Tony Vacca

TONY VACCA / MELODIC PERCUSSION: CREATING YOUR OWN MUSIC
A user-friendly approach to playing an ancient and diverse family of instruments, such as a pentatonic marimba, a diatonic xylophone and even an African balafon. Tony shares his techniques and overall approach to the instruments along with rhythmic and melodic patterns so that making music can be immediately enriching.

Reg. Price $29.95 VH1091 $25.95

Glen Velez

GLEN VELEZ / THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF FRAME DRUMS
Glen is simply an amazing percussionist, and in this video he concentrates on three prominent frame drums -the Irish Bodhran, North African Tar and Middle Eastern Rig (tambourine). Glen presents a variety of techniques, tonal resources, rhythmic patterns and expressive possibilities that can be applied to any frame drum. Booklet included. Recommended.

Reg. Price $39.95 VH077 $32.95 - OUT OF PRINT -

GLEN VELEZ / HANDDANCE METHOD
A unique method for hand drumming and personal rhythmic development from Glen Velez, the world's leading frame drummer. The unique "stepping," singing and drumming exercises build personal drumming confidence and develop a solid rhythmic linear awareness.

Reg. Price $19.95

STEP ONE VH0284 $17.95

STEP TWO VH0285 $17.95

Tony Verderosa (a.k.a. VFX)

The DJ Drummer VFX (a.k.a. Tony Verderosa) has been a pioneer in the electronic music scene for over 10 years. He has shared the stage with Underworld, recorded and performed with keyboardist Philipe Saisse, Coldcut, The Brecker Brothers, and many others. In addition to numerous recordings, he has his own catalog of Mixman singles (interactive music files) with Mixman technologies and has been featured with Moby, Art of Noise, Smash Mouth and others. He has been featured in Modern Drummer, NBC's Today Show, Fox TV News, and countless other media hotspots.

visit: www.vfxtv.net

Discover how to play live on stage with samples and breakbeats without being a slave to sequencers or backing tapes. This video series teaches you how to remix and trigger sounds in live settings - in real time! You'll add an interactive human connection to electronic music as well as a new deeper dimension to your shows.

VFX Volume 1 / LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC

INCLUDES: The DJ DRUMMER CONCEPT - Live Remixing / Building Your First Live Triggering System / Reproduce Drum And Bass Records Live Onstage / Creating Loops and Breakbeats / Editing and Storing Custom Drumkits / MIDI Control Using Drum Pads Onstage / Voice Editing and Sound Design Concepts / more...

VFX Volume 2 / ADVANCED LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC

INCLUDES: Live Concert Footage from NYC of 8-Full Length Songs / Step-by-Step Analysis of Each Song / Voice-Activated Drum Compositions Using a Vocoder / Acoustic Drum & Bass Grooves / V-Wave Technology and Techniques / Loop Fragment Concept / Alternate Mode Patterns / Improvising Melodies / Reverse Engineering / Developing Sounds and Mixman Dplates, Sample CDs and Sequencers

VFX SET / Both Volumes