The Black Book by Randy Black [2 DVDs] - Bosworth Music

Randy Black is synonymous with extreme metal drumming and with many years of performance and teaching experience behind him, the master is releasing this 2 DVD pack so that anyone can benefit from his wealth of knowledge.

"What started out as a plan to record a few songs in pro quality for promotional purposes ended up being this double DVD, filmed and recorded at Monongo Studios in Berlin, Germany. When I approached ROAX films about it they suggested I do a full-fledged instructional DVD. It was not my original plan but after thinking it over and coming up with a concept I thought I'd give it a shot.

It also had to do with the fact that I'd been teaching for quite a few years and knew I had something to offer to a wide variety of levels of players. I hope you can take something from these DVDs and apply it to your playing in your own personal way.

With today's recording methods it's very common that certain programs/software are used to improve or fix someone's playing; it's standard procedure. I wanted this DVD to be "old school" in the sense that there was not one note I played that was moved or quantized. Nor were there any samples used. I wanted the listener/viewer to hear and see how I play naturally and how the drum kit sounds acoustically. Every single drum note you hear played on this DVD was played by yours truly, from start to finish" - Randy Black

Disc 1:
-Basic rudiments on the practice pad
-Advice to young drummers
-Hand grip and technique
-Stretching and stick tricks
-Applying various rudiments on the kit
-Hi-hat foot technique
-Independence exercises/moving accents
-Various fills and rhythms from Randy's recordings
-Crossovers
-Applying different styles to metal music
-Tools of the trade
-3 solos - pad/studio/live

Disc 2:
-Documentary/Interview
-Drum performance of 7 songs:
-Seven Seals/Primal Fear
-Hit You Harder/Skew Siskin
-Blood On Your Hands/Primal Fear
-Heart Of A Brave/Primal Fear
-Blackened Beauty/Marcus Frostbauer
-A Promise From Underneath/DuskMachine
-Cold Blooded/Annihilator (Cover Version)