Drum Instruction。 100 Essential Drumset Lessons contains information， examples， exercises， and over 300 demonstration and play-along audio tracks covering a range of topics that every drummer from novice to professional will find useful。 Its educational scope runs the gamut， including basic rock， funk， metal， hip-hop， blues， country， basic swing， advanced swing concepts， fills， technical exercises， metric superimposition， soloing concepts， odd time playing， brush playing， as well as Afro-Cuban， Brazilian， and other world music drumming styles。 It also includes advice on productive practicing techniques， transcribing drum parts， creating an original drum part for a song， and five drumset audition solos suitable for use at all-state auditions， music festivals， or recitals。