“Latin soloing for Drumset”
Reviews:
It's an important and abstract concept that Maturano has chosen to teach, and his well formulated method works. This video and 59 page book package is not a compilation of licks, as the title might suggest. Instead, Maturano, a P.I.T.  teacher / clinician, presents a series of exercises for better understanding - intellectually and feel-wise - the concept he has dubbed "Relayed Time Shifting"
The author found that students often don't truly grasp the relationship between 6/8 and cut time in Latin rhythms. The understanding of how to shift between as well as superimpose the two time feels, he asserts, is the key to playing grooves properly as well as freeing oneself to solo over the rhythms.
The core of the exercises involves straight 8ths with the hands over a standard bass / hi-hat pattern; the same is then translated into a 6/8 pattern. The student gradually shifts between the two as variations, accents, sticking and kit orchestration intensify.
The video also has plenty of hot live concert footage featuring Maturano tearing it up with his band Zumbadah-Asche. Viewers get a rhythm bonus observing percussionists like Luis Conte and Kevin Ricard, along with Emil Richards on Vibes.
With a little patience, Maturano's method proves to be fun and quite effective.
Jeff Potter / Modern Drummer magazine
 
Have you ever wished you could master the intricacies of Latin Soloing on drums and percussion?  Finally, there is a method available that takes the mystery out of this exciting and challenging music.  Relayed Time Shifting - my unique approach to decoding the African rhythms at the heart of Latin drum styles.  The  R.T.S.  concept, will allow you to understand and execute the phrasing and complex polyrhythms that latin soloing requires. This new approach can be applied to virtually all rhythms of african descent - Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Even jazz! 

Here are just a few topics covered in "Latin Soloing for the Drumset":
1. How to achieve an authentic Latin feel
2. Relayed Time shifting
3. Special exercises designed to expand your rhythmic understanding
An in depth exploration of the relationship of cut-time to 6/8
4. How to understand and execute complex and stylistically challenging rhythms
 
In the video portion of the lesson, I will demonstrate applications of "Relayed Time Shifting" along with my band, some of L.A.'s hottest Latin players.
 
Luis Conte
Abe Laboriel
Kevin Ricard
Billy Childs
Emil Richards
Kevin Brandon
Albert Wing
Joe Rotondi
Bob Shepard
Toshi Yanagi
 
The accompanying book is filled with exercises and detailed explanations that will inform players of all levels of ability.
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