January 23, 2010
Ready to further hone your drumming skills? That's what this newsletter is all about! So let's not mess around--here are some of the best new resources from the site, hand-picked to help you hone to your heart's content:
Table of Contents
1. Your 30% Off Coupon - All Drum Charts and Chart Books
2. Great New Charts from Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Mary Wells
3. Free Video Drum Lessons - Double Bass Simulation & Steve Gadd
4. New Featured Article - A Detective Unlocks The Secrets Of Sound!
5. What's February's Chart of The Month??
1. Your 30% Off Exclusive Coupon
That's right, get 30% off everything--all the drum charts in our library, AND all our Chart Book Package Deals. Just use code A9B504C0 at checkout.
You can even use it to take an extra 30% off a Create Your Own Chart Book deal. That's up to 70% off total!!
It's tough to find high quality drum sheet music online. There are just not that many reliable sources. But you can rest assured at Classic Rock Drum Charts. Besides being a professional drummer of 40 years, my dad, who transcribes all our tunes, is a professional writer of music notation. His books have been helping drummers develop their skills for decades, and he is the creator of the "Rock Charts" column that used to be featured in Modern Drummer magazine. It's quality you can count on.
Hurry though. This coupon expires February 7.
2. Three Rockin' New Charts In The Library!
Every month we add new titles to our Digital Drum Charts Library, and then offer them all for an extremely discounted price.
This month we've got some tasty treats from Aretha Franklin, Mary Wells, and our newest most contemporary chart yet, a 2000 melancholy ballad from Bob Dylan.
Check them out below:
"Things Have Changed" as recorded by Bob Dylan (2000)
From the 2000 movie Wonder Boys, "Things Have Changed" received both a Golden Globe award for Best
Song and an Academy Award for Song Of The Year.
5 Page Chart - $4.99 - Get Chart - Get Audio MP3
"Chain of Fools" as recorded by Aretha Franklin (1967)
"For five long years, I thought you were my man/'Till I found out, I'm just a link in your chain." So begins Aretha Franklin's fifth hit of
1967, a sequence that began with "Respect" hitting the top in June, and ending with "Chain Of Fools" being released in December.
Some call "Respect" the all time soul hit, but surely "Chain Of Fools" can't be too far behind on the list. Roger Hawkins is drumming.
3 Page Chart - $3.99 - Get Chart - Get Audio MP3
"My Guy" as recorded by Mary Wells (1962)
In 1960, a 17 year old Mary Wells presented a song she had written for Jackie Wilson ("Bye Bye Baby") to Berry Gordy, who was producing Wilson then. Gordy signed her up instead to his newly formed label, Motown. Wells turned out to be the label's first artist to have a # 1 single. "My Guy" was written by Smokey Robinson, who followed up the next year by writing "My Girl" for the Temptations.
3 Page Chart - $4.99 - Get Chart - Get Audio MP3
Songs Included Things Have Changed by Bob Dylan Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin My Guy by Mary Wells Take 65% off & get it for just $4.99 |
Orig. Price $4.99 $3.99 $4.99 13.97  |
3. Free Video Drum Lessons
Hone your skills and pick up some new techniques with these two recently added video drum lessons
 Double Bass Drum Simulation In the first, my dad shows you how to simulate a double bass drum pedal using your floor tom. Want a move that will turn some heads (even those of your band mates)? This is it. |
 Steve Gadd Beat - Two Ride Surfaces Steve Gadd is smooth magic on the set. This video shows you how to play a cool piece of his repertoire - a pattern known as two ride surfaces. |
4. New Featured Article - A Detective Unlocks The Secrets Of Sound!
The Properties Of Sound
"As a drummer, your ears are as important as your hands..."
"It was a dark and stormy night. Suppose you heard a sound in the middle of the night that was later connected to a crime. A detective comes to interview you, and quickly senses your value as a witness..."
"As a drummer, how you interact musically with other musicians is often a separater between being mediocre and being good..."
5. Introducing...February's Chart of The Month!
as recorded by
Huey Lewis and The News
(4 Pages, Originally $4.99)
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We hope you enjoy the drumming resources above. At Classic Rock Drum Charts we strive for exceptional quality in all that we do, and we hope that shines through to our visitors.
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Happy drumming my friend.
Sincerely,
Kevin & James Morton
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