At long last, the secrets of David Garibaldi’s groundbreaking funk/jazz fusion drumming techniques are presented in this innovative book and recording. Whether you play rock, heavy metal, jazz or funk, you’ll learn to incorporate Garibaldi’s contemporary linear styles and musical concepts into your playing and develop your own unique drumset vocabulary.

Introduction
SECTION 1
Contemporary Drum-Set Playing: Development of Two Sound Levels
Balancing the Two Sound Levels
Development of the Two Sound Levels with the Hands
Developing the Two Sound-Level Concept: The Single Paradiddle and the Inverted Single Paradiddle as Eighth Notes
The Single Paradiddle and the Inverted Single Paradiddle as Eighth-Note Triplets
The Single Paradiddle and the Inverted Single Paradiddle as Sixteenth Notes
Four-Bar Patterns
Groove Playing
Practicing an Exercise
Funk Drumming
SECTION 2
Permutation Studies (#1 to #17)
SECTION 3
Groove Studies (#1 to #15)
Random Ideas