What better way to celebrate Halloween than to bring you a sneak peek inside Battle Hymns, a collection of rudiments written by Nir Nakav, the mad blaster of SALEM! Nir Nakav has been obssessed with drums for over 35 years. He graduated the Tel Aviv Youth Orchestra when he was 18 and was the drummer of the first Army Jazz Ensemble during his military service in the IDF. Nir completed his studies at Musicians Institute in Hollywood in 1995.
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Best known for his work with Israel's premier metal act, Salem (with whom he released five albums and two DVD's), Nir has been featured on dozens of rock and metal albums, played shows around the world and has written columns for Sick Drummer Magazine. Nir is currently teaching at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and the music department at Alon High School for The Arts.
Battle Hymns is the only book you will ever need to get your hands up and running regardless of what style of music you are into. This 140 page mammoth brings together; An extensive list of 89 rudiments (26 American, 40 International, Superior and Hybrids), the history of Western Drumming including 20 famous historical drum tunes and battlefield signals and a collection of 60 original RudiMental solos that put every rudiment to musical use.
Audio recordings of all tunes found in the book & video demonstration of selected tunes are available online free of charge. It took Nir over 2 years to write this book. As a teacher, he was always looking for a book that would cover everything that any person holding 2 sticks needed to know; the history, the rudiments, the tradition and some rudimental workouts.
He researched the American Civil War-era literature, then went back even further to older European military manuals in order to get a better picture of what was going on today. This book is a labor of love and was put together with extreme precision and passion for drumming. Check it out, we're sure you'll agree.
Purchase The Book Here: www.nirnakav.com
Amazon Kindle Version:
Battle Hymns YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7–TDiQfrEDqUqT6Yk-Amw/videos
Nir is currently working on an album for the Gevald Brothers – you can find them on YouTube here:
Strangeways – Avant Garde Black Metal from Jerusalem:
Dark Serpent – Old-school Thrash
Sturmgeist, Human Collision and Raziel are all in the mixing stages and will be released soon.
Here is an unlisted Halloween Treat! Just For The Readers of Sick Drummer Magazine – Nir Nakav tracking a new Gevald Brothers. It is just Drums, click and a terrible MIDI guide 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ehTgEK0Nmo
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