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The Total Drummer (A Guide to Developing Your Style, Feel, Touch, Groove, and More) is put together for any drummer who is looking to take their playing to the next level, offering a complete package designed to help you achieve your musicianship goals. Professional drummer, producer, and educator Dimitri Fantini guides you through exercises, drills, and routines that are guaranteed to improve your playing!
Lessons include: rudiments; developing advanced hand and feet techniques; coordinating independence; stacking meters; maximizing vocabulary; working in the studio; over an hour of video performances and instruction; and more!
The book includes video lessons, showing you how to implement the concepts described within. It also includes a special solo performance by the author, fully transcribed and showing all the techniques explained in the book!
Video is accessed online for download or streaming using the unique code inside each book.
Learn more: HERE
Dimitri’s Website: www.dimitrifantini.com
Dimitri’s YouTube: HERE
Dimitri’s Bio from his website:
Dimitri was given a set of drums for his first birthday, and that’s when his musical journey began. Initially, he was self taught, playing along to records until the age of eleven when he began studying with Woody Sutton, who was a student of Chester Thompson—best known as the drummer for Genesis and Phil Collins. The knowledge Woody passed on helped Dimitri to build a foundation of technique, independence, and musicality on the drums.
Dimitri went on to study percussion, piano, and music theory at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the most selective public schools in the United States. It was at this time he started gaining experience performing in many situations, including concert bands, marching band competitions, and multiple gigging jazz groups. After graduating Dimitri focused on studio recording, engineering, and composition, perfecting his craft both on and off the drum kit.
Today, Dimitri can be found performing and recording in a wide variety of situations, all drawing on his lifetime of musical experience. You can find him in pop and R&B settings playing festivals and touring with Sarah Paige, Lauren Ruth Ward, and Liz Vice, in fusion and improvisational settings with his own duo Smile and Wave, and producing and collaborating on music with a wide variety of artists at Red Bridge Studios.
Dimitri’s passion for music and rhythm motivates him to share with others. In his clinics, masterclass and private lessons, he shares his experience and insights on everything from music theory and composition, to all manners of rhythmic concepts and drum set techniques.
