Solos 1-10 from Advanced Funk Studies by Rick Latham

Here are solos, 1-10 from the classic drumming book Advanced Funk Studies by Rick Latham. This is one of my favorite books and I use it regularly in my teaching. This video features all of the previous solos in this series in sequential order with both the front and side views of the playing demonstrations. There is no commentary or teaching. For that please see the individual videos. Here are the timings: Solo 1 front - 10’ Solo 1 side - 1:04 Solo 2 front - 1:56 Solo 2 side – 3:08 Solo 3 front – 4:20 Solo 3 side – 5:38 Solo 4 front – 6:56 Solo 4 side – 8:20 Solo 5 front – 9:42 Solo 5 side – 11:22 Solo 6 front – 13:02 Solo 6 side – 14:45 Solo 7 front – 16:31 Solo 7 side – 18:06 Solo 8 front – 19:42 Solo 8 side – 21:16 Solo 9 front – 22:48 Solo 9 side – 24:00 Solo 10 front – 25:11 Solo 10 side – 26:32 All solos are played at the suggested tempos with a click track. You can also view the playlist on my channel where I talk about each solo individually. The equipment I am using for this series consists of: Doc Sweeney Stave Drums in African Olive wood 20“x 16“ Bass Drum Toms: 8“x 8“, 10“x 8“, 14“x 14 floor tom and a 14“x 6.5“ Doc Sweeney Olive wood snare. Other snares include a 14”x 5” 1969 Ludwig Supraphonic, A Yamaha David Garabaldi 14”x 3.5”, and a Canopus Zelkova 14”x 6.5” Cymbals are: Sabian Jack DeJohnette 20“ Ride Wuhan 20“ Lion Cymbal Paiste Traditional 16“ and 17“ thin crashes Sabian HH 13“ Regular Hi-Hats Sabian 12“ AA Mini Hats Heads on toms are Remo Pinstripes on toms Bass drum is an Aquarian Power stroke 1 head. Snare is an Aquarian coated head. Microphones are a AKG C24 stereo overhead and an Shure Beta 52 on the Bass drum.