Essential Grooves: for Writing, Performing, and Producing Contemporary Music

"Essential Grooves packs everything you need to know about contemporary styles into a must-have reference of audio, scores, and text. - The book presents 41 different grooves covering all the important styles that have influenced contemporary music, each performed by live players---Soul, Motown, Funk, Rock, Hip Hop, Jazz, Brazilian music, Afro-Cuban styles, Reggae and more. - Contains scores, text, and stereo mixes of the musical examples, as well as multi-track audio files (all audio available for free download at shermusic.com) of each example. - Users of this book will acquire the vocabulary and gain a deep understanding of each style through the historical background provided. - In addition, the book's unique, license-free audio examples can be used to create custom play-alongs and original music.