Tony Verderosa: Live Electronic Music

Discover how to combine your percussion with live electronics without being a slave to your machines. In the past, live electronics has often relied upon MIDI, Samplers, Sequencers and click-tracks to synchronise the Drummer or Percussionist with the backing, but at the loss of the 'human' qualities and spontaneity of live performance. This unique DVD offers you a candid guide to the live-triggers and real-time processes that will put you back in control of the music. Verderosa (a.k.a. DJ Drummer/VFX) demonstrates in clear and uncomplicated language the methods used by the cutting edge musicians of today to put the interactive connection into electronic music, which in turn will add a deeper dimension to your shows. Features include

• Building your first triggering system
• Editing and storing custom drum kits
• Building loops and breakbeats
• MIDI control
• Voice editing and sound design
• Using a vocoder
• Acoustic drum and bass techniques
• Improvising melodies

Bonus features include backstage interviews, live concert footage of eight full-length performances and a step-by-step analysis of each song.