Afrobeat Drumming

The definitive book on afrobeat drumming: a style that combines Western African Yoruba styles with funk and jazz elements. This book provides a progressive system of study comprising two main sections, which are Exercises and Grooves. The exercises section covers possible coordination problems you may encounter while playing afrobeat style. The second sections presents grooves that span from the 1960s to recent time. You can play through the book from beginning to end as well as jump right into the groove section. This book comes with a downloadable audio presentation of the grooves featuring Michael playing all the grooves in the book plus extras.