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Voted Best Drum DVD 2003 by Modern Drummer Magazine!
Over Four andia Half Hours of Footage!
A Virtual Encyclopedia of Drumset Techniques, Styles and Concepts
Disc 1 - Drumset Technique
Steve explains hand and foot technique in unprecedented detail and gets to the core of what drummers need to know in order to improve their feel and technical skills. Segments include: hand technique, foot technique, the art of practice, exercises, licks and phrases, independence/interdependence and implied metric modulations. Plus four extended solo drum pieces.
Disc 2 - History of the U.S. Beat
With the help of an all-star band, Steve explains the evolution of the drumset in U.S. music, how the drumset was first used in all the major styles, and how closely related all the styles are. Segments include: Early New Orleans Jazz, Big Band, Bebop, Rhythm and Blues, Country, Blues, Gospel, Rock 'n' Roll, Funk and Jazz/Rock. In addition, Steve's group, Vital Information, plays seven complete tunes that feature applications of the techniques and complex rhythms explained in Disc One.
Extras:
* Extensive Bonus Footage
* Alternate Take Drum Solos
* A Brilliant Hi Hat Solo and Hi Hat Tutorial
* Alternate Take Band Performances
* A Camera Switching Option
* Optional Running Commentary by Steve
* A Listening List
* A Reading List
Guitar: Frank Gambale
Keyboards: Tom Coster
Electric Bass: Baron Browne
Piano: Mark Soskin
Sax: Steve Marcus
Acoustic Bass: Mike Pope
Steve Smith
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Aug 21, 1954 in Brockton, MA
Genre: Jazz
In addition to serving as the drummer of one of the all-time definitive arena rock acts, Journey (during their most successful period from the late '70s through the early '80s), Steve Smith has also played with a wide range of other artists. Born on August 21, 1954 in Brockton, MA, Smith began drumming at the age of nine, when he took lessons from respected big-band drummer and instructor Bill Flanagan. Subsequently, Smith played a variety of musical styles (swing, R&B, hard rock, fusion, big band, etc.), and enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. In October of 1976, Smith signed on with jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, touring as a member of his band, and appearing on the album Enigmatic Ocean (1977). After briefly serving as the drummer for Ronnie Montrose's band in 1978, Smith was invited to join Journey, who were in the midst of a musical switch -- from fusion to arena rock. The group couldn't have picked a better-suited (and versatile) drummer than Smith, as he manned the kit on such mega-hit albums as Evolution (1979), Departure (1980), Escape (1981), and Frontiers (1983), during which time Journey became one of the U.S.' most successful rock bands.
But at the peak of Journey's success, Smith was fired by singer Steve Perry (who supposedly wanted to go in a more "soulful" direction). Undeterred, Smith shifted his attention to the more musically challenging and varied outfit Vital Information, which he had founded in 1983 while still a member of Journey. Vital Information issued albums on a regular basis throughout the '80s (including such standout titles as Global Beat and Live Around the World: Where We Come from Tour 1998-1999, among others). He also joined the all-star jazzrock outfit Steps Ahead in 1986 and stayed with them until 1993. Smith joined a reunited Journey (who had been on hiatus since 1987) during the late '90s, resulting in a brand new studio album, Trial by Fire (1996), and a proposed world tour. But on the eve of the tour, Perry discovered that he had a degenerative hip condition, and the tour was ultimately scrapped entirely. In addition to his recording with Journey and Vital Information, Smith has either recorded or toured with Steps Ahead, Randy Brecker, Allan Holdsworth, Frank Gambale, Stanley Clarke, Mariah Carey, Ahmad Jamal, Stuart Hamm, Tony MacAlpine, Dweezil Zappa, Y&T, and many others. Smith also enjoys helping other drummers, as he has given clinics all over the world throughout the years (even issuing an instructional video in 1987), and was voted "Number One All-Around Dummer" in Modern Drummer Magazine's reader's poll from 1987 though 1991. In 2001, Modern Drummer again voted for Smith, but this time he was among one of the Top 25 Drummers of All Time; the next year the magazine voted Smith into their Hall of Fame.
Among Vital Information's most notable albums of the '90s and 2000s are Vitalive! (1991), Easier Done Than Said (1992), Ray of Hope (1996), Show 'Em Where You Live (2002), and Come on In (2004).
---Greg Prato, All Music Guide |
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