Wayne Salzmann II

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My newest book GROOVES & VARIATIONS for the Versatile Drummer is now available worldwide!

Grooves & Variations for the Versatile Drummer offers hundreds of essential grooves and variations—many played by iconic drummers—in a wide variety of popular music styles. Expand your rhythmic vocabulary and musicianship by digging into the nuances of these phrases, and develop your own voice within the musical genres that you love.

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Here's one of my Vic Firth Performance Spotlights playing my original tune Charmingly Disarming Lee. The video was taken in Boston at the Zildjian Artist's Lounge, and the track was performed by Wayne Salzmann's Groove Society Featuring:

Carter Arrington - Guitar
Chris Mcqueen - Guitar
Sean Giddings - Keyboards
Adrian Ruiz - Trumpet
Russell Haight - Tenor Saxophone
Nick Clark - Bass

Engineered by Kelly Donnelly at Saucer Studios in Austin, Tx. 

***You can support my work by buying my book Developing Melodic Language on the Drums on Amazon or digitally through Hudson Music. You can also listen to my music (just search for Wayne Salzmann) on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, and more. Thank you for your support!!

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