Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I heard rumor of a book/CD that was went with the DTXPRESS. When I surfed the Web I can't find a source for it.

Any info on this or any other book that would do the same would be appreciated.

The book you may be referring to is The Drum Set Crash Course Yamaha 
DTXPress Edition, by Russ Miller.

The book is available from Russ Miller's website, 
http://www.russmiller.com and comes with a CD containing MIDI files and 
I believe some audio (I personally do not use the CD).

I don't think it's a great book for a beginning drummer -- it is a study 
of several musical styles and has some excellent stuff on them (yet is a 
overview, nothing goes into great depth, but that's not what the book 
was designed to do, so don't take it as a criticism), but it discusses 
nothing of drum technique, and assumes in several areas that you are 
somewhat knowledgeable in music already, although it does have a couple 
pages going over the basics of notation.  As a musician of 20 years but 
never playing any percussion except marimba, I found it a nice book to 
work from as I learned my way around the set.

Russ Miller personally signed the book before it was sent (probably 
because it was purchased from his website), a very nice touch =)  Note 
the book was released before with nearly identical content, no DTXpress 
specifics, and was simply called the Drum Set Crash Course.

I personally found it to be good reading.

-Dan

On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 03:11 PM, Beebe, Brian wrote:

> I heard rumor of a book/CD that was went with the DTXPRESS. When I 
> surfed the Web I can't find a source for it.
>
> Any info on this or any other book that would do the same would be 
> appreciated.
>
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Thanks for the response.
Yes, I checked out the description on the website, I agree that it is 
a little advanced for someone who is still trying to find the snare. 
I might get it and shelf it until I get to that level.

After surfing the web, it leads me to believe that there is a place 
in the market for a total beginners Book/CD with MIDI and Audio for 
drums. Many exist for guitar but not for drums. Something that 
includes beginning instruction, computer/MIDI device interfacing, 
sequencing, recording. If there is anyone out there who would like to 
develop such a thing and use me as a Beta tester let me know. Now is 
the time.

--- In @y..., Dan Mowczan <pinball@h...> wrote:
> The book you may be referring to is The Drum Set Crash Course 
Yamaha 
> DTXPress Edition, by Russ Miller.
> 
> The book is available from Russ Miller's website, 
> http://www.russmiller.com and comes with a CD containing MIDI files 
and 
> I believe some audio (I personally do not use the CD).
> 
> I don't think it's a great book for a beginning drummer -- it is a 
study 
> of several musical styles and has some excellent stuff on them (yet 
is a 
> overview, nothing goes into great depth, but that's not what the 
book 
> was designed to do, so don't take it as a criticism), but it 
discusses 
> nothing of drum technique, and assumes in several areas that you 
are 
> somewhat knowledgeable in music already, although it does have a 
couple 
> pages going over the basics of notation.  As a musician of 20 years 
but 
> never playing any percussion except marimba, I found it a nice book 
to 
> work from as I learned my way around the set.
> 
> Russ Miller personally signed the book before it was sent (probably 
> because it was purchased from his website), a very nice touch =)  
Note 
> the book was released before with nearly identical content, no 
DTXpress 
> specifics, and was simply called the Drum Set Crash Course.
> 
> I personally found it to be good reading.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 03:11 PM, Beebe, Brian wrote:
> 
> > I heard rumor of a book/CD that was went with the DTXPRESS. When 
I 
> > surfed the Web I can't find a source for it.
> >
> > Any info on this or any other book that would do the same would 
be 
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Community email addresses:
> >   Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com
> >   Subscribe:    DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com
> >   Unsubscribe:  DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> >   List owner:   DTXpress-owner@onelist.com
> >
> > Shortcut URL to this page:
> >   http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of 
Service.

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> --
> Dan Mowczan, pinball@h...

--- In DTXpress@y..., brian.beebe@g... wrote:

> After surfing the web, it leads me to believe that there is a place 
> in the market for a total beginners Book/CD with MIDI and Audio for 
> drums. Many exist for guitar but not for drums. Something that 
> includes beginning instruction, computer/MIDI device interfacing, 
> sequencing, recording. If there is anyone out there who would like 
to 
> develop such a thing and use me as a Beta tester let me know. Now is 
> the time.
> 

Try this link - 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0711947996/drummergirlA/104-2
055097-8617514
Interfacing, sequencing and recording are separate topics that will be 
differnet for each computer setup, sequencer and recorder...
cheers
tomr