano accompaniment) is not compatible with the woodwind series, but this is a series that will grow and grow. ALFRED (FABER): 01279 828989
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ARTIST: ALEXANDRE DESPLAT HARRY POTTER AND THE
DEATHLY HALLOWS Target: Piano solo Comment: Seven down, one to go, the latest Harry Potter movie soundtrack is now available for piano soloists, with ten selections from the motion picture. Desplat has done quite a job with these soundtracks, maintaining his themes, for both the whole and the individual characters, as well as painting pleasant pieces for particular scenes. It’s movie film score writing at its best. ALFRED (FABER): 01279 828989
AUTHOR: JOHN MARSHALL
AFRICA Series: Drum Atlas Target: Percussionists Comment: Alfred’s continuing series covering the styles of music around the world becomes that bit richer thanks to this latest tome, as Marshall examines the drum music of the birthplace of percussion. The slant of this is translating the traditional percussion of Africa to the modern drumkit, showing students methods of approximating different sounds, as well as augmenting the kit with secondary instruments. Any and every drummer can benefit from this look at the very origins of percussive technique. ALFRED (FABER): 01279 828989
AUTHOR: KEVIN CAMPBELL & DOMINIC PALMER
DISCOVERING ROCK DRUMS Series: Discovering… Target: Drummers Comment: Schott’s ‘Discovering…’ series is now building up into one of the most authoritative collections of jazz and rock playing across multiple instruments. Launched a few years ago with Tim Garland’s award-winning Discovering Jazz Piano, this book continues in the steady, comprehensive and utterly relevant manner of the preceding books, bringing the student drummer into key drumming styles across the rock and pop genres. SCHOTT: 020 7534 0744
AUTHOR: MICHAEL MOLENDA
GUITAR HEROES OF THE 70S Series: Guitar Player presents… Target: General, enthusiast Comment: Molenda revisits the world of the guitar god, which is now firmly entrenched in the ‘70s, and goes through, one by one, the biggest and best of the classic rock era. Hats off to the author as he doesn’t shy away from less accepted names, such as Mick Ronson, Robert Fripp and David Gilmour, but still includes all the usual suspects. The book is a collection of interviews given for Guitar Player magazine in the 1970s and makes for an interesting, if heavily nostalgic, read. BACKBEAT/H LEONARD: 01284 702600
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