Way of the Drum

Helm, Russell Buddy

ISBN 10: 0738701599 / ISBN 13: 9780738701592

Published by Llewellyn Publications/St. Paul, MN, 2001

About this Item

Author inscribed/signed on half-title page. Trade paperback. Light wear to covers. Content pages are clean and unmarked. The CD is missing from the sleeve in the back of the book. 264 pages. Seller Inventory # 386117

Bibliographic Details

Title: Way of the Drum

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications/St. Paul, MN

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

This text and CD discuss the art and qualities of drumming. They feature exercises for trance drumming, tantric sex grooves and practical how-tos of drumming techniques. Also included are tales of the healing effects of drumming and personal stories and reflections.

About the Author:

Drumming for as long as he can remember, Russell Buddy Helm (southern California) has played live and in recording sessions with a variety of rock bands, including Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, Tim Buckley, and the Allman Brothers. He has taught everything from Afro-Cuban to jazz, R&B, rock 'n roll, and reggae. His current drumming workshops make the healing qualities of the drum accessible to all people, regardless of their musical backgrounds. When he was eight, he started his classical musical training under a well-known woman drum teacher in Elkhart, Indiana named Eilleen Trafford. He excelled at percussion in both symphonic work and drum and bugle corps, earning fifteen medals of excellence. As a teenager he developed his musical styles in rhythm and blues, rock, country, folk and spiritual drumming like Afro Cuban and Gospel. While living in Coconut Grove in Miami, he was exposed to the Caribbean culture where his understanding of spiritual drumming progressed. He moved to Los Angeles to continue his musical career and artistic training and to teach drumming. There he played with Frank Zappa and then played and toured with Tim Buckley for several years, recording an album in 1973, (Honeyman, released in 1997).