Rock Drum Fills - Mansaku Kimura

Product Description

On this DVD, drummer Mansaku Kimura demonstrates over 230 fills for rock, funk, blues and Latin styles, with every fill shown inside a full song rather than in isolation. A great pick if you're tired of reaching for the same handful of go-to phrases and want a bigger library for live playing and the studio.

Broad range of rhythmic content

The lessons cover fills for straight eighth beats, bounce eighth beats, straight sixteenth beats, bounce sixteenth beats, triplets, bossa nova, samba, three-beat bounce, five-beat rock, and seven-beat rock. Broad enough to be useful whether you mostly play straight rock grooves or want to get comfortable with odd meters and Latin feels.

Bonus and practice material

Beyond the instructional segments, Mansaku uses two live performances by his own band, PRISM, to show how many of these fills work in a real musical setting. A variety of camera angles let you see precisely how each fill is performed, and the disc includes a .pdf music booklet notating each song with the fills highlighted. Handy to have open while you practice.

Who It's For

A solid pick if you already have the basics down and want to build a bigger library of fills for live playing and the studio, or if you want to get more comfortable with less common time feels without losing the groove.

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